Re: [AI] ugc financial assistance
Dear Deepak, As I have stated in my last Email that any one requiring the concerned letter, can write to me at my Email address. Best. Nikhil On Sat, 22 Nov 2014 18:40:39 +0530 deepak wrote Respected sir, I want the letter. So how can I get from you? If you me attach copy by email or you give residence address by email. I will send an envelop of my address. - Original Message - From: Nikhil Jain To: Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2014 8:26 AM Subject: Re: [AI] ugc financial assistance Dear list, UGC has written a letter to the registrars of All Universities quite recently to provide money to all the VI teachers against their claim on account of Financial Assistance/Readers Allowance from april 2012. This has happened after I submitted a consolidated information of many VI teachers who have not got their claim despite repeated reminders. Any one requiring the concerned letter, could write to me off the list. With best regards. Nikhil On Thu, 20 Nov 2014 06:35:39 +0530 Riju Saimon wrote Dear Friend, If you get the copy of such an order, please share the same in the group because many of us waiting for the assistance. Regards, Riju Saimon On 19/11/2014, Soni Jo wrote: HI All, I've applied for ugc financial assistance for visually impaired teachers in 2013 but haven't received it yet despite sending reminder and reapplying. recently, I heard that ugc has sent a communication to Vice-Chancellors and Principals that the allotted fund should be provided to the eligible teachers and later claim from ugc office. But I have no documents to endorse it. Can any one help me in the same regard? Yours gratefully 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.. Dr. Nikhil Jain assistant Professor ( Pol. Sc.) Department of Political Science Dyal Singh College (University of Delhi) Elected AC member (DU) Mobile: 9818021880 Emails: ni...@rediffmail.com, drni...@gmail.com, nik...@sambhavana.org President, Sambhavana Organization
Re: [AI] ugc financial assistance
Dear list, UGC has written a letter to the registrars of All Universities quite recently to provide money to all the VI teachers against their claim on account of Financial Assistance/Readers Allowance from april 2012. This has happened after I submitted a consolidated information of many VI teachers who have not got their claim despite repeated reminders. Any one requiring the concerned letter, could write to me off the list. With best regards. Nikhil On Thu, 20 Nov 2014 06:35:39 +0530 Riju Saimon wrote Dear Friend, If you get the copy of such an order, please share the same in the group because many of us waiting for the assistance. Regards, Riju Saimon On 19/11/2014, Soni Jo wrote: HI All, I've applied for ugc financial assistance for visually impaired teachers in 2013 but haven't received it yet despite sending reminder and reapplying. recently, I heard that ugc has sent a communication to Vice-Chancellors and Principals that the allotted fund should be provided to the eligible teachers and later claim from ugc office. But I have no documents to endorse it. Can any one help me in the same regard? Yours gratefully 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.. Dr. Nikhil Jain assistant Professor ( Pol. Sc.) Department of Political Science Dyal Singh College (University of Delhi) Elected AC member (DU) Mobile: 9818021880 Emails: ni...@rediffmail.com, drni...@gmail.com, nik...@sambhavana.org President, Sambhavana Organization www.sambhavana.org 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..
[AI] Regarding the Readers Allowance
Dear List, We are raising the issue of denial of financial assistance to the Vision Impaired Teachers by several Colleges and Universities at the higher level. I, therefore request all those who have been denied this entitlement, to write to me at the Email given below with the specific years in which they have been denied this facility. you can write to us at sambhavana.gr...@gmail.com Thanks and regards. Nikhil Jain Dr. Nikhil Jain assistant Professor ( Pol. Sc.) Department of Political Science Dyal Singh College (University of Delhi) Elected AC member (DU) Mobile: 9818021880 Emails: ni...@rediffmail.com, drni...@gmail.com, nik...@sambhavana.org President, Sambhavana Organization www.sambhavana.org 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..
Re: [AI] FYUP rollback: Why Delhi University rolled back its most ambitious reform so far
, Singh also served as Director of South Campus before becoming the V-C. He refuted claims that FYUP was modelled after the American system, and maintained that the programme was 'different from what currently exists in India'. V-C's CORE TEAM Sudhish Pachauri, (Pro Vice- Chancellor) Umesh Rai (Director, South Campus) Alka Sharma (Registrar, Delhi University) Malashri Lal (Dean of Colleges) The four members who make up the V-C's core team were instrumental in devising the course structure and curriculum, assisting Dinesh Singh in conceptualising FYUP and giving it a form and shape. A 61-member task force was subsequently created by the V-C to prepare a framework for setting up the course. Kapil Sibal (Union HRD Minister, 2009-12) Sibal pushed the idea of moving away from a three-year degree to a four-year undergraduate course in order to make it more relevant to 'the changing needs of society and to propel India to the position of a leading knowledge power'. It was vociferously supported by then Minister of State for HRD Shashi Tharoor and the next HRD minister, M M Pallam Raju. It was also pointed out that the unstated motivation for 'reforming the structure of the prevalent three-year degree course was to establish equivalence with the junior colleges of the US'. Ved Prakash (Chairman, UGC) After barely having any objections in the days of the UPA regime when FYUP was introduced, and even lauding V-C for reforming the university as late as February, the UGC Chairman seems to have changed his position about the benefits of the programme with the change in the political regime at the Centre, choosing to communicate to the university in the language of threats, diktats and ultimatum in the past two weeks. The UGC took a U-turn from its earlier stand in June, stating the course was against the National Policy on Education (10+2+3). Nandita Narain (President, Duta) The face of the anti-FYUP protest, Narain has been fighting for rolling back the course since its introduction. Professor of mathematics at St Stephen's, she managed to unite groups with different ideologies to fight for the common cause of rolling back the four year programme. The programme was always against the National Policy on Education of 10+2+3, and was implemented without taking the necessary approvals. It was ill-conceptualised and passed in haste by a vice-chancellor who had been running the university like a fiefdom. Rollback of the programme is a victory of the student-teacher movement that had been fighting in the interest of the university, she said. Smriti Irani (Union HRD Minister) She may have not spoken much in public about the four year undergraduate programme, except for making a cryptic assurance about 'protecting students' interests', but the many directives issued by the UGC to DU leave no doubt about the involvement of MHRD in pushing for the rollback. The BJP, in its Delhi polls manifesto, had promised to roll back FYUP, and the university's decision to roll back the course is now being viewed as the party fulfilling one of its poll promises. We are thankful to Smriti Irani for putting enough pressure on the UGC to affect rollback of the four year undergraduate programme, said Saket Bahuguna, general secretary of Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad. -- Avinash Shahi M.Phil Research Scholar Centre for The Study of Law and Governance Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India 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.. Dr. Nikhil Jain assistant Professor ( Pol. Sc.) Department of Political Science Dyal Singh College (University of Delhi) Elected AC member (DU) Mobile: 9818021880 Emails: ni...@rediffmail.com, drni...@gmail.com, nik...@sambhavana.org President, Sambhavana Organization www.sambhavana.org Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http
Re: [AI] Need a book urgently called Freedom At Midnight
Hello Preeti, I was trying to send you the concerned book but it speaks of an incorrect Email ID. Do you have any other Email address? Best. Nikhil On Thu, 22 May 2014 14:15:19 +0530 wrote Dear Friends, Need a book in text, word or PDF format please titled: freedom at Midnight by Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins Please mail it to my personal ID: preeti.mo...@silver-linings.co.in Thanks in advance. Warmly Preeti Preeti Monga Director Mobile: +91 9871701646 Landline: 011 22781446 E-mail: preeti.mo...@silver-linings.co.in Website: www.silver-linings.co.in ; www.silver-linings.org Our Services: Executive Search - Specializing in Head Hunting. Training –Motivation; Stress Management; Soft Skill; Behavioral. Gifting –Corporate ;Promotional; Events. End to end CSR Advisory; including demystifying workshops and counseling. Printing Solutions, Incentive Travel and Marketing Data Mining / Refining.. We assure high quality service marked with excellence and complete customer centricity, forming Synergies as we go along. 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.. Dr. Nikhil Jain assistant Professor ( Pol. Sc.) Department of Political Science Dyal Singh College (University of Delhi) Elected AC member (DU) Mobile: 9818021880 Emails: ni...@rediffmail.com, drni...@gmail.com, nik...@sambhavana.org President, Sambhavana Organization www.sambhavana.org 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..
