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From: "shahnaz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 1:52 PM
Subject: [AI] It Cos Open Doors For Visually Challenged
PTI
IT cos open doors for visually challenged
Tuesday, 12 June , 2007, 10:11
Chennai:
As part of their special responsibilities,
information technology industry in India
is slowly opening its eyes towards the visually
challenged by offering them jobs,
training and even taking up infrastructural
modifications to accommodate them.
IBM, MphasiS, Infosys-BPO, SAP India and Adithi
Technologies are some of the companies
which have started inducting the visually-impaired.
According to Shanthi Raghavan, founder of
Bangalore-based EnAble India, an organisation
working for the differently-abled, "the industry
is opening up for the visually-impaired,
though the pace is slow".
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Industry major IBM, in association with EnAble
India, had recently conducted a three-week
training programme in Bangalore for teachers of
the visually impaired on the right
computer teaching techniques to address the IT skills
of their students.
"It was for the first time that an IT company in
India has come up with such an initiative
for the visually impaired," said Raghavan. As
many as 15 teachers from different
institutions across the country underwent the
training and this in turn is expected
to help some 500-1000 students, Raghavan added.
Further, it should enhance the employability of at
least 450 people this year.
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