[AI] problem in Rediffmail.com
Dear friends, Now a days, I am not able to use Rediffmail properly with JAWS due to its inaccessibility. Is there any settings in Rediffmail that I need to make accessible with JAWS or any screen reading software’s. -- With Regards Pradeep T.S Email: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com Mobile: 9845925188 -- 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.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CAKeX2T069gB8f8H-OQNUG%2ByEy3Q3QB-GbfjB8U%3DZWTDkdAiHzA%40mail.gmail.com.
[AI] PM Modi Recently launched Accessible India Campaign
PM Modi Recently launched Accessible India Campaign. By Deepak Kumar Accessible India Campaign is also known as 'Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan'. Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 under section 44, 45, 46 provides non - discrimination in Transport, non - discrimination on the road and non - discrimination in built environment respectfully to Persons with Disabilities (PwD). The main motive of campaign is to provide equal opportunities and independence to persons with disabilities (Pwd) and provide them best platform full in all aspects of life in an inclusive society. The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities and Ministry of Social Justice Empowerment has decided to Launch the Accessible India Campaign (Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan) to achieve universal accessibility for PwDs. It is the vision of the Government to have an inclusive society in which equal opportunities are also provided to Person with Disabilities (PwD). Accessibility Professionals and Experts are working in this field for betterment of Persons with Disabilities. www.bankexamstoday.com/.../pm-modi-launched-accessible-india.html Thanks and Regards Pradeep T.S Officer United Bank of India Bangalore Regional Office email id: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com mobile: 9845925188 skype: pradeepsocialwork 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] Don't Accept VRS Of Disabled Employees: Govt
taken from facebook Central government has decided not to accept voluntary retirement (VRS) notice of its disabled employees in reference to Supreme Court order in the case Bhagwan Dass Anr Vs Punjab State Electricity Board. The Persons with Disabilities (PWD) Act, 1995, states that no establishment shall dispense with the services of a disabled employee. It has been decided that whenever a government servant seeks voluntary retirement citing medical grounds or due to disability, administrative authorities shall advise him or her about the option of continuing in service with the same pay scale and service benefits, said Office Memorandum F.No.25012/1/2015-Estt (A-IV) dated May 19 issued by Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT). If however, despite being so advised, such government servant still wishes to take voluntary retirement, the request may be processed, it added. The DoPT said in this order that no establishment shall dispense with or reduce in rank an employee who acquires a disability during service. No promotion shall be denied to a person merely on the grounds of disability, Office Memorandum says. It has been noticed that in many instances, persons suffering from physical or mental disability seek voluntary retirement owing to inability to attend to duty and not being aware of the protection afforded to them by the PWD Act the Office Memorandum added. According to the Office Memorandum, all the ministries, departments, subordinate offices, central public sector undertakings and autonomous bodies are requested to inform disabled employees about the protection available to them under the PWD Act and must be encouraged them to continue work instead of taking VRS. ?#?VoluntaryRetirement? ?#?VRS? ?#?PersonwithDisabilities? ?#?PWDAct1995? ?#?DoPT? Thanks and Regards Pradeep T.S Officer United Bank of India Bangalore Regional Office email id: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com mobile: 9845925188 skype: pradeepsocialwork 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] Release of Bhavagucha Kannada CD
Dear Friends, For the first time in Karnataka, The (Bhavagucha) Kannada audio album which was prepared produced by Visually Impaired persons has been released to market on 01/02/2015. All song's lyrics in this Kannada Bhavagucha album were written by Visually Impaired persons. Interested people can buy this CD in Total Kannada shop 4th block Jayanagara Bengaluru. Tell: 08041460325. Mobile: +919243455672. For online shopping visit: www.totalkannada.com Thanks and Regards Pradeep T.S Officer United Bank of India Bangalore Regional Office email id: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com mobile: 9845925188 skype: pradeepsocialwork 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] Bengalurean designs disabled-friendly car
BENGALURU: Here is some good news for the physically disabled. A compact and battery-operated wheelchair-cum-car, developed by B V Narayana from AGS Layout in Banashankari VI Stage, can help the disabled drive without any hassle. The vehicle has only one handle which can be steered by those with a single limb. It works on a battery that can run up to 20km per charge of six hours. A single-seat wheelchair with shades around, it can b e folded and fit into a lift too. Narayana, who travelled 56,000 miles across 59 countries in 1979, was crippled in a road accident three years ago. A ligament tear rendered him partially handicapped, but he didn't lose his energy. I travelled around India in 1978 with four friends on a bike. I had remodelled the bike into a five-wheeler. One friend later suggested designing such a bike for his disabled son. After my accident I started gathering parts of a scooter and a car seat to design this vehicle. It cost me Rs 1 lakh, Narayana said. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Bengalurean-designs-disabled-friendly-car/articleshow/45367628.cms?utm_source=newsletterutm_medium=referralutm_campaign=digest_section Thanks and Regards Pradeep T.S Officer United Bank of India Bangalore Regional Office email id: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com mobile: 9845925188 skype: pradeepsocialwork 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] Notice for NFB Karnataka Excellency competitions for visually challenged children and youngsters
Dear Friends As attachments are not allowed, I am providing Dropbox link to download the same. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6912252/Notice_for_NFB_Excellency_competition_in_English___kannada.doc Greetings from NFB Karnataka for peace and good will please find attached notice for NFB Excellency competitions on the eve of 206th Anniversary of Lord Louie Braille and 10th anniversary of NFB karnataka Notice is in both Kannada and English, you all are requested to kindly disseminate the same among your contacts as widely as possible. with kind regards, yours sincerely, Gautam Agarwal General Secretary -- National Federation of the Blind # 36, 100 Feet Ring Road, Veerbhadranagar, BSK 3rd Stage, Bangalore- 560085 Ph: 080-26728845 Mob: 9916368800 Email: nfbkarnat...@gmail.com Thanks and Regards Pradeep T.S Officer United Bank of India Bangalore Regional Office email id: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com mobile: 9845925188 Skype: pradeepsocialwork 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] No transfer for employees with autistic children, says Centre
The Centre today said that government employees who have children suffering from autism will be exempted from routine transfers and they will not be asked to take voluntary retirement on refusing such postings. Department of Personnel and Training, DoPT, has issued an order including autism in the category for disabled children. The order says that parents of such children have been exempted from transfer. Autism is a developmental disability that affects how a person communicates with and relates to other people. In an earlier order, the DoPT had said that the word disabled includes blindness or low vision, hearing impairment, locomotor disability or cerebral palsy, leprosy, mental retardation, mental illness and multiple disabilities. http://www.newsonair.com/news.asp?cat=nationalid=NN6172 Thanks and Regards Pradeep T.S Officer United Bank of India Bangalore Regional Office email id: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com mobile: 9845925188 skype: pradeepsocialwork 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] Video less 3D games for the blind
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Video-less-3D-games-for-the-blind/articleshow/40862292.cms?utm_source=newsletterutm_medium=referralutm_campaign=digest_section LONDON: Researchers have developed 'video-less' 3D games that rely on sound instead of sight to allow visually impaired players to experience the joys of digital gaming. The 'video-less' games use a production technique known as binaural recording to construct an immersive, audio-only world. The technique involves fitting a dummy with tiny condenser microphones that mimic the way our ears naturally hear sound. Each scene in the game is recorded using this method and the result is a more realistic, three-dimensional experience. Players must rely on their aural senses to navigate through levels. The latest game in this genre has just been launched by a team of developers in France. They used a crowdfunding campaign to raise over 31,000 pounds to turn their demo into a functioning prototype. Thanks and Regards Pradeep T.S Officer United Bank of India Bangalore Regional Office email id: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com mobile: 9845925188 skype: pradeepsocialwork 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] These cabs put the differently abled on the fast track
Times Of India BANGALORE: Deepa Maski, 28, wheels herself with ease into her office in Electronics City, a stone's throw from her home. Her powered wheelchair is good enough to take her to her workplace every day. But a movie at iMax, Koramangala, becomes impossible without someone's help. Mobility being a major concern, the project lead with HCL tried stopping several BMTC Volvos and telling the drivers about the ramps available in those vehicles. Surprisingly, many didn't know such a facility existed, and even if they did, they were clueless about how to operate them. Her movie-watching was, therefore, restricted to videos and downloads. But once she found Kickstart cabs, things started looking better. Today, the disabled-friendly cab service ensures Deepa doesn't find herself stranded. A regular at family functions and social gatherings, she now looks forward to watching movies on the large screen. KickStart, an initiative by Vidhya Ramasubban, offers cabs that are modified to be wheelchair friendly. Like any other cab service, it offers point-to-point drops, airport drops, outstation and local hire. The cost is almost in the same range. KickStart has three cars to choose from - The front seat of the Swift Dzire is like an office swivel chair, which can move in and out of the car, allowing the customer to use it like a normal office chair. Then there's the Wagon R with a ramp, which aids the user to get their wheelchair in. The front seat of the modified Toyota Liva is remote controlled, and can jut out of the car to pick the customer from any place. Most of the differently abled people and senior citizens are home-bound as they don't have transport to move about. This cab service is changing their lives, explains Vidhya, who has a masters degree in social work, and has been working for the differently abled for close to 15 years. Ask Rama Chari, a consultant, how convenient the service is for her 80-year-old mother, and she says: My mother uses a wheelchair which doesn't fit into a car's boot. So every time we'd go somewhere, we had no option but to tie the wheelchair atop the car. The very cumbersome process would put her off and she would avoid travelling. This new cab service has helped her regain mobility. In fact, she even got her wheelchair repaired from Mobility India all by herself, says Rama. The cab drivers are sensitized to the customers' requirements, helping them in and out of the car. I am deaf. So every time a cab reaches my home, the driver texts me saying he is waiting outside. No call is made, explains a customer. From a 10-year-old girl who goes to school in the cab to a 70-year-old who is hospital-bound, customer profiles vary. We even get calls from clinics. They say many of their patients drop out as they are unable to commute. Most of our clients are senior citizens and differently abled who travel to hospitals or on personal work, says Vidhya. KickStart cabs have caught the attention of other cities too. In fact, Vidhya soon plans to expand the service both in the city and beyond. The organization hopes to get another 10 cars in the next one year. Vidhya also plans to recruit women and transgenders as drivers to empower them. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/These-cabs-put-the-differently-abled-on-the-fast-track/articleshow/37486497.cms?utm_source=newsletterutm_medium=referralutm_campaign=digest_section Thanks and Regards Pradeep T.S Probationary Officer United Bank of India Bangalore Regional Office email id: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com mobile: 9845925188 skype: pradeepsocialwork 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] Software app 'Avaz' helps children with special needs express themselves
