Dear all, National Association for the Blind Delhi is delighted to present the NAB Sarojini Trilok Nath Award to Mr. A.K. Mittal this year for the remarkable work done by him for empowerment of visually impaired persons. The award consists of a citation, shawl and cash reward.
The award function will be held on 27th September 2013 at 5 pm at NAB Delhi premises. You are cordially invited to join us in felicitating Mr. Mittal. Mr. A.K. Mittal is no stranger to people working in the disability sector both within and outside the country. Currently Mr. Mittal is serving his second term as Treasurer of World Blind Union. He is also the President of all India Confederation of the Blind. Mr. Mittal has Master's Degrees in English and Education as well as a Diploma in Education for the Blind from the United States. He has over 37 years of experience of holding top administrative and leadership positions in the Government and voluntary organizations and was the Director and Regional Director of the APEX government organization working with the blind in the country for over 22 years. In this capacity, he has overseen implementation of financial policies and developmental activities of the blind with a budget of over USD one million in a year and a team of over 200 professional colleagues and staff. He was also the Head of a reputed private residential school for the blind and a teacher-training institute for about 15 years. Mr. Mittal has also been an integral part of the self-help movement of the blind for more than 30 years and is currently the President of the All India Confederation of the blind, one of the principal organizations of the blind in India. Mr. Mittal is passionate about learning and promotion of Braille, about access to quality education for all blind and partially sighted children and about ensuring involvement from developing countries in all that we do. With regards, Prashant Ranjan Verma Joint Secretary National Association for the Blind Sector-5, R.K. Puram New Delhi - 110022 www.nabdelhi.in Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in 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 Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
