PC World's John Ribeiro reports about a Bangalore based BPO which hires only physically handicapped people for its operations.
Vindhya E-Infomedia set up by Ashok Giri and his wife Pavithra with an investment of Rs.6 million is focused primarily on the low-end of the BPO food chain, consisting mainly of data-entry work. Read the full article here
Giri recognizes that his business model will not make him a lot of money unless he increases volumes, adds new kinds of outsourced business processes and hires more people. He plans to add more facilities and aims to have 5,000 staff by 2015. There is greater interest from customers, both in India and abroad, he said.
Getting more staff is not likely to be a problem as the company expands, as by Giri's estimate there are at least 1.9 million disabled people in Karnataka state who are qualified to be hired. Bangalore is the capital city of Karnataka.
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