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Job Oriented Call Centre Employability Training

In collaboration with RuralShores and Vodafone, EnAble India is conducting a Job oriented training program for visually impaired. Under which, the candidates will be trained on some key skills like problem solving, analytical thinking, quality orientation, computers and English communication etc. which will not only help them in securing a job but also help the candidate to lead a better quality life. After the training, selected candidates will be placed in Vodafone call centre. The job involves calling customers and pitching sales.

Registrar and Librarian

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit www.bbau.ac.in

The last date of receipt of completed application form is 22.07.2013.

Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University,
(A Central University)
Vidya Vihar, Raebareli Road,
Lucknow (U.P.) -226025.

Applications on prescribed format are invited from exceptionally qualified candidates for the Non Teaching positions of the University.

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For the disabled, footpaths are a nightmare

If you are able to walk and see and are a determined pedestrian, Chennai’s apology for footpaths might still be negotiable. However, for those with disabilities, footpaths such as these are best avoided.
“For a disabled person, using the pavements in Chennai is a nightmarish experience,” says Rajiv Ranjan, member, Disability Rights Alliance (DRA).

On disability, missing the bigger picture

There is reason to be optimistic about the U.N. report on disability rights, but there is also disappointment at its failure to make the poverty connection

Stenographer Grade III

Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research
Kalpakkam-603102
Advt.No. 2/2013

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for further information and application format, kindly refer to the Employment News dated 6 July 2013, page no. 60

Last date for receipt of completed application is 31.07.2013

Applications are invited for filling up the following post:

Exnora organises walk for awareness on barrier-free pavements

A number people at the walk stressed the need for coordination among various civic agencies for better footpaths in Chennai

Visually-impaired R. Raja escaped death two months ago. On his way to university, the research scholar in Tamil Literature stumbled upon a political party’s hoarding on a footpath near Kannagi statue near Marina beach.

“I did not know there was a hoarding on the footpath. So I fell on the road. A bus came to a screeching halt a few inches beside me,” said Mr. Raja.

Impairment no impediment for this teenager

Audio-graphs that can represent actual data-graphs are one of the many technological wonders that a group of blind students learnt about from a Delhi-based teenager this weekend. On his way to Stanford University to pursue a bachelor's degree in computer science, 18-year-old visually impaired Kartik Sawhney inspired at least 20 blind students to pursue maths and science, in a two-day workshop that ended Saturday.

Officers and Office Assistants

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS)
Email: ibpsr@ibps.in
Website: www.ibps.in

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit www.ibps.in

Important dates:

Affirming the right to read

Despite our otherwise imperfect record in recognising the rights of people with disabilities, it is a matter of some pride that India’s copyright law anticipates the Marrakesh Treaty of the World Intellectual Property Organisation that has now legalised the right to read for an estimated 314 million blind and print disabled. The most notable common provision in the new treaty and India’s copyright law is the waiver of prior approval from authors and publishers for the reproduction and distribution of works into any alternative format, precluding commercial gain.

Assistant Manager

Client of Anubhuti

Position: Assistant Manager
Location: Gurgaon

Duties and responsibilities:

(i) Review transactions processed for quality and completeness
(ii) Updating all documentation and training team members
(iii) Support self development (cross trainings, process training, soft skill trainings etc)
(iv) Support all projects and quality initiatives - Process improvement ideas
(v) Manage a team and its development

Knowledge and Skills:

* Knowledge of Oracle Financial Systems preferred

Officer Scale-I and Office Assistant (Multipurpose)

Kashi Gomti Samyut Gramin Bank
(Sponsored by Union Bank of India)
Head Office: C-19/40 Faatman Road
Sigra Varanasi-221002 (U.P.)
Phone: 0542-2220298, 2220752
Fax: 0542-2220317
Website: www.kgsgbank.co.in
email: kgsgbank@sancharnet.in

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit www.kgsgbank.co.in or refer to the Emloyment News dated 29 June 2013, page no. 4

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World's first engineering college for blind soon

The students are waiting and the software and syllabus is ready for the world's first engineering college for the visually impaired, but a search for suitable land to set up the multi-crore campus that could empower hundreds of special children is where the project is stuck.

An ambitious blueprint to set up an engineering college by the Devnar Foundation, with help from professors of BITS Pilani, along with 20 different digital and Braille software and initial funding arrangement is however ready.

Visually impaired students will get laptops in 4yr programme

The Delhi University today informed the High Court that all the visually impaired students will be given laptops fitted with Non Visual Desktop Access (NVDA) software.

The university told the court that this was being done so that the students do not suffer in the four-year undergraduate programme, being implemented from July 24.

362 visually impaired students join four-year DU course

The Delhi high court on Wednesday extracted an assurance from the Delhi University that all grievances of visually impaired students especially regarding mandatory courses in mathematics and science will be addressed before the commencement of the four-year programme later this month.

High court satisfied with facilities for visually impaired Delhi University students

Satisfied with the steps promised by the Delhi University to ensure visually impaired students have full access to its teaching experience when the four-year programme starts, the Delhi high court on Wednesday disposed of a PIL raising the issue.

Telescopic lenses can help treat one of the leading causes of blindness

The leading cause of blindness in adults over 50, AMD causes very blurry and distorted images. But a telescopic lens could help those who suffer see better.

How do you cope with blindness after years of perfect sight? A combination of special contact lenses and glasses could allow some people to recapture their vision.

Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in adults over the age of 50, according to the National Eye Institute, and can lead in visual blurriness so intense that it causes

Reading tool for the visually impaired launched in India

A device for people with visual impairments that scans documents such as newspapers and magazines and reads them aloud has been launched in India.

ClearView+ Speech, which was developed by Netherlands-based firm Optelec, will be marketed across the country by BarrierBreak Technologies, an Indian accessibility and assistive technology firm.

Management Trainee

Food Corporation of India (FCI)
Advt. No.1/2013-FCI Management Trainee (MT)

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

Important dates:

2000 Scholarships under Two Schemes to be Given to Students with Disabilities in 2013-14

National Handicapped Finance & Development Corporation (NHFDC) is implementing two Scholarship schemes (1) 1500 Scholarships under Trust Fund and (2) 500 Scholarships under National Fund, under the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment. These scholarships are for students with disabilities (with disability 40% and above) for pursuing professional courses during the academic year 2013-2014.

Junior Computer Assistant

MSTC Limited

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit www.mstcindia.co.in or refer to the Emloyment News dated 29 June 2013, page no. 46

Last date for receipt of completed application is 15.07.2013

MSTC Limited is a Mini Ratna Category I Central PSE in Schedule ‘B’ under the administrative control of Ministry of Steel. The Company has the following vacancies in its various offices as mentioned below:

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There is reason to be optimistic about the U.N. report on disability rights, but there is also disappointment at its failure to make the poverty connection

The leading cause of blindness in adults over 50, AMD causes very blurry and distorted images. But a telescopic lens could help those who suffer see better.

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