[AI] Petition for Inclusion of Disabled in the Constitution of India
Note: Forwarded message attached -- Original Message -- From: Dr.Nikhil Jain drni...@gmail.com To: Dr. Manisha Gupta drmanishagu...@gmail.com, Nikhil Jain ni...@rediffmail.com Subject: Petition for Inclusion of Disabled in the Constitution of India Dr. Nikhil Jain assistant Professor ( Pol. Sc.) Department of Political Science Dyal Singh College (University of Delhi) Elected AC member (DU) Mobile: 9818021880 Emails: ni...@rediffmail.com, drni...@gmail.com, nik...@sambhavana.org President, Sambhavana Organization www.sambhavana.org 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..
Re: [AI] SAMBHAVANA ORGANIZATION FILES A PIL Demanding Stay on the PROPOSED FOUR YEAR UNDER-GRADUATE PROGRAMME of DU
. For many of the courses there is no syllabus approved by the statutory bodies thus far. Even if the syllabi are ready in the month of May, it will take some time to print the texts and other reading materials for vision impaired students in accessible formats. By any means, this task cannot be achieved overnight. At least a year of systematic planning and efforts is needed. Sambhavana Organization believes that in the light of DU’s tendency of having no dialogue despite series of representations and protests by disabled students and teachers over last many months against the blatant disregard of various provisions as enshrined in the laws for disabled, it is very less likely that without intervention of judiciary, University would pay appropriate attention to protect legal rights of such students. Demands Sambhavana Organization demands from DU to have dialogue with Disabled Students and Teachers which is enshrined in the PWD Act and the UNCRPD, before introducing the new structure; To provide the Reading Material in Accessible Form in advance which is also promised in DU’s Draft Disability Policy; To introduce a bridge course for students with Vision Impairment in the first year of four years under graduate programme so that they can easily pursue the foundation course and become part of mainstream education system; to introduce the foundation course in the second year of the four years under graduate programme; and to make provision for training of the teachers who will teach the students with Vision Impairment Math’s and Science and Life in the four years under graduate programme. Sambhavana has appealed the Delhi High Court to stay the introduction of the four year under graduate programme with multiple degree by Delhi University since July, 2013 till the pending of the present Writ Petition. Sambhavana Team Phones: +91-9818685889, +91-9818193875, +9013727325, +91-9818021880. -- *Thanks Regards,* Nishant Kumar Jindal (Research Scholar) Dept. of Social Work University of Delhi India: (+91) 9953173528 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 -- Warm regards, Subhash Chandra Vashishth Mobile: +91 (11) 9811125521 Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. Consider environment! 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 Dr. Nikhil Jain assistant Professor ( Pol. Sc.) Department of Political Science Dyal Singh College (University of Delhi) Elected AC member (DU) Mobile: 9818021880 Emails: ni...@rediffmail.com, drni...@gmail.com, nik...@sambhavana.org President, Sambhavana Organization www.sambhavana.org 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
Re: [AI] Information regarding Reader Allowance for Vision Impaired Teachers
Sure. On Sat, 07 Apr 2012 07:38:15 +0530 wrote Hi Nikhil, sorry I did not read the subject line completely as it is truncated by my e-mail client. thank you for the info. but I could not locate the said order. I could only find an old letter in their circulars section at the following URL. http://www.sambhavana.org/sites/default/files/sambhavana-data/useful-circulars-and-forms/ugc%20circular%20on%20financial%20assistance.txt can you please guide me in finding the order? Umesha - Original Message - From: Nikhil Jain To: Sent: Friday, 06 April, 2012 10:39 AM Subject: Re: [AI]Information regarding Reader Allowance for Vision Impaired Teachers As the subject line says it is for the teachers. It is also aplicable for the JRF holders. On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:54:49 +0530 wrote readers' allowance to whom? is it to teachers, researchers or students? please clarify. Umesha - Original Message - From: Nikhil Jain To: Sent: Thursday, 05 April, 2012 8:01 AM Subject: [AI] Information regarding Reader Allowance for Vision Impaired Teachers Dear Friends, The increased amount i.e Rs.3000 which has been agreed upon by UGC after the meeting with Sambhavana group has been adopted since july 2011. The order in the said case was passed in june 2011. To support your case you could download the concerned order at www.sambhavana.org Thanks. Nikhil Jain Dr. Nikhil Jain assistant Professor ( Pol. Sc.) Department of Political Science Dyal Singh College (University of Delhi) Elected AC member (DU) Mobile: 9818021880 Emails: ni...@rediffmail.com, drni...@gmail.com, nik...@sambhavana.org President, Sambhavana Organization www.sambhavana.org 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 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 Dr. Nikhil Jain assistant Professor ( Pol. Sc.) Department of Political Science Dyal Singh College (University of Delhi) Elected AC member (DU) Mobile: 9818021880 Emails: ni...@rediffmail.com, drni...@gmail.com, nik...@sambhavana.org President, Sambhavana Organization www.sambhavana.org 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 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
Re: [AI] Information regarding Reader Allowance for Vision Impaired Teachers
As the subject line says it is for the teachers. It is also aplicable for the JRF holders. On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:54:49 +0530 wrote readers' allowance to whom? is it to teachers, researchers or students? please clarify. Umesha - Original Message - From: Nikhil Jain To: Sent: Thursday, 05 April, 2012 8:01 AM Subject: [AI] Information regarding Reader Allowance for Vision Impaired Teachers Dear Friends, The increased amount i.e Rs.3000 which has been agreed upon by UGC after the meeting with Sambhavana group has been adopted since july 2011. The order in the said case was passed in june 2011. To support your case you could download the concerned order at www.sambhavana.org Thanks. Nikhil Jain Dr. Nikhil Jain assistant Professor ( Pol. Sc.) Department of Political Science Dyal Singh College (University of Delhi) Elected AC member (DU) Mobile: 9818021880 Emails: ni...@rediffmail.com, drni...@gmail.com, nik...@sambhavana.org President, Sambhavana Organization www.sambhavana.org 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 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 Dr. Nikhil Jain assistant Professor ( Pol. Sc.) Department of Political Science Dyal Singh College (University of Delhi) Elected AC member (DU) Mobile: 9818021880 Emails: ni...@rediffmail.com, drni...@gmail.com, nik...@sambhavana.org President, Sambhavana Organization www.sambhavana.org 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
[AI] Happy birth Day Louis Braille!
