When Pranay Gadodia was in his third year of  undergraduate studies, he was diagnosed with retinal  degeneration. Within a few years, he lost his vision, but  that did not stop him. Today, he’s the head of diversity,  equity, and inclusion at Carelon Global Solutions, the  technology and shared services centre of one of the  largest American health insurers, Elevance Health.
Pranay  says physical disability does not hamper a person’s growth,  but rather, the impairment comes from inaccessible physical,  digi tal, and social infrastructure built around those with  disabilities.

Sparsh Bharati is an offshoot of Bharati script developed by IIT Madras professor.

After introducing the Bharati script V. Srinivasa Chakravarthy, a professor of biotechnology in the Indian Institute of Technology Madras has developed a script for persons with visual impairment. 

The script has been tested on students and teachers in schools in New Delhi and they have given feedback as well. In videos of the experiment shared with The Hindu of the visually impaired persons learning the new script, all participants were excited as it was easy to learn.   

Jammu: December 3: In commemoration of the International Day of Persons with Disability, an event was held at the Residential School for the Visually Impaired (Boys) in Roopnagar.
The Social Welfare Department orchestrated the function under the overarching theme for this year’s observance: “United in action to rescue and achieve the SDGs for, with and by persons with disabilities (Divyangjan)

Scribe scarcity worries PU’s visually impaired students.
Chandigarh: As Panjab University students prepare for upcoming exams, their visually impaired classmates are facing an additional challenge — finding a scribe who could put on paper what they have studied.
Though the appeal made by Himachal Pradesh Student Union (HPSU), which has also created a database to compile a list of volunteers, has received a positive response from 100 students, it is to be seen how many of them actually show up.