A project has been carried out in Maharashtra of donating 12000 Braille books to 50 schools scattered all over the State by the Society in general. These are actually 110 books with 110 copies each. The difference about these books is, all the books are done by volunteers who do not know Braille. These people have worked from their Home, on their own Computers, in their free time, without expecting any returns in any form what so ever.

The centre conducts various training programmes for the students as well as for outsiders such as: 1. English Language: English Language training focuses on spoken and written communication. The students work with our English Trainer on sentence construction, vocabulary building, essay writing etc. 2. Computer Use and Aapplications: Our Training and Development Officer conducts personalized computer courses based on the students' requirements.

Computer Training for VH students up to 12th class

• It has a Residential Vocational training Centre for the Adult Blind, imparting training in Cane, Bamboo works, weaving of cloth dusters, food products from pulses etc. • The organization runs a residential blind school for blind children. • Community Based Rehabilitation programs are being conducted. • A Training Centre for Computerised Braille Transcription System has opened new avenues for higher education to the visually impaired. • V M A Netra Niramay Niketan is a 100 bedded eye hospital providing eye care services.

Vidya Vrikshah brings computer-based education and skills, in all Indian languages, free of cost, to the visually impaired. The software package has been designed and developed by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai, and has the facility whereby keyboard controls are provided to help visually impaired users to navigate the screen for entering or editing text that is already entered. Normal printouts for use by the sighted and Braille outputs for use by the visually impaired are possible in any Indian language or in English Braille.

Email: tikshnatorvi@gmail.com
Website: http://tikshna.org
Contact Details: K.B. Srinivas, Designation: Founder Secretary