A visually impaired voter, Shankar Khautankar on Wednesday requested elections authorities and the State government to provide voting in Braille to help several blind people to exercise their fundamental rights without the help of a companion.
Khauntankar, who is a voter of Ward 5 in Chicalim panchayat, expressed concern after he was informed that Braille cannot be made available under the provisions of the Panchayat Raj Act.
The Delhi High Court has formed a high-powered committee under the chairmanship of an IIT Delhi professor to look into the issues concerning accessibility of financial services to visually challenged persons.
A Bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad granted three months to the committee to submit its status report.
Twenty-three-year-old Siddharth Rao lives in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He was born to an affluent family, with working parents. Siddharth lives with multiple disabilities including vision impairment, a physical as well as a learning disability.
He went to a mainstream school where he lost out on most topics because he was a slow learner, so his parents sent him to a special school where he could get proper attention from teachers. Siddharth completed Class XII from open schooling and decided not to study further.
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In this episode of Eyeway Conversations, George Abraham speaks with a young, visually impaired tech geek, Aarush Bhat who believes in the power of technology for an inclusive world.
Blessed with supportive parents, Aarush could pursue his interest in technology from a young age. His first stint with coding started in class five when he was able to make his own website. Ever since there has been no looking back. He has independently written his examinations using computers, proving that blind students could achieve everything with the right tools and an inclusive environment.
Successfully established Entrepreneur Dinesh Pandya has marked his footprint in people's hearts and the world not merely by his business and entrepreneurship skills but because of his adopted kindness as his language.
STRONG and IMPACTFUL are the perfect words to describe Mr. Dinesh Pandya. Despite being a help-seeker as visually impaired, he decided to be a Giver. He proved that a person's strong willpower is enough to face any hurdles, challenges and obstacles.
Online Workshop on A short Tour of Zoom app with open-source screen reader Part-1 on 13 Aug 2022 at 4.30 PM
XRCVC has planned a workshop, please spread the word about it, for your reference, details are given below.
The Delhi High Court has formed a high-power committee under the chairmanship of an IIT Delhi professor to look into the issues concerning accessibility of financial services to visually challenged persons.
A Bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad granted three months to the committee to submit its status report.
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Amid criticism, the Vellore Corporation will stick to its original plan of alloting one shop each for persons with disabilities, trangenders, Aavin and Tantea at the recently opened bus terminus in Vellore.
National Scholarship for Students with Disabilities 2022-23 is an initiative for physically disabled students from Class 1st to postgraduate level. The scholarship is being offered by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Government of India. The key objective of the scholarship is to support students with disabilities in their studies and prepare them to earn their livelihood and find a dignified place for themselves in society.
Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC)
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Last date of submission of online application 05.09.2022
In the latest episode of Eyeway Conversations, George Abraham speaks with a multi-talented nineteen-year-old Hannah Alice Simon from Kochi, Kerala. Her name began to make the rounds after she topped the CBSE Class 12 exam 2022 with 496 marks in the specially-abled category.
Hannah’s journey from a blind girl to the topper of the CBSE came with a lot of challenges. But what remained constant in her life was the support of her parents who believed in her abilities and encouraged her to take life heads on.
Thirty-four-year-old Deepak Arora belongs to a middle-class family in Faridabad, Haryana. He had a comfortable life growing up, studied in a mainstream school and later secured an MBA in Finance.
All was going well, until he started losing vision two years ago. Deepak went to a lot of eye doctors after which he was diagnosed with a degenerating eye condition, Retinitis Pigmentosa. He began to face issues performing his job as an Assistant Manager in a BPO.
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MAMALLAPURAM: As one walks down the playing hall No. 2 at the ongoing 44th Chess Olympiad here, one can’t miss Natasha Morales Santos --- Puerto Rico’s top-rated women’s player. At first glance, the 24- year old looks like any other player. But once Natasha settles down to play --- you will find she makes her moves on a braille chess board.
Pune Municipal Corporation
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The last date for online registration: 10th August 2022
Pune Municipal Corporation has invited Online Application Form for the post of Assistant Law Officer Clerk Typist Junior Engineer (Civil) & more posts
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In this episode of Eyeway Conversations, George Abraham speaks with Mahenoor Ali who is a Postgraduate in Mathematics from IIT Delhi and an aspiring civil servant.
Though Mahenoor was born blind, it did not stop her from pursuing her passion for Mathematics. She was supported and encouraged by her father who assisted her throughout her schooling years. She graduated from Miranda House and did her master's in Mathematics at the prestigious IIT Delhi.
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