Eleven-year-old special-needs children Yashank, Vijay and Sambhav, who study at Umang School in Jaipur, are able to understand the world but unable to communicate with it effectively. They have cerebral palsy, a condition marked by impaired muscle coordination. In the past, it would take a lot of time for teachers at Umang to understand even simple messages such as I want an apple or I am hungry from these children. But thanks to a picture-based software application, Avaz, that is changing. Avaz, developed by Chennai-based Invention Labs, allows the children to communicate by pointing out the pictures on a tablet using the software. It also gives voice output, helping them to learn better-a marked improvement from the paperbased picture communication book they used earlier. This innovation has enabled the firm to bag customers, such as Los Angeles Unified School District-the second-largest public school system in the United States-and Autism-Denmark, an association to advance the rights of persons with autism. The company's founder, 32-year-old Ajit Narayanan worked at a US-based hardware and software firm American Megatrends Inc before returning to set up Invention Labs in 2007. Narayanan, an alumnus of IIT-Madras, initially launched the product in 2009 as a Rs 30,000 communication device that helped people with speech disorders. Now Invention Labs no longer markets the device. Instead it now makes software that can be bought for Rs 5,000 and runs across mobile platforms. The basic idea of the Avaz is to convert muscle movements into speech through features like pictures. For example, a user can put together different words like 'I like' and then select a picture of an apple. The sentence is constructed pictorially, said Narayanan. The firm, which was incubated at IIT Madras, reached an inflection point in 2012 after deciding to turn its expertise to software. Besides India, Invention Labs now sells the software app for around Rs 5,000 in developed markets such as Europe, United States and Australia. In fact, the Danish and Italian version of Avaz is the only app available there to help the autistic, claimed Narayanan. It has improved the lives of both parents and children. After few attempts of trying to convey something, my daughter would get angry, if we were not able to understand her, said Radha Mani, mother of 18-year-old Dharunika who has cerebral palsy. Her vocabulary has also improved, other solutions had limited vocabulary. Invention Labs has received government grants and loans of about Rs 40 lakh from Department of Scientific and Industrial Research and a bank. Narayanan, who has been granted 28 patents by the US authorities, is now scouting for venture capital funding or a strategic investor. Apart from patents, we will evaluate the company on the team, market size, differentiated technology or intellectual property, said Sandeep Singhal, managing director of Nexus Venture Partners, which manages around $600 million. US-based Artiman Ventures, which manages a $750-million fund and makes investments in companies with large opportunities and no identifiable competitors, also sees what Invention Labs is doing as a big opportunity. It is good to have a broad-based technology so that more people can benefit from it, said Ramesh Radhakrishnan, a partner at Artiman Ventures. Invention Labs is also working on other technologies which will enable personalised therapy based on data analysis. It expects to achieve revenue of Rs 12 crore in 2015 from Avaz-related products. The key to scale is to build a strong differentiation around intellectual property and not just around price, said Nexus' Singhal. http://m.economictimes.com/tech/software/software-app-avaz-helps-children-with-special-needs-express-themselves/articleshow/29268425.cms Thanks and Regards Pradeep T.S Probationary Officer United Bank of India Bangalore Regional Office email id: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com mobile: 9845925188 skype: pradeepsocialwork Time to meet up again! Register for AccessIndia Convention 2014: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm 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] Banking guidelines in place to help differently abled individuals
For individuals with disabilities, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Indian Banks Association (IBA) have put in place guidelines for opening and operating accounts.Imagine suddenly finding yourself not being able to carry out even the most routine banking activities like signing a cheque or withdrawing money from your bank account. Unthinkable for most, but this is a challenge that differently-abled individuals have to face every day. The recent accident on Mumbai's suburban rail network, where a young college student tragically lost both her arms, has brought into focus the challenges faced by the differently abled while executing financial transactions. For individuals with disabilities, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Indian Banks Association (IBA) have put in place guidelines for opening and operating accounts. In case of customers who may have lost, say, their arms, toe impressions will be accepted for opening the accounts. Now, if the unfortunate incident has occurred after opening of the account and the customer wishes to make a withdrawal, she can visit the bank. The identity will be established on the basis of know your customer (KYC) procedure completed at the time of opening the account. The photograph provided then will serve as the identity proof and officials will find a solution to help the customer carry out transactions. A medical certificate and witnesses who can confirm the identity would also be required, explains MV Tanksale, chief executive, IBA, the body representing banks. In cases where the customer cannot be physically present at the branch, bank officials could extend the courtesy of visiting him or her to complete these formalities. The banking system has outlined procedures that have to be followed for customers who may be facing physical, mental and visual impairment. For those who cannot sign due to the loss of both hands, banks need to ensure that there is physical contact with the withdrawable instrument by the account holder. The signature may be by means of a mark, which can be placed by the person in any manner. It could be even a toe impression, explains VN Kulkarni, chief credit counsellor with the Bank of India-supported Abhay Credit Counselling Centre. This mark has to be identified by two witnesses, where one of them has to be a bank official. The customer may be asked to indicate to the bank as to who would withdraw the amount from the bank on the basis of cheque or withdrawal form. This person has to be identified by two independent witnesses, adds Rajiv Raj, co-founder and director of creditvidya.com, a financial counselling portal. The person who would be actually drawing the money from the bank should be asked to furnish his or her signature to the bank, state the RBI guidelines. Similarly, bank officials are required to assist visually impaired accountholders in carrying out day-today transactions. All banking facilities including cheque book, ATM and locker facilities have to be provided to such individuals. The banks are also required to assist such persons in withdrawal of cash. In order to help such persons, it has been suggested to banks by the IBA that they should provide talking ATMs with Braille keypads for visually-impaired persons, says Kulkarni. For those with conditions like autism, cerebral palsy and severe multiple disabilities, banks may ask for guardianship certificates issued by local level committees set up under the National Trust for the Welfare of Persons with Autism, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act 1999. They can also rely on guardianship certificates issued by a district court under the Mental Health Act. The legal guardians appointed under these provisions can open and operate the accounts. In a case which came up before the Delhi High Court, banks were directed to display essential details about the facilities under the Act, but very rarely is such a notice is visible in any bank branch, points out Kulkarni. http://m.economictimes.com/articlelist/13358259.cms Thanks and Regards Pradeep T.S Probationary Officer United Bank of India Bangalore Regional Office email id: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com mobile: 9845925188 skype: pradeepsocialwork Time to meet up again! Register for AccessIndia Convention 2014: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm 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
[AI] First Talking ATM in Bangalore
Dear Friends, Indeed it is a good news for all of us in Bangalore. Requesting friends to take full advantage of this facility. I am forwarding you the email press clippings of this news. Greetings from Mitra Jyothi! We are happy to inform you that the first Talking ATM is going to be functional from today which is arranged by Union Bank of India in NIFT College premises near Mitra Jyothi. With the continuous advocacy efforts and our initiative we have managed to get Union Bank of India to set up this kind of facility in Bangalore Union Bank is the first bank in Bangalore to set up this facility. Also find attached the press clipping in today's Time of India. It has been your encouragement and support that we are tirelessly working towards the cause. Thanks Regards, Madhu Singhal Managing Trustee Mitra Jyothi CA Site # P22, 31st Main, 18th Cross, Sector 1, HSR Layout, Behind National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT College) Bangalore - 560102 Ph: 080-22587623/25 Website: www.mitrajyothi.org Bangalore: Madhu Singhal requested several banks to in¬stall a talking ATM. Now the efforts of this visually im-paired founder and managing trustee of Mitra Jyothi have paid off. The Union Bank of India's ATM at the National Institute of Fashion Technol¬ogy in HSR Layout will be op¬erational from Saturday. Madhu said, This ATM will prevent the visually-challenged from being taken for a ride by people who assist them in withdraw¬ing money. This Talking ATM, the first of its kind in Bangalore, has a Braille-enabled keypad and an audio system to guide the visually impaired through the various steps of getting cash. Branch manager Shobha Chander said a security guard will be around 24/7 to help the visually-impaired enter the kiosk. The user should put on her headphones and plug in the jack to the ATM before in-serting the debit/credit card to go ahead with the transac-tion, she added. A series of audio instruc-tions guide the user through various steps to finish the WHERE IS IT? Union Bank of India ATM, National Institute of Fashion Technology premises, 27th Main, 16th Cross, Sector I, HSR Layout, Bangalore transaction-be it withdraw-ing money or checking the balance. The user also has the option to render the screen blank to prevent others from knowing the transac¬tion details. Shobha said a Braille dot embedded on the numeral 5 holds the key for the visually impaired to use the machine. We request them to carry headphones while using this ATM, she said. The bank is examining the possibility of installing a permanent headphone at the ATM but the apprehension that it could be stolen or be-come a source of infection has made them wary of going ahead with it. This ATM can also be used by all other people. The Talking ATM is near Mitra Jyothi, where over 60 vi¬sually-impaired individuals undergo a three-month com-puter and independent living skills training. This organiza-tion has been working for their welfare for the past 24 years. Thanks and Regards Pradeep T.S Probationary Officer United Bank of India Bangalore Regional Office email id: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com mobile: 9845925188 skype: pradeepsocialwork - Original Message - From: Mitra Jyothi mj.tblibr...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2013 2:43 PM Subject: [AI] First Talking ATM in Bangalore First Talking ATM in Bangalore by Union Bank, near Mitra Jyothi. Greetings from Mitra Jyothi! We are delighted to share with you that the first talking ATM in Bangalore is coming up near our premises by Union Bank of India. Mitra Jyothi is privileged to have this talking ATM near its organizations premise where many visually impaired students and individuals live. This ATM by Union Bank is being inaugurated on the 21st December, 2013 at 11:00am. -- Thanks Regards, Mitra Jyothi CA Site # P22, 31st Main, 18th Cross, Sector 1, HSR Layout, Behind National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT College) Bangalore - 560102 Ph: 080-22587623/25 Website: www.mitrajyothi.org http://www.mitrajyothi.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] SMS alerts to stop able-bodied from hopping onto coaches for disabled
The plan, announced a day after World Disability Day on Tuesday, will help thousands of handicapped passengers protect their allotted space on local trains. The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of the Western Railway has planned a special SMS alert system to prevent able-bodied people from using compartments reserved for handicapped persons. This initiative comes in the wake of an aggressive campaign by disabled rights groups which have been stopping suburban trains where compartments for the disabled have been occupied by able-bodied people. Mahim Swami, chief security commissioner and inspector general of the RPF, said, We will co-ordinate with the public relations office of the Western Railway to implement the SMS alert plan, with the help of mobile phone service providers. The SMS plan was revealed a day after World Disability Day, which was observed on Tuesday, and would help handicapped travelers protect their space on local trains. Bothered by the crowds of able-bodied people regularly misusing handicapped reserved compartments, activists have been taking recourse to pulling the emergency alarm chain to stop trains and get these people out. This results in delays and affects the punctuality of services. Strangely, even the heavy fine of Rs500 on those caught traveling in a compartment reserved for the handicapped hasn't deterred these offenders. Swami said the railway police had also launched a special drive on Tuesday against able-bodied commuters traveling in compartments for the handicapped. The SMS that will go out soon reads: Please don't board the coach for the disabled on your train journey. It is especially reserved for physically handicapped commuters. Unauthorised commuters boarding these compartments, will be prosecuted by the RPF under the Railways Act. The officials say announcements at stations have failed to stop unauthorised commuters using compartment for the handicapped. But they believe that the SMS campaign would make a difference. Sunil Chimulkar, secretary, Disability Advocacy Group (Mumbai division), appreciated the SMS initiative saying it would help to reduce illegal travelers and make travel for handicapped commuters less taxing. Chimulkar and Jeetendra Karelia, president of the group, together with some regular handicapped commuters met Swami on Tuesday. What law says. Under section 155 of the Indian Railways Act, an able-bodied commuter caught occupying a berth of seat reserved for the disabled can be fined Rs500. http://nsingit.wordpress.com/2013/12/05/sms-alerts-to-stop-able-bodied-from-hopping-onto-coaches-for-disabled/ Thanks and Regards Pradeep T.S Probationary Officer United Bank of India Bangalore Regional Office email id: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com mobile: 9845925188 skype: pradeepsocialwork 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] Fleet for disabled rolls out
