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PROJECT “TAKE 1”A National Movement...

A Corporate Social Mission...

A Simple Idea...

A Giant leap for

The Differently Abled India...

Dialogue impact on the visually impaired community

Rohith is an example of confidence for the visually impaired community.

Ignorance of the society about what a PwD like me can do resulted in me not getting a job for 3 years till Dialogue in the Dark hired me.

Working at Dialogue in the dark for last few years has immensely boosted my self -condence.

Nasir is one the senior most member at Dialogue in the Dark. Over the last 4 years Nasir has interacted with more than10,000 guests, toured various location in India spreading a message on Diversity and Social Inclusion.

Nasir Hashmi Fame, Recognition came to me instantly at Dialogue in the dark, I feel like a celebrity.

AWARENESS CARE EMPOWERMENT

Diversity Education forSocial Inclusion

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Dialogue in the Dark Entertains Educates Elevates Empowers …All in complete darkness

A unique International experience | 8 Million visitors worldwide130 Centres | 30 countries | 25 Years of social change

2,00,000 visitors in Hyderabad - INDIA

4 years in India.2 Lakh visitors in 4 years3 Exhibition Locations: Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai

Winner of several global awards.



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UNIQUE EXPERIENCES TO CREATEINDIVIDUAL SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITYBROUGHT TO INDIA BY ACE.

ACE, an acronym for Awareness, Care & Empowerment was founded by Krishnan & Sudha on the conviction that experiences and encounters are powerfully effective pedagogical tools. German Jewish Philosopher Martin Buber, perhaps, expresses this conviction most aptly when he states: “the only way to learn is through encounter.” Deeply inspired by this idea ACE set out on a mission to use deeply impactful unique, experiential entertainment as a medium to educate individuals on socially relevant subjects.

As a first step towards the fulfillment of this mission, ACE brought the world famous “Dialogue in the Dark” exhibit to India in year 2011.


Take1 is the culmination of ACE’s belief that powerful empathy experiences like Dialogue will lead to a more diverse and inclusive society.

Take1, since July 2014 has been engaging with corporates and the society at large who have been sensitized at Dialogue in the Dark about the abilities of PwD’s leading to creation of employment opportunities for them.

About ACE Take1


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In the year 2009, Krishnan founded ACE which is the culmination of his long years of personal passion and desire of enhancing human experiences in the field of knowledge education. Krishnan has 20 years of rich corporate experience spanning the areas of business ideation, business process & operation management, financial planning & financing, project management, etc.

As Co-Founder & COO, Sudha heads the entire DID operations and also leads the training activities of the visually impaired. A management graduate with a post-graduation in psychology Sudha brings the much required human behavioral aspects to the disability sector.

The ACE Take1 Founders In India

Dialogue in the Dark India and the founders are grateful tocontributors, partners, Dialogue Social Enterprise, NSDC and all its well wishers.

Teejay CapitalPvt Ltd.

Pradeep Mittal – Founder – Magna Infotech & Member, Hyderabad Angels.Ashok Gupta – MD, Rockwell Industries – A 100 Crore enterprise focused in refrigeration & Cold chain solutionR. Gurumoorthy – Healthcare Expert and a High Net worth Individual with investment focus on early stage startups.Anandh Reddy - Director PBEL CityMrs. Jain - Socially Conscious Indian

Some experiences can't be seen… just felt!

DIALOGUEIN THE DARK

Presenting

Experience that involves... you!

Enjoy a drink, grab a snack,exchange money in real time

all in complete darkness

Cross a shaking bridge andChallenge your mobility...

Touch the plants, feel the fresh air, smell the fragrance...All of it in complete darkness

Get sensational withyour 4 other senses

Play cricket incomplete darkness

Imagine yourselfin a park

At dialogue in the dark your eyes can't see…but your 4 other senses can



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TASTE OF DARKNESSTaste food like never before

Rated as TOP 10 Restaurants by Trip Advisor

Ranked #7 of 1,542 Restaurants in Hyderabad

Certificate of Excellence 2014

4.5/5

Taste of Darkness is a gastronomic experience you cannot replicate or even hope to experience again elsewhere.

The Taste of Darkness Restaurant has been awarded “Ce r t i f i c a te o f Excellence” by Trip Advisor based on users of 4.5/5 and has also been rated as one of the top 25 unusual dining experience in the world.

Imagine a proper, formal, sit-down dinner in a room that's bathed in complete darkness.

Dialogue in the Dark can be experienced In India @

Inorbit MallHyderabad

Phoenix Market CityBengaluru

Express Avenue MallChennai

Coming soon - New Delhi, Mumbai, Pune

Emotionally Challenging | Cognitively Demanding | Sustained effect

The concept of experiencing extraordinary and powerful emotions that are mentally challenging has a long lasting effect on participants. We have created a series of workshops and trainings, based on the concept, of German - Jewish philosopher Martin Buber's work which states: "The only way to learn is through encounter".

DIALOGUE WORKSHOPS


Experience your hidden strength.

