CII Bihar State Council, organized a “Session on International Day of Persons with Disabilities” at 1200 hrs on 3 December 2011 at Government Blind High School, Near Bihar Ayurvedic College, Kadamkuan , Patna with the underlying objective to include the differently- abled children in the mainstream.  The session was inaugurated by Dr. Diwakar Tejaswi, Medical Director, Regional AIDS Training Centre & Network India. Other speakers included Mr. Suman Kumar, Co-ordinator, Disabled Sports and Welfare Academy, Mrs. Pramila Jha, Member Bihar Mahila Udyog Sangh, Mrs. Usha Jha, Secretary, Bihar Mahila Udyog Sangh and Member, CII Bihar Mahila Udyog Sangh, Mr. Alok Kumar, Managing Director, Inductus Consultants P. Ltd and Mr. Manoj Kumar Sinha, Secretary, National NHRD Network.

International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD) is a United Nations sanctioned day that aims to promote an understanding of people with disability and encourage support for their dignity, rights and well-being. The day also seeks to increase awareness of the benefits of the integration of people with disability in every aspect of political, social, economic and cultural life. It was approved in the year, 1992, at the conclusion of the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons wherein the General Assembly proclaimed 3 December as the International Day of Disabled Persons.

Working on the theme ‘Together for a better world for all: Including persons with disabilities in development” the session focused on the ways and means to develop the mechanism to include the people with different abilities into the mainstream. A brail machine was also donated by Mrs. Pramila Jha, to the school on the occasion while lunch was sponsored by Mrs. Usha Jha, Member, CII Bihar State Council and Secretary, Bihar Mahila Udyog Sangh.