On 2/27/09, accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in <accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in> wrote: > Send AccessIndia mailing list submissions to > accessindia@accessindia.org.in > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > > You can reach the person managing the list at > accessindia-ow...@accessindia.org.in > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of AccessIndia digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. One doubt regarding the newspapers in india. (govind reddy) > 2. Two-day National Conference on 'Disability and > Disenchantment: New Challenges and Evolving directions' (Annavaram) > 3. Re: FW: DAISY Planet for February 2009 (Amarjit Powar) > 4. Re: Two-day National Conference on 'Disability and > Disenchantment: New Challenges and Evolving directions' > (Asudani, Rajesh) > 5. Re: piano on your computer! (Amarjit Powar) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:06:05 +0530 > From: govind reddy <sgred...@gmail.com> > Subject: [AI] One doubt regarding the newspapers in india. > To: accessindia <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > Message-ID: > <a8da12d30902262036l1ba54f96n27aac00eecf80...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hello every one: > I have a small doubt regarding the newspapers. Every day I read hindu > at free of cost (With out subscription) on their website at > www.thehindu.com > > My doubt is that the print version that every one buys and the web > version are the same or there is any differences between them. If > there is a huge difference between these two versions, how to acquire > the original version of any other news paper like times of india, > hindusthan times, and so on. > Can any one provide me the web addresses of The new york times, times > literary supplments. > Where to find the updated news and articles on the current affairs. > Your response in this regard will be highly appriciated. > Regards, > Govind. > Skype: govindhowsweet > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:21:23 +0530 > From: "Annavaram" <annavara...@hotmail.com> > Subject: [AI] Two-day National Conference on 'Disability and > Disenchantment: New Challenges and Evolving directions' > To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > Message-ID: <snt107-ds218ba45c296e04e9bdc946e6...@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi Access-Indians, > > I am happy to inform you all that equal opportunities office at JNU, and > JNU-Visually challenged forum are jointly organising a two-day National > Conference on 'disability and Disenchantment: New challenges and Evolving > directions' on 2nd&3rd march 2009 at Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus. > > I wish to make a special request to all our friends at Delhi to participate > in our Conference on both the days and contribute to this academic event > which is going to be unique in Indian higher educational circles. working > visually-challenged friends at Delhi can write to our organising team at > jnuvis...@gmail.com to obtain a special delegation invitation which they can > use either to avail a special Casual leave or to attend the conference > on-duty-leave. > > since the sessions in the conference run throughout the day from 9:30 AM to > 5:00 PM, Lunch and the High-Tea will be taken-care by the University. > > for the root map of our University, you can visit http://www.jnu.ac.in or > write to us at jnuvis...@gmail.com for any query. > > I feel more than happy to further inform you that some of our high-profiled > Access-Indians, Including our Moderator, are going to make focused > presentations in our Conference. > > you may therefore please go through the complete schedule pasted below and > find out for yourself! > > The National Conference on Disability and Disenchantment: New challenges and > Evolving directions > > > > Schedule > > > > An event first of its kind in Indian academic circles, the conference will > have a multifaceted participation of Renowned Academicians, Young scholars, > Administrators and Activists working in the field of disability. Spread > across two-days (2nd&3rd March), it is divided into five thematic sessions > besides a brief formal inaugural ceremony and the concluding panel > discussion, the details of which are given below: > > > > INAUGURAL SESSION > > 2nd March (9:30 AM to 11:15 AM) at SSS1 Auditorium JNU Campus. > > Chief Guest: Sri; Mani Shankar Aiyyar (Hon.ble Union minister of Panchayat > raj and youth affairs, Government of India.) > > Key note Speaker: Prof. Sukh Dev-Singh Torat (chairperson, University Grants > Commission.) > > Officiating Chair: Prof. B.B. Bhattacharya (Vice-chancellor, JNU.) > > > > DISABILITY, PUBLIC