Dear All, Greetings from the National Eyeway Helpdesk. Please find the below Daily Eyeway Alerts: 1. News- 14 essential departments in Karnataka to work full time during extended lockdown. Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Wednesday identified 14 departments as essential and asked all its employees to attend work during the extended period of lockdown to check coronavirus spread in the state. According to a circular issued by chief secretary T M Vijay Bhaskar, all classes of officials/employees in these departments must attend to their work. The departments are: Health and Family Welfare, Medical Education, Home, Revenue, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, Urban Development, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Information and Public Relations, Transport, Energy, Personnel and Administrative Reforms (e-Governance), Finance (including treasuries), Animal Husbandry and Fisheries and Forest, Ecology and Environment. In all other departments, only Group-A officers have been directed to report for duty. However, those visually-impaired or physically- handicapped are exempt from work, the circular said, adding that these norms will be valid till April 19. Source: https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/160420/14-essential-departments-in-karnataka-to-work-full-time-during-extende.html
TELE HEALTH AND TELE REHABILITATION COMMUNITY OPHTHALMOLOGY RPC AIIMS. The country is lockdown due to COVID 19 outbreak. In fact, many people or students with disabilities are facing a lot of challenges in seeking and accessing health care services, for their primary, and secondary health conditions. To reduce the barriers and staying safe and healthy, we start TELE HEALTH FACILITY. PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES can contact us for common health problems. Zoom or email ([email protected]) Phone no. 9811167038 landline no. 011 2659 3100, time 10.30 am to 1.00 pm. VRTC community ophthalmology RPC AIIMS New Delhi 2. Workshop- A good concept for all of us. The concept is introduction of Deque University: Web Accessibility and Courses workshop. While keeping in mind sighted people can’t accept our quality, working capacity, ability, etc. those are the thinks sighted people cannot giving chance to work in private sector for visually impaired person. This workshop has 10 sessions. Every session limited 2 hours every days. Every day session will starts 10 AM and session will end 12 PM. To attend this workshop registration is mandatory, to register you’re self Using following contact numbers/ Mail ID,to register contact, MR. Karan Panhalkar, Mobile: +91 9011487724 Email ID: [email protected], MR. Shankar Waghmare Contact no: +91 9834076837 Email ID: [email protected]. Registration and workshop free to all participants. Registration will starting 15th April 2020, to ending date 20th April 2020. Workshop will start date 21/04/2020 to 30/04/2020.More at http://www.eyeway.org/?q=training 3. Job- Opportunities for intern & fresher at Mphasis. Required UX Design (Trainee) and Tech Writing (Intern). Both positions are for Bangalore, India. These are suitable for someone about to step out of college or has recently completed bachelor’s degree. (i) UX Design (Trainee) : Qualifications: Must have completed Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in UX/graphic design, applied or fine art or visual communication in last 1-2 years. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Great attitude. Experience with design tools (e.g. Adobe XD, Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator etc.) Must have a portfolio Organized and attention-to-detail approach with strong tactical execution. Willingness to work flexible schedule to meet the needs of onsite/offshore team members. Ability to work and meet deadlines in a fast-pace work environment. (ii) Working towards or have recently obtained a BA/BS degree in Technical Writing, Communications, English or related field. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to research and comprehend complex technical concepts. Strong Microsoft Office skills: Word, Excel, PowerPoint. Organized and attention-to-detail approach with strong tactical execution. Excellent research, analysis, and structured thinking capabilities. Ability to work in an open office environment. Willingness to work flexible schedule to meet the needs of offshore team members. Ability to work and meet deadlines in a fast-pace work environment..If you know anyone suitable, please send their profiles to mailto: [email protected]. Mphasis User Experience Practice Mumbai, Vishnu Ramchandani: 09757244292. More at http://www.eyeway.org/?q=opportunities-intern-fresher-mphasis 4. Event- Webinar on Sugamya Pustakalaya - the national online library of accessible books. NAB Delhi is pleased to partner with DAISY Forum of India to provide more information and guidance on using Sugamya Pustakalaya. The webinar will be held on Tuesday 21 April 2020 at 11 am using Zoom conferencing platform. The webinar will be facilitated by Prashant Ranjan Verma and Santosh Khare. Who should join? Persons with print disabilities such as blind and low vision People engaged in creation or distribution of accessible books Teachers and Parents of the print disabled This webinar is for everyone, membership of Sugamya Pustakalaya or DAISY Forum of India is not essential. What to expect: Overview of the Sugamya Pustakalaya Online Library How to become a member of the library How to search and download books Demo of simply reading app for reading books Demo of thorium and VitalSource Bookshelf apps for reading books Queries related to using the online library Please register using the link below before 19th April 2020.The registration may be stopped earlier on receiving the required number of entries. After successful registration, you will receive instructions to join the live session on 20th April 2020. Remember, the webinar will be held on 21 April 2020 at 11 am. Link to register: https://forms.gle/4HdKrJvEx4nw7trM9. 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