Education and Employment

Open to Visually Impaired Now

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Students with visual impairment in the state will be given admission to science stream in Higher Secondary classes, from this year onwards.

Visually Challenged Players Prove Their Mettle on the Chess Board

CHENNAI: A farmer’s son from a remote village near Sathankulam in Tutikorin district won the state-level chess tournament for visually challenged children organised by Nethrodaya, a self-help institution, recently.

5 Percentage Job Reservation for Diff-abled Soon

CHENNAI: Reservation for the differently-abled in government jobs will be increased to five per cent from the present three per cent. The Bill for this has been examined by a Parliamentary Standing Committee, Lov Verma, secretary, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, said on Wednesday.

Theatrical Release of Algorithms on Friday

Algorithms directed by Ian McDonald is the first ever feature documentary on Blind Chess. The heart touching documentary is being released theatrically by PVR across six metros, including Kochi on August 21. It is a documentary on the thriving but little known world of Blind Chess in India.

Cairns’ Marita Cheng launches app to help blind people ‘see’

FORMER Cairns student Marita Cheng is one of the city’s best and brightest – now she is helping the world’s blind and visually impaired “see” using computer vision.

New programme that teaches blind students Math launched in Mumbai

In A world where children shy away from maths, 15-year-old Bhavya Shah stands out. He loves the subject, and, when he grows up, he wants to be a computer engineer. It’s a dream that until now would have had little chance of fulfillment.

Madras HC Asks LIC to Keep 3 Per Cent DO Posts Vacant for Differantly-abled

CHENNAI: Madras High Court has directed public sector insurance giant LIC to keep vacant three per cent of the posts in the current recruitment for Apprentice Development Officers for persons with disabilities.

Disability rehabilitation centre to come up in Udupi

Deputy Commissioner R. Vishal said on Wednesday that a District Disability Rehabilitation Centre (DDRC) would be set up on the first floor of the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) Bhavan here at an estimated Rs. 42 lakh.

This IIT-Delhi professor has blind people's problems in his gunsight

NEW DELHI: What if a blind person tapping his way down the street prods a ferocious dog with his white cane?

Flicker of hope for visually challenged IIM-L girl

LUCKNOW: The 19-year-old visually impaired Paridhi Varma who made it to Indian Institute of Management- Lucknow despite only 10% vision has now all reasons to smile. Following TOI's report on Paridhi, this TOI correspondent received an e-mail from a Mumbai-based woman wanting to speak to Paridhi, to tell her there is no reason to lose hope.