Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar inaugurated the vision centre at the BBMP Multispeciality Hospital in Govindaraj Nagar on Thursday. This would mark the simultaneous inauguration of all vision centres across the state, he said.
393 vision centres launched under Asha Kirana across Karnataka.Credit: DH photo Bengaluru: Under the Asha Kirana initiative, 393 vision centres were launched across Karnataka on July 3. The initiative aims to tackle preventable blindness.

Bengaluru, June 12, 2025: Bosch Global Software Technologies (BGSW), in collaboration with Vision Empower (VE) and the Centre for Accessibility in the Global South (CAGS) at the International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore (IIITB), has inaugurated the Accessible Resource Center (ARC)—a pioneering inclusive education hub designed to students with visual impairment through assistive technology and special educators empowerment and training program through a specially curated pedagogy.

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