Dear All, Please find the below Daily Eyeway Alerts: News- 1.Sign language interpreters at government briefings must A visually impaired woman lawyer from Tamil Nadu has moved the Supreme Court, demanding sign language interpreters during press briefings by the Prime Minister, CMs and ministers. Filed by M Karoagam, a disability rights activist, the PIL sought directions to the Centre and states to provide sign language interpreters during important press briefings in accordance with the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. Source: https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/sign-language-interpreters-at-government-briefings-must-pil-340857
2. IIT Delhi's Neilom Award goes to assistive tech entrepreneurs. This is who they are Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi's (IIT Delhi) Neilom Award for the year was conferred on Monday on Richa Gupta and Girish Yadav for their work in developing assistive technologies for the disabled. The honour, which is an annual affair rewards graduates from IIT Delhi with a cash prize of Rupees 1 lakh. This year, Richa Gupta completed her PhD from IIT Delhi from the Khosla School of Information Technology. There she worked closely with National Association for the Blind, India and the USA's Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired in order to develop assistive technologies with a view to create a more inclusive atmosphere for blind and visually impaired individuals. She was an assistant professor at IIIT Delhi, and has spent a year working at the assistance laboratory with IIT Delhi. Source: https://www.edexlive.com/news/2021/nov/23/iit-delhis-neilom-award-goes-to-assistive-tech-entrepreneurs-this-is-who-they-are-25789.html Job- One post as Professor, and one post as Assistant Professor for Low Vision in Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University ( A Central University), Uttarakhand. Subject and Department: Professor: Subject: Education Department: Deptt. of Education Qualification: An eminent scholar with Ph.D. qualification(s) in the concerned/allied/relevant discipline and published work of high quality, actively engaged in research with evidence of published work with a minimum of 10 research publications in the peer reviewed/ UGC listed journals and a total research score of 120 as per the criteria given in Appendix III,Table 2 (as per UGC regulations 2018) Assistant Professor Subject: Chemistry Department: Deptt: of Chemistry Qualification: Master‘s Degree with 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) in the relevant subject or an equivalent degree from an Indian/Foreign University. Application fee: Professor: Rs. 500/- for PwD candidates. No fee for Assistant Professor Apply online (through Link https://www.hnbgu.ac.in/ Last date: December 17, 2021. More at: http://eyeway.org.in/?q=professor-and-assistant-professor Training- EnAble India starting next round of Short duration programs for employees with visual impairment and low vision working in public sector undertaking and state and central government offices EnAble India has come up with more short duration programs for employees with visual impairment working in public sector undertakings and other state and central government offices. Programs are of 2 to 4 hours duration and available on Weekends (Saturday & Sunday) for the convenience of working people. Choose the program according to your job role and get register yourself for the programs by filling the Registration Form https://forms.gle/MbPQSQB8Ek7RtPff7. TO KNOW MORE CALL ON Swagat : 9819095934 Lokesh : 9113919994 EMAIL : swag...@enableindia.org lok...@enableindia.org More at: http://eyeway.org.in/?q=short-duration-programs-employees-visual-impairment-and-low-vision -- With Best Regards, Ritu Contact: 9711982580 You have to believe in yourself when no one else does – that makes you a winner right there. -- 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.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CAGPUs63z5Ewm8LxgmebdR886QOGVaMe3A7jboOuBC0xHJo%2BpxA%40mail.gmail.com.
