New Delhi. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) has extended support to Noida Deaf Society (NDS) for the education of children. To facilitate the commuting of the children smoothly, the energy Maharatna donated a school van to NDS.

The van has the capacity to carry around 10 children at a time. The ONGC school van will not only save precious time in traveling but will ensure safety too. Till now, the society only had an auto-rickshaw and a small van on rent for ferrying students back and forth to the training center.

Further, to up-skill the students, ONGC also donated five desktops, worth around Rs 16 lakh.

This is a part of the ‘Mainstreaming Deaf Children and Youth through Accessible Education, Skills & Livelihood’ project that aims to provide transport facility for 40 deaf students of NDS school, as well ISL (Indian Sign Language) and Vocational Training to 160 deaf students. A total of 200 beneficiaries are expected to be a part of the project.

Ashutosh Prasad Singh, ONGC Executive Director and Chief, CSR, said: “ONGC is happy to be associated with this project for better infrastructure and amenities for the children at NDS. We always look for opportunities to make lives better for communities.”

ONGC, founded in 1956, is Asia's largest and most active company involved in exploration and production of oil. /BI/