ONGC organises first edition of Para Games

The 3-day event, a first of its kind corporate initiative, will witness participation from 120 Employees-100 men and 20 women with Disabilities from 16 work centers from across the country. The first ONGC Para Games is majorly focused on Athletics, Badminton and Table Tennis. The participants belong to different categories of disabilities, namely, VH (Visually Impaired), HH (Hearing Impaired) and OH (Orthopedically Handicapped).

The events are categorised into 8 sub categories- Genderwise, age wise and disability wise.A total of 46 Events will be held in the 3 days extravaganza, which comprises of 5 categories in Badminton, 3 categories in Table Tennis, 4 Categories in Wheelchair and 34 in Athletics including 100 mtr, 200 mtr, 400 mtr, 2 Km Walk, Long jump and Discuss throw. Inaugurating this special event, ONGC CMD Shashi Shanker, said, "ONGC is committed to ensure social inclusiveness and providing Equal Opportunities in Employment for the specially abled, in line with the Government of India's mandate, for which various measures are being put in place." He also added that ONGC currently employs 282 Persons with disabilities with more likely to join the organisation.