Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, December 9
Specially-abled persons can apply for the Unique Disability Identity Card (UDID) at the Sewa Kendras or at the government hospitals at the district/block/ tehsil level or online personally, said Deputy Commissioner Ghanshaym Thori.
Tribune New Service
Amritsar, December 8
Calling the push towards ‘Accessible India’ a mere superficial attempt to make life better for the disabled citizens, Rinku Malik, 31, a music teacher from city, says that there needs to be a deeper understanding of what independence and self-reliance means for persons with disabilities (PwDs).
Dear all,
In continuation of our new series ‘Using Screen Readers Efficiently’, Bookshare shall present part 3 of the workshop ‘Add-ons for NVDA’ on the 13th of December.
The part 3 shall cover add-ons like:
Doctor reddys foundation is providing 3 months job oriented
employability training for the visually impaired people
Placement will be provided for the eligible candidates after the
completion of the training.
Who can join:
• Any person who is visually impaired and looking for a job
• The person should be between 18 to 35 years of age
• Minimum qualification is +2.
• Should have basic computer knowledge and basic communication skills.
• Should have Laptop or Desktop with proper internet connection and
Sambhavna is organizing a Webinar on 'Orbit Braille Devices and Accessible Board Games for Visually Challenged' on coming Saturday, December 12, 2020 at 3:00 P.M. Mr. Nirmal Verma, Community Outreach
and Marketing Manager, Orbit Research will deliver a talk with a live demonstration on the above-mentioned topic. Interested people may register latest by coming Friday, 10:00 P.M. through the following
link: https://forms.gle/f7mx9Cix8ZC8iKUAA
Nikhil Jain, President, Sambhavna
As per the AISHE report of 2018-19, a total of 85,877 PwD (Persons with Disabilities) students are enrolled in higher education in India. To support and encourage these students to pursue their education, different government departments run several scholarship schemes. These schemes range from merit-based programmes to means-based and merit-cum-means based programmes.
Give a spark to your knowledge.
This Christmas, let's learn and spread knowledge through a fun-filled week, where Fun Zone for VI in association with Ideal Academy is organizing a quiz competition for the visually challenged.
the individual can participate in the quiz with paying entry fees of rupees 100 and he or she can include one or two members to play as a team.
their are no other charges for members participating with them.
The quiz will be held on weekends.
The registration will close after expected
Bookshare presented the 2nd part of Add-ons for NVDA on the 6th December. The session included detailed description of the following Add-ons:
Greetings from NAB Delhi.
In this time of pandemic, managing personal hygiene and keeping check on health has gained significant importance and being a visually impaired it becomes a little more challenging for us.
We are present another webinar on “accessible health check devices for visually impaired” on Sundaythe 13th of December 2020 at 06:00 PM.
The webinar will be live on our YouTube channel. Visit
www.youtube.com/nabdelhionline
to join us.
Greetings from Indic AI,
We are pleased to inform you that now you can prepare for government entrance exams for teaching, banking , SSC and railways from your home.
Adda247 has come up with amazing discount offers for our students with disabilities.
Please find the details below.
1. Bank Mahapack
Fees after discount- Rs.2500
2. SSC Maha Pack
Fees after discount- Rs.1500
A drug reaction 20 years ago affected the retina of Pramit Bhargava, an alumnus of IIT-BHU and IIM-B. Since then, he slowly started losing his vision, and by 2012, it had dropped to a point when he could not read anything. Losing his vision had impacted Bhargava, both mentally and physiologically. Low on confidence, the 53-year-old even started questioning himself.
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DU released the tentative datesheet for December 2020 examinations on 5th November 2020. The examinations will commence on 12th December and go on till 24th December in Open Book Examinations (OBE) mode.
The University of Delhi (DU) released the tentative date sheet for December 2020 examinations on Thursday, 5th November 2020.
As per the previous notification of DU, the exams for this semester as well as previous semester improvement students will happen in an offline-online blended mode.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank and celebrate our well-wisher, Rajender Sud for participating in the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon and raising close to 2.5 lakh rupees for Project Eyeway.
I would also like to thank others who have donated to us so far. The money raised will go towards the launch of our Self-employment programme for the blind.
Rajender Sud, ADHM Runner
New Delhi, December 3
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that India has taken numerous measures to ensure a positive change in the lives of persons with disabilities, as he gave a call for collectively working towards ensuring opportunity and improving accessibility for them.
Modi's comments were in the context of the UN choosing the theme of "Building Back Better: toward a disability-inclusive, accessible and sustainable post COVID-19 World” to commemorate the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
To begin with, I would like to thank you all for your support to Score Foundation over the years. Each year, I run the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon (ADHM) to raise funds for our work with blind and visually impaired people through Project Eyeway. We would raise an amount between ten to fourteen lakhs. But unfortunately, due to the pandemic this year, I was unable to participate personally in the virtual ADHM.
When Anil Babu takes to the screen for the ‘First Bell’ geography class for Class IX students on Monday, it will be a major victory in life for the visually challenged teacher and an inspiration for thousands of students.
Please Join for this Zoom Event. This will be in the style of KBC but with a difference.
The Event is being held for the Cause of Musical Artistes. The cause performer on the show would be reknowned singer RITVIK (who is visually challenged)
Expert Guest of the Show is the famous KBC Expert Col VEMBU SHANKAR - Shaurya Chakra Winner Indian Army Veteran.
Come Forward for the Cause and Register Through Link Below by Paying a nominal Rs 125. What's more is that you stand to Win Prize as well.
NAB Delhi is pleased to announce its annual national level awards on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities
NAB Sarojini Trilok Nath National Award is a prestigious award that has been given to top personalities and organizations working for the disabled. This year too, NAB Delhi is proud to anounce the worthy recipients of this award.
1. Best Individual – Prof. Anil Aneja, Eminent Social Worker,
Disability Activist and Educator
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