Equal Opportunities Cell opens up window of opportunity for all |
NEW DELHI: Purnima Singh is visually-challenged. She came to Delhi in 2014 and has been studying in a school for the blind at Vikaspuri. "It was always my dream to study in DU," she told TOI, while... |
Education and Employment |
31/May/2017 |
Microsoft hosts Accessibility Summit in Hyderabad |
Microsoft India today hosted its first-ever Accessibility Summit here aiming to enhance technology access for people with disabilities.
The summit aimed at demonstrating the business value of... |
Accessibility |
31/May/2017 |
‘Life after Dark’ to perform at Wokha |
Light after Dark, a band from Shillong comprising four visually impaired young men would be performing for charity at Wokha on World Music Day, June 21.
Lalzawmliana (Zawma) Sailo, the founder of... |
General |
31/May/2017 |
Visually impaired but focus intact |
She has lost her eyes but not her vision. Visually impairedsince birth, class X student Aanchal Saini secured 85.2%in her Board exams. A student of Lucknow Public College, Rajajipuram, Aanchal... |
Education and Employment |
31/May/2017 |
Visually-impaired Tamil girl secures 96.6 pc in Class 12 board, says disability was never a hindrance |
Dharshana MV has partial vision in her left eye and is sightless in her right eye. However, she did not let this deter her and has performed excellently in the CBSE Class 12 examination. She fought... |
Education and Employment |
31/May/2017 |
18-year-old visually impaired girl scores 89 percent in CBSE Class 12 board exams |
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Sunday announced the class 12 results on its official website, cbse.nic.in
An 18-year-old, Gurleen Kaur from Punjab, who is visually impaired has... |
Education and Employment |
31/May/2017 |
Kerala govt will train 500 blind teachers to use technology that would aid teaching |
Close to 500 blind teachers in Kerala would be trained in the various facets of Information and Communication Technology, to help them to handle their subjects effectively using technology, in a... |
Education and Employment |
29/May/2017 |
Ahmedabad government blind to Accessible India |
AHMEDABAD: While the central government is pushing the cause of people with disabilities, termed divyangs, and has also passed the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill last year, the state seems... |
Education and Employment |
29/May/2017 |
Samaritans for sightless |
Four youths from Odisha are doing their bit to change the way visually-impaired students read. At a time when the state is facing acute shortage of Braille books, the classmates are on a mission to... |
Education and Employment |
29/May/2017 |
TOUCH & FEEL |
Artist Chintamani Hasabnis has been painting since 1990. However, the last four years have been special to him as he started creating art that enabled the visually impaired to see. To do this, the 52... |
General |
29/May/2017 |
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