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Fleet-for-disabled-rolls-out/articleshow/26543102.cms BANGALORE: Close to World Disability Day (December 3), KickStart, a fleet of three disabled-friendly cabs, hit the road on Thursday. It's designed to provide accessibility to persons with disabilities and senior citizens, and aims at making Bangalore transportation-friendly for all. The fleet comprises three cars re-modelled for the differently-abled. The concept is constructive and a much-required service which provides freedom, mobility and dignity to those who need support. Such an initiative will surely make the city more inclusive, said KS Rajanna, state disability commissioner. The service providers plan to create employment for women and transgenders as cab drivers. Apart from training drivers to be sensitive to passengers, vehicles are being fitted with a GPS-tracking system. Over the next five years, we expect to reach out to 5,000 persons with disabilities and the elderly. Though three is a very small number, it's not bad for a start. We hope to gradually scale up our fleet, said Vidya Kalyani Ramasubban, director, Wheels of Change. It's an initiative of MphasiS with Wheels of Change (an NGO) as the partner. The three vehicles * First cab: Swivel-chair model where the front passenger seat comes halfway out of the door. This enables the passenger using crutches/ walking stick to stand up and sit down as in a regular chair. Transfer from seat and vice-versa is simple with this adaptation for wheelchair users too * Second cab: Has ramp that opens out of the vehicle door, enabling the wheelchair user to get in through the ramp. Wheelchair is locked in the vehicle for a safe ride * Third cab: Front passenger turns out like the first model. The wheelchair frame can be attached to the bottom of the turned-out seat. The whole seat can be brought out of the car and the car seat becomes a wheelchair as it comes out Who benefits According to the 2001 census, there are 6 lakh persons with disabilities and 7 lakh senior citizens in Bangalore * Assuming about 10% of this population are potential cab-users, that number is 1.3 lakh * 96% of people with disabilities who responded to a survey spoke about their need for accessible transport service * To book a KickStart cab, call 8105600445 Thanks and Regards Pradeep T.S Probationary Officer United Bank of India Bangalore Regional Office email id: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com mobile: 9845925188 skype: pradeepsocialwork 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] Govt plans Rs 7, 000-crore sops for the elderly, widows and disabled
The Economic Times on Mobile http://m.economictimes.com/news/economy/policy/govt-plans-rs-7000-crore-sops-for-the-elderly-widows-and-disabled/articleshow/26118146.cms The RD ministry wants to raise the pension under its three schemes to Rs 500 per month currently given to the elderly, widows and disabled under the NSAP.NEW DELHI: The government plans to raise social assistance benefits for the elderly, widows and disabled sections of society in a Rs 7,000-crore pre-election sop, hoping that the move will help the ruling United Progressive Alliance garner some extra votes in the next general elections. The rural development ministry, led by Jairam Ramesh, is in talks with the finance ministry and the Planning Commission to increase the pension under its three schemes to Rs 500 from Rs 300 per month being currently given to elderly, widows and persons with disability under the Nation Social Assistance Programmes (NSAP). We have proposed to enhance social assistance to flat Rs 500 per person per month keeping in mind the inflationary pressures, a senior government official told ET. According to the official, if the proposal goes through, it would mean an additional outgo ofRs 7,000 crore a year from the Centre. Analysts, however, are apprehensive that a spurt in election-related spending could make it difficult for the government to stay within the budgeted fiscal deficit of 4.8% of GDP. Achieving the government's own fiscal deficit target of 4.8% of GDP in fiscal 2014 will depend partly on the government's resolve on the level of election spending and on the evolution of commodity prices, ratings agency Standard Poor's had said earlier this month. The rural development ministry commands a sizeable Rs 74,000 crore for implementation of the government's four flagship welfare schemes - Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (Rs 33,000 crore), Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojana (Rs 21,700), Indira Awaas Yojana (Rs 15,184) and National Rural Livelihood Mission (Rs 4,000 crore). The annual allocation under NSAP is around Rs 8,000 crore and it comprises Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme, Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme, Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme and National Family Benefit Scheme. Until last December, about 273 lakh people belonging to families living below the poverty line have benefited from the three pension schemes. Of this, 223 lakh elderly have benefited from the old age pension scheme while 42 lakh beneficiaries have been covered under the widow pension scheme and 8 lakh under the disability pension scheme India's national and state social assistance pension schemes are important social security programmes that are aimed at alleviating chronic poverty through regular cash transfers to the elderly, widows and disabled people, who are the most vulnerable among the poor. NSAP was introduced in 1995 as a centrally-sponsored scheme. It was later transferred to State Plan in 2002-03. Funds are now being released as additional central assistance by the finance ministry to state finance departments. States have been given flexibility in terms of increasing the number of beneficiaries or quantum of assistance in case they meet the excess expenditure from their own resources. Funds are allocated by the Planning Commission and monitoring of implementation is with the rural development ministry. Thanks and Regards Pradeep T.S Probationary Officer United Bank of India Bangalore Regional Office email id: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com mobile: 9845925188 skype: pradeepsocialwork 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] REFUSAL OF MY RESUME, AS I AM A VISUALLY CHALLENGED PERSON
Hi, You need not to worry about all these worst experiences. Defintly there is value for our hard work and education. It is common for all of us in the initial stage. All of us faced this problem one way or other in order to reach this height. Keep going Thanks and Regards Pradeep T.S Probationary Officer United Bank of India Bangalore Regional Office email id: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com mobile: 9845925188 skype: pradeepsocialwork - Original Message - From: Pallavi SJ sj.pallav...@gmail.com To: accessindia accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 8:47 PM Subject: [AI] REFUSAL OF MY RESUME, AS I AM A VISUALLY CHALLENGED PERSON Hello friends, i would like to share one of my worst experiences, that i am consistently facing these days. As i have completed my education with two master degrees, now i am engaged with free lancing journalist. But, i have a strong aspiration to establish myself with full time job. Consequently, i posted my resume in many colleges, that fits my qualification. this is one of my experience at a prestigeous college in Silicon city Bangalore, Karnataka. The college invited me by getting impressed of my resume and my qualifications and also took my interview. they also made me to give my demo class. but, the opinions i got after the class was really disgusting. all the faculty people and the principle, who appreciated my language, speaking style, lecturing method, everything... just rejected me by telling that, they can't take me, as i am a visually handicapped and also told that, a visually handicapped person cannot handle the class by controlling the students, who are mischieveous... if so, then what is the use and meaning of all the educational qualifications earned by us? Is there no value for our hard work and education, that were earned by spending years together??? 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.. 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] Fw: PROMOTION RESERVATION - JUSTIFICATION FOR INCLUSION IN PWD BILL 2012
Network Email - Original Message - From: DISABILITY INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY To: pradeepsocialw...@gmail.com Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2012 1:28 AM Subject: PROMOTION RESERVATION - JUSTIFICATION FOR INCLUSION IN PWD BILL 2012 Recently Government of India have undertaken the process to bring about the extensive amendments to the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995. This decision is a welcome measure. It is deeply appreciated that the decision of the Government of India ratifying the UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities. However, the concern is much deeper. Prior to the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 coming into force, Government of India had, by administrative instructions, like DOPT OM dated 04.09.1985 and 20.11.1989, provided reservation for disabled persons in Group “C” “D” posts. This is somewhat similar to what the SCs/STs employees enjoying in Government Service with an unique feature that reservation is provided in identified posts After the Disability Act came into force, such a reservation was permissible even for Group “A” “B” posts. This led the DOPT to issue OM dated 18.02.1997 (Annexures – I and IA). As per this OM, for Group “A” “B” posts, the reservation was only at induction level. Significant corrigendum was issued by the DOPT vide OM dated 04.07.1997 (Annexure- II), which extended the point number 1, 34 and 67 in cycle of 100 vacancies in the 100 point register and marked for reservation for disabled employees. It is clear from the above that point No.1, 34 and 67 in the cycle of 100 are now earmarked for reservation for disabled employees and thus reservation is admissible even for Group “A” “B” posts in promotion category also and not only at the induction level. This OM is brought in tune with the letter and spirit of Section 33 of the above Act which stipulates not less than 3% reservation in an establishment in the post identified for each disability. Vide O.M. dated 16.01.1998 (Annexure –III), sub-para (ii) of OM dated 18.02.1997 (Annexure – I) was replaced as under:- (ii) The existing policy of reservation for SCs/STs, including for the physically handicapped in promotion in all Groups is applicable to all grades and services, where the element of direct recruitment does not exceed 75%. Hence, it is not in dispute that reservation exists for disabled employees in promotion for the post in respect whereof the element of direct recruitment does not exceed 75%. From the above, it is very clear that reservation to disabled exists not only at induction level but also for promotion. All these DOPT OMs referred to above have been issued after enactment of the above Act and in some OMs the said Act has been referred to. However, in suppression of all the above OMs, the DOPT vide its OM dated 29.12.2005 (Annexure – IV), has restricted reservations only in induction level to all cadres and in promotions to Group “C” and “D” cadres only. It is also appropriate to mention here that most of the posts of Group ”C” have now become Group “B”, without providing any safety clause of reservation and relaxation to disabled employees, which they have been enjoying before it’s up-gradation as Group ‘B’ posts and Group “D” posts have been abolished now in response to the recommendations of VI Pay Commission. The DOPT OM dated 29.12.2005 was issued with a view to consolidating the existing instructions, purportedly bringing them in line with the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights Full Participation) Act, 1995 and clarifying certain issues including procedural matters with regard to reservation for persons with disabilities in posts and services under the Government of India and this OM is said to have superseded all previous instructions issued on the subject so far. But, “consolidate” means, as per dictionary meaning, “merge”, “combine”, “unite”, “join”, “strengthen”, “secure” etc and not “disregard” or “ignore” which means the existing OMs can be clubbed / joined together and no OM can be ignored or disregarded. But the DOPT has disregarded all the DOPT OMs cited in the preceding paragraphs which allowed reservation not only for direct recruitment but also for promotion in all cadres of Group ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’ ‘D’ and blatantly stated to have issued with a view to consolidating the existing instructions on the matter. It is not known why DOPT has made such a betrayal to disabled people. It is a well noted principle that the Parliament has made the above Act for the benefits of the disabled and it is mandatory to amend the Act through parliament only if Government decided to remove the above benefit. It is not known whether the procedure has been followed by DOPT.
