Dear all
The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities
[DEPwD] has conceptualized the "Accessible India Campaign (Sugamya Bharat
Abhiyan)" as a nationwide flagship campaign for achieving universal
accessibility for persons with disabilities. The campaign was launched by
the Hon'ble Prime Minister on December 3, 2015, on the occasion of the
International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
2. Persons with blindness or low vision have been suffering
from book famine. Latest developments and the digital technology revolution
have a potential of providing a solution to his problem. Persons who cannot
read normal Print, need books in Braille, accessible e-text or audio format.
To produce books in any of these formats, we need the master digital book.
The digital books are also for mainstream printing and for projects such as
e-basta or e-patshala. To work towards achieving an "Accessible Digital
India", a digitally accessible library is being launched by the DEPwD in
collaboration with the DAISY Forum of India which would enable content to be
made available to persons with print disabilities. This library is created
to have accessible digital files of books and access to this library will be
provided only to persons with print disabilities. The Sugamya Pustakalaya is
also going to act as a central repository of digital books for all Braille
presses. Universities, Education Boards, and various other stakeholders will
be able to provide books and content to students in accessible formats
through this portal.
3. It gives me great pleasure to invite you to the official
launch of "Sugamya Pustakalaya" on 24th August 2016 at Hall No. 6, Vigyan
Bhawan, Maulana Azad Road, New Delhi which will be inaugurated by Shri Ravi
Shankar Prasad, Hon'ble Minister for Electronics & Information Technology,
Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot, Hon'ble Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment
and Shri Prakash Javadekar, Hon'ble Minister for Human Resource Development.
Also present at the event as special guests will be Dr. Mahesh Sharma,
Hon'ble Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Culture & Tourism and
Shri Krishan Pal Gurjar, Hon'ble Minister of State, Social Justice &
Empowerment. Before the inaugural function, there will be a panel discussion
on the subject of "Accessible Digital India". I request you to spare your
valuable time and join us in this endeavor to make India inclusive and
accessible. The event will begin from 11:30 with Registration, panel
discussion from 12 to 1 and launch of the Sugamya Pustakalaya by the
Honorable ministers at 1 PM followed by lunch.
4. If you are in Delhi and are interested to attend the event, then
kindly confirm your participation at an early date by telephone/email at
Tel. 011- 24369069 or email: [email protected]
Thanks
Dipendra
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