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Snehankit Helpline & Larsen & Tubro Empowering the Visually Impaired with Soft Skills & Personality Development Workshops.

Mon, 07/31/2017 - 12:24 -- geeta.nair

Do not Miss this Golden Opportunity to be part of a Soft Skills Training Program

We are happy to invite Visually Impaired students to a joint initiative of Snehankit Helpline & Larsen & Tubro Empowering the Visually  Impaired with Soft Skills & Personality Development Workshops.

Many possess Technical Knowledge but here's an opportunity to have a Competitive Edge over the others by Empowering yourselves through Soft Skills Training which includes verbal communication, body language,  corporate etiquettes etc.

Visually-impaired city cyclist to go on Manali-Khardung La cycle expedition

Mon, 07/31/2017 - 11:28 -- geeta.nair

In August 2016, Divyanshu Ganatra, a visually-impaired adventure enthusiast set out with a sighted captain to pedal from Manali to Khardung La in the Himalayas, a length of 550 kilometres that the team completed in just eight days. He became the first blind tandem cyclist to accomplish the feat. 

A blessing to visually impaired students

Mon, 07/31/2017 - 10:51 -- geeta.nair

Pallavi has taken up the responsibility of arranging scribes for 1,000 students

The phone never stops ringing at Pallavi Acharya’s house. It’s not hard to understand why: the 35-year-old has taken up the responsibility of arranging scribes for close to a 1,000 visually impaired students across Karnataka. In the last two years, Ms. Acharya, who is a consultant with the NGO Youth for Seva, has arranged scribes for 2,500 examinations for more than 350 visually impaired persons.

Vision without sight: Achievers share stories

Fri, 07/28/2017 - 10:55 -- geeta.nair

Visually impaired honoured for making a mark in their lives at SCD Government College
 

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, June 27

Visually-impaired persons, who have made a mark in their lives, was honoured during a function organised by the Punarjot Guldasta Eye Bank Society here today.

The function at SCD Government College saw the visually-impaired veterans share their words of wisdom.

NPS students play host to blind children

Fri, 07/28/2017 - 10:42 -- geeta.nair

Students of National Public School, Yelahanka, invited children of a blind school to spend quality time with them. Students from the blind school attended regular classes and they participated in quiz and other activities. SUPW club period provided some fun and relaxed learning. NPS students presented book marks made by them to blind children.

A Teacher’s fight for Justice

30 year old Kishore (name changed) is 100% blind. But his disability has in no way impacted his passion for academics. A meritorious student, Kishore’s love for English literature, led him to complete his Bachelors, Masters and MPhil in the subject. He further pursued a B.Ed degree and secured a job of Primary Teacher in the Bhuribha Lallubhai Mehta School in Singarva, Ahmedabad.

Catch them young

15 year old Tejas (name changed) has been undergoing eye treatment at the Low Vision Enhancement Centre of Shroff Charity Eye Hospital, Daryaganj, Delhi. He began losing his eyesight in February 2016 when he adversely reacted to an injection while being treated for another condition. Ms. Sonia at the Low Vision Enhancement Centre suggested visiting Score Foundation in order to understand how to proceed further. And so Tejas and his parents arrived at the Score Foundation office, hopeless and anxious. They poured their heart out to our Helpdesk team.

Getting back on track

Being diagnosed with vision impairment early on in life is a challenging affair. This challenge is compounded when students, unaware of the plethora of opportunities available, drop out of school. The belief that life stops after blindness continues to persist despite so many visually impaired persons excelling in a variety of fields.
23 year old Piyush (name changed) a resident of Motihari Bihar, discontinued schooling after Class 8 due to his vision impairment. For many years he sat at home, engrossing himself playing the Tabla and Harmonium. 

Banking on Eyeway

40 year old Rajesh (name changed), a class 4 employee of the Indian Navy is posted in Lonavala, Maharashtra. He has an account at the local State Bank of India and recently decided to apply for an ATM card. The bank officer rejected his request claiming that he could not issue an ATM to a 100% visually impaired person. Rajesh tried to argue his case but was unable to convince the Bank Officer to issue him a card.

NDMA seeks Kerala's help to make disabled people disaster-ready

Thu, 07/27/2017 - 10:25 -- geeta.nair

KOLLAM: It was a special occasion for Kerala when it became the first state to launch a disaster preparedness training programme for persons with disabilities. That was in May 2016. A year after, the state is again in the limelight.

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), which is in the process of chalking out guidelines for training the differently abled on survival skills in times of natural disasters and other emergency situations, has decided to seek the help of the Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) in preparing it.

-Officers (Scale-I, II & III) and Office Assistant (Multipurpose)

Tue, 07/25/2017 - 15:13 -- geeta.nair

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit www.ibps.in

On-line registration including Edit/Modification of Application by candidates: 24.07.2017 to 14.08.2017
Payment of Application Fees/Intimation Charges (Online) 24.07.2017 to 14.08.2017Download of call letters for Pre- Exam Training for Officer Scale-I August 2017

Railways told to boost facilities for disabled

Tue, 07/25/2017 - 11:05 -- geeta.nair

Treat the differently-abled as the “most treasured” passengers, the Delhi High Court on Monday told the Railways which it blamed for a visually impaired man missing his M.Phil entrance exam as he could not board a reserved coach since it was locked from inside.

A Bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C.Hari Shankar noted that the youth tried to reach Delhi on July 3 for the exam to be held on July 5, but could not as he first did not get a confirmed seat.

State offers artificial limbs to blind man

Tue, 07/25/2017 - 10:54 -- geeta.nair

BHUBANESWAR: Thirty-two year old visually challenged man Dilip Sahoo, who had lost both his legs in a train mishap, will be provided artificial limbs. Minister for Women and Child Development, Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Prafulla Samal announced this while visiting Sahoo at KIMS Hospital where he is undergoing treatment.

Assistant Professor and Associate Professor

Mon, 07/24/2017 - 14:58 -- geeta.nair

CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF HARYANA
Village: Jant-Pali, 
Distt: Mahendergarh (Haryana)-123029

Advertisement No.: CUH/T/R/01/2017 

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit http://www.cuh.ac.in  or refer to the Employment News dated 22nd July 2017, page no. 4

The last date for receiving the online application is 04.08.2017

Horizon A4 scanner

The most economical high speed scanner for the differently abled. Most of the individuals requires a high speed scanner but the ones available in the market did not provided high resolution images, motion sensing feature and accessible software.
 
Therefore we have launched Horizon A4 scanner. The price of the product is Rs. 16,000/- only.
 
It is a high speed camera scanner with motion sensing technology software which especially assists the differently abled for scanning the book independently.
 
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