Dear all "Divyangjan", what does it mean? Is it a mythological or technical term? We use terminologies like dristibadhit or dristihin in hindi or other indian languages which is easily understandable from a technical perspective. Can anyone tell me the english word for divyangjan?
On 11/16/17, avinash shahi <shahi88avin...@gmail.com> wrote: > The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities > (Divyangjan) (DEPwD) organised an award function of Short Film > Competition on Divyangjan Sashaktikaran > in association with Directoriate of Film Festival (DFF) on Thursday. > And a total of 10 awards were given in three categories of > Documentaries, Short Films > and TV Spots. Thaawarchand Gehlot, the Union Minister for Social > Justice and Empowerment, was the Chief Guest and presented the > awardees with certificate > and mementos. > http://www.dailypioneer.com/vivacity/films-create-awareness.html > Delivering his key note address, the Minister said that in last three > years the Ministry is focusing on various schemes for empowerment of > divyangjans. > > Highlighting achievements of department during the last three years, > he said that more than 5700 camps under ADIP schemes have been > organised — distributing > aids and assistive devices which benefitted more than 8 lakh persons > with disabilities for their physical empowerment. > > Enumerating various achievements of the Department, he said that the > Ministry is providing Rs 6 lakh per child for Cochlear Implant surgery > to help hearing > impaired children. > > He said that short films are a powerful medium to spread awareness > among the common masses in today’s time when everybody is connected > through various > tools of media. > > Dolly Chakravarty, Joint Secretary, DEPWD said that accessibility in > the films by use of audio captioning and subtitling ensures universal > accessibility > in the entertainment domain. There is also the pressing need of the > hour to ensure to portray disabled people as bold, courageous and > empowered characters. > > > -- > Avinash Shahi > Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU > > The list has now migrated to www.accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in > > You should now post to the id: a...@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in > > > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > 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.. > The list has now migrated to www.accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in You should now post to the id: a...@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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..