Dear Friends, Today is the special day for all of us. It is the 203rd birth day of the Great Louis Braille, the man who invented Braille. it was not merely invention of Braille but he could also be creditted to provide us the much needed individuality and liberation from ignorance. Today, what we are, is largely because of the significant role played by the great man. As every year, we are gathering at the statue of Louis Braille in the heart of Arts Faculty DU at 10.30 A.M to pay tribute to Louis Braille. Those of you who are part of DU or staying in Delhi are requested to join us for this. Thanks and regards. Nikhil Jain Dr. Nikhil Jain assistant Professor ( Pol. Sc.) Department of Political Science Dyal Singh College (University of Delhi) Elected AC member (DU) Mobile: 9818021880 Emails: ni...@rediffmail.com, drni...@gmail.com, nik...@sambhavana.org President, Sambhavana Organization www.sambhavana.org 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
Re: [AI] Financial Help To Visually Challenged University And College Teachers
Friends! The existing amount i.e Rs.18000 annually is going to be increased to Rs.3. This has resulted due to the meetingbetween Sambhavana and the UGC chair person. Best. Nikhil On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 16:49:20 +0530 wrote Hello Dear Friends, following is the detail of financial help provided by University Grants Commission to visually challenged College Teachers for the current financial year. Hope it will be helpful to all concerned friends. Warm Regards. Yogesh. (ii) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO VISUALLY CHALLENGED TEACHERS DURING XI PLAN 1. INTRODUCTION The Scheme has been formulated to help visually challenged permanent teachers to pursue teaching and research with the help of a Reader and by using teaching and learning aids by way of providing Reader's Allowance and funds for purchase of Braille books, recorded materials etc. 2. OBJECTIVE To provide facility to help visually challenged permanent teachers to achieve self- dependence by using variouüY aids for teaching, learning and research. 3. ELIGIBILITY/ TARGET GROUP All the visually challenged teachers who are working in colleges of India, which are included under Sections 2(f) and 12B of the UGC Act, are covered under the scheme. 4. NATURE OF ASSISTANCE Allowance to visually challenged permanent teachers will be Rs.18000/- p.a. The amount is to be utilized for the following purposes: (a) Payment to Reader (b) Purchase of Braille Books/ Material (c) Purchase of recorded materials (d) Any other related/ required material/ equipment for research, teaching and learning. The amount payable to Reader shall not exceed Rs.50/- per hour. The College shall reimburse the amount to visually challenged teachers on receipt of the actual amount received by the Reader and actual expenditure incurred by the visually challenged teacher subject to a maximum of Rs.18000/- per annum. Bills, in original, will be required to be submitted by the teacher to the college. However, these are not required to be 44 submitted to the UGC. The scheme will end with the Plan period. 5. PROCEDURE FOR APPLYING The proposal may be sent directly to the respective Regional Offices/ NRCB of the UGC along with the proposal for XI Plan General Development Grant showing the consolidated list of all the visually challenged teachers in the Institute. 6. PROCEDURE FOR APPROVAL BY THE UGC The UGC would analyze and approve the proposal at its own level. Once the proposal is approved, the first installment of the admissible grant will be released by the UGC. 7. RELEASE OF GRANT BY THE UGC The first installment will be released with the letter of approval. However, subsequent installments would be paid on receipt of Utilization Certificate of the previous grant together with the Statement of Expenditure incurred in the previous year. Details pertaining to visually challenged teachers be appended with it. 8. PERFORMA FOR SUBMITTING PROPOSAL The Colleges are requested to submit their proposal in the prescribed format only (ANNEXURE-G). 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 Dr. Nikhil Jain assistant Professor ( Pol. Sc.) Department of Political Science Dyal Singh College (University of Delhi) Elected AC member (DU) Mobile: 9818021880 Emails: drni...@gmail.com, nik...@sambhavana.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
[AI] Now carry your desktop in your pocket
Now carry your desktop in your pocket Anand Parthasarathy Software developed by I-Flapp Technologies PHOTO: ANAND PARTHASARATHY I-Flapp technology squeezes the PC's desktop applications on to the USB Thumb drive. Bangalore: Why carry a bulky and vulnerable laptop just so that, you can work while on the move? What if all the applications sitting on your desktop PC can be carried on a tiny thumb drive and will look and feel, exactly like your home machine, when you plug the drive into any public PC where ever you go? It is the number one on the wish list of lakhs of mobile `road warriors' engineers and executives who need to carry their computers with them all the time across States and continents. But it is a wish, not easily realised: It is relatively simple to carry all one's files on portable storage devices anything from pocket sized portable hard disk to the tiny Universal Serial Bus (USB) `thumb' drive, to an even memory card: the type you slot into a digital camera. But it has not been possible to carry the bulky applications you might like to use office suites, photo editing software, presentation and animation tools because in most cases these cannot be installed on additional portable devices without violating copyright. Now Indian engineers, working for a Singapore start-up have created a solution that neatly sidesteps all such rights issues and still enables one to carry almost all standard PC applications on a portable storage device and recreate one's home desktop environment on any PC anywhere. In the first unveiling of its product in India, engineers at the Bangalore development lab of I-Flapp Technologies Pte Ltd (the name stands for Intelligent Flash Applications), shared the details exclusively with The Hindu, of `Apps-D' (for Applications on Demand), the software tool that turns any thumb drive or memory card into an exact mirror of one's desktop environment. Will work with Outlook The Singapore-based Chief Executive Sunder Mani, who has his roots in Bangalore and Palakkad, Kerala, said that popular desktop PC applications like Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe PhotoShop Creative Suite, Lotus Notes and Acrobat Reader could be transferred to the portable device together with all the files one has created using them. When plugged into any other PC, Apps-D will synchronise the applications with the new host and swiftly create a desktop identical to the one at home. It will also work with the Outlook email client so that one can look at all one's old mails wherever one goes. When one unplugs the thumb drive, it will leave no trace of one's work behind. Adi Narayana Vemuru, I-Flapp's Technology Head who steered the software creation in Bangalore, explained that the product respected all copyright and installation regimes, because it ensured that the purchaser of the original software application used it only in one PC at any one time. Tools like MS Office or Photoshop would have to be installed in the I-Flapp-fuelled portable device from its original CDs or DVDs. Allowing users to harness the power of their PCs -- while harnessing the portability of finger-sized Flash memory devices -- has been a challenge for the industry in recent months. Only last week, Microsoft has announced a tie-up with Flash memory maker SanDisk, to jointly develop a portable personalised desktop -- but only by 2008. Other leading players are also known to be racing to create such tools. But this low-key Singapore-based and Indian ingenuity-fuelled company, might well turn out to be first off the gates with this cool and portable PC tool. Discussion on licence I-Flapp is known to be in discussion with a number of leading Flash storage players to licence its technology, after it first unveiled the product at the CeBit IT Fair in Germany earlier this year. Meanwhile it has also decided to offer the I-Flapp Apps-D technology (it is a small 5 MB programme) directly to customers in India, Singapore, UK, Germany and a few other geographies, from end June, through local dealers. For the rest of the world, there is a direct marketing link from its website ( http://www.i-flapp.com/). The software that is being supplied on a 64 MB USB drive is expected to cost the equivalent of $25, that is Rs 1000 - 1200 in India. 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
Re: [AI] UPSC neglecting visually impaired
