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Reading tool for the visually impaired launched in India

Thu, 07/04/2013 - 11:03 -- deepti.gahrotra

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.
 

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

Wed, 07/03/2013 - 14:42 -- deepti.gahrotra
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

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 16:00 -- geeta.nair

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:
 

Lower Division Clerk

Tue, 07/02/2013 - 15:08 -- geeta.nair

Central Institute of Fisheries Education (CIFE)
(Deemed University), ICAR
Panch Marg, Off Yari Road, Versova,
Andheri (West), Mumbai-400061
Tel. No. 022-26361446/7/8, Fax No. 022-26361573
Web Site : www.cife.edu.in
Advt. No.CIFE/06/2013

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit www.cife.edu.in or refer to the Emloyment News dated 29 June  2013, page no. 28

Last date for receipt of completed application is 12.08.2013

Teachers

Fri, 06/28/2013 - 15:23 -- deepti.gahrotra

Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD)
 
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit  http://111.93.49.24/recruitment/control/portalView
Last date for Online registration 01.07.2013
Online applications are invited for the following posts of Teachers in the schools of Municipal Corporation of Delhi on contract basis till the regular posts are filled.
Posts:
1. Teacher (Primary)
No. of posts: 638
Department: Education
Job Id: 10501

Every step is a struggle

Fri, 06/28/2013 - 15:06 -- deepti.gahrotra

Right from architectural barriers in hospital buildings to inaccessible medical equipment, from insensitive doctors to negligent authorities, access to healthcare facilities for the huge invisible population of disabled people in the capital is abysmally difficult.

Low-rise urinals with grab bars. Doors with lever-action locks. Bright colour-bands on edges of stairs. Ramps with the right slope. This is part of the wish list for making access in hospitals easy for people with disabilities.

Stevie Wonder urges UN forum to ‘sign, seal, deliver' treaty for visually impaired

Thu, 06/27/2013 - 14:58 -- deepti.gahrotra

Music icon Stevie Wonder, last week lent his weight to a video appeal about a famine addressing more than 600 delegates gathered at a United Nations forum in North Africa. But it wasn’t the sort of famine that has all too often afflicted parts of the African continent. Instead Wonder, in his own words, “Let’s get this ‘Signed, Sealed, Delivered (and) I’m Yours’,” was urging a UN forum in Marrakesh, Morocco to finalize a new global treaty to provide greater access to books for the blind, the visually impaired and other print disabled people.

Miracle In Marrakesh: “Historic” Treaty For Visually Impaired Agreed

Thu, 06/27/2013 - 14:46 -- deepti.gahrotra

The mood was one of celebration at the Marrakesh Palais des Congrès to greet the success of World Intellectual Property Organization negotiators in their attempt to produce a draft treaty text showing consensus. After a difficult start to the week, delegates achieved success and the corridors of the conference centre echoed with laughter and congratulations. Tears of joy were shed as most celebrated this as an historic agreement. Visually impaired people and civil society supporting them were ecstatic, some said overwhelmed.

Deputy Manager (Finance)

Thu, 06/27/2013 - 12:57 -- deepti.gahrotra

North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCL)
(A Government of India Enterprise)
Brook land Compound, Shillong,
Meghalaya-793003
Advertisement No:02/ 2013
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit www.neepco.gov.in or refer to the Emloyment News dated 22 June  2013, page no. 27
Last date for receipt of completed application is 26.07.2013

Jr. Hindi Translator

Wed, 06/26/2013 - 15:51 -- deepti.gahrotra

National Institute of Biologicals (NIB), Noida (U.P.)
(Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt of India)
 
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit www.nib.gov.in or refer to the Emloyment News dated 22 June 2013, page no. 19
Last date for receipt of completed application is 17.08.2013

Assistant Registrar

Wed, 06/26/2013 - 15:34 -- deepti.gahrotra

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur
RECRUITMENT SECTION Room No. 224,
2nd Floor) Faculty Building
Advt. No. 6/2013
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit www.iitk.ac.in
Last date for Online registration 17.07.2013
IIT Kanpur, an Institute of national importance, has been in the forefront of engineering & technology education and research & development.

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