this story originally appeared in on apr 6 2017mumbai kshitiz aneja stands out among the iim graduates that hindustan cocacola beverages the bottling arm of cocacola has recruited as management trainees this year he doesnt have hands he lost them in an accident when he was eight darshi vasavada of iim indores class of 2017 has only 50 vision meaning she often needed a writer for her exams and suffers from a rare genetic disorder called kartageners syndrome that caused her dextrocardia a defect where the heart is on the right side of the chest but that has not stopped her from bagging a preplacement offer from tata steel to work in jamshedpur aneja and vasavada are among tens of differently abled 2017 graduates from indian institutes of management iims who have been snapped up by companies including the mahindra group loreal samsung accenture asian paints hccb pwc icici bank amazon and tcs campus insiders saidcompanies are increasingly appointing persons with disabilities pwds not just to meet their corporate social responsibility csr obligations but also to tap a loyal talent pool sources said these firms are encouraged by the governments inclusive initiatives such as the accessible india campaign across iims courtesy initiatives such as accessible india theres been a new high in terms of differently abled candidates being recruited said prakash singh placements chairperson at iim lucknow campus insiders said just five iims bangalore indore calcutta lucknow and tiruchirappalli this season placed more than 50 pwd candidates with disorders ranging from visual and hearing to locomotive they were offered salaries up to rs 20 lakh our pwd students are no different from the rest of the batch in terms of what they can achieve the fact that they have been able to leverage their abilities and make it to the pgp postgraduate programme in management despite the notsoaccessible environment in our country itself speaks volumes of their capabilities said rajluxmi v murthy chairperson office of disability services at iim bangalore sapna agarwal head of placements at iim bangalore said all 12 differently abled students in the batch have been placed iim calcutta has placed nearly 14 differently abled students across various domains with finance throwing up the maximum job opportunities for those with special needs iim lucknow placed six differently abled students in amazon dabur loreal janalakshmi finance tcs and value prospects the list included 21yearold paridhi verma who has only 10 vision she will join janalakshmi bank at iim indore the figure is as high as 18 organisations including capgemini cognizant business consulting lt tata power tata steel and tata trust have hired multiple candidates in roles such as consulting finance general management marketing and operations said bhavya kapoor placement officer at iim indore abhishek totawar placements chairperson at iim trichy said three differently abled students got placed from the 201517 batch in hcl muthoot housing finance and dr agarwals health care educational institutions have 3 reservation for students with disabilities though several are unable to fulfil