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Disabled Rights advocacy group formulates 5 point agenda

Fri, 05/31/2013 - 16:53 -- deepti.gahrotra

Urging India to take lead the cause of the disabled, a coalition of NGOs from over 15 states have come up with a draft recommendation demanding integration of disability in the broader national and global discourse. 

Disability has not been included in the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG) of 2000, which is nearing end of its time-frame in the year 2015. Therefore, rights activists say it is better to focus on evolving a new framework rather than dwelling upon the "shortfalls in the MDG." 

Inclusion of children with disabilities benefits society as a whole

Fri, 05/31/2013 - 12:47 -- deepti.gahrotra

Children with disabilities and their communities would both benefit if society focused on what those children can achieve, rather than what they cannot do, according to UNICEF's annual State of the World's Children's report.

Concentrating on the abilities and potential of children with disabilities would create benefits for society as a whole, says the report released today.

No handout from National Commission for Persons with Disability

Fri, 05/31/2013 - 12:16 -- deepti.gahrotra

The Deputy Minister of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs, Mustapha Atila has reiterated that the National Commission for Persons with Disability was not set up by the APC government to offer gifts or handouts; stressing that the commission should only focus on creating the enabling environment for persons with disabilities in Sierra Leone.

Denied by IIT JEE, Blind Topper Kartik Sawhney Opts for Stanford

Fri, 05/31/2013 - 12:12 -- deepti.gahrotra

How blind is India's education system? While some top officials at CBSE and IIT JEE committee mull over this question, a brilliant, hard working and smart student has decided that it's better to take his talents abroad where they will be fully appreciated rather than waste his energy trying to fight the system in India. And oh, did we forget to mention. The student in question happens to be visually impaired.

Blind Indian student Kartik Sawhney beats the system, heading to Stanford University

Thu, 05/30/2013 - 14:33 -- deepti.gahrotra

New Delhi student Kartik Sawhney, 18, is visually impaired. India's Central Board of Secondary Education failed to cater to his condition, exempting him from math and science course because of their visual aspects.

This didn't stop the science-loving teen from fighting for his right to an education. With the help of his school and an NGO campaign, Kartik was able to negotiate his way into science classes.
This Monday, he received a final mark of 95 per cent in his science class.

Officer Scale-1 & Officer Assistant(Multipurpose)

Thu, 05/30/2013 - 12:59 -- deepti.gahrotra

Central Madhya Pradesh Gramin Bank
Head Office: 800/19, South Civil Lines
Chhindwara-480001

Highlights of the advertisement are given below. For further details refer to The Employment News dated 25 may 2013.
Applications are invited from Indian Citizens who have appeared at the Common Written Examinationfor RBSs conducted by IBPS in September 2012 and declared qualified.

Important Dates
Online Registration opening date: 24/05/2013
Last Date: 07/06/2013

Research Awards

Thu, 05/30/2013 - 12:32 -- deepti.gahrotra

University Grants Commission
Bahadurshah Zafar Marg
New Delhi 110002

University Grants Commission  invites application for the Research Awards for permanent teachers having Ph.D in their respective subjects  and of not more than 50 years of age at the time of submission of application for persons with disability.

For further details regarding schemes, detailed terms and conditions of the research grants log on to the website given below.

Multiple Positions

Wed, 05/29/2013 - 17:16 -- deepti.gahrotra

Union Public Service Commission

Highlights of the advertisement are given below .For further details refer to employment news dated 25 may 2013.

1. Vacancy Number. 13050701525
One Assistant Professor (Mechanical Engineering) in Electronics and Mechanical Engineers School(EME), Vadodara, Directorate General of EME, Ministry Of Defence. The post is Unreserved. The post is suitable for Persons With Disability viz. Blindness or Low vision i.e Blind or Partially Blind among others.

Essential Qualification:

Office In Junior Management (Scale-1) & Office Assistant (Multipurpose)

Wed, 05/29/2013 - 14:35 -- deepti.gahrotra

Allahabad UP Gramin Bank
Head Office- D.M colony, Civil Lines, Banda-210001
Phone-05192-221096

Following are the highlights of the advertisement. For further details refer to the Employment News dated 25th May 2013.

Allahabad UP Gramin Bank invites applications from Indian citizens only.

