Lucknow: Sanjeeta Vishwakarma, a  visually impaired student, is set to get three  gold medals in different categories at the  Dr Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University  convocation on Friday.
Before joining DSMNRU, Sanjeeta  had vision in one eye and was enrolled in Saltanat Bahadur  Post Graduate College, Jaunpur. When she was  in BA second year, the vision in the only eye also got low,   and she had to leave the course midway.
"My dream to  complete higher education was shaken when, in the second  year of my BA course, I lost vision in both eyes.

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The Sugamya Bharat app has resolved 75% of over 1,400 accessibility complaints.

Star Health and Allied Insurance Co. Ltd (Star Health Insurance) has launched a policy in Braille.
The company said that with this step the visually-impaired people can access information and make independent choices on matters related to their health and finances.
Innovative policy for the visually impaired

Visually Challenged student finally secures visa to Italy
Hubballi: Suhas Dharwad, who was denied permission by the Italian embassy, has now received the visa to study at a prestigious university in Italy. Responding to the TOI report dated Aug 18, Union minister Pralhad Joshi sought assistance from the minister of external affairs S Jaishankar. Now, the embassy has sent the visa to the student.

Suhas told TOI that he had received a call from Anuj Nirwal officer on special duty for Italy, Portugal, and San Marino at the ministry of external affairs (MEA), on Aug 21.

The engineering student is going to receive a cash prize of Rs 8.5 lakh under imaGen Ventures award and will also be allowed to trial his device in 10 countries.

Adilabad: Blind Eye, a revolutionary wearable assistive device invented by Tagire Ravi Kiran, an engineering student from the town and the founder of Allien Innovations, was exhibited at Global Incubation Week, held by UNICEF at Istanbul in Turkey from August 24 to 30.

The device is meant for visually challenged persons.