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ANNOUNCING EmployABILITY2016

ANNOUNCING EmployABILITY2016

A great opportunity for job seekers with disability!

The much awaited job opportunities fair for persons with disabilities, EmployABILITY2016 will be held in CHENNAI on 17 and 18 December 2016.

EmployABILITY2016 offers equitable employment opportunities to qualified persons with disability, connecting them to unbiased equal-opportunity employers from across the country. It is a platform where you will be considered strictly on the basis of your qualifications and skills, not disability.

Member Technical Support Staff and Assistant

SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY PARKS OF INDIA
(An Autonomous Society under Govt. of India, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology)
Ganga Software Technology Complex ,
Sector-29, Noida-201 303
Phone: 91-120-2470503,2470405 Fax :91-120-2470403
URL : http://www.noida.stpi.in

Employment Notice No. 1/2016/STPI/NOIDA

e-toilets come up at Braille Bhawan

Gurvinder Singh

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, October 31

The district administration has come up with electronic toilets at Braille Bhawan to help the visually impaired and physically challenged people.

These toilets are equipped with sensors that flush water automatically and the visually-impaired won’t have to grope for any button or knob for using these toilets now.

Unheard, differently-abled hold rally

Bathinda, October 27

Miffed with the state government for not paying heed to their demands for the past several years, members of the Physically Disabled Persons’ Association today took out a march near Ambedkar Chowk in the city.

Preparing visually impaired children between two and five for school- Part 2

By Supriya Das

The following article is in continuation of the first blog piece that appeared here, on Preparing Visually Impaired children between two and five for school. In the previous piece, Supriya Das talked about certain key areas where parents need to work in order to help their children to get into mainstream education system. One of those key areas focuses on Self Help and Independent Living Skills. To understand this better, we can further divide this into the following focus areas.

VP Columbia High Speed Braille & Graphics Embosser

A new High Speed Braille embosser has been launched by View Plus, USA and is now available in India. It's main features are given below:

Camp held to issue disability certificates

Tribune News Service

Jammu, October 26

To help people with special needs get disability certificates, Sahyog India, an NGO, conducted a disability medical board camp. The camp was inaugurated by Ashkoor Ahmed Wani, Deputy Inspector General , Jammu-Kathua Range .

Assistant Grade.1

NUCLEAR POWER CORPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED
(A Government of India Enterprise)
KUDANKULAM NUCLEAR POWER PROJECT
Kudankulam PO, Radhapuram Taluk,
Tirunelveli Dist, Tamil Nadu – 627 106
HUMAN RESOURCE GROUP

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit http://www.npcil.nic.in or refer to the Employment News dated 22 October 2016, page no. 6

LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS – 30/11/2016

National School Chess Championship for the Visually Challenged - 2016 - Shirdi

National School Chess Championship for the Visually Challenged - 2016 -
Shirdi

We are glad to inform you that All India Chess Federation for the Blind (AICFB) organizing National School Chess Championship for the Visually Challenged, 2016. This championship will be held in Sai Palkhi Niwara
Nagar Manmad Road Nimgaon Nigoj Shiradi, Maharashtra, from 22nd November to 26th November, 2016. This Championship is organized by All India Chess Federation for the Blind (AICFB) jointly organized with OM SAI RAM Trust.

Braille-based guide for iPhone users

"Feel'n'See", a Braille-based guide for iPhone users to more efficiently navigate their smartphones https://youtu.be/MwOaqBObLts #braille#iOS

Compassion, the language that differently-abled understands

CHENNAI: “Compassion and kindness are languages that the deaf can hear and the blind can see and the mentally ill can understand,” said Dr Sarada Menon, founder of Schizophrenia Research Foundation (SCARF), as she received ‘Mother Teresa Award’ from Indian Development Foundation (IDF, formerly Indian Leprosy Foundation) on Tuesday.

Speaking at the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, Dr Menon said the country has come a long way when it comes to mental health

Assistant

PARLIAMENT OF INDIA (JOINT RECRUITMENT CELL)
Advt. No. 4/2016

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit http://164.100.47.192/loksabha/Recruitment/advandnot.aspx

The Last date for receipt of applications 02.11.2016_to 01.12.2016

Online applications are invited from eligible Indian citizens for filling up 35 vacancies.

Post: Assistant
No. of posts: 35,out of which 01 for Low Vision

Now, taxis to ferry disabled people to polling booths

Gurvinder Singh Tribune News Service Ludhiana, October 22

To ensure that those who cannot come to cast their vote on their own during the upcoming Assembly elections aren’t left out, the district administration is going to reach out to them at their doorstep to help them exercise their adult franchise.

Assistant Stores and Typist/Clerk

Swami Vivekanand National National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research
(Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Department of Empowerment for Persons with Disabilities, Govt. of India)
Olatpur, Post Bairoi, Dist: Cuttack,
Odisha-754010

Ref: No. AD 6B 10(01)

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit http://www.svnirtar.nic.in/

The Last date for receipt of applications 31st October, 2016.

Administrative Officer “C”

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)

Sight and sensibility

On World Sight Day, photographers in the city were allowed a glimpse into the world of their companions who were visually impaired

Pune: Visually challenged cricketers put their best foot forward

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.

Temporary Attenders

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.

Audio library promised for the visually challenged

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.