A personal growth and development workshop held in complete darkness to enlightenone’s body, mind & soul.

Dialogue workshops have received tremendous feedback wherever they have been organized. Dialogue Trainings have been presented at prestigious events as the World Economic Forum Meetings, the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, YPO etc.

Rated as the “Best out-of-comfort zone program by YPO”.More than 5000 Corporate Workshops Globally.More than 500 Corporate Workshops & Events in India.Fortune 500 Global corporations are Dialogue workshop clients.


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Coffee leads to conversation...This one will lead to evolution!

Coffee in the Dark is a fun and adventure experience where in a group of visitors gather around a table and start to explore the art and science of making coffee leading eventually to a session where they demonstrate a sense sharing and caring to other visitors. Coffee in the dark helps people to bond, connect & communicate in a new way.

Altering Mindset ofFuture India!

“Dialogue in the Dark” teaches Diversity with its unique and highly entertaining exhibition in which visually impaired guides lead visitors, in groups of up to 8 people, through a series of completely darkened galleries. In these galleries, students perform daily activities without the power of a person’s dominant sense – SIGHT. Students discover what it is like to sit at a café, visit a park, play Cricket, Touch and Smell a variety of grocery items in a Super Market without the power of their eyesight. The entire tour takes about 45 minutes to 1 hour.


Diversity Educationfor Social Inclusion

(Program for Schools & Colleges)

Are you truly an Indian?If yes, become aDESI champion

Key diversity education take aways.

Experiencing empathy toward othersRaising awareness of the other sensesDeveloping Social Skills such as Empathy, Trust, Team WorkInterpersonal skills & Peer Group ManagementEffective Communication SkillsListening SkillsMemory and ConcentrationEnhanced Self ConfidenceInspiration and Self-MotivationVisualization and Imaginative SkillsOvercoming the fear of DarkOpportunities to realize/nurture helping tendencies in oneselfAppreciating differences and dissolving barriers


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Dialogue impact on the visually impaired community

Naushad Ahmed I am proud of my social skills today…

A star in h i s own way, Naushad i s impeccable when it comes to caring for his customers at Dialogue in the Dark.

His customer centricity and care has left several visitors at Dialogue in the Dark speechless.

Naushad is happily married and settled in Hyderabad.

Joining as a tour guide 4 years back, today Faizal leads the entire dark operations as a manager in charge of VI selection, recruitment, and training across 3 Dialogue cities in India

Faizal i s an example of leadersh ip capabilities and an inspiration to the VI community.

Faizal Vaduthula Since the time I joined Dialogue in the Dark I have improved my communication and convincing skills a lot!

Dialogue in the Dark well wishers/Clients



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Dialogue in the Dark well wishers/Clients

The Dialogue impact on visitors


Excellent Sensory experience! Very different from the others...I had excellent food!Katherine Dhanani, Former Consulate General of the US in Hyderabad

An overwhelming experience! No words would be enough…Kamna Jetmalani, Tollywood Actress.

It was a fabulous experience! Will come back….Nadendla Manohar, Former Speaker, Andhra Pradesh State Legislative Assembly

It's a different world all together. Enjoyed thoroughly watching through the darkness and the dining.AK Khan, Additional DGP


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The Dialogue impact on visitors

What an eye opening experience. Sangita Reddy (Executive Director, Apollo Hospitals)

Inspires me to do more!Kirthiga Reddy, Director, India Head – Facebook

Every time I come here, it gives me some new experience!JA Chowdary - Chairman Talent Sprint

I strongly recommend everyone to have this experience! Y Madan Mohan Rao, Executive Chairman -Capital IQ


I cannot see

BUTI have a dream.Nasir’s dream of getting a corporate job was enabled by Take1.

We cannot hear

BUTWe want to be heard

Prasad EFX heard about the abilities of 15 Speech & hearing impaired aspirants from Take1 and hired them.

An orthopedically challenged floor walker Anjaneyulu’s dream was to find a job near home andbe economically independent. Take1 gave him the wings to fly through a job at Rockwell Industries.

I am a Floor Walker

BUTMy dream is to climb high in life

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Several PwD's have found their way out of poverty and gained economic independence through wage employment and self-employment opportunities enabled by Dialogue Take1.

Come, join us in this National Social Movement to empower PwD's with jobs, self-employment opportunities, CSR contributions and other partnerships.

Project

An initiative of ACE in partnership with NSDC- National Skills Development Corporation

What is TAKE 1? The idea is simple, every corporate in India, be it Private, Public, MNC, Govt company is approached with a simple request & appeal to employ at least 1 PwD.

With nearly 1 Million companies operating in India, Take 1 is truly an attempt to build an inclusive corporate work force.

The TAKE1 Impact:

Imagine a new inclusive India wherein PwD’s are included in the workforce of each and every Corporate by hiring just 1 person with disability in their organization. This would result in the corporate sector creating 1 million jobs in just 1 year. If each corporate appreciates the benefit of hiring PwD and chooses to add more PwD to their work-force, India can create the much needed employment opportunity for all the 7 million PwD who are eligible for jobs & are waiting in their wings to work & contribute to the Indian economy.

