Reliance Communications (RCom) will partner S.N.D.T. Women’s University, Mumbai as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative and will equip the University with an education hub primarily aimed at promoting education among physically as well as mentally challenged children.

The two organisations will also host an event Tarang 2010 at the University Campus on February 11. 2010 with more than 30 organizations which are directly involved with children with special needs being invited to the event. Over 1,500 visitors are expected to attend the event with representations from parents, teachers, policy makers, students, parents of special students, special educators, decision makers and other important people will grace the event. Educational and therapy equipment companies, book distributors /book publishers and pharmaceutical companies.

Speaking on the occasion Krishnan S Kumar, Sr. Vice President, Reliance ADA Group CSR remarked, “We are glad to partner with SNDT Women’s University in this noble cause. We shall be providing the technical inputs on the subject as well as necessary tools to create the platform for the knowledge sharing i.e. helplines etc. We are sure that our joint efforts will benefit thousands of physically and mentally challenged children and inspire other organizations to contribute their best.”