Ministry of Commerce & Industry

Posted On: 24 JUL 2018 6:11PM by PIB Delhi

ITPO Chairman and Managing Director Dedicating Newly Constructed Hostel Block

India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) Chairman and Managing Director, L.C. Goyal, today inaugurated a newly constructed hostel block for the Andh Mahavidyalaya Blind school at Panchkuian Road in New Delhi. During the year 2015-16 ITPO under its CSR initiatives contributed ₹ 52 lakh for the construction of a hostel block consisting of ground plus one floor for the blind students at the Andh Mahavidyalaya. Speaking on the occasion L.C. Goyal said that ITPO is committed to its social responsibility for the welfare of the weaker as well as marginalized sections of society. In response to a request of Institution of Blinds he also announced that ITPO will construct one portion of the old building of the school. The hostel block and renovated toilet block have been constructed by NBCC.

The newly constructed hostel block can accommodate around 60 blind students residing at the Institute with a separate toilet facility on each floor. Most of   the   Divyang  students residing in the hostel belong to economically backward rural families.

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Corporate social responsibility funds delivered inclusive residential infrastructure for visually impaired students with further construction support announced. A government trading body implemented a corporate social responsibility initiative funding and facilitating construction and renovation at a specialised institute for visually impaired students in New Delhi, delivering a new hostel block with separate toilet facilities on each floor that accommodates around sixty economically disadvantaged rural students, and announcing further in-kind construction support for the institution's older building.