Office, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Cordially invite you to
Roundtable Conference on
"Disability, Barrier- Free Campus and Higher Education”
Date: 3 December 2011 (Saturday)
Venue: Kunzru Conference Room (2nd Floor), SIS, JNU
Delhi-110067
Programme Sheet
3 December 2010 (Saturday) 10:30 AM to 11:45 AM
Registration: 09.45 AM onwards
Inaugural Session
Opening & Welcome Remarks: Dr G. N. Karna, HURITER, SIS &
Advisor, EOO, JNU, New Delhi
Presidential Observations: Professor Christopher S.
Raj, Dean, SIS, JNU, New Delhi
Inaugural Address: Professor Sudhir Kumar
Sopory, Vice Chancellor, JNU
Address by Chief Guest: Shri Kuldip Nayar, Noted
Journalist & Ex- MP (Rajya Sabha)
Keynote Address: Dr Gaurav Raheja,
Faculty, IIT, Roorkee
Speech by Guest of Honour: Shri B. N. S. Ratnakar, GM,
Central Bank of India, Delhi
Speech by Special Guest: Major H. P. S. Ahluwalia,
Chairman, ISIC, New Delhi
Address by Distinguished Guest: Professor P. R. Ramanujam, Former
Pro-VC, IGNOU, N. Delhi
Concluding Observations: Shri Sandeep Chatterjee,
Registrar, JNU, New Delhi
Tea/Coffee/Snacks: 11:45 AM to 12.00 AM
First Working Session:
Understanding Disability and Creating an Accessible Academic Campus
3 December 2011 (Saturday) 12.00 AM to 01:30 PM
Chair: Professor Ashum Gupta,
Deptt. of Psychology & Director,
Gandhi Bhawan, University of Delhi, Delhi
Sl. No. Resource Persons/ Panelists Affiliation
1 Dr Gaurav Raheja Assistant Professor,
Deptt. of Architecture & Planning, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee
2 Dr Amulya Khurana Retd. Professor
Deptt. of Humanities & Social Sciences, IIT, Delhi
3 Dr Manjari Tripathi Additional
Professor Department of
Neurology, C. N. Centre, AIIMS, New Delhi
4 Dr P. H. Mishra
Dean & Medical Superintendent
Indian Spinal Injuries Center, New Delhi
5 Dr S.Y. Kothari (tbc) Professor & Head
Medicine & Rehabilitation, VMMC & SJ Hospital, N. Delhi
6 Dr Satendra Singh Asstt. Professor (Physiology)
& Coordinator, Equal Opportunity Cell, University College of Medical
Sciences (DU), Delhi
7 Mr Vinod Kumar Mishra Chief Manager
Central Electronics Limited, Sahibabad (UP)
8 Mr Dipendra Manocha Head,
Technology and Training Unit,
National Association for the Blind, New Delhi
9 Dr R. Manoj Kumar Education Officer
University Grants Commission, New Delhi
10 Dr Anita Julka Professor
Deptt.of Education of Groups with Special Needs, NCERT, New Delhi
11 Dr Reeta Bagchi Associate professor.
Deptt. of Comparative Religion,
Hamdard University, New Delhi
12 Dr Satya Bhushan Assistant Professor
Department of Educational Surveys
& Data Processing, NCERT, New Delhi
13 Ms Shalini Khanna Hony. Director
NAB India Centre for Blind Women and Disability Studies, New Delhi
14 Shri Yogesh Chaurasiya Assistant Professor in Political Science
Maitreyi College (Univ. of Delhi), New Delhi
15 Dr Tanmoy Bhattacharya (tbc) Associate Professor
Department of Linguistics, University of Delhi, Delhi
16 Dr Geetam Tiwari Transportation Research and Injury Prevention
Programme, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
17 Dr Abha Khetarpal President, Cross the Hurdles, New Delhi
Lunch: 01.30 PM to 02.15 PM
Second Working Session:
Barrier- Free Campus and Higher Education
3 December 2011 (Saturday) 02.15 PM to 03:15 PM
Chair: Professor S. N. Malakar, CAS, SIS, JNU (tbc)
Sl. No. Resource Persons/ Panelists Affiliation
1 Shri Sanjeev Sachdeva Honorary Access Advisor, New Delhi
2 Dr Hemlata Deputy Director
National Centre for Disability Studies, IGNOU, New Delhi
3 Ms Geetanjali Nair Consultant & Delhi- based disability rights activist
4 Ms Shivani Gupta Accessibility, New Delhi
5 Col Pradeep Kapoor General Secretary
Volunteers for the Blind Foundation, New Delhi
6 Dr Udit Ratna Town & Country Planner
Ministry of Urban Development/ GOI, New Delhi
7 Dr S. K. Prasad Deputy Director
National Centre for Disability Studies, IGNOU, New Delhi
8 Mr Subhash Chandra Vashishth Programme Coordinator – Svayam, New Delhi
9 Dr Navneet Sethi Associate Professor
CES, SLL & CS, JNU, New Delhi
10 Dr Vikash Kumar
Researcher
The India Quarterly, New Delhi
11 Dr Renu Addlakha Senior Fellow,
Centre for Women’s Development Studies, New Delhi
12 Ms.Merry Barua Director, Action for Autism, New Delhi
13 Ms Anshu Goel Researcher, TISS, Mumbai
14 Dr J. L. Kaul
Secretary General
All India Confederation of the
Blind, New Delhi
15 Dr Deepak Sharma Associate Professor, SLS, JNU, New Delhi
16 Shri Rajive Raturi Director, Human Rights Law Network, New Delhi
Valedictory Session:
Barrier- Free Campus and Higher Education in Indian Context
3 December 2011 (Saturday) 03.15 PM to 04.15 PM
Chair: Professor Manmohini Kaul,
Chairperson, CSCAEAS, SIS, JNU, New Delhi
Valedictory Address: Professor Anand Kumar, CSSS, SSS, JNU, New Delhi
Vote of Thanks: Dr G. N. Karna,HURITER,SIS & Advisor, EOO,JNU, N. Delhi
RSVP:
Dr G. N.
Karna,
Mob.: 9810161358 /
9810312185
Sonu Yadav
Convener
JNU visually challenged forum
PHD research scholar
Mob: 9013309130
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