Nagpur: Looking at her gentle smile and sparkle in the eyes, it is hard to gauge what Bhakti Ghatol, a Bachelor of Arts (BA) student from LAD College, has gone through to achieve success.
The visually impaired student, who stood first among disabled and was overall 9th topper in BA course, won four medals, including three gold and one silver, at the 105th convocation of Nagpur University on Saturday.

A government-run university for specially abled persons will start functioning in Rajasthan soon to provide them with education and skills.

KOCHI: A seeing App that can assist the visually impaired, a tool to prevent avoidable blindness, a data cruncher that can stop school dropouts and a program to help farmers tackle the vagaries of climate change - the power of Artificial Intelligence to solve real life and large-scale problems were detailed here on Friday by a man who is in the midst of some of the most exciting innovations in technology.

Paras Jain remembers his school principal’s reaction when he told him about his decision to pursue engineering.
“He told me you are making a big mistake. Instead pursue arts,” Jain says. Now 22, Jain is happy he chose a career in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), even though the graduation period for the visually challenged student was tough with lack of access to physical infrastructure in college and zero availability of digital books to support students like Jain.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:Education Minister C Ravindranath said all the campuses in the state would be fully insured from the next academic year. Replying to the demand for grants in the state Budget, Ravindranath said the government had decided to insure all the students, teachers and other staff, including cooks, for the first time in Asia.

SRINAGAR: Blinded by pellets, 16-year-old Insha Mushtaq joined a special course for the visually challenged at Delhi Public School (DPS) Srinagar on Wednesday, having cleared her matriculation exam in January this year.

“I am very excited. I got my admission in 11th class in Delhi Public School, and today is my first day in the school,” Insha said while heading to school.

MADURAI: The Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Monday ordered notice to various organs of the state government and the Tamil University on a plea seeking steps to disseminate ‘Thirukkural, the ancient didactic Tamil literary work, to the visually impaired by bringing out a Braille version in Tamil as well as English.

Seek action against official for ridiculing two visually impaired persons

The Joint Action Committee of the Associations for the Disabled is planning to stage an agitation on Wednesday to protest against the alleged behaviour of M. Rajendran, Commissioner, Tamil Nadu State Co-operative Societies Election Commission, towards two persons with disabilities.