POLICY AND LAW > > 2nd March (11:30 AM to 1:00 PM) at SSS1 Committee Room JNU Campus. > > Officiating Chair: Justice Rajendra Babu (National Human Rights Commission > India) > > Titles and Presenters > > 1) Global Trends and transformation: International Laws on Disability with > special reference to UN-Convention on Persons with disabilities Neredimalli > Annavaram, Center for the Study of Social systems, School of Social > Sciences, JNU; > > 2) The Enactment and Implementation of Persons with Disabilities (Equal > Opportunities, Protection of rights and Full-participation) Act 1995 and a > way forward Santosh Kumar Rungta, Advocate at Delhi High-court and the long > serving General secretary of National Federation of the Blind; > > 3) WORLD PSYCHE AND THE DISABILITY POLICY Dr. Ramesh Kumar Sarene, Teaching > faculty at the Department of political science, Satyavathi college, > University of Delhi; and > > 4) To see the invisible: reflections on disability and public policy Dr. > Vinod, Teaching Faculty at the Department of Psychology, Lady Sriram > College, University of Delhi. > > > > DISABILITY, EDUCATION AND CAREER > > 2nd March (1:45 PM to 3:30 PM) at SSS1 Committee Room JNU Campus. > > Officiating Chair: Prof. Abijit Patak, Center for the study of Social > systems, School of Social Sciences, JNU. > > Titles and Presenters > > 1) Curriculum Development for Higher Education in Disability Studies > and Action Co-authored by: Dr. Srilata Juvva Head of The Department, > Disability Studies and Dr. Kalyani Talvelkar, Tata Institute of Social > Sciences, Mumbai; > > 2) Career and Capability: Opportunities for Persons with disabilities > Shanti raghavan, Managing Director and Trustee, Enable India foundation, > Bangalore; and > > 3) Disability and higher education Dr. Gangatharan, Teaching faculty > at the History Department, Banaras Hindu University, banaras. > > > > THEORISING DISABILITY > > 3rd March (9:30 AM to 11:15 AM) at SSS1 Committee Room.) > > Officiating Chair: Prof. Gautam, Vice-chancellor, Bhareli University; > > Titles and Presenters > > 1) Beyond Medical Dogmatism and ConstructivistOrthodoxy: Capability > Framework for Understanding Disability S. Mahesh Panicker, Young Scholar > and Teaching Faculty, Lady Sriram College, University of delhi; > > 2) Stigma and Social Disability Dr. Krishna Svami Dara, Teaching Faculty, > Jamia Milya University, Delhi; > > 3) DISABILITY, STIGMATISATION AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION: INSIGHTS FROM INDIA Dr. > Rambabu, Teaching Faculty, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai; and > > 4) The Metaphysics of Body: implications for Discourse on Disability Prof. > Gopal Guru, Teaching faculty, Center for Political studies, School of Social > sciences, JNU. > > > > DISABILITY, GENDER AND CIVIL SOCIETY > > Officiating Chair: Prof. Janiki Abraham, Chairperson, Center for women > studies, School of Social sciences, JNU. > > Titles and Presenters > > 1) DUAL BURDEN OF GENDER AND ABLEISM IN THE LIVES OF WOMEN WITH (VISUAL) > DISABILITIES IN INDIA Dr. Renu Addlakha, Senior Fellow, Center for women's > Development studies, Delhi; > > 2) Disability and Gender: a Constructive Approach Dr. Anita Ghai, teaching > faculty, Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi; > > Women and Disability Preeti Monga, Director, Silver linings; > > 4) Dissident bodies, demystified nations: a post-colonial reading of > disability in the novels of Tony Morrison Dr. Navnit Shethi, Associate > Professor, Center for English Studies, School of Language, > Literature&Culture studies, JNU; > > > > EQUALITY, ACCESSIBILITY AND TECHNOLOGY > > 3rd March (2:00 PM to 3:45 PM) at SSS1 Committee Room. > > Officiating Chair: Prof. Anand kumar, Center for The study of Social > Systems, School of Social Sciences, JNU; > > Titles and Presenters > > 1) Copyright & Print Access - Response & Challenge: A Higher Education Case > Study Dr. Sam Taraporevala, Head of the Department of Sociology, St. Xaviers > College, University of Mumbai and The Director, Xaviers Resource Center for > Visually-challenged; > > 2) Times They are Changing George Abraham, Chief Executive Officer, Score > foundation and founding patron of the Indian Cricket Board for > Visually-challenged; 3) Continued relevance of Braille in India and other > developing countries Prof. A.K. Mittal, President, All India Confederation > of The Blind, and Treasurer, World Blind Union; and > > 4) Equality through e-Quality: Importance of Technology and Accessibility > for the Creation of an Equalizing Environment Harish Kotian, Assistant > General manager, Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai. > > > > PANEL DISCUSSION > > 