National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS)
Tata Institute for Fundamental Research (TIFR)
Bangalore
Advt No.30/2016
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit https://www.ncbs.res.in
The Last date for receipt of ONLINE applications 31st October, 2016.
SPECIAL RECRUITMENT DRIVE FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES(PWD-OH/VH/HH)
Anyone who has a little knowledge about cricket for the visually challenged would know that for players of the B1 category (those who are completely blind), scoring every single run is a big achievement as compared to the players of B2 and B3 categories (those who can see up to three metres and six metres respectively). No wonder every run scored by the players of B1 category is doubled when it’s counted for the team.
SYNDICATE BANK
REGIONAL OFFICE:VISAKHAPATNAM
Empanelment of candidates for the post of Temporary Attenders.
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit https://www.syndicatebank.in
Last date of receipt of aplications: 22.10.2016
The Bank is proposing to empanel suitable candidates to work in the post of Temporary Attenders in the leave vacancies in the branches/offices of the following districts.
In an endeavour to build awareness that the visually challenged are very much part of the mainstream society, around 50 persons, including students of the Government School for the Blind here, staged a nearly one-km rally on Tuesday.
The rally was taken out to the Government College here as part of the World White Cane Safety day that fell on October 15.
Steps to be taken
The programme was organised by the district unit of the Kerala Federation of the Blind in association with the with the National Service Scheme (NSS) at the Government College.
NAB department of Client Service is going to organize a "One Day Work Shop on Radio Jockey' for the visually challenged college students with the help of professional experts from the same field. The objective of this programme is to bring out hidden talents and potentials of visually challenged youngsters and try to develop their skills which are necessary for being a "Radio Jockey". We request our visually challenged students to join this programme. The details of the programme are as follows:
Date: Sunday 23rd October, 2016
Time: 10. am to 5.00 pm
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR,
Kalpana Chawla Government Medical College (KCGMC)
Karnal, Haryana
Advertisement for Direct Recruitment
Class- C and D Posts
Advt. No. 10/2016
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit http://kcgmc.org.in
Last date for online registration: 25/10/2016.
Government of Haryana has setup a new Medical College at Karnal. It is a Government College for girls. The College is in the process of filling up the following 307 para-medical job posts.
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, October 17
He could have been like any other ‘raagi’ after his retirement in 1998 from the Golden Temple, where he worked for 30 years. But, Bhai Gurmej Singh had a wish. Being visually impaired, he wanted many like him to read the holy Sikh scriptures.
He transliterated Guru Granth Sahib into Braille in 2012. Four year later, he transliterated ‘Vaars’, a kind of Punjabi poetry, of Bhai Gurdas into Braille.
Aarti Kapur
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, October 14
As many as 18 girl students participated in a fashion show, which was organised by the National Association for the Blind (NAB) to celebrate International White Cane Day, at the Post Graduate Government College for Girls, Sector 11, here today.
POWER FINANCE CORPORATION LIMITED
(A Government of India Undertaking)
‘Urjanidhi’ 1 Barakhamba Lane,
New Delhi-110 001.
Website: www.pfcindia.com
Advertisement No: 03/2016
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit http://www.pfcindia.com/ or refer to the Employment News dated 15 October 2016, page no. 7
Last date for online registration: 31.10.2016
KOCHI: Clad in white jerseys, many thronged the Le Meridien Hotel for Run to Give 2016, a charity event organised by Le Meridien and Society for Rehabilitation of Visually Challenged (SRVC), on Sunday. The seven-kilometre run commenced on hotel premises, moving through Kannidikadu and ending back at the hotel. The funds were raised by the registrations of the participants which was 500 per person. Funds were also generated by event sponsors Bacardi, Sula Vineyards and Executive Events.
KOCHI: Taking off from where the hugely popular T-20 Asia Cup for the visually challenged here had left off, Cricket Association for the Blind in Kerala(CABK) would host a maiden Kerala Premier League for visually challenged persons in the city in December on the occasion of World Disability Day.
THE NATIONAL Association for the Blind (NAB) in association with Amway Opportunity Foundation (AOF) celebrated the International White Cane Day on Friday. The celebrations included a fashion show and a talent hunt competition amongst visually impaired students from institutes across Chandigarh and Punjab. The intent was to encourage the academic as well as overall personality development of the visually impaired students and provide them with a platform where they could showcase their talent. Nishu Singal, UT director (social welfare department) was the chief guest.
Government of India
Department of Atomic Energy
Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre
1/AF, Bidhan Nagar
Kolkata – 700 064
Website: http://www.vecc.gov.in
ADVERTISEMENT NO. VECC – 3/2016
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit http://www.vecc.gov.in or refer to the Employment News dated 8 October 2016, page no. 18
Last date of receipt of aplications: 15.11.2016
NEW DELHI: Around Diwali last year, corporate trainer Akash Bhardwaj was out shopping when he saw a nearly blind woman, with scars on her face, selling balloons. She had a small baby . Her husband had abandoned her after a neighbour disfigured her face with acid. She had also lost her job as a security guard.
"She asked me, 'Jis aurat ko muh dekh ke nikaal diya, usko kaun naukri dega (Who will employ a woman sacked because of a disfigured face)?'" says Bhardwaj, 31.
The Dominica Association of Persons with Disabilities (DAPD Inc.) is continuing its advocacy on visual impairment with a week of activities.
Visual Awareness Week and the 11th National Dollar Day was launched at the DAPD’s office in Goodwill on Monday 10 October 2016.
Visual Awareness Week is dedicated to informing and sensitizing the public about the challenges that the visually impaired face and how they can assist them in making their day to day life easier.
By George Abraham
Often we hear journalists raise a question on behalf of persons with disabilities, “Is the government doing enough for the country’s disabled population?” Reporters and anchors accuse the government representatives for not doing enough to make the environment ‘inclusive’?
How about we turn this question around and ask our friends in the media, “What role does the media play towards inclusion of persons with disabilities? Does the media practice what it preaches?”
In a bid to make art accessible to the visually impaired, Delhi Art Gallery (DAG) Modern is hosting an exhibition with tactile replicas of works from the artist collective 'Group 1890'.
The initiative titled 'Abhas' has been executed by architecture and access consultant Siddhant Shah, who has reproduced the artworks in the form of embossed abstracts to allow blind people to touch and feel them.
"Through such initiatives we aim to overcome the physical and mental barriers for individuals and make art inclusive for all.
CEBU, Philippines - At least four visually-impaired students from Cebu Normal University were among the first applicants in the Capitol's Paglaum Scholarship Program.
Despite their physical limitations, there is no stopping for Jemar Togonon, Roland Christian Faelnar, Roland Christopher Faelnar and Shiela Marie Tiongzon from achieving their dreams of getting a college diploma.
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