Though the article doesn't mention anything about IIM. Indore, yet there are number of innitiatives going on to support students with disabilities. I can prowdly say that situation has improved a lot as compared to last year when I joined here. The difference can be clearely observed in the learning patern and lifestyle of our juniors. Thanks, Ajay
On 7/17/14, avinash shahi <[email protected]> wrote: > Superb! > > Can you share that judgment, please? > > On 7/17/14, Mohammed Asif iqbal <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi All, >> Pleased to learn about this remarkable achievement. >> I still remember year 2000 where I actually filed law suit and outcome of >> that lawsuit resulted in initiations of reservation quota for disabled. >> I >> myself have not been directly benefited by this outcome but feels great >> that >> it has paved ways for many. >> Friends, I did not narrate this personal incident to brag about myself >> but >> rather to demonstrate a point that each one of us has potential to change >> the community in which we operate. I encourage you to be change agent >> and >> pave path for others. >> Thanks and wish you all the best in your journey of change. >> Asif >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf >> Of avinash shahi >> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2014 12:50 PM >> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues >> concerning >> the disabled. >> Subject: Re: [AI] 'India's top B-schools go the extra mile to help the >> differently abled students' >> >> Here you go >> >> By Devina Sengupta & Anumeha Chaturvedi, ET Bureau | 17 Jul, 2014, >> 04.15AM >> IST >> >> B-schools are trying their best for their disabled students by adding >> voice announcement facility in lifts, providing them motorised >> wheelchairs and more. >> >> MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: He often mixes up 'who' with 'how'. And, when asked >> for directions, he needs to look at the hand with which he eats to >> point towards the right direction. Apoorv Agarwal is dyslexic and has >> just made it to Indian Institute of Management, Raipur, acknowledging >> his disability for the first time during his interview there. >> >> "Because of high content of lead in my blood, language comprehension >> gets affected, but I will manage because I need to be an example for >> my sister," says Agarwal. His sister too suffers from the disorder. >> >> Sai Prasad Vishwanathanan wheelchaired his way into Indian School of >> Business, Hyderabad, in 2010 and was hired by Deloitte. He was >> operated unsuccessfully for a birth condition of additional growth in >> spinal cord. Subsequent injuries during childhood rendered him >> disabled. >> >> Seventy-three such students with disabilities are now on campuses at a >> handful of IIMs ET spoke to for this story. There are more such heroes >> -- with visual, locomotive, hearing and learning disorders -- all >> defying life's cruel blows to make it to the IIMs. Some of them were >> chosen in general quota -- in some cases at the insistence of the >> candidate --though 3% of the seats are reserved for the disabled in >> IIMs. >> >> ISB did away with stairs in one of its four entrance gates enabling >> Vishwanathan to take the wheelchair, put a ramp around his >> accommodation, built a new washroom, gave him a battery-powered >> wheelchair that cost them Rs 1 lakh, and brought down the height of >> the stage on his graduating day. >> >> "It touched me when ISB started making changes because it was the >> right thing to do and not because they could foresee numbers of >> students like me going up in future," says Vishwanathan. >> >> "Reservation is not the answer. What we need is the right >> infrastructure that can make life easy," Vishwanathan said. >> >> B-schools are trying their best for their disabled students by adding >> voice announcement facility in lifts, providing them motorised >> wheelchairs, giving more time to students with learning disorders, >> adopting special software for the blind and encouraging volunteers to >> help them in their studies. >> >> Infrastructural changes have been made in class rooms and hostels, and >> students have been sensitised on the needs of the specially-abled. >> Some IIMs are also in the process of creating a special centre where >> the needs of the differently-abled can be discussed and met. >> >> IIM Calcutta is planning a centre for specially-abled students. With >> 26 such students this year (batch 2015 and 2016), it is an urgent need >> for the institute. >> >> IIM Kozhikode set up an audit committee last month to make >> infrastructural changes to cater to the needs of the differentlyabled. >> "The institute is built on a hill, so we are reviewing the entire >> space," said Debashis Chatterjee, director of IIM-K. The B-school has >> 20 such students in the campus this year. >> >> "There was difficulty in getting qualified DA students in the past. >> Now, the awareness has increased. This year we could fill up 10 seats >> out of the 12 in the DA category," he added. The Bschool has also >> admitted meritorious students with special needs in the general >> category. >> >> In 2010, IIM Bangalore installed a lift with features such as voice >> announcement and accessible control panel for easy access to >> classrooms and offices on higher floors. They installed Braille in >> computers and bought motorised chairs for those with locomotive >> disorders. >> >> "Professors give me notes a day before the lecture and when there are >> many equations solved on the board, volunteers from other classes sit >> with me and explain what is being written," says C Gaurav. He is blind >> and made it to the 2016 batch at IIM Bangalore. >> >> IIM- B appoints readers, scribes and tutors as and when required for >> the 27 such students on the campus now. Newer IIMs aren't far behind. >> >> IIM Raipur, for example, gives all visually-impaired students larger >> hostel rooms, which they have to share with two other roommates who do >> not face similar needs. "This was done to ensure that even if one room >> mate is not there, we are not alone," says Yogesh Gupta (24) from the >> 2015 batch. >> >> Gupta became blind in 2005 and found it difficult to learn Braille. He >> relies on speech software to understand notes. Gupta wants to make a >> career in marketing in the logistics industry. >> >> An internship with Transport CorporationBSE 1.68 % of India this year >> has boosted his confidence. His classmate Piyush Rakheja wants a >> career in finance and absence of sight holds no barrier for this >> commerce graduate from Kolkata. SUPPORT FROM RECRUITERS Recruiters are >> also doing their bit. Vodafone just recruited two management trainees >> with special needs from campuses out of a total of 110 management >> trainees. >> >> "We have not yet hired students with special needs and it hasn't come >> up in our hiring discussions, but we will look out for such students >> closely and will be delighted to hire them," says Sachin Nandgaonkar, >> partner, and head of recruitments for Boston Consulting Group in >> India. >> >> "Recruitments of the specially-abled tie in with our policy on >> inclusion, and students are assessed on a variety of factors, >> including marks and capabilities," says P Thiruvengadam, senior >> director, human capital, Deloitte. >> >> Meanwhile, Vishwanathan will be leaving for a US stint with Deloitte next >> month. >> >> >> On 7/17/14, George Abraham <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I am afraid, I could not get to the article. The site is not >>> particularly >>> easy to navigate through. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf >>> Of avinash shahi >>> Sent: 17 July 2014 11:59 >>> To: jnuvision; accessindia >>> Subject: [AI] 'India's top B-schools go the extra mile to help the >>> differently abled students' >>> >>> Dear All >>> >>> The Economic Times has published a survey done in the top B-Schools >>> and found infrastructural barriers are being reduced for disabled >>> students. But the headline ET has tagged: 'India's top B-schools go >>> the extra mile to help the differently abled students', is little >>> discomforting. I wonder is it really 'extra mile'? aren't they >>> obligated to make their campuses livable for students with >>> disabilities? Isn't our PWD Act mandates this? It does... So no charity >>> please. I think this is the first story which highlights some figures >>> about students with disabilities in B-Schools. 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