Hi, A feeling of pride came to me after reading this I stood up and saluted to this gentleman after having read this article.... Shall sometime meet him to have a word and share something.....
Regards, Krian On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 2:53 PM, padmanabham <[email protected]>wrote: > > NAGPUR: He could not see it, but the thunderous, rapturous applause that > will ring in Sanjay Jain's ears for a long time told him that he had earned > it. Having just won the longest ovation of the ceremony, Jain stood up > modestly, a big smile on his face. > > For Jain, who is blind since birth, this was one of his life's best > moments. He was awarded PhD in law during the 97th convocation ceremony of > Nagpur University on Saturday. Interestingly, Jain's guide was head of law > department Shirish Deshpande, who is also blind. > > This is perhaps for the first time in the country that a blind guide > successfully guided a blind scholar. Jain is only the third visually > impaired teacher in the university after DW Wadegoankar and Shirish > Deshpande. Jain pursued his schooling from a school for blind and also > studied at National Institute for Visually Impaired in Dehradun. He, > however, pursued further education from regular colleges. > > "My friends, teachers and some members of RSS helped me by being my > readers. In those days, all material was not available in Braille and there > wasn't any technology," he said. The subject of his thesis was 'Taking women > seriously - A critical inquiry into the changing parameters of judicial > review and perspectives on protection and enforcement of rights of women > with special reference to the Constitution of India'. > > Jain was earlier rejected by Pune University after he applied for the post > of a teacher. Not deterred by the disappointment, he bounced back by getting > a teacher's job at the ILS law College in Pune. Sanjay met his wife Suleshi, > who has normal vision, when she was a student at Nagpur University. They > have a son named Sagar. > > > __._,_.___ > Voice your thoughts in the blog to discuss the Rights of persons with > disability bill at: > http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/blog.htm > > To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] > 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 > -- Kind Regards, Kiran S Deshpande. DISCLAIMER:- This e-mail message (including any attachment) is intended only for the personal use of the recipient(s) named above. This message is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not an intended recipient, you may not review, copy or distribute this message. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the original message. Any views or opinions expressed in this message are those of the author only. Furthermore, this message (including any attachment) does not create any legally binding rights or obligations whatsoever, which may only be created by the exchange of hard copy documents signed by a duly authorized representative of the company If Official or other wise signed by the Author on Valid Documents. Voice your thoughts in the blog to discuss the Rights of persons with disability bill at: http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/blog.htm To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] 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
