Lemon Tree Hotels has been conferred the NCPEDP-Shell Helen Keller Award, 2012 for the work towards promoting employment opportunities for people with disabilities in two categories: Category C: Role Model Organisations; and Category B: Role Model Non-Disabled Individuals
The NCPEDP-Shell Helen Keller Award was instituted in 1999.
It is awarded every year to those individuals or organisations who have been doing exemplary work in helping disabled people find positions of equality and dignity in the workplace.
This is the second occasion when the group has been honoured with this award. Lemon Tree Hotels also won this award in 2010. The award was received by Major Rajesh Chauhan, Chief People Officer on behalf of Lemon Tree Hotels and R Hari, General Manager, Human Resources for the individual award at a ceremony on December 2, 2012.
Talking about the award, Patu Keswani, Chairman & Managing Director, Lemon Tree Hotels, said, “We are happy that we have been able to make a difference with our effort in hiring and training Employees with Disabilities (EWDs). By creating an environment in the organization that allows them to deliver their best, we are able to play a part, however small, in social inclusiveness and nation building.”