This is a clear violation of the PWD act. We should register our strong protest to the government through all the possible channels we have. On Wed, 16 May 2007 Vikas Kapoor wrote : UPSC neglecting visually impaired 16 May, 2007 l 0252 hrs ISTlRema Nagarajan/TIMES NEWS NETWORK NEW DELHI: Even as the disabled rejoiced that 18 of their kind have been selected in the 2006 civil services batch - the highest number in any one batch - there was no cause for cheer for the visually impaired. They have been cheated of the quota Parliament promised them in the Disability Act 1995. The 3% quota for the disabled is supposed, under the Act to be equally shared between three categories of disability- 1% each for those visually impaired, hearing impaired and orthopaedically impaired. By law, therefore, there ought to have been at least 4-5 visually-impaired persons in the selected list of 474 candidates. Instead, there is just one. Visually-impaired candidates, at least five of whom reached the interview stage of the civil services examination, were in deep despair after hearing the results. This is gross injustice to us. How come all of us who did well enough in our written examination to qualify for the interview did so miserably at the interview that not one of us qualified? asked one of the candidates. Apparently, in the advertisement for the 2006 civil services examination there was no vacancy advertised for the visually impaired at all. This, despite the fact that five services have been identified for this category - IAS, Indian Railway Personnel Service, Indian Postal Service, Indian Ordinance Service and Delhi Andaman and Nicobar Civil Service (DANICS). http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/UPSC_neglecting_visually_impaired/rssarticleshow/2050869.cms Vikas Kapoor, MSN ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype ID: dl_vikas Mobile: (+91) 9891098137. 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 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
[AI] some clarifications
earmarked, disabled candidates and general candidates would be interviewed for the same cluster of seats. The situation is therefore ripe for biased administrators to deny reservation by declaring disabled candidate unsuitable. Very recently the Hansraj College utilized this very loophole to deny appointment to disabled candidates in the departments of history and Sanskrit even when the disabled candidates in question had high first division marks. I believe, therefore, that the positive evaluation of the university initiative by our esteemed colleague is misplaced. He is equally misplaced in understanding that the current advertisement is for centralization of college appointment for disabled candidates. This is owing to a misunderstanding of the advertisement. Those who have read the advertisement may notice that it contains three paragraphs. The first paragraph deals with vacancies that exist in different university departments. These vacancies were advertised way back on 27-06-2006. This paragraph also mentions that the last date for application to these vacancies is 25-05-2007 for disabled candidates. The second paragraph mentions that those candidates who have already applied for these posts before, need not apply again. Thus the first two paragraphs are concerned solely with appointment to university departments. Only the third paragraph is concerned with the college appointments. Here the university suggests that disabled candidates may get themselves registered with the deputy registrar so that their details may be provided to the colleges as per requirement. Hence, this is more in the nature of making a data bank and has little to do with restructuring appointment process. In sum we believe that the initiative by DU is highly retrograde in nature. It violates the 100 point roster that is the strongest security for ensuring reservation for the persons with disability. Therefore I appeal that people should not be hoodwinked by such chicanery rather they should be more vigilant to undo any attempt of the DU which violates the 3 % reservation. Moreover, we should also advocate the need to have the persons with disability as Liasion officers to have a vigil over the implementation of 100 point roster. Note: My statement made above do not intend or attempt to stop any one for applying for the said posts. I would rather like to appeal all of you to pour in with your applications so that DU authorities can not state in the media that there is a dearth of disabled candidates. Thanks a lot for bearing with me for so long. With love and care. Nikhil Jain 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
[AI] Now, a self-do-it yourself robot
Now, a do-it-yourself robot Anand Parthasarathy Humanoid makers ask delegates to teach him new tricks Photo: Anand Parthasarathy ROBOSAPIEN: This is one humanoid robot you can buy, then programme to do new tasks. Robosapien went on sale at a conference in San Francisco, recently. Bangalore: After homo sapiens, robo sapiens? The Hong Kong-based WowWee Robotics seems to think so. The two-decade-old research and manufacturing company specialising in consumer robotics, has just unveiled RS (short for robo sapien) Media a human-like robot that allows lay users to enjoy its considerable skills even as more `geeky' customers can write short programmes to make the half-metre-high RS move and perform virtually any way they like. It is arguably the first do-it-your-self humanoid robot and it was the centre of attraction at the week-long JavaOne developer's conference that ended here on Friday. The makers had a special reason for unveiling their brainy boy at the world's largest annual gathering of software whiz-kids: RS runs on Java so if you are a Java-freak, you can write your own code to teach him new tasks. His articulated waist, shoulders, wrists and hands allow him to pick up, drop and throw objects; sit, twist from side to side, bend, lie down, sit up and stand up again. He can also see and hear. His long-range and close-range infrared vision allows him to see objects both close and far away. If he hears a sound directly in front of him, he will walk towards the sound, and he may throw an object at the source. When not doing these clever things, he is a complete entertainment centre with a chest-mounted liquid crystal screen, a woofer speaker on his back and tweeters in his hands. His camera eyes can take still and moving pictures and display them on the screen. USB connector Like any PC-based tool, he comes with a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector so that you can link him to a PC to control him or run new programmes you have written to make him do special chores. RS is embedded with Linux software and comes with 40 MB of memory which you can expand to 1GB by adding a digital camera-type Flash memory card. At JavaOne last week, he was on sale at a special programmers price of $ 269 about Rs.12,000 and the small numbers available were quickly snapped up by software geeks who wanted to teach RS a trick or two of their own invention. The robot will be available shortly, worldwide at $329. Details are available at http://www.wowwee.com/ the company web page. Nikhil Jain 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
Re: [AI] JNU: No Separate Reservations for the Disabled
Yes, it is indeed shocking for all of us. The university which was known for it's radicle aproach for the persons with disability so far, is taking a reverse stand which is simply anti disabled. Since i am not aware about the manner in which JNU was implementing the 3 % reservation for the disabled persons in admitions, in the past, people like Tara, Vetri or Yogesh who happened to spend alot of time in JNU might throw a light on it. However, i am pretty much clear that it must be fought with utmost vigour. Nikhil On Mon, 07 May 2007 Mahesh Panicker wrote : Hello list. this latest blow has been an absolute shocker for us. we, the JNU Visually chalenged Forum has taken this issue with atmost seriousness, however, as you all know, it is not just an issue with JNU. this statement of the JNU VC is the beginning of the ringing of the death bell of whatever limited state action for the disabled community in this country. please, it is time for action!. these atempts at spreading disaster for us should be resisted with all possible means!. I hope that access India becomes the platform for this struggle!. On 5/6/07, Harish Kotian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all Why JNU, all govt. body would plead this way. It is not the 3% reservation, but the new27% reservation which would be violating the S.C. ruling. We need to work on this on a priority basis. Harish. - Original Message - From: Viraj Kafle [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 8:20 PM Subject: [AI] JNU: No Separate Reservations for the Disabled New Delhi: No separate three percent reservations will be provided to the physically-challenged students at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in case the Supreme Court clears the air for the implementation of 27 percent quota reservations for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs). Vice Chancellor of JNU Mr. B.B. Bhattacharya said, There will be no separate disability quota reservation under each category. Students falling under such categories will however be given preference to maintain the overall three percent quota for the disabled. The varsity already has 22.5 percent of the total seats reserved for the SC/ST students and implementing another 27 percent reservation for the OBCs (which is bound to be implemented) and a 3 percent reservation for the disabled will result in violation of the 50 percent reservation limit order by the Supreme Court. However, if the Supreme Court does not go ahead with the OBC quota reservations from this year, only then will the varsity provide the 3 percent reservation for the physically-challenged students. http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/No%5Fseparate%5Fquota%5Ffor%5Fdisabled%5Fat%5FJNU%5Fthis%5Fyear%5F982/ 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 To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 -- Mahesh S. Panicker room no. 121; Kaveri-hostel; Jawaharlal Nehru university new delhi 110067 india. 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 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