Re: [AI] how to make the application accessible?
hi, is there any similar way to do it in NVDA? - Original Message - From: sunil sangtani. sunilsangtan...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 10:07 AM Subject: Re: [AI] how to make the application accessible? though best way is to contact the developer and ask them to built in the accessibility, but we do have a custom solution for that as wel, not sure how far it'll work for you, but you can give it a try. put the cursor on the radio button that is unlabeled and jaws saying radio button not checked/or checked, and press insert+ctrl+tab there, a dialog box will apere, give the custom lable text for the button and hit enter on ok button. se if it works for you, if you want to reverse this, simpply delete the lable and hit ok again. On 9/24/12, gufran gufran.ahmed1...@gmail.com wrote: dear friends, i am working for state bank of india at kolkata cercle. i am under training in CMS (complaint management system.) i found some area in-accessible, although the screen reader supports very well, but at some point it is in-accessible. for e.g if i call some one and i have to lodge or dispose any complaint, there are two radio buttons are there. iif a number is given and after that the options like dispose or lodge a complaint. here jaws speak out dispose off at the blank area which is located below the mobile number of the complainnent. and the radio button which is assign for dispose off, jaws announce lodge a complaint. where as the lodging of complaint remains blank. which means the other radio button which is assign for lodging the complaint here jaws says radio button not check. and also there ar certain areas which does not announce by jaws. my manager ask me to note down all the problems so that we can give the suggestion as this portel is still under construction. so i would like to request all the expert members to kindly throw some light how to make the portel more screen reader friendly. also kindly send some tutorial regarding accessibility of applications. with thanks and regards gufran ahmed 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 -- A champion is someone who gets up, when he can't... --- ~Jack Dempsey. regards, sunil sangtani, india. 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] Delhi High court directs railways to provide the concessional tickets online to disables
really good news indeed. Hats off to Mr Pankaj Sinha - Original Message - From: avinash shahi shahi88avin...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2012 12:58 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Delhi High court directs railways to provide the concessional tickets online to disables Hats off to Advocate Mr Pankaj Sinha He has Been really making instrumental inroads in facilitating greater realisation of rights Whether it was Driving licence to Hearing impaired or this particular progress regarding online ticket booking, simply superb. Hope government of India will comply soon. On 9/22/12, akhilesh akhil.akhi...@gmail.com wrote: Hi to all, Now, the day is not very far when we'll be booking the concessional tickets online. Delhi High court, responding to a PIL filed by a visually challenged person, directed the centerl and railways to provide the concessional ticket online. However, it will take few months to become the picture more clear. I take the opportunity to congratulate Mr. Pankaj Sinha who has handled this case with great conviction and care and brought the justice to millions and millions of disabled people Pasting the entire six page judgment below. Dropbox link is given at the very end to download the original PDF file. === * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI W.P.(C) 2145 OF 2011 % Judgments Reserved on:22.8.2012 Judgment Delivered on:12.09.2012 PRAVEEN KUMAR G . . . PETITIONER Through : Mr. Pankaj Sinha, Advocate. VERSUS UNION OF INDIA ORS. … RESPONDENTS Through: Mr. Rajeeve Mehra, ASG with Mr. R.V. Sinha, Mr. R.N. Sinha, Mr. Ashish Virmani, Advocates for UOI. CORAM :- HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE A.K. SIKRI HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV SAHAI ENDLAW A.K. SIKRI, ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE: 1. This petition filed in public interest by a blind person alleges, in this petition the discrimination between disabled persons and senior citizens in the Policy of IRCTC which provides facilities and services for issuing the railway ticket on internet, or at the reservation counters. It is pointed out that whereas senior citizens can book their railway tickets at concessional rate on the internet as mentioned in the policy, disabled persons cannot avail the same. Therefore, they are left with no other option but to get their railway ticket booked from the designated ticket counters at various railway stations and reservation centres. 2. The policy of senior citizens is as under:- “In case of tickets booked through internet no concession is permitted except senior citizen. “Thus, a person with disability is not entitled to avail the concessional facility in case the tickets are booked through internet, which is otherwise available to him if he/she buys from the designated ticket counters at various railway stations. 3. The petitioner filed an application under Right to Information Act, 2005 to the Public Information Officer of the Indian Catering and Tourism Corporation limited on 18.9.2009 seeking information for travel concessions for completely blind persons on the website of IRCTC. The said application was replied by the IRCTC on 12.10.2009 stating that the travel concessions for blind persons for online ticket booking is a policy matter and needs to taken up by the Ministry. Hence, IRCTC shirked off its responsibility from this vital issue and no initiative was taken by the same regarding introducing the system of online ticket booking at concessional rate. The petitioner filed a representation to the Railway Board dated 3.6.2010 requesting the facility of concessional booking of tickets on IRCTC to be extended to the handicaps as is already done for the senior citizens. The said representation was replied by the Railway Board on 13.9.2010 stating that the concessional booking of ticket on IRCTC website has been extended where the physical document is not required to be submitted in advance as it might lead to misuse of the electronic reservation slip and hence, handicaps are not allowed to do the same. It is submitted that no effort has been made by the Ministry of railway to make the policy disabled friendly and have arbitrarily denied the facility to them. The Policy of IRCTC was formulated to provide as a feature to the public at large. Later, the internet ticket booking facility was introduced at concessional rates for the senior citizens. The said policy is formulated and issued by the Railway Board, which is under the Ministry of Railway. Thus, the said policy is exclusively for the public at large and the same is highlighted as the sole Eligibility Criteria on the website of the said department except the senior citizens, who are entitled for ticket booking through internet at concessional rate. 4. The submission of the petitioner is that the persons with disability cannot access this concession facility though provided to senior citizen and, therefore, it amounts to discrimination qua the disabled persons. With
[AI] Bharti Airtel launches navigation application
www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/bharti-airtel-la New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Telecom service provider Bharti Airtel Wednesday launched a navigation application - SmartDrive - that enables users to view their location on a map and plan the route from one place to another. SmartDrive is assisted by a voice based turn by turn navigation that gives real time information updates on traffic situation on roads around, the company said in a statement. It also suggests the subscriber an alternate route in case of traffic congestion on the normal route, it added. SmartDrive offers services such as search for points of interests like restaurants, theatres and shopping malls, and voice navigation. It also offers live traffic information. Currently, it is available in Delhi and NCR, Mumbai and Bangalore and will be made available in Hyderabad, Chennai and Pune by December. While search and map views are being offered for free, a daily pack for navigation services costs Rs.10, its monthly pack would cost Rs.99. Live traffic services would cost Rs.3 per day while a monthly pack would be for Rs.49. The company is offering data browsing free till Nov 30, post which normal data usage charges will apply as per the data pack availed by the customer. Thanks and Regards Pradeep T.S Probationary Officer United Bank of India Bangalore Regional Office email id: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com mobile: 9845925188 skype: pradeepsocialwork 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] Centre to improve mental health launched
www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health1/centre-to-impro New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) To address gaps in mental health services and to promote research, capacity building and improving the quality of life of the mentally disabled, a centre for excellence in mental health was launched here Friday. Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), supported by research grant from National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), US, launched the centre, which will offer a platform for various mental health initiatives. There is a huge gap between the burden and the availability of appropriate mental services in the country, hope the newly launched Centre for Mental Health will bridge this gap and it will scale up mental health care, Syeda Hameed, member, planning commission said. The centre will be a collaborative network of institutions in south Asia, which will promote research, building capacity and advocacy for mental, neurological and substance use disorders. PHFI has already recognised mental health as one of the priority research areas and had constituted a Mental Health Special Interest Group four years ago. The new Centre of Excellence will further bolster this initiative, PHFI President K. Srinath Reddy said. Thanks and Regards Pradeep T.S Probationary Officer United Bank of India Bangalore Regional Office email id: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com mobile: 9845925188 skype: pradeepsocialwork 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] Now, glasses that allow deaf people 'see' sounds