3rd March (4:00 PM to 5:00 PM) at SSS1 Committee Room. > > Moderator: Sri; Vivek Sahai, General manager, Northern Railways. > > Discussants include: Chief Commissionor, Office of Persons with > disabilities, Chairperson, National Trust for the Welfare of Persons with > Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities, and > representatives from the office of Union public service Commission, Ministry > of Social Justice and Empowerment, Ministry of Human resource development > and Ministry of Women and Child Development. > > > Looking forward for your estemed presence! > > Mr. Annavaram Along with the Organising Team! > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:56:58 -0700 > From: "Amarjit Powar" <po...@shaw.ca> > Subject: Re: [AI] FW: DAISY Planet for February 2009 > To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > Message-ID: <e1696f53f5844d3bbe0d3e645125d...@amarjit> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Hello AccessIndian friends: > While Dipendra mentions about the story of Nupur Jain from India appearring > in the February edition of DAISY Planet, he, perhaps out of all humility, > fails to mention that his story too appears in the same edition. I've > pasted it herein. It can be read at > http://www.daisy.org/stories/dipendra.shtml > Then beneath his story is one by Savita Singh. Indeed very inspirational! > Keep it up! > Amarjit > > Dipendra Manocha: DAISY for research in developing > Dipendra Manocha: DAISY for Research in developing countries > "...my story could happen to any student with blindness living in any > developing country..." > > By: Dipendra Manocha > Director of the Regional Resource Centre (New Delhi), > DAISY for All > > A blind music student had to submit his research thesis to his tutor for > correction. With a lot of work involving the revision of references still to > be > completed, the student was waiting for an appointed reader to help him with > his duties. But the reader never showed up, as he found it more interesting > to go to a movie with friends than to read to a person with blindness. The > researcher had books in print in front of him but could not verify or access > their content and therefore missed the deadline for submission. > > Dipendra Manocha > This true story changed the course of my life. I realized that my story > could happen to any student with blindness living in any developing country > since > hardly any text books and reference books are accessible. Even basic > assistive technology such as screen reading software is often not available > in the > local language. I knew there had to be a solution to make persons with > blindness or low vision independent in reading and writing. > > So, in 1993, I left my career in music in order to study and then teach and > implement computer applications to contribute to the benefit of persons with > blindness in India. Within a period of five years at the National > Association for the Blind in New Delhi, we were able to establish that > computer technology > was not meant only for the wealthy, rather it was something that would > ideally change the way each and every individual with a print disability > could read > and write, and maybe even enable them to get a job. However, there was still > no solution for the lack of reading materials in local languages, and many > students were still without books in their schools and colleges. > > In 1999, I was introduced to the world of digital books by Hiroshi Kawamura > at a UNESCAP meeting in Bangkok. I immediately was drawn towards these > feature-rich > digital books as another revolution that was changing the way persons with > print disability were enabled to read. However, at that time a digital > talking > book player cost US$ 500.00 which is beyond the reach of most individuals > with a print disability in any developing country. In these countries, the > work > of content creation is often done by small organizations and they mostly > lack human and financial resources to be able to adopt this technology. To > bring > developing countries into the fold of the DAISY revolution, the technology > itself had to remain the same but the way of implementation had to change to > meet their needs. > > The DAISY for All project started in 2003 under the leadership of Hiroshi > Kawamura and I had the opportunity to work for it as an Assistant Project > Manager. > The focus was on digital technology offering flexibility and providing > opportunities to everyone to make use of it. If low income groups could not > afford > DAISY players, they could use main stream MP3 players to listen to the same > DAISY digital talking books with the compromise that many features of > navigation > are