[AI] requiring names of elligible candidates
Hello friends, As you know that the honourable High Court has put a stay on the appointments at teaching posts in DU colleges. Delhi University officials have shown a very insensitive approach in response to this. As the Times Of India on saturday: 14-04-2007 reports that there is dearth of suitable disabled candidates.--stated by the Dean Of Colleges and echoed by the Principals of Gargi College and Hansraj College. This statement is absolutely incorrect and can not be accepted. I therefore request all elligible persons at the list to post their names, subject and the last qualification at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or at [EMAIL PROTECTED] This data will not be used but to show the officials of Delhi University that they are absolutely wrong and they will have to adopt 100 point roster in teaching posts in DU colleges and it's departments so that the reservation for persons with disability could be implemented. This may not look good as i am using this forum for this purpose but this was thought to be the best way to reach the maximum people. Thanks and regards. Nikhil Jain (President sambhavana) 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
Re: [AI] DU restrained from appointing teaching staff
Really happy to see this news in the news papers. This case was filed by Sambhavana group which is registered at Delhi and is active in issues related to disability. This order could be used for any vialation of reservation policy in teaching posts in colleges and university departments in other universities too. Nikhil On Thu, 05 Apr 2007 Vikas Kapoor wrote : DU restrained from appointing teaching staff New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday restrained the University of Delhi and all its affiliated colleges, which failed to provide three per cent reservation for disabled person in teaching department, from recruiting faculty members till further orders. The respondents have not given explanation for the failure to implement resolution passed by the university (pertaining to reservation for disabled). We stay the process of selection and appointment so that rights of the disabled might not be defeated due to extraneous reasons, a Bench comprising Justice T.S. Thakur and S.N. Agrawal said. The Court was upset over the delay in the implementation of the provision of Disability Act even 15 years after the Act was passed by Parliament and six years after the judgement pertaining to providing reservation. The colleges failed to implement the policy and with impunity they are defying the provisions of Parliamentary legislation and the judgement of this court, the Bench said. The Court also sought explanation from the registrar of the University regarding the steps taken by it to implement the reservation of the disabled persons in the teaching profession. ``Most of the colleges get aid from the UGC and affiliated to University of Delhi, so the University has to explain why the policy of reservation has not been implemented in letter and spirit,'' Justice T.S. Thakur said. -- PTI http://www.hindu.com/2007/04/05/stories/2007040517550400.htm Vikas Kapoor, MSN ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype ID: dl_vikas Mobile: (+91) 9891098137. 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 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
Re: [AI] A question
Hello, The income tax rebate given to totally blind(whose vision not more than 20 %), is Rs.75000. Women get rebate in income tax around Rs.3. Visually impared woman in India will avail the income rebate around Rs.105000. I will be corrected if i am wrong. Nikhil On Thu, 08 Feb 2007 Taraprakash wrote : If you are blind, as well a woman, the exemption given to blind adds up to the exemption allowed to the women. I am not sure of the exact figure, you might be getting some more answers soon. But I think it should be up to 225 thousand. - Original Message - From: Vetrivel Murugan, Adhimoolam [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 3:45 PM Subject: [AI] A question Hi everyone, Could someone give me details regarding income tax relaxation for visually impaired women? To be precise, I am trying to find out the exact income per Annam up to which women are exempted from paying income tax. Thanks in advance. I would also appreciate any further info regarding the source to get official documents on this subject. Vetri. Vetrivel Murugan, Adhimoolam, PhD candidate, Department of sociology, The New School for Social Research, 65 fifth avenue, New York, New York 10003. Home 610 West 145th Street, APT 1N, New York, New York 10031. Phone: 1-919-457-3251. E-mails: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skipe ID: vetrivelmurugan 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 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 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
Re: [AI] Helping visually challenged to become artists
I fully believe that i could easily be done by merely aplying some common sense. Since it has happened, i love to know more about it. Could i request the sender to provide me more details about it? Thanks and regards. Nikhil Jain On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 Vishal M Jain wrote : Helping visually challenged to become artists Jan 22, 2007 Exhibition of paintings by visually challenged students attracts many SPECIAL ARTISTS: Visually challenged girls at a workshop in Mysore on Monday. - Photo: M.A. SRIRAM MYSORE: An exhibition of colour paintings by visually challenged students, which was inaugurated at Suchitra Gallery of Kalamandira here on Sunday, is attracting a large number of people. Connoisseurs of art have not only appreciated the talent of the students but also their determination to make a foray into a different field. The students made use of pop-up symbolism, a new technique of drawing conceived by Mustafa Khan for visually challenged persons. Mr. Khan, a recipient of the Bimal Roy Award, developed the technique after struggling with the medium for nearly four years. He says those who are born visually challenged can now learn drawing and painting through a new method comprising symbols, based on the feel, touch and expression. Visually challenged persons are taught using two-dimensional embossed symbols depicting objects, which can easily be felt. The features of the Braille system have been successfully incorporated for making the framework. Mr. Khan also came up with a new crayon holder for the purpose, where colours are selected by touching the embossed symbols on the holder. The picture can be composed by arranging the mental image of the object together with the choice of colours by touching the symbols. When Nagamani, Mahadevi, Kavitha, Sushma, Rachana, 10th standard students at CSI Victoria Girls' School, drew pictures using crayons at a workshop held on Monday, people assembled were surprised and appreciated the efforts of Mr. Khan. Artist and research scholar C.S. Priya Selvakumar, who released a book on the occasion, appealed to the people to help visually challenged persons to lead a better life. Regards, Vishal Jain Ph : 080-41140564 Website : http://vishal.hello.googlepages.com 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 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
Re: [AI] girl needs help