Dates to remember:
Payment Of Application Fee: 30/05/2013 to 14/06/2013
Opening date for online registration: 30/05/2013
Last date for online registration : 14/06/2013

Kartik Sawhney, Blind Indian Teen, Beats Discriminatory Education System

Wed, 05/29/2013 - 13:02 -- deepti.gahrotra

Kartik Sawhney, a visually-impaired teen from New Delhi, is changing the way Indian educators look at disabled students. Sawhney, 18, pulled through challenging science courses in the country's central board exams with flying colors and is now set to attend Stanford University this fall.

Because of the heavily visual aspects of high school math and science courses (graphs and diagrams, for example), India's Central Board of Secondary Education opposed Sawhney's desires to study those subjects, according to the Times of India.

Multiple Positions

Wed, 05/29/2013 - 12:58 -- deepti.gahrotra

Indian Institute Of Technology
Delhi, Hauz Khas
110016

The highlights of the advertisement are given below. For further details refer to the Employment News dated 25 May 2013.

Applications for the following posts are invited from Indian nationals :

1. Executive Engineer(Electrical)

    Department/Section: Works Organisation

    Total Vacancies:1

    Pay Scale: PB-3(Rs 15600-39100)+ Grade pay of Rs.6600

2. Executive Engineer(Civil)

    Department/Section: Works Organisation

   Total Vacancies:1

Delhi University’s Academic Council okays ideas to help out disabled

Wed, 05/29/2013 - 11:11 -- deepti.gahrotra

Delhi University's Academic Council, which met on Monday, cleared the recommendations of the empowered committee constituted to examine the foundation courses to ensure all parts are accessible to students with disabilities, especially the visually impaired. In addition to making suggestions, the committee has also sought Rs.1.8 crore as funds for "providing support to students with disabilities during Four-Year Undergraduate Programme". There were five dissents recorded.

Visual impairment kept this genius from getting into JEE, Stanford welcomes him

Wed, 05/29/2013 - 11:05 -- deepti.gahrotra

Denied a chance to appear for the IIT-JEE exams because he is visually impaired, an 18-year-old who scored 96 percent in his Class 12 CBSE has opted to study at Stanford University in the US.

"I would love to pursue my studies in my country, but the depressing guidelines of IIT-JEE last year have made it impossible for blind students to appear in the JEE (joint entrance exam)," Kartik Sawhney, who scored 479 out of 500 in the Class 12 exam conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), told IANS.

Neither disability nor poverty could hold them back, meet toppers of MP board exams

Wed, 05/29/2013 - 11:02 -- deepti.gahrotra

Toppers of 12th and 10th board examinations have one more reason to smile. Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chauhan has announced reward money of Rs 2 lakh each to Shristi Tiwari and Poonam Ghore.
 
Visually impaired Shristi Tiwari scored 481 out of 500 to emerge as the topper in Arts stream of Madhya Pradesh 12the board examination.Shristi lives with her grand-parents in Damoh.
 

Shimla kids to learn through film festival on disability

Wed, 05/29/2013 - 10:59 -- deepti.gahrotra

Public welfare trust Umang Foundation will organise a film festival on disability, the first such programme in Himachal Pradesh, an organiser said here Sunday.

A total 19 national and international award winning short films will be screened at Portmore Government School Monday, foundation chairman Ajai Srivastava said in a statement.

Transcending barriers for creativity

Wed, 05/29/2013 - 10:55 -- deepti.gahrotra

For the visually impaired, disabled and underprivileged youth, life is often a confrontation, with challenges coming in multitudes unlike an abled man or woman. It is often left to the individual alone to face these barriers and rise above his or her disability. There are many stories of such people who challenged life and overcame their incapability, either on their own or with a little support.

For a group of 14 people, being able to recognise the creative side in them, has taken them across the world; recognition coming in all forms.

Heikapokpi Blind School functions sans Govt aid

Wed, 05/29/2013 - 10:50 -- deepti.gahrotra

The Heikapokpi Mission Blind School has been functioning without any assistance from the State government, stated Head Master K Pareng Kom during an inspection visit made by All Tribal Disabled Union Manipur (ATDUM) today. The Head Master further said that the school has a total strength of 116 students from classes Nursery to Class VIII with nine teachers and three non-teaching staffs.

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