Chandrakanta Kumari is a 24-year-old resident of Gaya, Bihar. While studying in Class 5, she was diagnosed with a retina issue which caused her vision to gradually deteriorate. But she was educated in a mainstream school despite her vision impairment. Chandrakanta belongs to an economically weak family and her two brothers are also visually impaired.
"Faculty Development Program on Academic Accessibility and Disability Inclusion"
Organized By:
Faculty Development Centre,
Savitribai Phule Pune University.
Concept Note:
• People with disabilities in India are often left out of mainstream
education because of unawareness amongst educational institutions and
academician, limited infrastructural resources and lack of training in
this regard. It is believed that barely two per cent of the 70 million
persons with disabilities have access to education in India. Hence the
Rajasthan Netraheen Kalyan Sangh invites applications for basic computer course in Jaipur Rajasthan.
Following are the details for the course: -
Date: from 01/08/2019 to 31/11/2019,
Venue: - Rajasthan netraheen kalyan sangh, Jaipur,
Eligibility criteria: - • Any visually challenged at least 12th pass by any recognized education board,
• Can understand English / Hindi as it is required to learn the computer concepts.
What’s in the course?
Mitra Jyothi, Bangalore conducting Advanced Computer Training (ACTC) for Visual Impaired in the second week of August 2019 at Mitra Jyothi, Bangalore.
Interested candidates send their resumes by 19th July 2019 to employment@nabindia.info.
Criteria- Graduate in any stream, good at conversional English, Basic knowledge of computer and hands on experience of JAWS software First round of interviews are scheduled from 22nd July 2019 to 26th July 2019.
Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation
(Ministry of Labour & Employment, Govt. of India)
Bhavishya Nidhi Bhawan,
14-Bhikaji Cama Place,
New Delhi-110066
Email: rpfc.exam@epfindia.gov.in/
Phone-011-26714172
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit
https://www.epfindia.gov.in/site_docs/PDFs/Recruitments_PDFs/Exam_Recrui...
Central University of Jammu
Rahya- Suchani (Bagla), District Samba-181143 Jammu (J &K)
Ph. No. 01923-249658; Website: www.cujammu.ac.in
EMPLOYMENT NOTIFICATION NO. 24
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit http://cujammu.ac.in//5000_media/Screening%20Committee/2019/Non%20Teaching/Employment%20Notification%20No%2024.pdf
Around 68 visually-challenged girls view Dashraj Gyawali as a father-figure because he has let them stay at his Burari home for free till they complete their studies.
In 1998, a visually challenged teenage girl approached Dashraj Gyawali with a cry for help. She had just completed her schooling and had taken admission at Delhi University (DU).
The 22nd batch of Advanced Computer Training Center (ACTC) for visually impaired is scheduled in the 2nd week of Aug 2019 at Mitra Jyothi, Bangalore.
The tentative date for the commencement is 5th of August 2019.
First round of Interviews are scheduled from 22nd July 2019 to 26th July 2019.
(Criteria : Graduate in any Stream, Good at Conversational English, Basic Knowledge of Computers and Hands-on experience of JAWS Software.)
HI\RYANA STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION BAYS ;NO. 67-70, SECTOR-2,
PANCHKULA - 134151
Website www.hssc.qov.in
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit http://www.hssc.gov.in/writereaddata/Advertisements/92_1_1_Advt.%2011-2019.pdf
Closing date for submission of online application 25tt July 201,9 (by 11:59PM)
A group of students and faculty members at a Bengaluru college have developed a software called Soft Braille to help visually impaired people get better access to images and maps in Braille.
Accessing images and maps is a major challenge for blind and low vision students, coming in the way of critical choices in academics. A new software aims to help them overcome those challenges.
An Indian-American led non-profit organisation has launched a public utility mobile app to locate and identify disabled-friendly buildings in India.
The NGO, Voice of Specially Abled People (VOSAP), announced the launch of mobile app during the United Nations Conference of State Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities or COSP12, early this week.
A mobile app to find accessible places (for persons with disabilities) is very important in a country like India, it said.
Navigating airports can be tricky. They’re loud, crowded and not always laid out intuitively. They’re even more challenging for visually impaired people.
Chieko Asakawa knows those challenges firsthand, and she has also devised a remedy.
NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SAMITI
(An Autonomous Organization under Ministry of HRD)
Department of School Education and Literacy
Government of India B-15, Institutional Area, Sector Noida,
District Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh – 201 309
RECRUITMENT DRIVE 2019
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit: file:///C:/Users/ADMIN/Downloads/LWlw4.pdf
Registration Open 10th July, 2019
Registration Closes 9th August, 2019
Chennai: Tamil Nadu has always been a forerunner in ophthalmology with many premier eye institutes training aspiring ophthalmologists in advanced skills and technology, besides providing world-class treatment for the patients, Chief Minister K. Palaniswami said here Saturday.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, during her Budget speech on Friday, announced that the government will shortly be releasing new rupee coins for public use.
These coins will be in the denominations of one, two, five, 10 and 20 rupees.
This version on announcement is the latest one for use.
Disregard the earlier mail on this subject.
An Exciting Program from Vision-Aid.
Digital Accessibility testing training Course for the Visually Challenged.
This highly subsidised course leads to course Completion certificate from
Deque University.
Applications for August 2019 session is open till 20th July 2019.
Limited Enrollment. Apply soon!
Overview
Forces backed move to tax disability pension: Finance minister - Times of India
Tezpur University
(A Central University)
Tezpur-784028 (Assam)
Advertisement No. 05/2019
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit http://www.tezu.ernet.in/Admin/Advt_No_05_2019.pdf
Last date for submission of On-line application:26.07.2019
Online applications are invited from eligible candidates for vacant teaching positions for various Departments/Centres.
Bhanu P Lohumi
Tribune News Service
Shimla, June 30
Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) will be the first one in the country to have its own policy for persons with disabilities.
A committee, constituted by the Vice-Chancellor, will prepare the draft policy document which will be implemented after the approval of the Executive Council (EC).
A decision was taken at a meeting of the EC after the issue was raised by Ajai Srivastava, an EC member, holding additional charge of the nodal officer for disability affairs of the HPU.
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