lost. Usually conversion of analog cassette recordings to digital format > is done at fast speed using expensive equipment. To suit the needs of small > organizations in developing countries, we were able to develop and use a > solution at a fraction of that amount involving adapted cassette players and > innovative > schemes. Large numbers of end users themselves were engaged in this analog > to digital conversion process in India and Thailand. This not only made the > process low cost but also brought a means of income to youth with blindness > or low vision. > > Now working as the Director of the Regional Resource Centre for the DAISY > for All project in New Delhi, my every moment is involved in ideas and > related > projects such as: > > list of 5 items > Development of screen reading software for Indian languages > Content creation in local languages > Introduction of the technology in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Nepal > as well as India. There are not only 22 languages but also a vast > geographical > and cultural diversity to deal with > Research for affordable DAISY playback through subsidy schemes and > development of a low cost player > Creation of networking and common catalog systems among innumerable small > organizations who want to be a part of this digital revolution > list end > > My story has a happy ending... > > The path of becoming a part of solution to overcome the frustration caused > by dependence on others for reading and writing has been full of > satisfaction > and joy! > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Dipendra is now a valuable and dedicated staff member of DAISY For All. He > lives in New Delhi and coordinates local DAISY efforts. Dipendra also > actively > participates in global conference calls regarding development and > communication of DAISY technical projects. > > We encourage other DAISY users to submit their story and get further > involved. > > list of 5 items > Home | > Accessibility | > Legal Policies | > Site Map | > Contact Us > list end > > ? 2009 DAISY Consortium. All Rights Reserved. > > Valid XHTML 1.0! > Valid CSS! > > Search powered by > > http://www.daisy.org/stories/savitasingh.shtml > > Savita Singh > > Savita Singh: "I have cherished a dream of associating with a library where > all the books are available in an accessible format for persons with a print > disability." > > Savita Singh > Savita is young woman from Muradnagar, India. In April of this year she > passed the National Eligibility Test and is looking forward to working as a > lecturer > in a college. Savita has been using DAISY books for the last five years. > > My name is Savita Singh, and I am presently pursuing a Master of Philosophy > Degree in International Politics, Organisation, Disarmament, Political > Geography > & Diplomatic Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi India. In > 2006 I graduated from St. Stephen's College Delhi University with honors; > my degree is in history. From the beginning my schooling has been possible > with support from the National Association for the Blind (NAB) in New Delhi. > NAB means a great deal to me, it is like a "second home". As far as I can > remember the story of my life begins from the threshold of this unique > institution. > > When I was four I lost my eyesight completely due to small pox. A person in > the Modi Nagar Eye Hospital told my parents to take me to National > Association > for the Blind. His suggestion and my parents' determination altered the > journey of my life. I don't feel that blindness was a turning point in my > life > but my admission to NAB most definitely was. My parents were a bit > apprehensive the first time they left me there, but very soon they could > feel that it > was a perfect place for their naughty, creative, ambitious daughter. > > NAB Preparatory School > There were opportunities at NAB to reveal different dimensions of my > personality. I learned braille and clay modeling. I acted in the plays, > composed and > recited poetry, and took part in debates. I was given the responsibility of > Head Girl, and also went on school trips. The devoted teachers and the > wonderful > Director, Mrs. Anuradha Mohit, were the true strength of the Institute. > > When I entered college life I realized that it was a beautiful world full of > new experiences. The only problem I found was that nobody knew that the > capabilities, > talents and energetic spirit of persons with a disability were just like > those of anyone else. It was a time to test all the skills I was taught in > school > to prove that a visually challenged person also belongs in mainstream > society and that to segregate him or her is unfair and