|
No handout from National Commission for Persons with Disability |
The Deputy Minister of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs, Mustapha Atila has reiterated that the National Commission for Persons with Disability was not set up by the APC government to... |
General |
31/May/2013 |
|
Denied by IIT JEE, Blind Topper Kartik Sawhney Opts for Stanford |
How blind is India's education system? While some top officials at CBSE and IIT JEE committee mull over this question, a brilliant, hard working and smart student has decided that it's better to take... |
Education and Employment |
31/May/2013 |
|
Blind Indian student Kartik Sawhney beats the system, heading to Stanford University |
New Delhi student Kartik Sawhney, 18, is visually impaired. India's Central Board of Secondary Education failed to cater to his condition, exempting him from math and science course because of their... |
Education and Employment |
30/May/2013 |
|
Kartik Sawhney, Blind Indian Teen, Beats Discriminatory Education System |
Kartik Sawhney, a visually-impaired teen from New Delhi, is changing the way Indian educators look at disabled students. Sawhney, 18, pulled through challenging science courses in the country's... |
Education and Employment |
29/May/2013 |
|
Delhi University’s Academic Council okays ideas to help out disabled |
Delhi University's Academic Council, which met on Monday, cleared the recommendations of the empowered committee constituted to examine the foundation courses to ensure all parts are accessible to... |
Education and Employment |
29/May/2013 |
|
Visual impairment kept this genius from getting into JEE, Stanford welcomes him |
Denied a chance to appear for the IIT-JEE exams because he is visually impaired, an 18-year-old who scored 96 percent in his Class 12 CBSE has opted to study at Stanford University in the US.
"I... |
Education and Employment |
29/May/2013 |
|
Neither disability nor poverty could hold them back, meet toppers of MP board exams |
Toppers of 12th and 10th board examinations have one more reason to smile. Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chauhan has announced reward money of Rs 2 lakh each to Shristi Tiwari and... |
Education and Employment |
29/May/2013 |
|
Shimla kids to learn through film festival on disability |
Public welfare trust Umang Foundation will organise a film festival on disability, the first such programme in Himachal Pradesh, an organiser said here Sunday.
A total 19 national and international... |
General |
29/May/2013 |
|
Now, a software to assess disability |
State IT dept says it will make the procedure transparent. The state Information Technology (IT) department has developed a new software to assess five types of disabilities; visual, hearing,... |
Product and Technology |
29/May/2013 |
|
Transcending barriers for creativity |
For the visually impaired, disabled and underprivileged youth, life is often a confrontation, with challenges coming in multitudes unlike an abled man or woman. It is often left to the individual... |
Achievements |
29/May/2013 |
Facebook comments