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/personal-tech/computin LONDON: A pair of glasses can now alert deaf people about loud noises - like the honk of a car horn. Developed by a group of researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in Daejeon, the glasses allows the wearer to see when a loud sound is made, and gives an indication of where it came from, New Scientist reported. An array of seven microphones, mounted on the frame of the glasses, pinpoints the location of such sounds and relays that directional information to the wearer through a set of LEDs embedded inside the frame. The glasses will only flash alerts on sounds louder than a threshold level, which is defined by the wearer. But there is one problem; it requires the user to carry a laptop around in a backpack to process the signal. However, lead researcher Yang-Hann Kim stresses that the device is a first iteration that will be miniaturised over the next few years. The KAIST team presented its work last week at the InterNoise conference in New York City. 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] National Award Winner : Mr.Pradeep Mundeja, Senior Manager, Punjab National Bank
http://kodakkal.ning.com/forum/topics/national-award-winner-d Pardeep was born on 20.07.1969 with the help of a Caesarean Operation. In those days, this type of surgery was rarely done perhaps in the surgery only that his hearing nerves/cells were damaged, causing complete hearing loss. Alternatively Measles/Typhoid Fever, from which he suffered twice, might have caused this Deafness. With the grace of God Almighty and due to his parents' eternal help/guidance, he could win over all the problems whatsoever came in his life and has reached to such a height where he is at present, as stated above. Un-dithered by his deafness, avoiding/non-helping attitude of his class fellows colleagues, he did not lose his heart, pursued his studies up to the maximum as a Professional also as a Banker reached the zenith of his career so far. For him, still sky is the limit as he is motivated encouraged to read the success-stories of handicapped/non-handicapped eminent educationists, cine-stars, scientists, writers, philanthropists and many business tycoons. By his hard work, dedication devotion, he has not only acquired theoretical knowledge for himself but has also been imparting the same to others his children specially who are well versed in Information Technology right from their childhood.They get inspiration from their father and are excelling more and more. His son Lakshay Mundeja has passed out his Matriculation (CBSE) with 9.6 Grades, a rare distinction. His daughter Chesta Mundeja, aged 14 years is a shining Roller Skater(Sportsperson) with many medals, Gold, Silver, Bronze duly won at the State and National Level Competitions alongwith cash awards aggregating around Rs.75000/- so far. Recently her name for the Child Award to be conferred by Prime Minister, Govt. of India, on 14.11.2011 has been recommended by the Haryana Govt., a rare distinction at the State Level on the part of his daughter. A clipping of story published in the Tribune dated 14.9.10 a few more are of interest. His younger son Kartik, studying in 4th Class, is also following foot-print of his sister has recently won Gold Medal in CBSE North Zone Skating Competition, thus making his maiden entry for CBSE National Competition, to be held in November,2011. It looks that Pardeep has turned nightmare into soothing reality, turned the impossible to possible by the dent of his hardwork, devotion sincerity keeping aside all the difficulties whatsoever came in the way. Being an National Award Winner Bank Executive Sri Pardeep describes on his own as below : Myself 100% Deaf since the age of 7 years. Acquired Educational/Professional Qualifications of B.COM, MA(HINDI), JAIIB, CAIIB, PG DIPLOMA IN TRANSLATION, DIPLOMA IN JOURNALISM, PG DIPLOMA IN COMPUTER APPLICATIONS(PGDCA), NCFM(DEPOSITORY), AMFI(ADVISOR). Joined ENBI as C/Typist in 1988. Now Sr.Manager in PNB, Retail Assets Branch Karnal dealing with retail loans viz Education, Car Housing Loans. Now I have three desires. First to sit on the hot seat of KBC in front of Shri Amitabh Bachhan and to prove myself by winning handsome prize(hope someone can help me to fulfill my desire), Second to join any local reputed Club for rendering my services for social sector and Third is to do MCA (I have already done PGDCA but could not take courage to do further mostly due to busy banker schedule and lack of assurance about proper guidance/support in the matter). Hope someone help me to fulfill these desires. 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] My job Updates
Dear Friends, with all your valuable suggestion/guidance, yesterday I joined United Bank of India as Probationary Officer in Bangalore Regional Office. Last week I resign from the position of clerk in Syndicate Bank. I express my sincerer thanks to all my friends who helped me to take this Tough decision from carrier point of view. Once again Thanks to one and all. With Regards Pradeep Probationary Officer United Bank of India Bangalore Regional Office email id: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com Mobile: 9845925188 skype: pradeepsocialwork 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] Fw: [New post] Airline iPad Policy Sparks Disability Dispute
WordPress.com - Original Message - From: Nilesh Singit's Blog: Disability News Wolrdwide To: pradeepsocialw...@gmail.com Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2012 2:28 PM Subject: [New post] Airline iPad Policy Sparks Disability Dispute Nilesh Singit posted: American Airlines is taking heat for requiring a teen who is nonverbal to stow the iPad she relies on to communicate during a recent flight. Carly Fleischmann, a 17-year-old with autism from Toronto, lambasted American Airlines on her Facebook page Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Nilesh Singit's Blog: Disability News Wolrdwide Airline iPad Policy Sparks Disability Dispute by Nilesh Singit American Airlines is taking heat for requiring a teen who is nonverbal to stow the iPad she relies on to communicate during a recent flight. Carly Fleischmann, a 17-year-old with autism from Toronto, lambasted American Airlines on her Facebook page earlier this week for limiting access to the iPad she uses to speak. On her way home from Los Angeles last Friday, Fleischmann said that a flight attendant told her to put away the tablet for takeoff and landing and was unwilling to bend even after Fleischmann’s aide explained that it was a communication device. “She stated to me that it was the policy of the airlines that I couldn’t have my iPad and that with all her years of flying that she’s never seen or heard anybody using an iPad to communicate before,” wrote Fleischmann, who said that her communication needs have always been accommodated by the crew on previous flights. “My iPad to me is like a voice. Can you imagine being on the airplane and (being) asked not to talk for over 25 minutes,” she wrote, adding that she was ultimately allowed to keep her iPad out after the captain of the plane intervened but the device had to be placed “in front of my seat out of my reach.” Fleischmann, whose intellectual capabilities went unknown until age 11 when she began to type, is well-known with her story having been featured on ABC News, CNN and “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” among others. She has a strong social media presence with over 42,000 fans on Facebook and some 26,000 Twitter followers and they were quick to respond, flooding American Airlines’ Facebook page to demand answers. Airline officials responded directly to many of the postings indicating that they have reached out to Fleischmann privately, but that the flight attendant acted in compliance with the airline’s policy and federal rules. “Our flight attendants are responsible for following U.S. Department of Transportation regulations on the accommodation of customers with disabilities,” airline spokesman Ed Martelle said in a statement to Disability Scoop. “American’s electronic device policy is designed to be in full compliance with the DOT. Likewise, federal safety rules require the stowage of personal items during takeoff and landing and prohibit the use of electronic devices at the same periods. We regret any discomfort Carly felt or difficulty this may cause customers.” Federal rules and American Airlines’ policy on the use of electronics make exceptions for certain medical devices including hearing aids and pacemakers but do not specifically mention assistive and augmentative communication devices. Late Wednesday, Fleischmann said she was working to get a meeting with representatives of American Airlines and the Federal Aviation Administration to discuss the matter. By Michelle Diament August 16, 2012 Disability Scoop =-=-=-=-= Powered by Blogilo =-=-=-=-= Powered by Blogilo Nilesh Singit | August 18, 2012 at 14:28 | Tags: UNCRPD | Categories: Accessibility, Advocacy, Disability, Disability Studies, Discrimination, Technology | URL: http://wp.me/pyosb-kR CommentSee all comments Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://nsingit.wordpress.com/2012/08/18/airline-ipad-policy-sparks-disability-dispute/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to
[AI] Fw: PERSONS WITH DISABILITY SHOULD NOT SUMMONSED FOR APPEAR BEFORE POLICE STATIONS.