discriminatory. > > University Of Delhi > The inaccessibility of the books in the huge library often disappointed me. > The mere thought of the library used to make me feel gloomy; surrounded by > shelves > of books made me feel dizzy as I could get hold of only dust. Finding a book > was not a problem, my friends used to help me in searching books, but > reading > them was the difficulty. How much one can depend on a reader? There are > limits to what one can request and what one can expect. Then the Social > Service > League of my College bought JAWS Screen Reading Software for students who > were visually challenged. It was the first College of Delhi University to > get > such technology for visually challenged students in the library. It made it > possible for me to write my assignments with the help of a computer. > > Savita reading a DAISY book > However, accessing information in print books still remained a big obstacle. > When I learned about DAISY "Digital Accessible Information SYstem" it made > an incredible difference. This amazing technology has the potential to bring > about a revolutionary change in the life of persons with a print disability. > It improved my over all performance, increasing it from 53% to 63%; a > difference of 10% was huge for me. Problems accessing books not only > adversely impact > academic performance, I feel that this also impacts other dimensions of > one's personality so much so that many people suffer from depression or > adopt an > extremely pessimistic attitude towards life. Some students even curse and > blame their blindness for making them dependent on readers and scribes, and > in > some cases they neglect other things they cannot do without help. > > After graduation I was keen to join one of the leading Institutions of the > country. I studied with the help of DAISY talking books to prepare for my > JNU > entrance exam in International Relations. I was able to successfully get > through the written exam for my master's degree. Since then I have been > using > DAISY books regularly for my master's degree studies. For a research scholar > this technology has proved to be major boon. It enables one to study > according > to his/her individual requirements and time. Apart from everything else this > much independence boosts self-confidence, which is indeed the first step to > achieve any goal in the world. > > Savita Singh > Now I am able to read novels whenever I feel like doing so. The entire Harry > Potter series, consisting of seven volumes, I finished reading in only 18 > days, > thanks to DAISY books. I just hope every person who needs these books can > access them so that no one remains in the darkness of unawareness, when > there > are numerous sources available to spread the light of knowledge. > > I have cherished a dream of associating with a library where all the books > are available in an accessible format for persons with a print disability. > > In India, there is a lack of books in braille for college level studies. > College students require many books and organisations have found it very > costly > and time consuming to convert them into braille. Since the introduction of > DAISY in India, several organisations have taken up the task of converting > books > for higher education into DAISY DTBs. This has helped many students pursue > and excel in different courses. Ms. Savita's story is just one example. > > list of 5 items > Home | > Accessibility | > Legal Policies | > Site Map | > Contact Us > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dipendra Manocha" <dipendra.li...@gmail.com> > To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 8:59 PM > Subject: [AI] FW: DAISY Planet for February 2009 > > >> Hello Friends >> >> Story of Nupur Jain from India appears in the edition of DAISY Planet. Her >> story reaches every where in the world with this. >> >> Thanks >> Dipendra >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Lynn Leith [mailto:lynn.le...@gmail.com] >> Sent: 27 February 2009 04:59 >> To: daisy-bo...@daisy.org; frie...@daisy.org; market...@daisy.org; >> memb...@daisy.org; daisy...@daisy.org; daisy-staff-priv...@daisy.org; >> supp...@daisy.org; daisy-planet-auto-subscript...@daisy.org; >> global-libr...