Joint Committee For The
LOUIS BRAILLE BICENTENARY CELEBRATIONS
Convener
Co-conveners
V.SIVARAMAN, M.A., B.Ed.,
M.SAHADEVAN M.A., M.Phil.,
Lecturer in English
Lecturer in English
Presidency College
Presidency College
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P.CHADRASEKAR, F.C.A.,
Chartered Accountant
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Dear friends,
Four Organizations of the Visually Challenged in Tamil Nadu, namely, The Indian
Association for the Blind, The Tamil Nadu Association of the Blind, Visually
Impaired Women's Association and, The Welfare Foundation of the Blind, all of
them affiliates of ALL INDIA CONFEDERATION OF THE BLIND(New Delhi), along with
the National Association for the Blind(Tamil Nadu branch) and the National
Federation of the Blind (Tamil Nadu branch), have formed a Joint Committee to
celebrate the Louis Braille Bi-Centenary Year on a grand scale.
The Joint Committee has already conducted a State Level Braille Reading and
Writing Competition for the Visually Challenged students studying in 18 Schools
all over TamilNadu. An Essay writing competition in both Tamil and English on
topics related to the Visually Challenged is also conducted for the Blind
students studying in various Colleges of the State. The prizes for the winners
of these competitions will be awarded on the 4th of January 2008, at the Louis
Braille Bi-Centenary year Meet to be held in Chennai.
What is so significant about these competitions is that the braille passages
read out by the blind participants have been recorded in cassettes.
On 4th January 2009 at P.S. High. Sec. School, Mylapore we are having a
day-long Meet on Louis Braille. On that day from 10 a.m to 1 p.m- an
Exhibition displaying the special devices for the visually challenged will be
conducted by the Worth Trust. The Worth trust has also made arrangements for
visually challenged people to become a member of the book share, on library for
the blind. The subscription of rs. 400 has to be paid along with the national
id for disability.
As part of the celebration,, two books are to be released by INDIAN
ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND and WELFARE FOUNDATION OF THE BLIND. These books
carry the biography of Louis Braille and articles on Braille translated from
English to Tamil by visually challenged students and teachers.
Mr. T.d Dinakar I.A.S, a visually challenged I.A.S officer will be honoured
with special achiever award.
Mrs. Subbulakshmi Jagadesan, Hon'ble State Minister of Union for Social Justice
and Empowerment and Smt. Geetha Jeevan, Hon'ble Minister for Social Welfare,
Govt of Tamil Nadu have consented to grace the occasion with their esteemed
presence.
We welcome all the visually challennged people as well as those who are
interested in the empowerment of the disabled to this grand event to be held on
Sunday, 4th January 2009 at the venue mentioned above.
We request the Media fraternity to come forward to give wide coverage to this
Event being held for a social cause
regards
V. Sivaraman,
Convener.
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