Free Legal Aid and Awareness Session 2023 Held in Prerana Educational Centre On 28.04.2023

02-05-2023

DATE: 28th April, 2023.

VENUE: PRERANA EDUCATIONAL CENTRE

FACULTY SPEAKER: ARPITA MITRA ROY (Assistant Professor of Law)

TOPIC FOR DISCUSSION: CAREER COUNSELLING AND SOCIO ECONOMIC ASPECT OF THE PERSON WITH DISABILITY

STUDENT SPEAKER:
1. Narendra Kr Roy (B.Com LL.B, SEMESTER VIII)

Topic for discussion - The Rights of Person with Disability and Right to Education.

2. Anisha Saraf (BBA LL.B, SEMESTER VI)

Topic for Discussion - Power Point Presentation on famous personality with Disability and Lack of Infrastructure facility for person with Disability

3. Kaustav Chakraborty (B.Com LL.B, SEMESTER VIII)

Topic for Discussion - Government Schemes for Person with Disability.

On 28th April 2023, the Legal Aid Committee of Indian Institute of Legal Studies conducted a legal awareness session at Prerana Educational Centre for the students with disability with the objective of making the students as well as the parents aware of their rights and the ways to reduce the prevalent problems faced by them in the society. The faculty speaker Ms. Arpita Mitra Roy discussed how the people with disability face significant barriers to employment, health and social discrimination. She also addressed how this disabilities requires a multifaceted approach that includes improving access to education, training, employment, healthcare and other support services.

The program was conducted to provide legal literacy on person with disability, lack of infrastructure facilities for the person with disability and various governmental schemes available to the person with disability and ways to avail the schemes. The above topics were discussed by the student speakers from Indian Institute of Legal Studies. The speaker experienced a detailed interactive session with the audience. The speaker received various questions regarding schemes availability and eligibility criteria in India and the question was addressed by the speaker respectively.

The speaker were able to connect with them as they spoke about the basic legal rights and relevant problems that the audience experienced frequently. With that it marked the end of the Legal Awareness Session.