@daisy.org; 'Communications Team' >> Subject: DAISY Planet for February 2009 >> >> Dear Members, Friends and Supporters of DAISY, >> >> The February issue of the DAISY Planet looks at events (recent past and >> soon >> to come), new DAISY content resources, alternative applications for DAISY, >> plus much, much more. >> >> In the December 2008 issue we featured the "Story" of an aspiring student >> from India. Nupur Jain's story in this issue is an incredible success >> story. >> Thanks to the National Association for the Blind (NAB) for submitting this >> on her behalf for the Planet . >> >> The February 2009 DAISY Planet is now available at: >> http://www.daisy.org/news/newsletters/planet-2009-02.shtml >> >> If you or someone you know has a suggestion, story or news to share with >> the >> DAISY Planet readers, let us know using the Contact Us form on the DAISY >> Web >> site (http://www.daisy.org/contactus/ selecting the "DAISY Planet >> Newsletter" category). Letters to the Editor are most welcome. >> >> Please forward this email to everyone you know who may be interested in >> reading about DAISY, the DAISY Consortium and other topics of interest to >> the DAISY community. >> >> All members of our mailing lists receive "The DAISY Planet". >> >> Kind regards to all, >> Lynn >> ======= >> Lynn Leith, >> Editor of the DAISY Planet, >> the DAISY Consortium Newsletter, >> lynn.le...@gmail.com, >> +1,905,304-9398, >> Canada >> >> >> --- >> You are currently subscribed to daisy-ok as: dipendra.mano...@gmail.com. >> To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-daisy-ok-20...@mail.daisy.org >> >> >> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >> signature >> database 3893 (20090226) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> >> >> >> 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 >> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:52:44 +0530 > From: "Asudani, Rajesh" <rajeshasud...@rbi.org.in> > Subject: Re: [AI] Two-day National Conference on 'Disability and > Disenchantment: New Challenges and Evolving directions' > To: Annavaram <annavara...@gmail.com>, > "accessindia@accessindia.org.in" <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > Message-ID: > <9b925a6d2aa0e443b071cfdabb3748e1136e431...@rbiexch01.rbi1.rbi.org.in> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hello Anavaram > > A wonderful event indeed!!! > However, I wonder as to why the notice was not given sufficiently in > advance to let outstation listeners like me also join in. > Or maybe, I have missed it earlier.... > Anyway, Best wishes and try to get the event recorded for us all. > > > Rajesh > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in > [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Annavaram > Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 11:21 AM > To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in > Subject: [AI] Two-day National Conference on 'Disability and Disenchantment: > New Challenges and Evolving directions' > > Hi Access-Indians, > > I am happy to inform you all that equal opportunities office at JNU, and > JNU-Visually challenged forum are jointly organising a two-day National > Conference on 'disability and Disenchantment: New challenges and Evolving > directions' on 2nd&3rd march 2009 at Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus. > > I wish to make a special request to all our friends at Delhi to participate > in our Conference on both the days and contribute to this academic event > which is going to be unique in Indian higher educational circles. working > visually-challenged friends at Delhi can write to our organising team at > jnuvis...@gmail.com to obtain a special delegation invitation which they can > use either to avail a special Casual leave or to attend the conference > on-duty-leave. > > since the sessions in the conference run throughout the day from 9:30 AM to > 5:00 PM, Lunch and the High-Tea will be taken-care by the University. > > for the root map of our University, you can visit http://www.jnu.ac.in or > write to us at jnuvis...@gmail.com for any query. > > I feel more than happy to further inform you that some of our high-profiled > Access-Indians, Including our Moderator, are going to make focused > presentations in our Conference. > > you may therefore please go through the complete schedule pasted below and > find out for yourself! > > The National Conference on Disability and Disenchantment: New challenges and > Evolving directions > > > > Schedule > > > > An event first of its kind in Indian academic circles, the conference will > have a multifaceted participation of Renowned Academicians, Young scholars, > Administrators and Activists working in the field of disability. Spread > across two-days (2nd&3rd March), it is divided into five thematic sessions > besides a brief formal inaugural ceremony and the concluding panel > discussion, the details of which are given below: > > > > INAUGURAL SESSION > > 2nd March (9:30 AM to 11:15 AM) at SSS1 Auditorium JNU Campus. > > Chief Guest: Sri; Mani Shankar Aiyyar (Hon.ble Union minister of Panchayat > raj and youth affairs, Government of India.) > > Key note Speaker: Prof. Sukh Dev-Singh