very wonderful work On 6/21/11, Pradeep banakar <[email protected]> wrote: > The Hindu > > http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Bangalore/article2121072.ece > Bangalore, June 21, 2011 > Staff Reporter > the feedback incorporated. File Photo: K. Gopinathan > It will help them locate volunteers for study, write their exams > > As a part of their centenary celebrations, IBM joined hands with Retina > India, an organisation for persons with retinal impairment, to create a > technology portal to help visually challenged students. > > This portal will help blind students find suitable volunteers to write their > exams and to read books and other study material for them. > > Mamta Sharma, IBM's head of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) for South > Asia, launched a prototype of the portal last week in the city. > > Amit Sharma, Chief Operating Officer, IBM India, announced a grant from IBM > to Retina India. > > "We are positive that a database will connect visually challenged persons > across the country with their potential reader or scribe. It will be a huge > help to the students who lose much time trying to find volunteers. This > project is an example of how our technology support can create the change at > grassroots level," he said. > > Big help > > Arvind Bhartiya, Trustee of Retina India, said lack of scribes are an > obstacle to visually challenged students preparing for exams. > --- > > > IF we not part of the solution then we are part of the problem > With Regards > Pradeep T.S > SyndicateBank > Information Technology Cell > Regional Office Bangalore > Mobile: 9845925188 > email: [email protected] > skype: pradeepsocialwork > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > 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 > >
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