Dear friends, We rejoice in sharing with you that our respected President,Mr. A.K. Mittal has been elected as the Secretary General of the World BlindUnion, the sole representative global organization of the visually impaired. Itis the first time in the history of the visual impairment sector that a personfrom ABU region has been elected to this high and prestigious Office.
As most of you may be aware, Mr. Mittal is an illustriousicon of the blindness sector nationally as well as globally. His contributionduring last 47 years of work in this sector through multiple engagements hasbeen recognized both in India and abroad. Besides being one of the founders ofAICB and its President since 2007, Mr. Mittal has served as the RegionalDirector, National Institute for the Visually Handicapped and also, as theDirector, NIVH. He has also been associated with the Blind Relief Associationin various ways. Mr. Mittal has significantly contributed to the formulation ofvarious Government policies by being on many committees. Since 2008, he hasbeen the Treasurer, World Blind Union, again, the first from ABU region to beelected to that Office. The election of Mr. Mittal is a matter of pride for theentire visual impairment sector of the country. Alongwith our felicitations, we wish him all success as he works towards theempowerment of the blind and the low vision in his newly assigned role as theSecretary General, World Blind Union. J.L. KaulSecretary General,All India Confederation of the Blind J. L. Kaul Recipient of Padma Shri Award 2014 Secretary General All India Confederation of the Blind Braille Bhawan, Sector-5, Rohini, Delhi-110085 Mob: 9810684208 website: www.aicb.org.in -- BE HAPPY AND MAKE OTHERS HAPPY M.Muthu Selvi Manager, Allahabad Bank and Secretary, All India Confederation of the blind. Email: [email protected] Skype: muthump2007 Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ 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 Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
