sir, please intimate me how to apply. is there any money expenditure you might be expecting. .....dr. udai narain sinhha reader in ancient indian history and archaeology department lucknow university. 0522-6533795
On 9/16/07, anjali sen gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > The Regional Museum of Natural History, Mysore, will be organising a > National Conference on "Museums and Disabled" during 17-19 January, 2008. > The details are given below: > > Sir/ Madam, > > The RMNH Mysore will be organizing a National Conference on "Museums and > Disabled" during 17-19 January 2008. The venue may be Mysore. > > The RMNH Mysore has established itself as a pioneer in the field of Museum > Accessibility with reference to Persons with Disabilities (PwDs). The first > Museum Garden for Disabled was established in its Campus in Mysore in > October 2006 that has become a hub of activities involving PwDs. It has so > far organized two national level programmes: A workshop called "Thamaso ma > Jyothirgamaya" in 2006 and a Conference on "Access for All" in 2007. In > addition to more than 200 museologists from all over India, a large number > of PwDs from South India and Madhya Pradesh have participated in these > programmes. The details of the Garden for Disabled have been published in > international conferences of ICOM (International Council of Museums) and > ICEVI (International Council for the Education of People with Visual > impairments). A "Mysore Declaration on Museums and Disabled" has been one of > the outcomes of the National Conference on "Access for All". > > In continuation with our efforts to organize a national level programme on > an annual basis, the proposed 2008 National Conference on "Museums and > Disabled" is expected to attract a large number of experts in the fields of > Museology, Heritage Management, Disability Studies, Architecture, Public > works etc along with officials from various government departments. > > The programme schedule is expected to involve the following: > 1. Plenary sessions, > 2. Academic sessions in various Groups, > 3. Special session on a proposed "Accessible Gallery", > 4. Demonstration of Access Audits of Museums, > 5. Demonstration of "Sensitisation of Museum Staff", > 6. Exhibition of assistive devices and books which may be useful for > Museums, > 7. Field visits to local places of interest, > 8. Session on the preparation of a draft "National Policy for Museums and > the Disabled" for discussion in various forums of Museums and for its > eventual submission to the concerned Ministries and other Government > agencies. > > In case you are interested, please return the Expression of Interest at the > earliest to the undersigned. You may also contact me for clarifications. > > Thanking you, > > Yours faithfully, > > Sd/- > Dr B. Venugopal, > Scientist-in-Charge, > Regional Museum of Natural History, > Sidharth Nagar PO, Mysore-570011. Karnataka. > Tel: 081-2447046; Fax 0821 2446453; email: vbha56@ yahoo.com > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > There never is enough time to do all the nothing you want. (Bill Watterson) > > --------------------------------- > Copy addresses and emails from any email account to Yahoo! Mail - quick, > easy and free. Do it now... > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
