WB govt to provide computer education to transgenders

Kolkata | Sunday | 31st March, 2019

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“They will also be given soft skill training,” Mukhopadhyay added.Transman Kaviraag Poddar and transwoman Anuradha Sarkar will be among the first to be trained. KOLKATA: The transgender community’s quest to be a part of the mainstream got a shot in the arm on Saturday when West Bengal Electronics Department ( Webel ) announced its plans to impart computer education to people from the community. Webel will set up the necessary infrastructure at the Association of Transgenders/Hijaras of Bengal (ATHB) office on Gokhale Road. Peerless Hospital, too, is planning to open a transgender sensitized health clinic. So, we decided to do our bit,” Webel CEO Prodip Mukhopadhyay said at American Centre on the eve of Transgender Day of Visibility..