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Tue, 07/16/2013 - 12:51 -- geeta.nair

Malwa Gramin Bank
(Sponsored by State Bank of Patiala)
Head Office, 2nd Floor, ,D. C. Office Road,
Near Street No.10,Sangrur – 148001
Telephone no.01672-237944, 232456, 233449
Fax No. 01672-234049
Website: www.malwagraminbank.com

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit www.malwagraminbank.com or refer to the Emloyment News dated 13 July 2013, page no. 26

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Psychology degree for vision-impaired 21-yr-old

Mon, 07/15/2013 - 12:41 -- deepti.gahrotra

Completing a bachelor’s degree with psychology as a single major was a dream come true for 21-year-old Kriti Banga, and a first for Mumbai university. Banga has been vision-impaired since birth. This year, the University of Mumbai started allowing vision-impaired students to opt for a Psychology major (all six papers), with help from the Xavier’s Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged (XRCVC), Dhobi Talao. Banga not only became the first person to clear the exams, she also topped Swami Vivekananda College, Chembur, with 75.5% in the final year.

Light at the end of the tunnel

Mon, 07/15/2013 - 12:37 -- deepti.gahrotra

Kartik Sawhney’s long struggle to ensure access to higher education for the blind is bearing fruit

The city, on Saturday, had a visitor whose story was of relentless pursuit of one’s dreams and refusal to take no for an answer.

Kartik Sawhney, a 18-year-old student with visual impairment, who recently cleared the CBSE class XII exams with 96 per cent, had put in over four years of effort to prepare for the IIT-JEE, only to be denied permission to write the test as the IIT council and the CBSE board did not have provisions for candidates with visual impairment.

Bangalore girl feted by UN on 'Malala Day'

Mon, 07/15/2013 - 12:31 -- deepti.gahrotra

Two Indians, including one from Bangalore, were among the seven young girls honoured with the UN Special Envoy for Global Education’s Youth Courage Award for Education as part of ‘Malala Day’ celebrations. Special awards were given to the girls from around the world for their courage and achievement in promoting the cause of girl’s education.

Visually impaired: Push towards independence

Fri, 07/12/2013 - 13:11 -- deepti.gahrotra
Taking an exam is, inherently, an uncertain activity. However, for Ali Tareen, a second-year student at Karachi University’s mass communication department, even knowing the answers is often not enough. Tareen is visually impaired.

Today, he is one of the many students advocating for the inclusion of technology in the examination method so that, once and for all, the blind can do away with the crippling dependency.

Hope to live

‘BanglaBraille’ hopes for visually impaired

Fri, 07/12/2013 - 13:00 -- deepti.gahrotra

A Facebook group ‘BanglaBraille’ has become a ray of hope for thousands of visually challenged students who are yet to receive Braille books in schools.

To give relief to the distressed students, some 2,000 members of the group decided to produce Braille books themselves. They are also making audio copies of the books

The initiative of the members--settled in Bangladesh and abroad—comes after a bdnews24.com report ‘Braille books yet to reach schools’ on Jun 25.

Desire2Learn’s blind workers help make better accessibility tools for classrooms

Thu, 07/11/2013 - 15:06 -- deepti.gahrotra

Education startups don’t typically have money to burn. But Desire2Learn is an exception; it recently raised $80 million, the largest-ever venture investment in a Canadian software company.
What’s the company doing with all that cash? “We’re breaking down barriers in education,” asserts founder and chief executive John Baker in a phone interview from the offices in Waterloo, Ontario.

Poorvanchal gets first talking ATM

Wed, 07/10/2013 - 16:39 -- deepti.gahrotra

The district got its first talking ATM machine designed specially to facilitate its visually challenged customers. This is also the first talking ATM in Poorvanchal. The ATM machine, installed by the KashiGomtiSanyuktaGrameen Bank (KGSGB) at its Akatha branch was inaugurated by the managing director, Union Bank of India (UBI) LalitSinha. UBI, the first in the banking sector to give India's first talking ATM in Ahmedabad, Gujarat has provided the technological support to KGSGB in the installation of the machine.

Device that can help blind 'see' through ears

Wed, 07/10/2013 - 11:04 -- deepti.gahrotra

How well can you 'see' with your ears? Scientists claim to have developed a "revolutionary" new device that helps blind people 'see' by using sounds to build an image in their minds of the things around them.

The new sensory substitution device 'vOICe' trains the brain to turn sounds into images and could be used as an alternative to invasive treatment for blind and partially-sighted people, researchers said. 

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