Visually impaired Santosh Kumar Moharana has been selected to get the prestigious ‘Shambhavi Puraskar-2018’. He will receive a citation and cash award of Rs 2.5 lakh from Odisha Skill Development Authority (OSDA) Chairman Subroto Bagchi on April 21.

Moharana has played a transformational role in the upliftment of differently abled persons by bringing them to the mainstream in Paralakhemundi in Gajapati district by setting up his organisation 'Samarth' in 2007.

PANJAB UNIVERSITY has finally launched a formal equal opportunity cell for people with disabilities (EOC-PwD) on the lines of the SC/ST Cell. Students said they have been struggling for the past two years to get the cell established as it exists in other top universities such as Delhi University and Jawaharlal Nehru University. According to the University Grants Commission (UGC) guidelines, all universities and colleges should form an equal opportunity cell for SC, ST, OBC and PWD students.

Defying all odds, at 31, Brahmananda became the first visually-impaired judge in Rajasthan.

A civil judge and judicial magistrate of Sarwar town of Ajmer district, Brahmananda grew up in Bhilwara and studied in a government school. He cleared the 2013 Rajasthan Judicial Services Examination in the first attempt, securing the 83rd rank, reported The Times of India.

Retiree helps visually impaired broaden their horizons

By Tan Yingzi in Chongqing

Partially blind former doctor acts as the 'eyes' of her friends on travel adventures

Cai Meiqi (front) guides her visually impaired friends to visit a scenic area on the outskirts of Chongqing. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY)

Bhartesh Singh Thakur

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 15

The Panjab University (PU) authorities have declared e-rickshaws free for the physically-challenged students on the campus.

Earlier, the service was given for free to only the poor physically challenged students. But when no student came forward with the application, the PU has declared it free for all of them.