Network Email - Original Message - From: DISABILITY INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY To: pradeepsocialw...@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 11:58 PM Subject: PERSONS WITH DISABILITY SHOULD NOT SUMMONSED FOR APPEAR BEFORE POLICE STATIONS. Women,children , PwDs won't be called to police stations for statements: HC Women, children and physically handicapped persons, who are either witnesses or complainants, will not be summoned to police stations for recording of their statements from now onwards, the Bombay High Court was informed today. The court was informed through a circular issued by Deven Bharti, Inspector General of Police (Law and Order). The circular issued to all police stations across Maharashtra has directed police to ensure that women, children and physically handicapped are not summoned to police stations for recording of statements. Asking the police to strictly follow section 160 of the Criminal Procedure Code, the circular states if the statement of any woman, child below the age of 15, and physically handicapped person is required, the policeman concerned will have to go to their residence and record the statement. The circular was submitted to a division bench of justices A M Khanwilkar and A R Joshi during the hearing of a plea filed by an advocate Geetal Haldankar, who had alleged that when she had gone to lodge a complaint with the police against an estate agent she was made to sit in the police station till late in the night. According to Haldankar, she had rented a flat in Diva in neighbouring Thane district through one Shubhda Narvekar. She was, however, not given an agreement by Narvekar. Recently, when she returned from work, the landlord of the house had removed her lock from the door and put his own. When Haldankar approached the Diva police to file a case against Narvekar, the police there refused to take her complaint and made her sit there till late in the night. Haldankar wrote a letter to the senior police inspector complaining about the behaviour of the police officials but did not receive any reply. The advocate later approached the high court seeking direction to police to lodge a case. The high court was today also informed that Haldankar's complaint has been lodged and investigations are on following which her petition was disposed of. Source : Deccan Herald Visit DISABILITY INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY at: http://kodakkal.ning.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network To control which emails you receive on DISABILITY INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY, click here 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] Individuals, groups working to empower the disabled awarded
Thaindian News www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/individuals-group New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Individuals and organisations working towards accessibility and ensuring a life of equality and dignity for the disabled were awarded here Tuesday. Mphasis Universal Design awards were organised by the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP) in association with AccessAbility and BarrierBreak Technologies. Dipendra Manocha, working with DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System) consortium - an international association that develops standards for production, exchange, and use of digital talking books, told IANS: For the last two decades, I have been working to provide publications in accessible formats to those who cannot read normal print. Manocha, who is visually impaired, also runs the Saksham Trust for the blind. Manocha had been awarded for his untiring efforts to assist blind people with the help of technology to read books, magazines, newspapers etc. Apart from converting reading material to audio format, we also offer Samarth tools, an application that can be used by the blind to operate a computer easily, he said. Prabhat Ranjan, a professor and scientist at the Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, was also awarded under the working professional category. He has developed an environment control system using body, voice and brainwave sensors to allow severely disabled people to operate a computer, TV, electric switches, etc. Ranjan has recently developed an application for touchscreen phones and tablets which can be used in innovative ways. A child can touch an icon on the phone depicting food, games, toilet et cetera, and the phone will read it aloud, letting the parent know, Ranjan told IANS. People can choose the language they want. We have distributed 200 such tablets in Ahmedabad and are waiting for the feedback, he added. 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] Now, a toolkit for dyslexic students in Indian schools
Thaindian News www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health1/now-a-toolkit-fo New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Schools in the country can now have an easy learning tool kit for dyslexic children, making learning easy for such students with reading and spelling disabilities. The kit was launched here Tuesday for the first time by a publishing house. The psychologically screening test, Dyslexia Screening Test (DST), identifies children at risk for dyslexia - a neurological condition that affects 10 percent children in the country. The DST is globally recognized as the most successful and effective screening tool for dyslexia. It empowers the teachers to identify academic problems before children fail, and helps them to learn, said Angela Fawcett, vice president of British Dyslexia Association. These conditions and other learning difficulties lead to failure and distress for up to 20 percent children across the world, Fawcett added. The tool kit, launched by Pearson Clinical and Talent Assessment, will help train school teachers, special educators and psychologists across schools in India. The kit, costing Rs. 9,700, containsg learning tools such as a manual, flash cards, wooden beads, scoring sheets and Indian norms. The kit aims to reach out to 8,000 English-medium schools across eleven cities, said Nitin Anand, senior product development leader with the Pearson group. 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] Chennai to host Chess Olympiad for blind
Thaindian News www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/chennai-t Chennai, July 14 (IANS) The 14th IBCA Chess Olympiad for the Blind will be held here Aug 9-19. It will be the first time Asia will host the event. After the successful conduct of the 11th Individual World Chess Championship for the Blind 2006 in Goa, the International Braille Chess Association (IBCA) Congress awarded this event to India unanimously. The last edition at Heraklion in Greece saw a total of 164 players from 34 countries take part. The traditional powerhouse of chess, Russia, took the gold with Ukraine and Spain clinching the silver and bronze medals. World champion Viswanathan Anand has been a morale booster to the Indian blind team. Anand's positive initiative helped the Indian team to take part in the IBCA Chess Olympiad in Greece. Charudatta Jadhav, general secretary of AICFB, said Friday: Anand's support gives me huge motivation and inner strength to initiate ambitious programmes to take chess for the blind at next level in spite of several adversities. Impressed by the blind team's work, Anand said: I have interacted with many visually challenged players and I can say honestly that these players have a special talent. I am really happy to see them so motivated. What has struck me is their love for chess. I have found that they are preparing intensely for the championship and are not shying away from hard work. I think they are quite motivated and feel deep down that they will be successful. Anand thanked Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalaithaa for extending support to the team. The blind chess player from Chennai, Srikrishna, could take part in the world blind event in Greece, thanks to the timely support of the chief minister of Tamil Nadu. Thirtyone countries have confirmed their participation, including 25 International Masters, five International Woman Masters and 120 FIDE rated players. The championship will be a team event, comprising nine rounds and a match between two teams will be played on four boards. Each team will field a maximum of five players, the fifth player being the reserve. In addition to the gold, silver and bronze medals to the top three ranked teams, similar medals are at stake for the best three individuals on each of the five boards. International Arbiter R. Anantharam, the only A grade International Arbiter in India, is the chief arbiter of the tournament. 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] PWD Candidates Special Drive in South East Railways
Government of India Ministry of Railways South Eastern Railways (SER), Kolkata Special Recruitment Drive for Person with Disabilities (PWD) Applications in the prescribed format are invited from eligible Indian Nationals for filling up of following various jobs in a special drive for PWD candidates in South Eastern Railways, Kolkata : Junior Stenographer, Commercial Clerk, Junior Clerk, Junior Accounts Clerk, Post Graduate Teacher (Bengali Literature), Trained Graduate Teacher (English Literature), Primary School Teacher (Bengali Medium), Lab Suptdt., Ticket Examiner, Goods Guard, Assistant Station Master, Junior Engineers, Technicians How to Apply : Applications in the prescribed format complete in all respects along with required enclosures should be sent by post to the Assistant Personnel Officer (Recruitment), South Eastern Railway, 11, Garden Reach Road, Kolkata - 700 043., so as to reach on or before 06/08/2012 up to 18.00 hrs. For candidates residing in Far-Flung areas and North-East, the closing date for receipt of applications by post will be 21/08/2012 up to 17.30 hrs. Please visit News Updates-Employment Notification- Physically Handicapped Quota at South Eastern Railways website http://ser.indianrailways.gov.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
[AI] Fw: PROMOTION RESERVATION HEARING LISTED IN SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Network Email - Original Message - From: DISABILITY INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY To: pradeepsocialw...@gmail.com Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2012 12:01 AM Subject: PROMOTION RESERVATION HEARING LISTED IN SUPREME COURT OF INDIA PROMOTION RESERVATION HEARING LIST AT SUPREME COURT OF INDIA It reports that Promotion reservation is matter was pending in several high courts including Supreme Court of India, Supreme Court of India further held that Central Government's appeal against Delhi High Court Order about promotion reservation was not acceptable, I have providing case details including the following case status: Now the Supreme Court has been fixed hearing for promotion reservation case, details of case status are as below: PROMOTION RESERVATION HEARING LIST AT SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Visit DISABILITY INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY at: http://kodakkal.ning.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network To control which emails you receive on DISABILITY INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY, click here 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] Disabled student challenges IIT's rejection in court
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/disabled Thaindian News New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Monday issued notice to the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi (IIT-D) for denying admission to a student under the handicapped category on the ground that his disability was less than 40 percent. Justice Pratibha Rani sought the response of IIT-D by July 2, the next date of hearing. Petitioner Amit Kumar's advocate Ashok Aggarwal said that the student underwent a medical examination at the instance of the IIT June 5 and the institute disqualified his admission saying that the he was 24 percent disabled instead of the 40 percent required to qualify under the category. He is orthopedically disabled due to stiffness of knee and hip, Aggarwal said. It is pertinent to mention herein that the procedure adopted by IIT-Delhi is absolutely illegal, unjustified and unwarranted inasmuch as the petitioner was already having a valid certificate saying that the petitioner is suffering from 40 percent disability, said the petition. It said the board of doctors which examined the petitioner at the instance of IIT, was not validly constituted for the purpose of issuance of disablement certificate under the Persons With Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act. The procedure adopted by the board was unreasonable, non-transparent and unjust, said Aggarwal. The petition claimed that the petitioner possessed a valid disability certificate from Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital in Bihar which said that he was 40 percent disabled. Counsel claimed once a child had been issued a certificate of 40 percent disability by a competent authority, he could not be called upon to undergo any medical examination as a pre-condition for admission to IIT. The impugned action on the part of the IIT in rejecting the candidature of the petitioner for admission on the ground that he petitioner does not fulfil the requisite qualification of 40 percent disability is arbitrary, incorrect, discriminatory, unreasonable and unconstitutional, the petition said. 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] NO TRANSFER TO DISABLED EMPLOYEE IN PUBLIC SECTOR BANK