Torat (chairperson, University Grants > Commission.) > > Officiating Chair: Prof. B.B. Bhattacharya (Vice-chancellor, JNU.) > > > > DISABILITY, PUBLIC POLICY AND LAW > > 2nd March (11:30 AM to 1:00 PM) at SSS1 Committee Room JNU Campus. > > Officiating Chair: Justice Rajendra Babu (National Human Rights Commission > India) > > Titles and Presenters > > 1) Global Trends and transformation: International Laws on Disability with > special reference to UN-Convention on Persons with disabilities Neredimalli > Annavaram, Center for the Study of Social systems, School of Social > Sciences, JNU; > > 2) The Enactment and Implementation of Persons with Disabilities (Equal > Opportunities, Protection of rights and Full-participation) Act 1995 and a > way forward Santosh Kumar Rungta, Advocate at Delhi High-court and the long > serving General secretary of National Federation of the Blind; > > 3) WORLD PSYCHE AND THE DISABILITY POLICY Dr. Ramesh Kumar Sarene, Teaching > faculty at the Department of political science, Satyavathi college, > University of Delhi; and > > 4) To see the invisible: reflections on disability and public policy Dr. > Vinod, Teaching Faculty at the Department of Psychology, Lady Sriram > College, University of Delhi. > > > > DISABILITY, EDUCATION AND CAREER > > 2nd March (1:45 PM to 3:30 PM) at SSS1 Committee Room JNU Campus. > > Officiating Chair: Prof. Abijit Patak, Center for the study of Social > systems, School of Social Sciences, JNU. > > Titles and Presenters > > 1) Curriculum Development for Higher Education in Disability Studies > and Action Co-authored by: Dr. Srilata Juvva Head of The Department, > Disability Studies and Dr. Kalyani Talvelkar, Tata Institute of Social > Sciences, Mumbai; > > 2) Career and Capability: Opportunities for Persons with disabilities > Shanti raghavan, Managing Director and Trustee, Enable India foundation, > Bangalore; and > > 3) Disability and higher education Dr. Gangatharan, Teaching faculty > at the History Department, Banaras Hindu University, banaras. > > > > THEORISING DISABILITY > > 3rd March (9:30 AM to 11:15 AM) at SSS1 Committee Room.) > > Officiating Chair: Prof. Gautam, Vice-chancellor, Bhareli University; > > Titles and Presenters > > 1) Beyond Medical Dogmatism and ConstructivistOrthodoxy: Capability > Framework for Understanding Disability S. Mahesh Panicker, Young Scholar > and Teaching Faculty, Lady Sriram College, University of delhi; > > 2) Stigma and Social Disability Dr. Krishna Svami Dara, Teaching Faculty, > Jamia Milya University, Delhi; > > 3) DISABILITY, STIGMATISATION AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION: INSIGHTS FROM INDIA Dr. > Rambabu, Teaching Faculty, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai; and > > 4) The Metaphysics of Body: implications for Discourse on Disability Prof. > Gopal Guru, Teaching faculty, Center for Political studies, School of Social > sciences, JNU. > > > > DISABILITY, GENDER AND CIVIL SOCIETY > > Officiating Chair: Prof. Janiki Abraham, Chairperson, Center for women > studies, School of Social sciences, JNU. > > Titles and Presenters > > 1) DUAL BURDEN OF GENDER AND ABLEISM IN THE LIVES OF WOMEN WITH (VISUAL) > DISABILITIES IN INDIA Dr. Renu Addlakha, Senior Fellow, Center for women's > Development studies, Delhi; > > 2) Disability and Gender: a Constructive Approach Dr. Anita Ghai, teaching > faculty, Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi; > > Women and Disability Preeti Monga, Director, Silver linings; > > 4) Dissident bodies, demystified nations: a post-colonial reading of > disability in the novels of Tony Morrison Dr. Navnit Shethi, Associate > Professor, Center for English Studies, School of Language, > Literature&Culture studies, JNU; > > > > EQUALITY, ACCESSIBILITY AND TECHNOLOGY > > 3rd March (2:00 PM to 3:45 PM) at SSS1 Committee Room. > > Officiating Chair: Prof. Anand kumar, Center for The study of Social > Systems, School of Social Sciences, JNU; > > Titles and Presenters > > 1) Copyright & Print Access - Response & Challenge: A Higher Education Case > Study Dr. Sam Taraporevala, Head of the Department of Sociology, St. Xaviers > College, University of Mumbai and The Director, Xaviers Resource Center for > Visually-challenged; > > 2) Times They are Changing George Abraham, Chief Executive Officer, Score > foundation and founding patron of the Indian Cricket Board for > Visually-challenged; 3) Continued relevance of Braille in India and other > developing countries Prof. A.K. Mittal, President, All India Confederation > of The Blind, and Treasurer, World Blind Union; and > > 4) Equality through e-Quality: Importance of Technology and Accessibility > for the Creation of an Equalizing Environment