I am in total agreement with tara and am very happy to read such strong and assertive coments. On Mon, 08 Jan 2007 Taraprakash wrote : Very true sir. It is so surprising that we have apologists for mainstream and IIM's amongst us. Reservation is primarily needed to bring social justice and give the forgotten and neglected ones their well deserved right. Let me remind the list of a case in bihar when an SC candidate got just one mark out of 500 in a pre-medical test and he got through. No doubt there were concerns against such practice, but then their legitimacy is again a moot point. Here the question is that of a girl who has done quite well in the exam. and medical profession should have been much discriminatory (thinking from the perspective of the champions of so called propriety), than management where you are taught to ... well, whatever. . Let me also answer Asif's mail and request people not to get deluded by such mendacious claims as, we don't find suitable candidates. Let us read suitable as sighted. The suitability criteria is one of the oldest ploy and very suitable for these institutions. The Reservation should be considered literally and applied properly. Out of 1200 seats 12 should be reserved for the visually challenged. Reserved means that no one else should get admissions on those seats. If no visually challenged available, no suitable candidate as they put it, then those seats should be kept vacant under the law. Once that thing is clear to them, all the candidates will be suitable. In all such institutes like IIM there are seats reserved for Foreign students and in their case suitability does not matter much, as also in the case of quota seats. What matters is money. Let me also add that just because some visually challenged candidates were accepted in a particular institute in the past, does not mean that the acceptability level will not go down. The policy have changed with the managements. And as the reservation for OBC's is strictly imposed, there will be reduction everywhere in the acceptability of the differently abled. The managements will definitely like to have control on some seats. Visually challenged being the softest targets, they will be the worst sufferers. The organizations must get ready for the battles to come. There is another cause for concern. The Supreme Court has always maintained that the reservation cannot cross 50% limit. After the reservation for OBC's becomes applicable, how is the government going to reconcile with this problem is anybody's guess. (on this particular matter, those with legal knowledge might correct me). Coming to an earlier mail by Subramani. IIm Bangalore, like many other institutes, might be under an illusion that 3 % seats should be reserved for differently abled. They perhaps need to be told how the reservation is distributed among various categories. And always remember, first seat goes to visually challenged. Now if you read the PWD act, it would seem to be applicable only to the jobs not in the institutes of higher/lower learning, but the court has made it clear that it also applies to the latter case. Another thing. Do file a complaint in the office of commissioner of disabilities. But do not trust the office too much for action. It will neet to be done at individual level. The commission is a toothless body. Moreover, in the past we have found from a former employee of the commission that the current commisioner is not favorable to the blind. The latest example to prove my point is a case where I myself and Mr. Nikhil Jain, Sambhavana president, had a long and not so friendly argument with the commissioner on his ruling on case we filed in the office. Our interpretation of the PWD act happened to be different from his. I told him on his face that we are not satisfied and we will go to court. Some of the individuals pooled in resources and did go to court, won the case. As far as I remember the court also passed strictures against the commission, even though we did not make commission a party to the case. coming now to Vaishnavi's case. She, and whoever talks on her behalf, must talk tough, file in a complaint in the commissioner of disabilities office, also write to HRD ministry. Read the PWD act and related cases properly, ask for information under the RTI act. Tell them repeatedly that 12 seats are reserved only and only for visually challenged. And first reserved seat belongs to the visually challenged no matter what the IIM and its apologists think, she must get the admission. All the best - Original Message - From: srmittal [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Geetha Shamanna [EMAIL PROTECTED]; accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 8:23 PM Subject: Re: [AI] girl needs help dear madam. There is no question of surpassing the meritorious candidates. When a seatr is reserved for a particular catagory of student the aspirants of that catagory has got highest marks which are 10
[AI] happy new year
Dear ist, Wishing you all a very happy, prosperous and successful new year. Though i ave been a pasive listener in this list due to my tight schedule and preoccupation in various works over these ays, i stil get time to check e.mail sent by the list. I really ave learnt alot through the vibrant discussion amongst the list members. May this list grow in strength and we get more opportunity for having loving discussion and valuable knowledge. I sincerely thank all of you for enriching my knowledge in the field of technology and disability. Though there were some disturbing moments, but we have risen above which is quite wonderfull. Debate discussion and crisis are the haulmark of any group. That is how the society grows and flourishes. May you all have a blossoming and eventfull new year! Regards. Nikhil Jain 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
Re: [AI] attention please
Hi, I totally agree with Smriti Singh. I had the first hand sense of it when we through (Mobahisa group): which is active in Delhi, were compiling a report on status of visually challenged in Delhi 2 years ago. This is a very serious and sensative issue and it requires the constructive efforts from all rassional persons. I will not discuss this here since it has already been discussed at length. But i wish to promise with me here that i would certainly be a part of any active effort if made in this issue. Thanks and regards. Nikhil Jain On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 smriti singh wrote : I totally agree with the article tara sir send. meethodology of the article is very cleaar we should not always think that condition in our country is great. because girls do not know about sexuality. in delhi, according to survey, 95 % visually challenged girls are unaware about usage of contraceptic or sexuality and the method of sexual exploitation. I have data of three states. with all the fascilities if Delhi Visually Challenged girls are in this condition, then you can imagine about other states. I don't believe that this issue should not be brought on accessindia, because, first, in a way, this is also concerned with accessibility rights. When you are aware about some situation, then only you can protect yourself and your friends from this kind of situation. Secondly, it is concerned with law and government policy, which accessindia allows to discuss. I would like to ask, can only the evolution of technology give us all the accessibility rights? should we be satisfied only with career discussions? Does not this kind of issue also come under government policy? It is very unfortunate that while discussing about this kind of issue, people have very insensitive atitude and somebody has called it love crime. For one minute, I agree with this respected person. But, if somebody is in love and that person is physically and emotionally exploited in an institution, is institution not responsible for it? Or is it also love crime? Secondly, in institutions for visually challenged girls, girls and boys are segregated very carefully. So there is less chance of falling in love. Those who have suggested about not bringing up this kind of issue in media, they should remember that, with possitivity, it is necessary to accept negativity also. Besides, I would like to tell that we cannot cover up this kind of issue in the fear that this will be problem for visually challenged girls, because crime of such institution will never come inlight if media is not involved. I totally agree that this could be problem for visually challenged girls in education, marriage and so on. But there is possitive aspect of it also. Girls will be told about sexuality and they will then be able to empower themselves like sighted girls to face the world. The real problem is that visually challenged girls generally do not think that they could be sexually harassed, because many of them, as I have already said, do not know about sexuality, and here lies the key difference between the harassment of sighted girls and that of the visually challenged girls. Smriti Singh Programme: M. Phil (English Literature) Room # 03 Sabarmati Hostel Jawaharlal Nehru University Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index 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 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
[AI] happy diwali
Dear list, Wishing you a very happy and prosperous diwali. May this festival light the candle of love and joy and this grows in strength driving all darkness in us to illuminate our life with colours of love and understanding for all. Nikhil 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
Re: [AI] Recruitment of v.h. by Maharashtra Govt. a deception.
