MyDost

Winner: Skilling and Livelihood – Early stage

The single biggest impediment for persons with intellectual disability in finding mainstream career opportunities is the challenge they face in analysing, planning, organizing, scheduling, and completing tasks /meeting deadlines. This makes it difficult for them to learn & independently perform even basic sequential tasks that constitute most job roles.Till now this challenge is addressed by allocating job coach/ buddy, who provide continues guidance and support at workplace. This highly resource intensive model restricts them  to repetitive task (instead of full job role) limiting their career opportunities. This innovation will enable a PID with greater autonomy, efficiency, consistency and accuracy in performing routine tasks at home and at workplace ; thus building confidence and self-esteem amongst them. It will open the job market for people with ID with more opportunities incl. more versatile roles since, the learning curve of the user will be steep and each placement will lead to not just a job but a career opportunity.

MYDost is a simple technology solution with the following USP –

1. task sequences can be dynamically created as per individual needs and
2. seamless customization to the domain is possible
3. its in-built analytics records skills progress and accordingly need-based assistance can be extended

About Organisation

v-shesh is an award winning impact enterprise that prepares job seekers with opportunities and organizations with disability inclusion.