Hi Subramani sir, You should post this on Retina India e-groups also as there are a few people in the engineering field on that group. I know a few people who have done engineering and others who are still pursuing it. Also try to get into touch with Sagar Sodah who is doing engineering in Canada to get a comparison of the situations. Do write to me if you need the contact details of the persons in the field.
-- G. Vamshi PH Res : +91 877-2243861 Mobile: +91 9949349497 E-mail ID: [email protected] Skype: gvamshi81 www.retinaindia.org >From darkness unto light -- G. Vamshi PH Res : +91 877-2243861 Mobile: +91 9949349497 E-mail ID: [email protected] Skype: gvamshi81 www.retinaindia.org >From darkness unto light On 1/14/11, Kartik Sawhney <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Sir, if this is for your next story, then I would want to put forth > some vital inputs. Even now in India, despite a lot of success > received from CBSE, there is a lot of insensitivity prevailing in the > officials. For instance, premier institutes like IITs fail to > understand that reasonable accomodations like alternate questions in > lieu of the diagramatic questions that are impossible to interpret > (especially those involving the concept of space) need to be > provided. Yes, there are a lot of challenges, however people like > Srikanth have gone ahead and done India proud too, he being the first > blind international student at the prestigious MIT (though he too is > facing certain practical difficulties, may be he could give a better > take on that). Talking about the situation in India, let me put it > this way, when I wrote to IIT Madras (JEE 2010 organisers) under RTI > asking whether there are any reasonable accomodations, they replied: > > The paper is set in such a way that blind students do not require any > accomodations. > > On the other hand, analysis of the IIT JEE 2010 question paper reveals > that at least 30-40% of the question paper is visual in nature, and at > least 15% of this is not possible to be described. After all, who can > describe complecated free body diagrams in mechanics? > > Several people are working as successful engineers abroad. In fact, > NFB, US has a STEM division that looks after the Science, technology, > engineering and Mathematics needs of the visually challenged. You may > get in more info from there. > > I just hope that things change in the near future, and India too can > have VI professional engineers. You may write in for any more help. > > @Also some AI members have completed B.Tech. in CSE through lateral > entry into the 2nd year of the course. Hope they will reply and share > their opinions/experiences. Also, I would suggest that this goes on > the list, so that everybody is made aware of this new field believed > to be impossible for VI. > > Hope this helps. > > Regards, > -Kartik > > On 1/14/11, Kanchan Pamnani <[email protected]> wrote: >> Subramani, >> I assume that this is for your next story. Then you must bring out the >> fact >> that the visually impaired were not allowed to do science in the standard >> XII. Slowly we are getting there. >> >> Ask Sam or Kartik for the new CBSE circular and ask Sam for the HSC >> circular. Of course HSC is the board that conducts exams in Maharashtra. >> Therefore may not be relevant for your story. This is the plus. >> >> The minus is that there was a Engineer from Karnataka who had only one >> eye. >> He got stuck inbetween. Not disabled by the definition and therefore no >> reservation. The new law is going to add this category too. At present it >> is >> hopeless. in case you need this persons contact details ask Dr. Rajat. >> >> There are some studying Engineering and they had to go to court to get >> admission. They will reply to you directly. >> >> There is one bright spark who wants to do it and I am sure he will get >> back >> to you.Smile >> >> There are some who lost vision after studying and maybe working for a >> while.Had to change jobs, rehabilitate themselves and start a new life. >> Some >> have succeeded and some have fallen. >> >> The bottom line is computer engineering. >> >> When you finish send me your article. >> >> Kanchan >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Subramani L" <[email protected]> >> To: "accessindia" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 12:38 AM >> Subject: [AI] Engineering grads/students of Engineering courses >> >> >>> Folks: >>> >>> Writing to the list after a long time. If any of you have a B.E. >>> degree (in IT or IT related) or if you are pursuing engineering (with >>> visual impairment), kindly write to me in private. >>> >>> Subramani >>> >>> >> >> >> > >