Harish Kotian, Assistant > General manager, Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai. > > > > PANEL DISCUSSION > > 3rd March (4:00 PM to 5:00 PM) at SSS1 Committee Room. > > Moderator: Sri; Vivek Sahai, General manager, Northern Railways. > > Discussants include: Chief Commissionor, Office of Persons with > disabilities, Chairperson, National Trust for the Welfare of Persons with > Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities, and > representatives from the office of Union public service Commission, Ministry > of Social Justice and Empowerment, Ministry of Human resource development > and Ministry of Women and Child Development. > > > Looking forward for your estemed presence! > > Mr. Annavaram Along with the Organising Team! > > > 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 > > Notice: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are > addressed. 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The Bank accepts no liability for any damage caused > by any virus transmitted by this email. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:36:08 -0700 > From: "Amarjit Powar" <po...@shaw.ca> > Subject: Re: [AI] piano on your computer! > To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > Message-ID: <eb242755beab4139bcf6394ab2a9f...@amarjit> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Soundforge too has a piano built into it And, I think JAWS has the scripts > built to make Soundforge compatible.. > ---- Original Message ----- > From: "ruchir falodiya" <ruchir.falod...@gmail.com> > To: "accessindia" <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > Cc: <script...@techinfo.co.in> > Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 3:55 AM > Subject: [AI] piano on your computer! > > >> good afternoon all and greetings! >> >> ever thought of playing piano on your laptop? >> na, seriously. all the music experts will say, its not possible, >> because keyboard at computer is much different then those at a real >> synth. >> i agree, but just to play around and compose few small bits and chunk >> of music, this software i've found at my friend's hostel room can be >> used. >> >> unfortunately this program is not at all accessible, and even if it >> would have been, we would have to turn jaws off to playit, because you >> cant hear jaws and compose music, both at the same time. >> >> please note, that this program was not created for any serious >> compositions and was created just to play around. >> >> there are also few advance features such as recording the composition, >> but are in graphical form. >> >> maybe, some jaws scripter would like to work on it? >> >> for now, the simple piano, with changeable 128 instruments and 3 >> scales, can be played. >> >> just locate the program, open it, unload jaws, and start playing! >> >> the end and home keys are used to change the scale, and the >> instruments can be changed using page up and page down. >> >> also note, that this is a portable program. which means, no setups are >> required. >> just put in any removable storage medium and carry it to play anywhere. >> >> sadly, the only information my friend had is, it is a freeware, but he >> forgot the website. >> >> so, i'm uploading to sendspace. >> >> please download the program from. >> >> http://www.sendspace.com/file/zrralv >> >> since i'm just sharing this program with you, i'm also not aware of >> any its features, so this time, i mite be of no help to you. >> >> enjoy the program! >> regards, >> >> ruchir. >> >> >> -- >> As long as forever, >> I will stay by your side, >> I'll be your companion, >> Your friend and your guide!!! >> >> www.ruchir89.wordpress.com >> >> >> >> 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 >> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > AccessIndia mailing list > AccessIndia@accessindia.org.in > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > End of AccessIndia Digest, Vol 34, Issue 95 > ******************************************* > dear friends, my best wishes to all the team members who are involved in conducting this NATIONAL CONFERENCE ondisability . I also would like to participate in this uniqque event. but unfortunately i am in Chennai . so i have a small request to the organisers. for the benifit of our all other friends in all over india and myself please try to circulate the presentations either through mail or through personal contacts or through any other accessible mode. this is only a request. if it is wrong please pardon me. more over i also express my willingness in participating in social oriented activities which would benifit our community and society. regards raghu.
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