NAGPUR: When computers were a relatively new concept in Nagpur during the 1990s,Pramod Bhalerao, a physically challenged professor from Government Institute of Science, was in much demand, on account of his mastery over the machine. He decided to dedicate his expertise and vast knowledge of computers for the welfare of disabled and handicapped youths from the city.
BENGALURU: The Transport Separtment has recently launched its redesigned website (www.transport.karnataka.gov.in) and e-payment system. The website also has special features for the visually challenged and colour blind people.
Transport minister R Ramalinga Reddy said users can increase or decrease the font size of the content, which is also visible in standard contrast and high contrast which is very helpful to colour blind people.
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Demanding filling of backlog of over 5,000 posts, employment according to capability and enhancement of pension, hundreds of physically-disabled persons, mostly Dalits, are sitting on a protest for more than past four months in Mansa.
Protesters said a panel meeting with Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal was held on June 18 where some of their demands were met on paper only as they turned to be ‘false promises’.
Department of Posts India
Government of India
Office of Chief Postmaster General,
Rajasthan Circle,
Notification No. Rectt/2-34/2016 Dated 20.09.2016
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The XRCVC is delighted to announce a workshop on the subject, “Effective screen reader usage -- making the transition to open source 'the process and possibilities'
NVDA has come a long way both in terms of its functionality, ease of access and integration with pleasant user-friendly voices.
The one-day workshop would help the user make the transition towards using NVDA as their primary screen reader.
Key themes would include:
1. Background and relevance
2. Installation and upgradation
3. Understanding controls and key strokes.
National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT)
An Autonomous Scientific Society of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology(MeitY)
Electronics Niketan, 6 ,
CGO Complex,
New Delhi - 110003 , India
Website: http://www.nielit.gov.in
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A visually impaired teacher of Delhi University has expressed his disillusionment at being unable to marry a physically 'normal' woman because of societal constraints.
India Trade Promotion Organisation
(A Government of India Enterprise)
Pragati Bhawan, Pragati Maidan,
New Delhi-110 001(India)
No. 9-ITPO(21)/E-I/1998 Vol-III
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Last date of receipt of aplications: 30.10.2016
Invites applications exclusively from Persons with Disabilities (PWD) for recruitment to the following posts:
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to file reply within four weeks in response to a public interest litigation (PIL) highlighting the difficulty faced by blind persons in identifying currency notes and coins.
A division bench headed by Chief Justice Manjula Chellur, while hearing a petition filed by National Association for the Blind (NAB), asked the central bank to submit its response within a month and allowed the petitioner to file a rejoinder within two weeks of RBI filing its reply.
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to file reply within four weeks in response to a public interest litigation (PIL) highlighting the difficulty faced by blind persons in identifying currency notes and coins.
A division bench headed by Chief Justice Manjula Chellur, while hearing a petition filed by National Association for the Blind (NAB), asked the central bank to submit its response within a month and allowed the petitioner to file a rejoinder within two weeks of RBI filing its reply.
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to file reply within four weeks in response to a public interest litigation (PIL) highlighting the difficulty faced by blind persons in identifying currency notes and coins.
A division bench headed by Chief Justice Manjula Chellur, while hearing a petition filed by National Association for the Blind (NAB), asked the central bank to submit its response within a month and allowed the petitioner to file a rejoinder within two weeks of RBI filing its reply.
The Daan Utsav team in Gujarat has been celebrating this event during 2nd to 8th October every year. This year, Blind People's Association and Ahmedabad Optical Association have organized "Walk for Vision" as per
following program as a part of celebration of Daan Utsav. The members of Ahmedabad Optical Association have already committed providing 12,500 spectacles poor school girls of Ahmedabad slums and rural areas - a
great initiative indeed!!
Day & Date: 2nd October (Sunday)
Time: 7 a.m. onwards
Venue: Parimal Garden
NAB-Sarojini -Trilok Nath National Level Award – 2016
Applications are invited for prestigious NATIONAL LEVEL NAB-SAROJINI TRILOK NATH AWARD-2016 for outstanding contribution by an individual or organization towards education, welfare or Rehabilitation of visually impaired. The award carries cash prize of Rs. One lakh and a Scroll of honour. Previous recipients of this award include legends in the field of visually impaired like Mr. A.K. Mittal, Mr. S.K. Rungta and Ms. Shanti Raghavan.
BENGALURU: Nearly a year after the Mysuru railway station became the first in the country to put in place facilities for the visually impaired, the Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna railway station in Bengaluru is all set to emulate it.
The same non-governmental organisation that made it possible in Mysuru will be implementing it in the City too.
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Sector - 29, Gandhinagar - 382 030,
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e-mail: registrar@cug.ac.in,
website: www.cug.ac.in
F.No.9-4/2016-Admn./
Employment Notification No. 18/2016-17
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BHUBANESWAR: Differently-abled students from across the State underlined the need for inclusive education in Government schools at ‘Prativa O Manthan’, a workshop organised by Swabhimaan here on Thursday.
Kingston University fashion graduate, Bianca Von Stempel in conversation with Katie Turner
Describing her fashion collection ‘Tactility,’ showcased at this year’s London Fashion Week, and how it was inspired by her visual impairment, Bianca says, “What you miss out on, you reinvent.” She says that she experiences the world as, “fragmented and at a distance,” so that an object becomes something different to her compared to how a sighted person might see it and that she decided to use this idea as the inspiration for her collection.
OIL AND NATURAL GAS CORPORATION LIMITED
Special Recruitment Drive for PWD
Advt. No: 7/2016(R&P) (For Non-Executives)
Website: www.ongcindia.com
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Last date for online registration: 10.10.2016
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