Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 5: Four days training workshop to equip 25 jail inmates in making and repairing LED bulbs and bamboo carved decorative lights, organized by Sri Sri Rural Development Program Trust (SSRDP) under the aegis of Art of Living in collaboration with Society of Pollution and Environment Conservation Scientists (SPECS) concluded today.
Superintendent Dinesh Sharma, District Jammu Jail, Additional Superintendent Tejinder Kour, Deputy Superintended Feroz Ahmed, Assistant Superintendent Nasir Ahmed, SO Sajjad Ahmed and Savinder Gupta, J&K Coordinator AoL-SSRDP were present on the occasion.
Yogesh Bhatt, senior Trainer from SPECS said that during the 4 days training program the jail inmates were trained and equipped in making electronic LED driver, LED circuit, Bamboo craft and assembling of Bamboo LED decorative energy efficient lights. The jail inmates made more than 50 decorative lights during the training period, he added.
On the occasion, Ram Tirath, trainer from SPECS also expressed his views.
Savinder Gupta, J&K Coordinator AoL-SSRDP said that Sri Sri Rural Development Program Trust under the aegis of Art of Living operates with the single-minded focus of empowering and transforming the lives of rural India and people working in or incarcerated within the criminal justice system by providing technical skills as well as soft skills that reduces stress, heals trauma and provides practical knowledge of how to handle negative emotions in order to live to one’s highest potential and contribute to society in a positive way. This LED manufacturing training will prove to be a boon for the Jail inmates as they have learnt the skill of tomorrow, he added.
Dinesh Sharma, Superintendent, District Jail Jammu emphasized that these trained inmates will become an asset both for inmate’s family and society and expressed the desire that AoL-SSRDP /SPECS will take more such initiatives and assured the organizers of his full support and cooperation in all such endeavours.
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