Education and Employment
13-year-old Indian-origin boy gets Intel funding for developing Braille printer
Houston: A 13-year-old Indian-origin boy has received a huge investment from Intel for developing a low-cost printer for the blind, making him the youngest tech entrepreneur funded by a venture capital firm.
UGC asks universities to create barrier free environment for physically handicapped
The University Grants Commission has asked for a report from the universities across India regarding the allotment of funds to ensure a barrier-free environment for physically challenged students.
DU’S BLIND SPOT FINALLY SEES LIGHT
While providing the disabled with a friendly studying atmosphere, Delhi University has installed new technology in all colleges where visually impaired students can scan any book of their choice and the preinstalled software will transcribe text to speech.
Students ‘Donate’ Voice for the Cause of the Blind
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM : A few students on Kerala University’s Kariavattom campus have come forward to give their voice to a noble cause by recording audio textbooks for blind students as part of an initiative dubbed “voice donation”. Aishwarya Ashok, an MSW student on the campus, volunteered to read out a chapter for an audio book on Information Technology. At Government Blind School in Jagathy here, 116 more Kerala University students have registered for a voice donation programme.
GUV PATIL VISITS BLIND INSTITUTE, PRESENTED CANDLES BY CHILDREN
The students of Blind Institute, Sector 26 here on Monday presented designer candles to Punjab Governor and UT Administrator Shivraj Patil at Punjab Raj Bhavan for the occasion of Diwali. Interacting with children, Patil emphasised the need for empowering the blind students by imparting them education and vocational training to enable them to live a life with pride and dignity.
VISUALLY IMPAIRED CHILDREN PRESENT ORCHESTRA ON CM’S B’DAY
Chief Minister Raman Singh celebrated the ‘International White Cane Day’ and his birthday with visually-impaired children of the State at his residence on Wednesday.
Meeting employment needs for visually impaired
AHEAD of International White Cane Day tomorrow, and with support from the NSW Disability Services Minister John Ajaka, Guide Dogs NSW/ACT is today launching its ‘Have cane, am able to work’ employer awareness campaign.
The campaign aims to get more people who are blind or vision impaired into the workforce.
Visually impaired and blind workers: undervalued, underemployed
Lauren Henley has developed superhero-like powers as she navigates the world of work.
Blinded when she was 20, Ms Henley uses a form of "echo-location" - clicking her fingers or tongue to produce echos much like a bat's navigation - to find her way around a new office and a new city.
Quikr & Blind Relief Association Marks the Successful Collaboration to Empower the Blind
Mumbai: Quikr, India’s number one online classifieds company and Blind Relief Association, Delhi (BRAD), a premier NGO serving in the field of education and training of the blind, today announced a long term collaboration to support the visually impaired people by offering them training opportunities with Quikr. According to the agreement signed on the World Sight Day, the selected trainee-agents will contribute to the company’s day to day operations.
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