Hello, This is reallb a grave problem. Infact the problem lies in the PWD act which does not differentiate totally blind from the person with low vision inn terms of category. I have brought this drawback to the notice of the ministery of social justice and empowerment. This bias trend is also visible in the recent recruitment by UPSC in civil services. This indeed throws a light upon the mental block these people sitting at highest echelon carry. We stil need find a change in the mind set of people who make policy decision. We all meed to make effort in this regard. Nikhil Jain On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 rajesh asudani wrote : Hi Anjali It is the penultimate Para of your mail which precisely applies to Maharashtra situation. The said GR does the very illegal thing you mentioned: giving standing preference to low vision candidates in all government jobs. Let us hope that today the court will appreciate the situation and intervene for the totally blind to get their due. Regards Rajesh. - Original Message - From: Anjali Arora [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 7:21 AM Subject: Re: [AI] Recruitment of v.h. by Maharashtra Govt. a deception. well, in the first place, may I tell you that, it is a fraude to obtain a disability certificate like this and there are provisions for penalties in law for such persons!. this is an exception. whereas in ordinary cases the certificate of doctor cannot be questioned, here in matters of disability, if the certificate is obtained by false representation in order to take benefits of disability (word benefit is a common usage and I'm neither choosing it nor disputing it for the moment) but the fact of the matter remains that such person is liable to punishment. secondly, there are ways that false representations of disability can be brought to notice to uncover the reality. as to the advertisements for employment, only those jobs which have been identified as suitable only for partially blind and where totally blind are excluded can be reserved only forpartially blind and not otherwise. I mean, jobs which are suitable for both blind and partially blind/ low vision have to be provided for in this manner in the advertisement otherwise it will be illegal and can be challenged. I think this is enough for the time being. regards n - Original Message - From: Amiyo Biswas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 01:02 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Recruitment of v.h. by Maharashtra Govt. a deception. It seems, there is no uniform rule all over the country. In West Bengal similar things happened a few years ago. Now it is very difficult to obtain a certificate even if you are totally blind. You have to go to the hospital several times to get a date for necessary medical test and to go through a host of formalities. False certificate is still possible perhaps, we need not mention how. Best regards, Amiyo. Cell: +91-9433464329 - Original Message - From: rajesh asudani [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 10:37 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Recruitment of v.h. by Maharashtra Govt. a deception. Of course, it is a grate fraud being perpetrated on totally blind with the help of law and nonsense government resolutions. A mass movement needs to be launched. I believe the case is being fought in the court of law and the issue of said GR is being included only now. But let us hope it will be dealt with firmly and the court will see the reason and strike down the said GR. It is wholely unnecessary as the required physical criteria for a given job [including extent of vision] are already laid down in job identification lists and a separate GR giving standing preference to low vision and thus depriving the totally blind of their legitimate rights and distributing job opportunities to fraudulent sighted people who have secured certificates of blindness, or to those blind persons who can read the print even at night etc. is nothing but fraud. I may sound sentimental here, despite my legal training, but I have stated the truth and nothing else. Rajesh - Original Message - From: chandrashekhar kulkarni [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 10:03 AM Subject: [AI] Recruitment of v.h. by Maharashtra Govt. a deception. Friends, First of all I wish aHappy and Prosperous Divali. Recently as per High Court it has become binding on Maharashtra Govt. to recruit handicapped to fill up the backlog of reservation. But in almost 80% of ads only partially sighted with 40% of vision are eligible to apply. Totally blind because of this get very much
[AI] vote for little diwakar
Hi friends, Please vote for little diwakar. He seems to be a good future prospect. Atleast we are expected to vote for him and help him scoring points. Wish him good luck. Nikhil 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
[AI] requiring a copy of high-court judgement
Dear list, I am informed by one of my friend that bombay high-court came out with it's judgment recently: (probably on 6th or 7th of september 2006). It is very significant judgement as far as the rights of disabled persons are concerned in acquiring jobs.--It talks about filling up of backlog of disabled persons in jobs first. I request the list especially who reside in Mumbai to help me in this by finding a copy of that judgement and send me a copyy either physically or in scanned form. This is a very crucial judgement as it may go a long way to consolidate the support for disabled persons as far as acqusition of employment is concerned. Regards. Nikhil Jain 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
Re: [AI] death of debbie scales
It is really a very sad news. We have certainly lost a true worker and a friend. May God give peace to the departed soul. Nikhil On Mon, 04 Sep 2006 ashish wrote : hello friends, some of us are aware of the name Debbie scales, for those who do not know about her she was the moderator of a very popular jfwlite mailing list and the owner of jfwlite website, she was member of many jaws related and other mailing list and was very helpful, today I am very sadly informing you that she is no more among us, we lost a very helpful and knowledgeable person, may her soul rest in peace, take care, regards, ashish windows messenger/msn [EMAIL PROTECTED] skype ashishrohtagi mobile +919896258072, website, http://members.lycos.co.uk/ashishrohtagi/ 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 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
Re: [AI] The only disability in life is a bad attitude
Well i am not sure what as what you are pointing out. As far as i understand, a person working in any sector needs not face any difficulty to step up in higherarchy. Will you make yourself more clear to enable me to understand it more profoundly? Thanks and regards. Nikhil Jain On Mon, 04 Sep 2006 rajesh asudani wrote : A basic right? An interesting observation. Sure disability is not a ground to deny it, however, what if the work of the post acquired after promotion is incapable of being performed with a given disability, with the given level of technology? Would the norm of supernumerary post of section 47[2] come in or exemption contemplated under proviso to it would be applicable! Fair construction of statutes as it stands today, in my opinion, does not warrant supernumerary post in case of promotion, and unless the said excemption is obtained, promotion can not be legally denied. This also seems to be the approach of high court decision cited in the article. However, things do take different turn when it comes to perceptions of promoting authorities, particularly in cases like those cited in article. The fact that the disability is acquired in service or in the course of performing duties should also in my opinion be given due weightage. And besides, the employee ought to be considered for posts higher in hierarchy than post in contention after due period, for this notion of notional promotion may be introduced. Rajesh. - Original Message - From: Nikhil Jain [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 8:57 PM Subject: Re: [AI] The only disability in life is a bad attitude Hi, Promotion is a regular activity. Disability does not come in between it. Just write an aplication to the Chief Commissioner Disability, stating your problem; you will surely get your issue solved. Send a copy to UGC and HRD ministery. I just would like to ensure you that promotion is your basic right and no one can take it away from you. Regards. Nikhil Jain On Sat, 02 Sep 2006 Dattu Agarwal Agarwal wrote : dear list, denial of promotion on the grounds of disability is really unjust and unconstitutional. I am also facing the same problem. I have put up twenty years of service as a lecturer in a Government P.U.College my siniority has been over looked merely because i am a visually impaired The other lecturers who are junior to me have been promoted. there is no response from the government to my representations. if this is the fait, it is very difficult for the visually challenged to come up in their carier. it seems the respective governments have not taken congnisense of the persons with disability act. regards dattu agarwal. Aruni Arsh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The only disability in life is a bad attitude The hindu business line opinion No promotion shall be denied to a person merely on the ground of his