Until Rajkumar Rao-starrer biopic Srikanth hit the OTT platform earlier this year, little was known about the resilient and rebellious Srikanth Bolla. The visually impaired Bolla is an entrepreneur-industrialist, who founded Bollant Industries, which manufactures sustainable packaging products from waste. He was also the first visually impaired international student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, where he pursued a management course.
Neha Saini
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, August 13
State-owned Punjab National Bank has launched the PNB ANTAH DRISHTI Braille Debit Card, designed for visually impaired customers.
This contactless National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) debit card is available on RuPay network, PNB said in a statement.
The introduction of the new braille debit card reflects the bank’s commitment to inclusivity and financial accessibility, it said.
Bhubaneswar: Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (SSEPD) department principal secretary Bishnupada Sethi met with a team of Japanese delegation here, Thursday. Sethi welcomed the delegation’s proposal to set up a vocational training institute and university for visually-impaired in the state. Tsukuba University Principal Ryuchi Aoki who led the delegation said, “Tsukuba University is offering various vocational educations to differently-abled students.
Even though the case is sub judice in the Punjab and Haryana high court, the Punjab government has issued a notification to allow free travel for attendants of visually impaired individuals in the government-run buses. The notification in this regard was issued on July 29, the state transport department said.
Old Age Home for retired blind persons starting in Delhi
NAB Delhi has constructed first of its kind extremely comfortable air conditioned home for senior citizens who are visually impaired.
Applications are invited from those who want to spend the rest of their lives in this beautiful environment surrounded by a supportive community consisting of Care-givers, Special Educators, Therapists and expert Trainers.
Mumbai: BMC has started implementing Dharmaveer Anand Dighe ‘Divyang’ Financial Assistance Scheme for the differently abled aged above 18 years within its jurisdiction. BMC had announced the scheme and allocated around Rs 112 crore for it during the presentation of the 2024-25 budget.
The scheme, a brainchild of chief minister Eknath Shinde, aims to benefit around 60,000 differently abled individuals in the city.
The young students of the nation are actively trying to come up with inventions to make lives easier. Students of a private school in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu have recently crafted a sensor-equipped shoe for the safety of visually impaired people, so that they can step out of their houses feeling more safe. Many visually impaired or those with hearing impairment have been a victim of accidents and often find it difficult to protect themselves. To alleviate their challenges, two friends studying in class 9, named Guru Prasad and Vishal came up with an idea.
Toymaker created the doll, which carries a cane, to create a ‘sense of belonging’ for children with vision impairment
Six decades after the original Barbie hit shelves, Mattel is launching its first blind Barbie doll in an effort to make its range more inclusive.
The US toymaker said the doll, which is now available online and instore, has been created in a bid to make blind and low-vision children more represented within society.
As part of promoting computer skill training among young and specially challenged, NTPC Coal Mining Headquarters, Ranchi under its CSR initiative in association with Swayamsiddha Ladies Club distributed two no.s of desktop computers to St Michael Blind school, residential school for specially challenged children with visual impairment.
On this occasion, Smt Rekha Jain,President ,NTPC Swayamsiddha Ladies handed over the desktop computers to Principal, Smt. Sarita Talal,Principal in the presence of committee members of the ladies club.
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