Dear Mr. Naidu, Thank you very much for the detailed information. I have forwarded it to my college. I have been campaigning to get the college to become accessible for more than a year and finally they seem to ready to do it.
Best regards, Rahul Cherian InclusivePlanet.com 2010/1/19 Janardhana Naidu <[email protected]> > Hello Sir, > I am here with pasting some more details of the scheme HIGHER EDUCATION FOR > PERSONS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS (HEPSN) for the benefit of our members who are > pursuing higher education. > > The HEPSN scheme is basically meant for creating an environment at the > higher education institutions including Universities to enrich higher > education learning experiences of differently-abled persons. Creating > awareness about the capabilities of differently-abled persons, constructing > facilities aimed at improving accessibility, purchase of equipment to enrich > learning, etc., are the broad categories of assistance under this scheme. > The university/college should have enrolled a minimum of 10 disabled > persons, including persons with visual impairment, hearing impairment, and > locomotors disability, etc., in its various courses to avail the schemes. > The HEPSN scheme has three components. They are enumerated below. > Component 1 Establishment of Enabling Units for differently-abled persons > Component 2 Providing Access to Differently-abled persons > Component 3 Providing Special Equipment to augment Educational Services for > Differently-abled Persons. > For more details: www.ugc.ac.in > With best wishes, > Janardhana Naidu. > ----- Original Message ----- From: "SR Mittal" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 6:33 PM > Subject: Re: [AI] UGC grants for making colleges accessible > > > > You may get the details from the website of UGC. There is a scheme called >> 'HEPSN' (Higher >> Education Promotion of Students with Special Needs). Any college can get >> funding to build accessibility features in the college for students with >> special needs. >> >> Prof. Mittal. >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "rahul cherian" < >> [email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 2:01 PM >> Subject: [AI] UGC grants for making colleges accessible >> >> >> Hi Folks, >>> >>> I understand from Subramani that UGC provides grants to colleges to make >>> them accessible. Does anyone have the details of this? I have been tasked >>> with making a leading college accessible for persons with disabilities >>> >>> Thank you, >>> >>> Rahul Cherian >>> InclusivePlanet.com >>> >>> >>> >>> 2010/1/19 Geetha Shamanna <[email protected]> >>> >>> Are recordings of any of the Retina India meetings available for those >>>> of >>>> us >>>> who could not attend? >>>> >>>> Geetha >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Vamshi. G" <[email protected]> >>>> To: "accessindia" <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 7:19 AM >>>> Subject: [AI] Retina India meeting today at Nagpur >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi friends, >>>> >>>> Information about Retina India meeting today at Nagpur. >>>> Nagpur Tuesday January 19, 2010 >>>> at4 PM >>>> Venue- Bhaskar Sabagriha, >>>> Bharat Nagar, >>>> Amravati Road, >>>> Opp. LIT. >>>> Nagpur , >>>> RSVP - >>>> Mr.Gaurav Godbole Cell 9049990466 . >>>> >>>> This mail is being sent on behalf of Retina India, a registered >>>> Charitable >>>> Trust, which is an umbrella organization dedicated to research and >>>> treatment >>>> of retinal disorders, with additional focus to promote public >>>> health >>>> awareness, education and advocacy in the field of retinal disorders >>>> that can >>>> lead to visual impairment. >>>> >>>> >>>> You are cordially invited to attend a open discussion forum being >>>> conducted >>>> by Retina India for the benefit of patients with retinal disorders >>>> and their >>>> families. Retinal ailments include retinitis pigmentosa and its >>>> allied >>>> disorders, macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, retinopathy >>>> of >>>> prematurity, etc. >>>> >>>> >>>> Theme: Retina India - Open Forum of Discussion >>>> >>>> >>>> The meetings will be attended by some of the trustees of Retina >>>> India. >>>> During >>>> the meeting, details of the objectives of Retina India will be >>>> discussed, >>>> while the open forum will allow attendees to discuss what they wish >>>> Retina >>>> India should do to offer help to the patients and their families. >>>> >>>> >>>> In addition, during the meeting, two of the trustees (Dr Rajat >>>> Agrawal, an >>>> Ophthalmologist & Retinal Surgeon based in Los Angeles, and Dr >>>> Kumaramanickavel, an Ophthalmic Geneticist based in Chennai) will >>>> discuss on >>>> the latest advances in the field of clinical and genetic variations >>>> in >>>> retinal diseases, and the newer treatments. >>>> Best Regards, >>>> Retina India >>>> www.retinaindia.org >>>> >>>> -- >>>> G. 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