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Chandigarh: Govt colleges told to pay those who write exams for visually impaired students

Fri, 05/19/2017 - 14:57 -- anoushka.mathew...

The Directorate of Higher Education, Chandigarh Administration has directed all government colleges in Chandigarh to pay writers who appear for visually impaired students in their exam. As per the notification by the Higher Education Department circulated to the colleges, a writer will receive Rs 300 per paper to write the exam of visually impaired students and upto Rs 2,000 per student. Twenty-four visually impaired students are studying in government colleges in Chandigarh who will receive the writer financial assistance facility for the first time.

RJ helps raise money for visually-impaired girl studying to be a lawyer

Fri, 05/19/2017 - 14:52 -- anoushka.mathew...

It takes a miracle for helpless people to get back on their feet and while many people are busy with their daily lives, they do not hesitate to help in every way they can. A radio jockey recently went out of her way to help a student who didn't have enough money to afford her meals and college and it is the best thing you will read today.

OFFICE SUPERINTENDENT and TECHNICAL ASSISTANT

Wed, 05/17/2017 - 15:05 -- geeta.nair

Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Staff Selection Commission
Karnataka Kerala Region
(website: http://ssckkr.kar.nic.in)

File No. S.600009/1/2017-Sel. 

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit http://www.ssckkr.kar.nic.in or refer to the Employment News dated 13th May 2017, page no. 4

Last Date for Online Registration 07th June 2017

Gujarati Braille Translation

We, Sparsh Products are pleased to inform you that the Hindi Braille Translation software developed by us now supports Gujarati Braille Translation as well. With this software we can translate our Hindi/Gujarati documents to Braille which a user can read in his Braille display, Braille notetaker or print them in Braille
with a Braille embosser.
 
The price of the software is Rs. 7,000/- only.
 
The software would be provided free of cost on the purchase of a Braille Display, Braille notetaker or a Braille Embosser.
 

NBT publishing books in Braille, digital formats

Tue, 05/16/2017 - 11:28 -- geeta.nair

The National Book Trust has started publishing books in Braille and digital formats for blind readers, NBI chairman Baldev Bhai Sharma said.

“We have published more than 100 e-books and four books in Braille as the new copyright rules have made it easier,” Mr Sharma said.
Source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/nbt-publishing-books-in-braille-digital-formats/article18462418.ece

Around Nandi Hills in 17 hours

Mon, 05/15/2017 - 11:37 -- geeta.nair

BENGALURU: Among the 932 partcipants at Bengaluru 2017 Walk, an annual walkathon held in January, was Sowmya K Bhaskar, a human resource manager from Bengaluru who recently moved to Hyderabad. Being 90 per cent blind, Sowmya has crossed out walkathon from her bucket list as she completed a 50 km trail from Nandi Hills in 17 hours along with three of her colleagues.


Sowmya K Bhaskar along with her
team at the walkathon

Digital India: A boon for the visually impaired

By Shruti Pushkarna

Digital India is a transformational idea that needs to be exploited beyond its present scope to bring persons with blindness and visual impairment into the mainstream.

Digital Literacy, Digital Divide, Digital Inclusion. These terms are increasingly becoming a part of our conversational vocabulary, thanks to Prime Minister Modi’s flagship campaign, Digital India.

MEET HELD FOR DISABLED IN CITY; ISSUES DISCUSSED

Fri, 05/12/2017 - 10:08 -- geeta.nair

A one- day consultation as part of Voluntary National Review on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) was held here by international development organisation Sightsavers. The consultation was attended by more than 50 representatives of disability networks and groups working across the State. This year the progress on SDGs was reviewed. It addressed the concerns and voices of the persons with disabilities (PWDs) in the implementation of these global commitments and timeline.

321 visually impaired candidates to take 2017 UTME – Official

Wed, 05/10/2017 - 10:41 -- geeta.nair

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said it has registered 321 visually impaired candidates for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

The Head, JAMB Information and Media, Dr Fabian Benjamin, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday  in Bwari.

Benjamin said that the figure was higher than the 201 candidates registered for the examination in 2016.

He said that adequate arrangement has been made for the visually impaired candidates to participate fully in the forthcoming UTME.

Office Assistant (Hindi) and Commercial Assistant

Tue, 05/09/2017 - 12:54 -- geeta.nair

GOA SHIPYARD LIMITED
SHIPBUILDERS, SHIPREPAIRERS & ENGINEERS
(A Government of India Undertaking-Ministry of Defence)
(ISO 9001-2008 Certified Company)
VADDEM, VASCO-DA-GAMA, GOA – 403 802
Advt. No. 03/2017
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit www.goashipyard.com  or refer to the Employment News dated 6th April 2017, page no. 11

Last Date for Online Registration 15.05.2017

Mobitel envisions bringing Vesak to visually impaired

Tue, 05/09/2017 - 11:12 -- geeta.nair

The National Mobile Service Provider, Mobitel plans to bring the light of joy to the visually impaired in the country during the Vesak season with the introduction of the Interactive Voice Response (IVR) platform to enable users to listen to the stories on display on five prominent Vesak Pandals in Colombo this year.

Users can call the short code 565 from any Mobitel number to listen to the stories free of charge from May 10 to 20, 2017.

First synthetic retina for visually impaired created – The Guardian NewsPaper

Tue, 05/09/2017 - 10:49 -- geeta.nair

A synthetic, soft tissue retina developed by an Oxford University student could offer fresh hope to visually impaired people.Until now, all artificial retinal research has used only rigid, hard materials. The new research, by Vanessa Restrepo-Schild, a 24 year old Dphil student and researcher at the Oxford University, Department of Chemistry, is the first to successfully use biological, synthetic tissues, developed in a laboratory environment.

NITI Aayog document inaccessible to blind

Tue, 05/09/2017 - 10:32 -- geeta.nair

Activists term situation ‘unfortunate’

The three-year action agenda document recently released by NITI Aayog is inaccessible to the visually impaired and those who use assistive technology for reading, say activists.

The plan proposes several policy changes for short-term implementation in India, and covers sectors such as agriculture, industry and manufacturing.

Beyond reach

The document available on the organisation’s website, however, is inaccessible to many.

Scientific Officer Grade-II

Mon, 05/08/2017 - 12:27 -- geeta.nair

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR)
Roorkee 247667
Uttarakhand
Tel: 01332- 284563, 
E-mail: recruitment@iitr.ac.in 
Advertisement No.IITR/ Establishment/2017/01 

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

Last Date for Online Registration 26.05.2017

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee invites the on line applications for the following posts as per the details given below. 

Striving for self-reliance

29 year old Palash belongs to Nashik. His blindness stopped him from pursuing his education beyond school. Over the years he did odd jobs around the house and helped his brother run a family grocery shop. When he found out about Eyeway he thought it might be interesting to call and find out if there were other options that he could explore as he really wished to do something of his own. Our counsellor gave him information about how he could pick up his studies from where he left off.  However, Palash did not seem keen to resume studying after such a long gap.

An ear for Music

21 year old Sameer has a passion for music. So great was his love that he discontinued his schooling after Class XI. He went on to pursue music and successfully graduated in the subject from a local music school. However, he felt that he was lacking something. Knowing and playing for himself or for smaller groups was not going to work. He needed to be part of something bigger. But what? Perhaps an orchestra? He decided to get some guidance from our counsellor at Eyeway.

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