AboutAWARENESS CARE EMPOWERMENT


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WHY TAKE1?

India spends close to Rs 10,000 crores annually just to cater to the basic needs of 7 million disabled people who otherwise can find economic independence through Jobs.

Equally shocking is the fact that in the last 67 years since Independence, India has not been able to create enough jobs for PwD

TAKE1 aims to dramatically change this landscape by enrolling the support of corporates and create jobs for the PwD's.

India has 7,93,446 companiesregistered with MCA

Source: MCA annual report 2012

India is home to26.80 million PwD.

Source: Census Survey 2011

PwD employment can add up toRs.10,000 crores (USD $1.50 Billion)

evey year to the Indian economy.

A NATIONAL MOVEMENT...A CORPORATE SOCIAL MISSION...A SIMPLE IDEA...A GIANT LEAP FORTHE DIFFERENTLY ABLED INDIA

In partnership with the National Skills Development Corporation (NSDC), ACE – Dialogue in the Dark has launched the Take1 Project – a pan India movement to empower 1,00,000 persons with Disabilities (PwD) with wage-employment & self-employment opportunity over next 10 years.


Why Self Employment program?

India Census 2011 reveals that more than 70% of the 26.8 million PwD Population lives in Rural Areas. A whopping 52% of them are Illiterate. And most of them do not have mobility to travel for education from the villages that they live in. Further 3/4th of the literate PwD population has either crossed their age limit (15-29) or do not have the right skills to obtain a job.

What happens to this PwD population who do not get wage employment/do not have a source of income/ neither gets the support to make a living.

Cool Opportunity For Economic Empowerment aptly called “COFEE” is a unique self-employment opportunity to economically empower the most marginalized sector., the PwD sector with the much needed opportunity to earn their living & lead a life of pride, dignity & self-respect.

50,000 rural PwD will be selected, recruited & trained to become COFEE owners over the next 10 years in their respective Villages, Mandals & living areas to roll out the Rural Retail outlets offering cool products & beverages.


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THE INDIAN PwD YOUTH LANDSCAPE AS IT STANDS TODAY

The Demography PwD Population:26.8 Million PwD (Official estimates) 70 % are in Rural areas 52% are illiterate 26.8 Mn PwD population is spread across 29 states, 600 districts and 6 lakh villages in India.

Livelihood Landscape 15.7 Million PwD’s: in the employable age of 15-59 years 77.9 Lakh PwD’s in the employable age group are non-workers.

Wage Employment program

The Take1 Project aims to empower 50,000 PwD in the next 10 years with market linked vocational skills training leading to job creation in the private sector.

ACE plans to setup 150 “Employment Enhancing Vocational Skills Training Programs” on a pan India level. PwD aspirants will be trained in different Sectors namely IT&ITES, Accounting and Finance, Retail, Manufacturing, Hospitality, Facility Management etc.

Take1 strongly believes that a Successful Training Center and a Meaningful Placement will require the 4 P strategy (Person, Place, Position and Placement), Local PwD candidate, Local Training and Local Corporate Placement each of which focuses on shifting the paradigm in PwD Training and employment creation.

Make project “Take1” a partof your CSR and Empower the PwD community

The “Take1 employment enhancing vocation skills” program targets toenable 1,000’s of PwD's to be skilled and employed every year.

Self-Employment Program- COFEE:5 States | 5 Districts in each State.

2000 COFEE Owners in each district.

50,000 PwD COFEE Owners in 10 years.

Cost of 1 PwD COFEE Outlet enablement: Rs 50,000

Wage-Employment Program:


150 Locations

Training & employment program for 6,000 PwD’s every year.

50,000 PwD job enablement in 10 years.

Cost of 1 PwD job enablement - RS 25,000

The activities of the NSDC - ACE - Take1 Project qualifies under the mandatory CSR guidelines as per the Item 2, Schedule VII of the Companies Bill 2013 - An extract of the same is provided below:

G.S.R, 130(E).-In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (l) of section 467 of the Companies Act, 20l3 (18 of 2013), the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments to Schedule Vll of the said Act, namely: - {1} In Schedule VIl, for items (i) to (x) and the entries relating thereto, the following items and entries shall be substituted, namely :-

(ii) Promoting education, including special education and employment enhancing vocation skills especially among children, women, elderly, and the differently abled and livelihood enhancement projects;


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To create 1 PwD employment.ACE envisages contribution in the

following components

Activitiesundertaken

for every PwD job.

PwD’sJobs

PwDMobilization

JobStudy

PwDTraning

PwDSelection

CareerProgression

PwDFamily

Counseling

EmployerReadinessworkshops

Postplacementassistance& followup

PwD-employeraspiration

match making

PwDCounseling

SectorAnalysis

PwDJob roleanalysis

PwDDatabase

Workplacesolutions

Disclaimer 2015 ACE. All Rights Reserved.

This Information presented in this document is for informational purpose only.ACE makes no warranties, express or implied, in this document.

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