disability... Disability is a matter of perception, says Martina Navratilova. If you can do just one thing well, you're needed by someone. Tragically, however, the disabled often face inequity. One such instance comes to light through a recent verdict of the Madras High Court in J. John Wincent vs The Commissioner of Central Excise, The Chief Commissioner of Excise (Cadre Controlling Authority), The Chairman, Central Board of Excise and Customs and The Registrar, Central Administrative Tribunal. John had joined the services of the Department as a Lower Division Clerk in May 1990. Thereafter, he was promoted as Upper Division Clerk in the year 1995. Consequent to the re-designation of the post in the year 2002, he is holding the post of Tax Assistant, reads the text of the judgment dated April 27. John, by virtue of his experience, made a representation to the Department to consider him for promotion to the post of Inspector of Central Excise and Customs. However, the respondents did not consider the representation of the petitioner and he was informed that, being a physically challenged person, he would not be able to do the arduous job of Inspector of Central Excise and Customs. How unfortunate! There were more people like John who had been refused promotion on account of disability. They had approached the Central Administrative Tribunal, which issued directions to the Department to consider the applications of the physically challenged persons for the post of Inspector of Central Excise and Customs. What happened thereafter? The Department called upon John `to undergo endurance test of cycling and walking.' And `he was found to have performed the same successfully.' Yet, in 2004, John was rejected on the ground that he did not have `the prescribed height'. He approached the Tribunal for remedy. Disappointingly, it held that there was no scope for relaxing the standards prescribed in the Recruitment Rules
Re: [AI] The only disability in life is a bad attitude
Absolutely! Therefore in promotions where a person is recruited, reservation should be aplied for the persons with disability. As far as i am informed, it is given to SC and ST. I have sent a note in this regard to the concerned ministry through Sambhavana: the organisation which we are running. I fully believe, it will meet it's desired end very soon. Regards. Nikhil On Tue, 05 Sep 2006 Dr Rakesh Jain wrote : Dear Sir, it has been a very controversial issue. Don't you think that promotion is also a method of recruitment? There may be two sort of promotions, 1. time-bound and 2. promotion to fill vacancies that have fallen vacant in higher grade. In the second case, reservation may be claimed as it is a process of recruitment. And, so far as time-bound promotion is concerned, there is no point for discussion. Regards: Dr. Rakesh Jain Mobile (Reliance): 09336787900 Mobile (BSNL): 09415787900 Residence: 05224001112 and 05222732345 Skype ID: dr.rjain - Original Message - From: disability rights initiative [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Nikhil Jain [EMAIL PROTECTED]; accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 10:30 AM Subject: Re: [AI] The only disability in life is a bad attitude as i understand, the benefit of reservation is only given once. so if reservation benefit is availed at the time of recruitment then no benefit is given in reservation in promotion. however if recruitment is got without the benefit of reservation then at the time of promotion reservation will be provided. in effect the benefit of reservation is given only once. rajive - Original Message - From: Nikhil Jain [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 3:33 PM Subject: Re: [AI] The only disability in life is a bad attitude Thanks for your concern. Let me inform you that Disability act is silent as far as the reservation is concerned in promotion is concerned. I have recently written a note to the Ministery of social justice and empowerment in this regard. This was done to provide them the feed back for the suggestions they were seeking. Now let me come to the issue of Mr. Dadu's issue. His issue is very basic. This is an issue which is core to each teacher. Each teacher is entitled for promotion irrespective of one's disability. So please don't club these 2 important issues. Thanks and regards. Nikhil Jain On Sun, 03 Sep 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : Sir, I wish to inform you that promotion within clerical cadre [from group D to group C and within group C only] is filled through reservation quota in all Govt. offices Banks and Insurance sectors. For other higher posts as in group A and B reservation is available in recruitment levels on the identified posts and NOT in promotion. This discrimination is brought to the notice of Chief Commissioner by me and till date I have no response from him. This is for your kind information. With regards, R. Muralidhar - Original Message - From: Dattu Agarwal Agarwal [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 10:21 AM Subject: Re: [AI] The only disability in life is a bad attitude : dear Aruni Arsh, : my problem is exactly the same as you thought. : I am due for promotion as principal. : I have passed all the dept exams wich are necessary for promotion, : and fully qualified for the post. : our state comissioner for disability has also written to the education dept. : so far there is no reply from the concerned authorities. : now i am thinking to approach to the court for the redressal of my grievences. : regards. : Dattu Agarwal. : : : Aruni Arsh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As far as the practice in our state is concerned, the promotions are : automatic without regard to any other consideration than the academic : achievements. Of course haven't heard about anyone getting an administrative : post like that of a principal. Could you please explain in detail the sort : of discrimination you are facing in your job? Do you mean that you are not : being promoted to an administrative post? As is the practice in government : colleges, teachers are promoted to the post of principal according to their : seniority. : : -Original Message- : From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dattu Agarwal : Agarwal : Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 9:40 PM : To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in : Subject: Re: [AI] The only disability in life is a bad attitude : : dear list, : denial of promotion on the grounds of disability is really unjust and : unconstitutional. : I am also facing the same problem. : I have put up twenty years of service as a lecturer in a Government : P.U.College my siniority has been over looked merely because i am a visually : impaired : The other lecturers who are junior
Re: [AI] Plan to install audiometers in autos under study
Hi vikas, This is the first time that i am interacting withh you through this medium. Let us hope for the best, but we all know as how effectively meters works in autos of Delhi! Any way, even a step forward is a good achievment and it should be apreciated to all possible extent. Bye and take care. Nikhil On Sun, 03 Sep 2006 Vikas Kapoor wrote : Plan to install audiometers in autos under study Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar To protect visually-impaired passengers against fleecing NEW DELHI: As soon as a visually-impaired passenger enters a autorickshaw, he or she is greeted with an electronic welcome'' and then a recorded sound says, Starting fare is Rs. 8.'' Then when the passenger has completed the journey, the same electronic audiometer says aloud, Total fare is Rs. 24 and 50 paise'' and the distance travelled is 3 kilometres and 400 metres.'' While high-end technology may be a far cry in Indian autos - which, incidentally, have started operating in Britain too - this is how Delhi's 45,000 registered autorickshaws are expected to start operating soon. Under a plan that is under active consideration of the Delhi Transport Department, the audiometers will have an audio output and will be installed in the electronic fare meters of all the autos so that visually impaired people will be able to know the distance travelled and the fare to be paid. Cost-effective Work on the audiometers is being done by the Samarthya Centre for Promotion of Barrier Free Environment for Disabled People and the audiometers will be installed for making the passengers' journey more comfortable. According to Sanjeev Sachdev of Samarthya, the audiometer, basically an integrated circuit that would be installed in the existing meters, would be both easy to install and cost-effective. Costing just a few hundred rupees each, these ICs would also hopefully make manipulation of the meters difficult. Work was under way to improve the quality of sound emanating from them. Braille plates Simultaneously, to make travel for the visually impaired passengers safe and independent, the Transport Department had approved of the plan for installing Braille plates bearing the registration number of the autos on the exterior of the vehicles. This would make it easier for them to know the registration number of the erring vehicle. http://www.hindu.com/2006/09/03/stories/2006090301190700.htm Vikas Kapoor, MSN ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype ID: dl_vikas Mobile: (+91) 9891098137. 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 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
