One of the key elements of TAFE’s CSR strategy is the rehabilitation of the differently abled. The core idea behind JRehab Centre at Alampatti near Madurai, is to empower the differently abled and help them lead a life with dignity.

Engaged in the production of wiring harnesses, JRehab, the dream of A. Sivasailam, the former chairman of TAFE, was established in 1980, in the memory of his father, S. Anantharamakrishnan, the founder chairman of the Amalgamations Group, to help orthopedically challenged women. It was his dream to support the physically disabled, by helping them earn a good living with dignity and self esteem, and to make them self-sufficient and independent.

Today, JRehab has an all-women work force, which makes wire harnesses, fender harnesses, battery cables, trailer sockets and toolkit bags for tractors and other automobiles manufacturers. This unit is run as a regular business and has its targets and plans, which have been consistently achieved.

In 2000-10, around 62 women were benefited by this scheme. The women employed here are provided with appropriate transport and other amenities like food, medicines and personal assistance to make their work ambience conducive. They are also provided with calipers once in a year, without any cost.

This unique initiative of TAFE has won the National Award for the Best Employer for People with Disabilities in the year 2000. The State Government of Tamil Nadu also conferred JRehab with the Best Employer State Award for providing maximum number of employment opportunities to persons with disabilities in the same year.