An advocate to promote co-partnership in volunteering

One of the first visually impaired candidates from Madhya Pradesh to get selected in the National Council of Educational Research and Training's National Talent Scholarship, Dr Rohit Trivedi has traversed a long way in becoming a leading advocate on disability rights. Involved with Arushi, Bhopal, a pioneering organization working on disability issues, Dr Trivedi and his team have been promoting co-partnership in volunteering. By profession he is Asstt. Professor of English at Sarojini Naidu Govt. Girls' P.G. College , Bhopal.


Arushi over the years has emerged as an important organization to promote volunteering in the disability sector in India and Dr Trivedi emphasizes that besides being a catalyst in the mainstreaming process, co-partnership in volunteering or Inclusive Volunteering brings diversity to the entire volunteering program. It ensures that people from diverse backgrounds and different abilities come together to work for a particular cause.

Also, volunteering in cross-disability issues must be promoted, he says. Then a volunteer with visual impairment can know more about and work on the concerns of say a hearing impaired.

Dr Rohit Trivedi has been in the forefront of promoting accessibility in public places and has been responsible in making various places in Madhya Pradesh and elsewhere barrier-free.

Posted by Anil Mudgal , Bhopal