Public Sector Bank employees with disability cannot be transferred: H.C http://www.dnis.org/news.php?issue_id=16volume_id=3ne D.N.I.S. News Service - In a significant move, the Delhi High Court has issued a directive exempting public sector bank employees with at least 40 per cent disability from routine transfers and has added even in most special cases the transfer should be in or around the employee's hometown. A bench of Chief Justice B.C. Patel and Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul made these observations while hearing a petition by V.K. Bhasin, an employee of State Bank of Patiala, who was disabled in a road accident. After a number of surgical procedures and being bed-ridden for over 10 months, Bhasin re-joined the bank in Dehradun in 1997. Three years later he was served Transfer Order to proceed to Varanasi, which he objected to on the ground of his disability. The bank, however, asked him to produce a medical certificate stating that he could not travel, but the Chief Medical Officer of Dehradun turned down the request for the certificate. Incidentally, the bank didn't even permit him to opt for the Voluntary Retirement Scheme. Three years later, Bhasin approached the Delhi High Court but failed to get any relief from the Court as his medical certificate stated his disability to be only 28 per cent. Following this, Bhasin challenged the certificate itself and claimed that procedures were not followed. Later, doctors at Delhi's Ram Manohar Lohia hopsital examined him three times and found him to be 40 per cent disabled. 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] Fw: Invitation to be participate in event on Employment of persons with Disabilities at Mysore
- Original Message - From: Venu Kuruveri To: venugo...@svym.org.in Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 2:19 PM Subject: Invitation to be participate in event on Employment of persons with Disabilities at Mysore Dear Sir/madam, Greetings from Grassroots Research And Advocacy Movement (GRAAM), Mysore! GRAAM - a policy research and advocacy initiative of Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement - is organizing an event on the issues surrounding employment for persons with disabilities, We are pleased and honored to invite you to “Different Abilities, Equal Opportunities” Enriching our workplaces through employment policies that include the differently-abled on 25th June, 2012 at Vivkenanda Institute for Leadership Development, Mysore The event will comprise a Panel Discussion and a talk by Dr. Susanne Bruyere - Director of Employment and Disability Institute and Associate Dean of Outreach, ILR School, Cornell University, USA. Through the panel discussion, we are aiming to put forth different perspectives on the issues pertaining to employment of persons with disabilities in private and public sector, the existing employment policies, opportunities and challenges faced, etc. The following people have been to be part of the panel Shri. K V Rajanna - Commissioner, Disablilities, Govt. of Karnataka Mr. N Narendran - Managing Director, Vinyas Innovative Technology Pvt Ltd, Mysore Dr. Seetharam - President of Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement and expert on Community Health Dr. Susanne Bruyere - Director of Employment and Disability Institute, Cornell University, USA Additionally, there will be special invitees representing National Institute of Personnel Management (NIPM) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Mysore The panel discussion will be followed by an interactive address by Dr. Susanne Bruyère who will share her research experience of more than 40 years in advancing employment for people with disabilities in the U.S. and internationally. She will share her thoughts and expertise on some useful strategies to promote hiring, retention and advancement of people with disabilities and respond to queries by the participants on these issues. Heads of HR Departments from Corporates, NGOs, and other institutions, representatives from associations and organizations of differently abled persons, development sector organizations, Management professionals, academicians, researchers and students are being invited to participate in the event. We would be honored to have your presence at the event and look forward for your confirmation. We believe your active participation will add great value to the event and richness to the discussions. Please feel free to get in touch with me or Mr. Basavaraju R, Deputy Director, GRAAM (968497 / basavar...@svym.org.in) for any details or clarifications required. Looking forward, Thanks and regards, Venugopal Kuruveri, HR Manager (Vivekananda Institute for Leadership Development) Unit of Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement #CA2, KIADB Industrial Housing area, Hebbal, Ringroad, Mysore – 570016. Ph: 968364/ +91-821-2415412 Visit us at: www.svym.org,www.vild.edu.in,www.viis.in,www.graam.org.in -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Social Workers_Karnataka group. To post to this group, send email to socialworkers_karnat...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to socialworkers_karnataka+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/socialworkers_karnataka?hl=en. 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] Fwd: Gizmo's Freeware: Thousands of Free eBooks and Audio Downloads in 20 Different Genre Categories
-- Forwarded message -- From: Gizmo's Freeware: Top selections edi...@techsupportalert.com Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2012 12:11:34 + Subject: Gizmo's Freeware: Thousands of Free eBooks and Audio Downloads in 20 Different Genre Categories To: pradeepsocialw...@gmail.com Gizmo's Freeware: Top selections /// Thousands of Free eBooks and Audio Downloads in 20 Different Genre Categories Posted: 04 Jun 2012 12:49 AM PDT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gizmosbest/~3/tgUGpoQ6l0Q/50-places-free-books-online.htm?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=email Our free books editor Mr6n8 has just created a new genre category dealing with maths books. If maths is not your interest check out these other genre categories. Here's a list if the genres to wet your interest: 39 Places For Free Biography, Autobiography and Memoir eBooks Online 41 Places For Free Business eBooks Online 136 Places For Free Children's eBooks Online 37 Places For Free Audio Books Online For Children 67 Places For Free Comic Books Online 46 Places For Free Computer and Internet eBooks Online 65 Places For Free Cooking, Food and Wine eBooks Online 29 Places For Free Health, Fitness and Medicine eBooks Online 44 Places For Free History eBooks Online 42 Places For Free Horror, Ghost and Gothic eBooks Online 28 Places For Free Math Books Online 52 Places For Free Mystery, Detective, Thriller Crime (Fiction) 57 Places For Free Religion and Spirituality Books Online 95 Places For Free Romance eBooks Online 102 Places For Free Science Fiction and Fantasy eBooks Online 25 Places For Free Teen and Young Adult Books Online 33 Places For Free Travel Books Online 30 Places For Free Westerns Books Online Great Authors - Free Books Online Tens of Thousands of Free Kindle eBooks Online http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/50-places-free-books-online.htm#genre_pages -- You are subscribed to email updates from Gizmo's Freeware: Top selections. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now: http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailunsubscribe?k=MF0aZUX-0RY8TxOA6U2js32Sd1w Email delivery powered by Google. Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610 -- With Regards Pradeep T.S Email: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com Mobile: 9845925188 Skype: pradeepsocialwork 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] Self Appraisal Report
Hi Nautial, Thanks for raising the important/crucial issue pertaining to our community. What you are informed may be true in some extent. It won’t apply to all visually impaired persons. Many of visually impaired persons are productive in bank due to computer other assistive technology. In my own case, last year I got 75 marks compare to our cited counterparts. Due to this, few of my colleagues got jealous on me because they got 40 to 50 marks. Now our department got new Chief Manager who is not much cooperative. I personally feel they should give some relaxation in marks for all Persons With Disabilities during promotion. On 5/18/12, B. R. Nautial brnaut...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Friends Have a nice day to all of you Today I would like to divert your kind attention towards the Self Appraisal report to be submitted by each of the officer in all cadre to get further promotion in Indian banking system A few days ago, Government of India has released the new guidelines to give promotions in all cadre of officers. According the new guidelines, each of the officer has to earn average 60% marks in last 3 years for appearing the further promotion test I think that this is a very crucial situation for the disabled, specially for the visually impaired employee. This is equally true that he even will not get minimum qualifying marks in Self Appraisal report because most of them are not able to work properly in the banks due to several reasons. With Warm Regards B. R. Nautial Mobile: +919915073368 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 -- With Regards Pradeep T.S Email: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com Mobile: 9845925188 Skype: pradeepsocialwork 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] Differently abled CA aspirants oppose new scribe guidelines
Court relief for disabled aspiring chartered accountants http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/court-reli Thaindian News New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday directed the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) to relax the guidelines for disabled students appearing in exams conducted by it. The division bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice R.S. Endlaw told the institute conducting the exam to allow a relative of every disabled student to act as a writer for him or her. It also made clear that the writers for disabled students should not be related with the subjects like company secretary, commerce or corporate law. They should also not have any association with cost and works accountants courses. The court’s order came on a petition seeking quashing the fresh guidelines of the ICAI for the students with disabilities appearing for the chartered accountant’s examination that commenced Wednesday. According to recent guidelines issued by the institute, the writers - who could write exams for disabled students - should be less than 20 years, no relative could act as a writer and there could only be one writer throughout the exams spread over 15 days. The judges directed the institute to allow the disabled students appearing for exam to change the writer throughout the examination. They asked the examination committee of ICAI to consider the issue and make necessary amendments in the guidelines for the examinations in future, while making it clear that Wednesday’s order was only for the on-going tests. Petitioner Pankaj Sinha told the court that it was impossible to meet the guidelines as it was difficult to find writers below 20 years. He said most people under 20 years were busy in their own exams. On the guideline that there can be only one writer throughout the exams that spread over 15 days, he submitted that it may not be possible for some writers to be available for the candidates due to sickness or personal urgency. Another petitioner Subhash Chandra Vashishth said: “It is difficult to fulfil the condition and to find writers below the age of 20 and the examinees with disabilities are most likely to fall in the trap of missing their examination despite their good preparation.” On 5/2/12, Eyeway Helpdesk helpd...@eyeway.org wrote: Hi all, Just learnt from Subhash Vashishth that today he has got favourable order in this matter from the Chief Justice of Delhi high court. The exams for many students are starting tomorrow. Subhash is waiting to receive the copy of the order, and will circulate as he gets it. In the meantime he asked to share the following points: The court ordered the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India to withdraw the 3 conditions - namely the writer cannot be above age 20, the writer not to be a relative, and same writer to write all the papers. The court has also ordered them to put up the changed rules on their website by tonight, and to get it published in all national dailies circulated tomorrow morning. Do forward this news as wide as possible to reach all students and other interested people. Kudos to Subhash, and to those students who took the matter to him! thanks, Pranay Gadodia | Programme Manager Project Eyeway - A knowledge resource for living a fuller life with vision loss C/o Score Foundation, 17/107, Basement, Vikram Vihar, Lajpatnagar 4, New Delhi 110024, INDIA. Helpdesk:+91 - 11 - 460 70 380 (Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm) Office Phone: +91 - 11 - 26472582/81 Email: helpd...@eyeway.org Website: www.eyeway.org - Original Message - From: Eyeway Helpdesk To: vip-comme...@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 6:25 PM Subject: [VIP-Comm:800] Fw: [AI] Differently abled CA aspirants oppose new scribe guidelines - Original Message - From: SC Vashishth subhashvashis...@gmail.com To: Adv Subhash Chandra Vashishth subhashcvashis...@gmail.com; AI List accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 10:51 AM Subject: [AI] Differently abled CA aspirants oppose new scribe guidelines *Differently abled CA aspirants oppose new guidelines Ananya Panda Tribune News Service* New Delhi, April 29 Differently abled Chartered Accountancy aspirants, who will take the May 3 exam to be conducted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), were taken aback by seeing the three-page document titled “Guidelines and procedure to be followed regarding granting of writer/ extra time to the differently abled candidates” received just days before the exams along with the admit cards. It was a set of revised guidelines on scribes for candidates with disabilities, none of which are mentioned in the exhaustive section detailing about the instructions to examinees on the website of the ICAI, a statutory government body. The said document, effective from May 2012 exams, was the result of ICAI’s executive committee
