ITANAGAR, Jul 23: The Self-Help Group (SHG) members of Yangfel Parteh Deneh, Itanagar on Sunday visited the Donyi Polo Mission School for the Hearing & Visually Impaired at Chimpu and donated various edible items to the school for the use of the differently-able students.
Getting a coveted seat at a Delhi University college is dream come true for many. With sky high cutoffs and even greater competition, those who make it have already proved their worth. But for some students, this can seem like a bigger feat than others.
Imphal, July 20 2017: Recent transfer and posting order issued by the Directorate of Education (s) has caused a serious inconvenience and felt discriminated to visually impaired upper primary teacher.
In a statement by Relief Centre for the Welfare of Differently Able Persons, Manipur the Directorate of Education(s) overlooked the transfer and policy guideline of Person with disability order by the government.
Job Oriented Training and Placement for Visually Impaired
Job oriented training and Placement for Visually Impaired
Date: 29th July, 2017 – 8th August, 2017
Venue : Indian Association for the Blind, Sundarajanpatty, Alagar Koil Main Road, Madurai – 625104. Tamil Nadu | India.
I really appreciate the work your organization doing for special students.
National Museum also take a step for these unique ones.
I want to inform you about a special gallery (Anubhav Gallery) for visually impaired where they can learn and experience something new.
Facilities offered in Anubhav gallery are:
1.All Artefact can be touch
2.Audio guide in Hindi, English and regional language
3.Volunteer support
4.Separate entrance and exit
At the ongoing counselling at Anna University, response from persons with disability has been poor. This year, following an order issued by the government, the university authorities had increased the number of seats reserved for candidates with disability to 5% of the total allotted seats.
The Shanta Memorial Rehabilitation Centre (SMRC) observed its 32nd foundation day here on Tuesday.
Prior to the programme, talent hunt competitions were organised among children with disabilities of 10 special schools of the twin city of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. About 200 children had participated.
Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Department Secretary Niten Chandra and renowned disability activist Jeeja Ghose graced as guests and felicitated 20 children of different schools for their talent.
Chennai: E Ukanthaai, 35, sells sweets and pens on suburban trains on the Chennai Beach route every day. Forty-six- year-old Kasthoori, a mother of two, sells needles, nail cutters and stationery items on trains departing the city. Both women are visually impaired, having lost their vision in childhood.
Department of Space, Government of India
INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION (ISRO)
ISRO CENTRALISED RECRUITMENT BOARD [ICRB]
Advt No. ISRO HQ: ICRB: 03:2017 dated 11.07.2017
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit http://www.isro.gov.in or refer to the Employment News dated 15th July 2017, page no. 34
The last date for receiving the online application is 31.07.2017
Announces 18th batch of ACTC at Mitra Jyothi, Bangalore
The 18th batch of Advanced Computer Training Center (ACTC) for visually impaired is scheduled in the 2nd week of Aug 2017 at Mitra Jyothi, Bangalore.
The tentative date for the commencement is 7th of August 2017.
The details are as below. Request you to send us the resumes of interested candidates by 20th July 2017 to ramyashree.ramaprasad@tcs.com
This is an Android based app for navigating indoor spaces. This is currently a research project at Microsoft and interested people can try out this app and provide their feedback to Microsoft. This navigation approach does not use beacons, so it is not limited by physical infrastructure deployment.
For more details please refer to the following link.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/path-guide-new-approach-indoor-navigation/
New York, July 13
Tech giant Microsoft has released an iPhone app, including in India, that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help the blind and visually impaired see world around them like never before.
The free ‘Seeing AI’ app can read out short snippets of text, describe people, identify products and currency denominations, and take a stab at identifying the objects in a person’s surroundings.
With optical shops mushrooming at every nook and corner of the country, the Government has, for the first time, moved in to regulate their functioning to ensure a standard of "sanitation, hygiene and professional practice".
COIMBATORE: Even as the State government has ordered a vigilance probe on the recent recruitment done by the Bharathiar University, a visually challenged Assistant Professor at the Social Work department of the University, resigned saying it should have been reserved for a hearing impaired. He added he did not want to continue in a post that belongs to someone else.
After much delay, the Delhi Development Authority launched its housing scheme on Friday. There are 13,000 flats on offer which will be allotted through a draw of lots.
Please find below information regarding the newly launched company 'Enable Travel', a specialist offering travel / holiday solutions for the disabled.
Powered by Cox & Kings, Enable Travel is India's first digital platform for accessible travel with a national footprint across 15 cities, with more being added in due course.
Kanchanmala Pande, a completely blind para-athlete swimmer from Nagpur, along with five other athletes, was to participate in the Para-Swimming Championships at Berlin from July 3rd to 9th. But she was left in utter misery after the sponsorship money from Sports Authority of India was not released by Paralympic Committee of India (PCI).
With no money for hotel and food expenses, Kanchanmala resorted to begging on the streets of the German capital.
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