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Artists United- A Facebook Live event

The countdown for Artists United has just begun!  Save your date as 10 artists with disabilities are coming together on one stage to bring to you their breath-taking performances in various forms of art and also to support the Livelihood Skills Development program  for persons with vision impairment through this cause-driven initiative by LV Prasad's Eye Institute's Institute for Vision Rehabilitation. Date: 2 Jan, 2021
Time: 6 pm to 8 pm
Location: Facebook
Event page link:    

Bookshare presents 'Loui Voice Assistant' 3rd January 21

The Bookshare team wishes you a Very Happy, Prosperous and a Safe New Year’.

To kick off this brand new year, team Bookshare in partnership with Developers of LOUIE VOICE Assistant, shall present a session introducing the Revolutionary Voice Assistant.

Date: 3rd January 21.

Time: 11 AM IST.
CONTROL your Apps with voice commands
Imagine being able to fully control popular Apps and phone functionality with just voice commands!

By just giving voice commands to Louie, you can:

Accessibility Tester

Tue, 12/29/2020 - 12:24 -- geeta.nair

Job opportunity for Accessibility Tester in Tech-Mahindra.
Tech-Mahindra is looking for a candidate with Experience as “Accessibility Tester”
2+ years’ experience with Accessibility standards including but not limited to W3C WCAG 2.0-2.1 and Section 508.
Extensive knowledge on WCAG 2.1 standards.
Experience testing web pages as per accessibility standards.
"Job Responsibilities”:
Performing the accessibility assessment against WCAG 2.0-2.1 checklist and 508 section standards
Documenting the accessibility findings and its recommended solution

COMPUTER COURSE FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED

Tue, 12/29/2020 - 11:37 -- geeta.nair

Computer course for visually impaired Working professionals-

NAB Delhi invites applications for visually impaired job aspirants of Different sectors. The course is also open for those already working in Various sectors such as banking, Insurance companies etc.

Duration: The course duration will be of 3 weeks starting from Friday January 08, 2021.
Classes will be held online for 1-2 hours Monday to Saturday.

Prerequisites: The candidate should possess keyboard orientation along With few basic concepts such as opening program, copying / pasting Data etc.

Government proposes to set up University of Disability Studies and Rehabilitation Sciences

Tue, 12/29/2020 - 10:58 -- geeta.nair

New Delhi, December 26

The government has proposed to set up a "first of its kind" university covering the entire gamut of disability studies and rehabilitation sciences in an accessible environment.

In a public notice issued on December 24, the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, has invited comments from stakeholders on a draft bill to set up the university.         

Special educator wins best teacher award

Tue, 12/29/2020 - 10:43 -- geeta.nair

A special educator at the Government Boys Higher Secondary School at Nambiyur here has received the “Best Teacher Award 2020” from the State Government for his service towards the differently abled students.

J. Manjunathan, serving in the school since 2009, is one among the three teachers in the State who received the award from the Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on the occasion of International Day of Disabled Persons on December 21 in Chennai.

GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS

Wed, 12/23/2020 - 16:06 -- geeta.nair

India Post
Ministry of Communications
Gujarat Circle
R&E/1-1/DR/GDS/CYCLE-III/2020 DATE : 21-12-2020

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete file:///C:/Users/ADMIN/Downloads/Gujarat-06_Cycle3.pdf
  
Last Date for Submission of Application: 20.01.2021

Applications are invited by the respective engaging authorities as shown in the annexure ‘I’against each post, from eligible candidates for the selection and engagement to the following posts of Gramin Dak Sevaks.

GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS

Tue, 12/22/2020 - 15:02 -- geeta.nair

India Post
Ministry of Communications
KARNATAKA CIRCLE

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details 
file:///C:/Users/ADMIN/Downloads/Karnataka-11_Cycle3.pdf

 Last Date for Submission of Application: 20.01.2021

NOTIFICATION FOR THE POSTS OF GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS CYCLE –III/2020-2021

Journey to exotic beaches of Diu,

Journey to exotic beaches of Diu.
If you have got bored sitting home from last 9 months, then this opportunity is for you to break all the shackles and get out of your home.
Safarnama presents Kaathiyavad Ni Moj
A full of fun journey to exotic beaches of Diu, an exciting Jungle safari in Gir forest and devotional tore to Somnath temple.
The cost of This 2 nights 3 days trip is RS 6000 for double sharing per head and RS. 5500 for triple sharing per head.

Journey to exotic beaches of Diu

If you have got bored sitting home from last 9 months, then this opportunity is for you to break all the shackles and get out of your home.
Safarnama presents Kaathiyavad Ni Moj
A full of fun journey to exotic beaches of Diu, an exciting Jungle safari in Gir forest and devotional tore to Somnath temple.
The cost of This 2 nights 3 days trip is RS 6000 for double sharing per head and RS. 5500 for triple sharing per head.

Setting an example for others in tough times

Fri, 12/18/2020 - 14:15 -- geeta.nair

PUDUKKOTTAI: Ever since the lockdown was imposed in the State there was a shortage of blood in several blood banks. Fear of contracting the virus prevented many from coming to hospitals to donate blood. Now, though the situation is slowly getting back to normalcy, a visually-impaired teacher here is being an inspiration to those who have a second thought.

16-year-old from Sonala village invents 'Blind Eye', an artificial eye for the visually-impaired

Wed, 12/16/2020 - 12:48 -- geeta.nair

At a mere age of 16, T Ravi Kiran, a young genius from Sonala village in Adilabad district, has invented a device called 'Blind Eye', which acts as an artificial eye for the visually-impaired. Ravi's innovation, on which he has been working for the last three years and one that also won him accolades across the country, is capable of three things - read, recognise and navigate.

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