Education and Employment

163 Allotted Engineering Seats from Differently-abled Quota

CHENNAI: Counselling on Monday for differently-abled candidates at Anna University saw 163 students allotted engineering seats in various colleges across the State. For the 5137 seats available under visual, hearing and orthopaedically impaired categories, the Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions - 2015 received 225 applications. Five applications were rejected for not fulfilling eligibility criteria and/or failure to produce supporting medical certificates, officials said.

Give Special Kids Chance to Prove Their Talent'

CHENNAI: Nethrodaya, an organisation that works for the disabled, held its eighth Visually Impaired Achievers Awards function on their premises, on Sunday. This year, 56 visually challenged school children from all over Tamil Nadu, who passed classes 10 and 12 with over 90 per cent marks, were awarded with certificates, medals and a prize money of Rs 5,000.

To ease the journey of the disabled

More than 100 persons with movement disability were presented with side-wheel scooters at a function held here on Sunday.

Visually-challenged students honoured

Visually-challenged students who excelled in the public examinations this year were felicitated by Nethrodaya’s Free Residential Higher Secondary School for the Blind.

LHC orders govt to fill posts advertised for disabled in 3 months

The Lahore High Court Thursday ordered the Punjab government to fill posts advertised for disabled persons within three months.

The court also ordered government to advertise other posts identified for the disabled in a month.

Soon, app to help visually impaired use smartphones

PUNE: The visually impaired will soon be able to use touchscreen cellphones thanks to an application called Easy Access.

Ameyo Implements First-of-its-Kind Contact Center for Visually Impaired Workforce

Contact center technology provider and customer experience expert, Ameyo (www.ameyo.com

Visually impaired shoot into limelight by taking pictures

MUMBAI: In January 2015, an ad for soap featuring Katrina Kaif drew four million hits online. The still photographs had been shot by 26-year-old Bhavesh Patel who was born blind. He had judged Katrina's height by her handshake, and followed her movements through her voice and the rustle of fabric.

Student creates app to help visually-impaired

Ryan Ng - a final-year electronic engineering major - has created a smartphone application that might help visually-impaired people navigate around MTR stations easier.

He told RTHK that app can help a person find the nearest escalator and also know to which exit the escalator will lead to.

Three Indians won Queen’s exceptional youth award

Three Indians, including two women, have won an inaugural award set up by Queen Elizabeth II to recognise exceptional youths who are transforming the lives of others and making a difference in their communities from across the Commonwealth nations.