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Silver Linings Invite for its Next Dignity Girls and Boys online meet! 25th Oct, Tips on Independent Mobility!

Silver Linings Dignity Girls And Boys invites you for our  upcoming Online Meet: Independent Mobility for VI!
Date: 25th October, Sunday!
Time: 3 pm to 5 pm.
Topic: Tips on Independent Mobility for the visually impaired!
To join: click the link below on the mentioned date and time:
 
https://meet.google.com/ttn-yhxr-dym?hs=122&authuser=0
 

Part 2 of Bookshare's online workshop on 'Investments, Securities, and the Stock Markets' - 25th October

Bookshare invites you all to join the 2nd part of the workshop on “Investments, Securities and the Stock Markets”. The session will be held on the 25th October at 11 AM India.
The 2nd part of the session will focus on demonstration of accessible applications used for making investments in the financial sector.
Rahul Kelapure – SEBI shall present the session and answer queries from the participants.

Workshop

workshop organize by recording club on new
device UREADBRO.
Dear colleagues,
 in the series of our next Tech Talk episode,
Recording Club brings to you one more unique workshop on newly developed device called UReadBro manufactured by InnovationHub Technologies, Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore. This workshop will be conducted via
zoom app on 22nd, October, at 3 P.M. for which the link is given below. UReadBro is stand-alone Book Reader For Visually impaired. It provides the user with speech experience using naturally sounding

Shayari event

We at Blind Graduates Forum of India (BGFI) strongly believes in the power of experience, and what’s better than an experience where you can just sit back and enjoy? In the midst of the pandemic, all we have is the comfort of virtual company from the safety of our homes. This event, organized by the Blind Graduates Forum of India, is going to be a celebration of warmth, love, inspiration, and all things “Shayari”!

English course

Wed, 10/21/2020 - 14:34 -- geeta.nair

As persons with disabilities, we face a number of difficulties on a day to day basis, many of which we breeze through with confidence, while a few others are a bit more challenging.
One of the biggest hurdles standing in the way of us achieving our dreams, is our inability to communicate fluently in English.
English Today, has become a necessary skill that we cannot do without, and which yet remains just out of reach and inaccessible for many of us. But, it doesn’t have to remain this way.

Near vision loss cases in India surge to 138 million

Wed, 10/21/2020 - 11:00 -- geeta.nair

NEW DELHI: Increased life expectancy and a high diabetes  burden has increased the number of Indians with eyesight  issues. Cases of near vision loss have more than doubled in   in the country — from 57.7 million in 1990 to 137.6 million  in 2020, according to new data provided by two  international bodies.

campain

Campain organize by DPWD where they
will talk about various computer software and anroid application.
Are you useing computers, or smart phones but facing difficult with windows software and android applications? or having trouble with the both? are you willing to have sollution for your gagets, make their use smooth?
then hurry up, for the 4TH day campain of dpwd, on technical guidance on various computer software, android applications and one to one conversation for all your doubts. this also includes career guidance

She had the vision to break the stereotype

Tue, 10/20/2020 - 10:45 -- geeta.nair

With two gold medals in MA Political Science, visually challenged Kavya S. Bhat stood out among the students passing out of the portal of University of Mysore on the occasion of its centenary convocation on Monday.

Speaking to reporters after receiving the certificates from Deputy Chief Minister and Pro Chancellor of the University C.N. Ashwath Narayan, Ms. Bhat said most visually challenged students had been told that music was the only field for them to engage in. But, she wished to break the stereotype by choosing political science and excelling in it.

Micro soft excel class on week end

Fri, 10/16/2020 - 20:20 -- geeta.nair

MICROSOFT EXCEL BASIC COMPUTER TRAINING FOR PERSONS WITH VISUAL
IMPAIRMENT (PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL CLASS)

This is to inform all of you that I Rangaswamy a technology trainer by profession am organizing a basic Microsoft excel training for persons with visual impairment only on weekends
Duration of the training:6 weeks(Saturday and Sunday only) 2Pm-4PM on zoom
Starting Date:31stth October, 2020
Ending Date: 6th December, 2020

This training will provide:

REGISTRATION- EYEWAY ENCOUNTERS with Taufiq Qureshi.

Dear Friends

The Victoria Memorial School for the Blind would like to invite you all to a session graced by an exceptionally versatile percussionist & one of the most acclaimed music composers around the World, Shri.Taufiq Qureshi.
Featured as a performing artist in the 2009 Grammy-Award winning album, ' Global Drum Project ', Shri.Taufiq Qureshi intends to share his endearing insights and experiences of his journey in the music industry.

Session Date and Time: 21st October, 2020, 5 pm to 6.30 pm

Specialist Grade III Assistant Professor (Radio-Diagnosis) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (UPSC)

Fri, 10/16/2020 - 16:24 -- geeta.nair

ADVERTISEMENT NO. 12/2020
UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION INVITES ONLINE RECRUITMENT APPLICATIONS (ORA*) FOR RECRUITMENT BY SELECTION TO THE FOLLOWING POSTS (*: by using the website http://www.upsconline.nic.in)

Last date for Online:29th October 2020

Specialist Grade III Assistant Professor (Radio-Diagnosis)
No. of posts: 28, out of which 02 for PwD candidates (Low Vision can apply)

Invitation for DPWD's website launch at 6:00 PM on 15TH October

Ladies and gentleman DPWD is happy to inform you that the team is organizing an exciting events on the occasion of “world white cane day”.
On 15th October 2020. First part of the program will be cultural events, which begins at 4:30 P.M. where participants can enjoy listening to songs, mimicry, poems, drama and many other unique skills in various languages.

How Painter Cris de Diego Is Making Art More Accessible for the Visually Impaired

Fri, 10/16/2020 - 10:45 -- geeta.nair

Once a lawyer by profession, Spanish painter Cris de Diego never thought she would dedicate herself to art. A lifelong lover of museums, she used to enjoy artworks from afar. But when her visual disability threatened to get in the way of her passion, she knew it was time to act.

My cane is an extension of my personality – Dr Amy Kavanagh

Fri, 10/16/2020 - 10:33 -- geeta.nair

I was born visually impaired. I do have some useful residual vision, although it can be temperamental! On good days, I can make out details like faces or street signs a couple of metres away. However, if the sun is bright, or I’m tired or stressed, my bubble of useful vision shrinks down to nothing, and my world is a blur of colours and fuzzy shapes.

Sanjay Tandon Memorial Scholarship 2020-21

Wed, 10/14/2020 - 15:57 -- geeta.nair

Applications are being invited from students pursuing higher studies (Graduation/ Post Graduation) for the Sanjay Tandon Memorial Scholarship.
Interested candidates who fulfill the eligibility criteria are requested to fill the Google form till 23rd October,2020.
Objective Sanjay Tandon Memorial Scholarship was started by NAB Delhi to provide financial assistance to the students pursuing higher education. Since its inception, selected students are being benefited by this scheme every year.

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