Absolutely lost a very knowledgeable person. I was fortunate to have interacted with him during my time at Mumbai.
Regards, Srinivasu Chakravarthula | @csrinivasu Sent from my iPhone 5C > On 29-Oct-2014, at 14:06, Kanchan Pamnani <kanchanpamn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > We have lost Dr. Rajendra Singh Sethi. > He was the first person with multiple disabilities to get a Phd. When he was > very young people thought that he was intellectually challenged till they > found out that he had a hearing impairment and that he was actually quite > brilliant. He was one of the first few Blind persons to study in the > integrated system -more than 50 years ago > He was involved with NAB India and with Helen Keller Institute in various > capacities. > An entusiastic writer (Editor of various publications) and reader, Dr. Sethi > would share his information, his braille materials including the publications > that he got from abroad and rendered help to many. > > His readers always found him to be very nice, informative and a great source > of help. > > I first met him a few years ago in some Disability related conference and got > awe struck by the questions he asked. He sat near the speaker system so he > could catch the words and he never failed to participate. As I grew to know > him, I found his keen sense of wit and got dollops of wisdom from him. Later > on I discovered how he had been mentoring some Disabled people and doing what > their parents could not do. He was one of the rarest Disabled persons I have > met-one small illustration is that he sent me his best reader so I could > benefit. > > I have just learnt that he won a WBU international essay competition some > years ago. > > I will misss Dr. Sethi who always had something of use for me. > Kanchan Pamnani > Advocate & Solicitor > 9, Suleman Chambers, > Battery Street, Colaba, > Mumbai - 400 039. > > > Clean India Campaign: Let us also chip 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/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > 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.. Clean India Campaign: Let us also chip 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/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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..
