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Kerala University academic council permits 100% visually impaired student to pursue Science course
Serving Army officer allowed norms relaxation for MBA programme
The Academic Council of Kerala University on Friday decided to admit a candidate with 100% visual impairment to BSc Physics course.
While the undergraduate (UG) prospectus of the university has thus far permitted admissions for only visually impaired candidates with less than 40% disability to Science subjects, the current decision is likely to enable more differently-abled aspirants to pursue higher education.
Eyeway Conversations with Praveen Kumar G
In this episode of Eyeway Conversations, George Abraham speaks with Praveen Kumar G, a development professional with over two decades of expertise in project management, monitoring and evaluation, organisation development, diversity, equity and inclusion.
Born with Retinitis Pigmentosa, Praveen has not let his blindness become an impediment to achieving his goals. His passion for travelling, experiencing diverse cultures, meeting people, and visiting historical places has taken him across 22 states and 150 cities and towns for work and pleasure in India.
Eyeway Conversations with Adina Galani
In this episode of Eyeway Conversations, George Abraham speaks with Adriana Galani, fondly known as Adina Galani. Adina was born with vision impairment in the main city of Bucharest in Romania and currently lives in Austria with her husband who is an Indian.
Development Assistant , NATIONAL BANK FOR AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT(NABARD)
ATIONAL BANK FOR AGRICULTURE
AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT(NABARD)
(Fully owned by Govt. of India)
Advertisement No. 4 / DA /2022-23
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details : https://www.nabard.org/auth/writereaddata/CareerNotices/1409225226advert...
Last Date for submission of Online Application: 10.10.2022
Recruitment to the post of Development Assistant / Development Assistant (Hindi)
Probationary Officer
State Bank of India
Central Recruitment & Promotion Department
Corporate Centre,
Mumbai Phone: 022-22820427,
email:crpd@sbi.co.in
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details :https://www.careerpower.in/2022/sbi-po-notification-pdf.pdf
Last Date for submission of Online Application: 12.10.2022
Assistant Professor
Hindu College
University of Delhi
Delhi – 110007
Phone : 011-27667184
FAX : 27667284
E-mail : principal@hinducollege.org
www.hinducollege.ac.in
Advt. No. HC/Advt./Teaching/10157/2022-23
Visually impaired chess player develops website
Pradhan, 22, counted among the top three blind chess players in India started working on the software application in 2019 for his own convenience. In 2022, he felt that he should vtake it to the masses and launched the website, accessiblech.herokuapp.com. “The website is more friendly for blind chess players compared to the existing ones that they use to learn and play chess. Almost all top blind players of India are using my website because it helps them play with ease,” he told TOI.
Scholarship for Students with Disabilities (Divyangjan) for the year 2022-23
Government of India
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment :Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divayangjan)
5th Floor, Pt. Deendayal Antyodaya Bhawan, CGO Complex,
Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110003
Scholarship for Students with Disabilities (Divyangjan) for the year 2022-23
XRCVC and Bookshare launches an Accessible E-Content Creation - STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES
XRCVC and Bookshare launches an Accessible E-Content Creation - STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES.
This book lists the standards of and guidelines for creating accessible e-content from Microsoft Word. These standards are intended to help NGOs, libraries, book production agencies and volunteers prepare a digital copy of books in Microsoft Word with a view to further convert it to accessible formats such as EPUB, accessible PDF and DAISY formats with minimal modifications.
Low vision working in public sector and Government departments
EnAble India brings a new session for employees with low vision working in public sector and Government departments
As part of offering more courses online for employees with disabilities, EnAble India brings a new session for employees with low vision working in public sector and Government departments. Sessions are designed to enable you in professional as well as personal space.
To make convenient, 2 hours session are made available for you. Pick up the suitable date among the dates given below.
National coaching camp in Bhopal to select CABI’s 17 blind cricketers for the third T20 World Cup 2022
The Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI) and Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled announced the 12 days of IndusInd Bank National Coaching Camp for 29 players at Faith Cricket Club Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, from September 22, 2022 – October 04, 2022.
The selection committee of the Cricket Association for the Blind in India will shortlist the best 17-member squad to represent India at the 3rd T20 World Cup Cricket for the Blind from December 05 2022. Eight countries will represent the 3rd T20 World Cup, with 39 matches played across multi cities of India.
PFB expresses concern for delay in appointment and transfers of visually impaired persons
PFB expresses concern for delay in appointment and transfers of visually impaired persons
Ferozepur, September 22, 2022: The disabled section is still deprived of social development, said Anil Gupta, General Secretary, Progressive Federation for the Blind (PFB) Ferozepur Unit, expressing concern over the delay in appointment and transfers of visually impaired persons.
Career Awareness Workshop:
Welcome to Enable India’s online Career Awareness Workshop:
Assistant Manager
The Himachal Pradesh State Cooperative Bank Ltd.,
Head Office,
The Mall Shimla- 171001
Website: www.hpscb.com
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit https://hpscb.com/downloads/Instructions.pdf
Last date for submission of Online Application : 30.09.2022
RECRUITMENT FOR 61 POSTS OF ASSISTANT MANAGERS IN THE BANK.
Staff Selection Commission (SSC)
Government of India,
Ministry of Personnel, Public
Grievances & Pensions,
Department of Personnel and Training,
Staff Selection Commission,
Block No. 12, CGO Complex, Lodhi
Road, New Delhi - 110003.
Website of the Commission: https://ssc.nic.in
Highlights of the advertisement are given below,for more details
https://ssc.nic.in/SSCFileServer/PortalManagement/UploadedFiles
/notice_CGLE_17092022.pdf
Twitter makes it easy for the visually impaired to read images
Twitter has rolled out a feature to help blind and visually-impaired people read images embedded with the tweets via its new image description reminder.
The new image description reminder will encourage more people on Twitter to add helpful descriptions to the images they tweet, the company said in a statement.
Alternative text, or alt text, is a written description of what's in an image that can be picked up by screen reader software used by the visually impaired.
Monthly pension: Relief for visually impaired in TN
CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has told Tamil Nadu government to treat those visually impaired persons ineligible for employment due to sickness, infirmity, and old age on a par with the other disabled people while granting monthly pension.
Operator-cumTechnician (Boiler Operator) (S-3) and Attendant-cum-Technician (Trainee
STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA LTD.
(A Govt. of India Enterprise)
ROURKELA STEEL PLANT
ROURKELA–769011 (ODISHA)
Advt. No. 01/2022
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit https://ucanapplym.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sail/pdf/ADVT%2001_2022_T...
The last date for receipt of application is 30.09.2022
Employment Woes
Visually impaired people can become active, contributing citizens of the country if they get equal access to opportunities of employment. A lot of times, barriers in physical and digital access prevent them from accessing these opportunities. It’s also the societal mindset towards disability that renders a majority of them dependent.
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