Re: [AI] any solution for submitting UGC Net application form
Hi, after tirelessly trying for 3 days, somehow I am able to fill the form for my sister. In order to avoid traffic, I advice you to fill the form in the early morning. Kindly use Mozilla Firefox. UGC website is not running smoothly. I have never seen such worst website in my life. On 5/1/12, avinash shahi shahi88avin...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Shona I wonder, how UGC official claimed in The Hindu today That site is working smoothly. I am also one of the aggrieved applicant☺ I don't know, when I will overcome the bad habit of filling forms at the last minute. But one ray of hope I can share with yu. Last date of online submission has been extended till forth May. Hope we all will sail through that particular link. Good luck. On 5/1/12, Shona Man shonam...@gmail.com wrote: Friends since last three or four days UGC website for filling up the Net form is not responding even in wee hours. Any solution how to fill the form, since the last date is about to reach on second of May. -- LL.M candidate at Faculty of Law in University of Delhi 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 -- The best things and most beautiful things in the world Cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt within the heart. — Helen Keller Avinash Shahi M.A. Political Science CPS JNU New Delhi India 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 -- With Regards Pradeep T.S Email: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com Mobile: 9845925188 Skype: pradeepsocialwork 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] IBPS 2nd CWE for Probationary Officer and Management Trainees March-2012
Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) IBPS House, Post Box No.8587, Kandivali (East), Mumbai - 400101 IBPS, an autonomous body, has been authorised by the IBA and has received mandates from 19 Public Sector Banks to conduct the recruitment of Probationary Officers/ Management Trainees posts twice in a year for their requirements. 2nd Common Written Examination (CWE) will be conducted by the IBPS as a per-requisites for selection of personnel for Probationary Officers (PO)/ Management Trainees posts in the following 19 Public Sector Bank. Allahabad Banks / Andhra Bank/ Bank of Baroda/ Bank of India/ Bank of Maharashtra/ Canara Bank/ Central Bank of India/ Corporation Bank/ Dena Bank/ Indian Bank/ Indian Overseas Bank/ Oriental Bank of Commerce/ Punjab National Bank/ Punjab Sind Bank/ Syndicate Bank/ Union Bank of India/ United Bank of India/ UCO Bank/ Vijaya Bank Those will be successful in the Common Written Exam (CWE) will be given a scorecard (Like CAT exam of IIM) and may apply to any of the participating bank when they come up with their job vacancy and then these successful candidates have quote their personal details and their CWE scores. Each of the bank will issue individual recruitment notifications, details of vacancies, eligibility criteria etc. separately. Probationary Officer/ Management Trainee posts : Age : 20-30 years, age relaxation as per rules for SC/ST/OBC/ PWDs/ Ex.-SM Qualification : Graduate in any discipline. How to Apply for CWE : Candidates need to apply Online at IBS website from 09/03/2012 to 30/03/2012 only. Important Dates : Payment of Online Application Fees : 09/03/2012 to 30/03/2012 Payment of Offline Application Fees : 12/03/2012 to 07/04/2012 Start date of Online submission of Application : 09/03/2012 Last date for online submission of Application : 30/03/2012 Date of CWE Exam : 17/06/2012 Please visit http://www.ibps.in for all the details available and to submit the application online from 09/03/2012 onwards. -- With Regards Pradeep T.S Email: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com Mobile: 9845925188 Skype: pradeepsocialwork 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] MSW study material needed
Hi, I have done my MSW in Bangalore University 2007. I have some class notes in MP3 format which was recorded by volunteers. Write to me privately so that I can send you DVD. You can also contact MitraJyothi Bangalore for audio books related to social work. With regards Pradeep On 1/10/12, Shadab Husain shadab...@gmail.com wrote: Hi folks Can anyone please suggest some sources where MSW material is available? Thanks Shadab -- Develop your personality and English at http://PersonalityAndEnglish.blogspot.com/ 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 -- With Regards Pradeep T.S Email: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com Mobile: 9845925188 Skype: pradeepsocialwork 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] Centre for disability studies inaugurated in Assam
-- Forwarded message -- From: Nilesh Singit's Blog: Disability News Wolrdwide donotre...@wordpress.com Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 18:38:01 + Subject: [New post] Centre for disability studies inaugurated in Assam To: pradeepsocialw...@gmail.com Post : Centre for disability studies inaugurated in Assam URL: http://nsingit.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/centre-for-disability-studies-inaugurated-in-assam/ Posted : January 6, 2012 at 00:07 Author : Nilesh Singit Tags : UNCRPD Categories : Disability, Disability Studies, Education GUWAHATI: The Gauhati University, in collaboration with NTPC Limited, started an information communication training centre (ITC) at the department of disability study on Wednesday. The aim behind this training centre is to encourage students with disability to pursue higher education in the field of science and technology. Power minister Pradyut Bordoloi, who inaugurated the centre, said, It is really a memorable day as such a training centre would definitely help differently abled students to pursue higher education in science and technology. The centre would have computers with several assisted devices and software to enable visually challenged students to use computers. At present, a course on computer literacy and a foundation course in science and technology have been introduced and about 20 students have enrolled for the course. OK Medhi, vice chancellor of GU, said, There is no scope for higher education for the people with disabilities and their education is confined till school level only. So, we wanted to provide them scope to pursue science and technology. Right now, we have introduced two courses. But in the coming years, we plan to diversify our courses and a PhD in science for disabled students is also on the anvil. As of now, we are taking one step at a time. Kishore Mohan Bhattacharyya, the head of the department of disability studies, said, The NTPC has indeed done a great job and we hope that the students would be able to have proper exposure to science and technology. Chitrani Medhi, course co-ordinator of NTPC foundation, said, One of the most challenging work for the disabled is to learn how to use computers, science and technology. So, this centre would help them in learning new technology. Times of India Add a comment to this post: http://nsingit.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/centre-for-disability-studies-inaugurated-in-assam/#respond -- WordPress.com | Thanks for flying with WordPress! Manage Subscriptions http://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=b5458b54eb34ff0ad5a8327369a2469cemail=pradeepsocialwork%40gmail.com Unsubscribe: http://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=b5458b54eb34ff0ad5a8327369a2469cemail=pradeepsocialwork%40gmail.comb=LdV.%2F3%2C%2F9d8WeGCGOgXTP_-JaHLX%2C17oMpbyFyFTY4br%3FEN2 -- With Regards Pradeep T.S Email: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com Mobile: 9845925188 Skype: pradeepsocialwork 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] Fwd: [New post] Sound Sense
-- Forwarded message -- From: Nilesh Singit's Blog: Disability News Wolrdwide donotre...@wordpress.com Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 11:05:53 + Subject: [New post] Sound Sense To: pradeepsocialw...@gmail.com Post : Sound Sense URL: http://nsingit.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/sound-sense/ Posted : January 4, 2012 at 16:35 Author : Nilesh Singit Tags : Blind, UNCRPD Categories : Accessibility, Advocacy, Disability, Disability Studies, Technology It was not easy for 25-year-old Garima Goyal to get three post-graduate degrees. But the coursework, deadlines and submissions were not the deterrent. The biggest challenge she faced was the lack of easy access to the prescribed texts in a format she could study after she started to lose her sight at 15. “Most of my books were not available in audio formats due to copyright issues,” she reveals. “Moreover, college notes are often hand-written or photo-copied. So often, I had to get someone to type them out in a legible format,” she adds. The investment in her education was immense. Books, notes and prescribed texts had to be scanned before putting them through a software that would convert them into audio. While many visually-impaired students like Goyal have struggled over the years to keep pace with their sighted classmates, the launch of an online library dedicated to higher education might make things easier. On January 4, the birthday of Louis Braille, who invented the six-dot language for the blind, the National Institute for the Visually Handicapped (NIVH) will launch the Online Braille Library at the Ali Yawar Jung Institute for the Hearing Handicapped in Bandra. With over 12,000 titles in 14 different languages, it is dedicated to help visually-impaired post-graduate students with prescribed texts from numerous colleges across India without any charge. By offering reading formats in Braille as well as audio, the library will cater to students in subjects ranging from mathematics and IT to history and literature. “We launched the initiative on this very day in 2009,” smiles Anuradha Mohit, director of NIVH. “It took close to 18 months to convert all the texts into a Unicode font, which can be read in Braille as well as audio.” The Online Braille Library will thus be a resource that allows students to read in Braille using an add-on computer equipment called Refreshable Braille Display, and in audio using voice software such as JAWS. Mohit, who is visually-challenged herself, explains the focus on texts for post-graduate studies. “A book in any language becomes twice as large when it is translated into Braille. The logistical complications and the time involved often discourages them from pursuing degrees in higher education,” she reveals. “Storing them becomes a problem for individuals and university libraries,” she adds. NIVH will begin the programme by training the staff and visually-impaired students from over 100 universities and libraries to use the portal. The users can enroll through the local libraries that are affiliated with NIVH. The online texts for the educated blind isn’t the library’s only unique selling point. Their section titled ‘Common Catalogue’ will have access to all the books — reference, study, fiction and children’s books — available with Braille publishers and libraries across the country. “This will make it easier for both students and parents to locate the required book and approach the right publisher for a copy,” says Mohit. “We want to make sure that every visually-impaired person in India has the opportunity to access Braille literature,” she adds. According to Sushmeetha B Bubna, the founder-director of Voice Vision, an organisation that trains visually-impaired people to work on computers, this initiative will help people in cities as well as rural areas. “People in cities may have their smartphones and laptop software to read, but Braille is very important to people in rural areas. This initiative will help not just the visually-impaired, but also the hearing-impaired,” she says. Add a comment to this post: http://nsingit.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/sound-sense/#respond -- WordPress.com | Thanks for flying with WordPress! Manage Subscriptions http://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=b5458b54eb34ff0ad5a8327369a2469cemail=pradeepsocialwork%40gmail.com Unsubscribe: http://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=b5458b54eb34ff0ad5a8327369a2469cemail=pradeepsocialwork%40gmail.comb=Yfdqkdgar%25v%2BsujhvRJS7gCuGqiEtHHzY0NduNiU%5DPaqo%25K -- With Regards Pradeep T.S Email: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com Mobile: 9845925188 Skype: pradeepsocialwork 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
[AI] Regarding celebration of 203rd Birth Anniversary of Louie Braille in Bangalore
Dear Friends, Under the guidance of Gautam Prakash Agarwal (General Secretary of NFB Karnataka), Yesterday, Executive Committee of the National Federation of the Blind Karnataka celebrated 203rd Birth Anniversary of Louie Braille at Senate Hall (Central College Campus), Bangalore. Prof. N.Prabhudev Hon’ble Vice Chancellor Bangalore University presided this function spoke about the contribution of Louie Braille to the visually challenged persons, development of E-Speak in Kannada language, opening of separate Braille library for visually challenged persons in University campus and computer lab. Other programmes include Presentation of annual report of the federation, Presentation of Special News bulletin in Braille, Presentation of NFB Excellency awards to outstanding Individuals and Institutions, Felicitation of meritorious students, Distribution of scholarships to Degree students, Address by the Guests and Vote of Thanks followed by Lunch. Grate celebrities like Ritvik Rajan, Roshan Rajan and Shivakumar entertain the gatherings by singing songs and doing mimicry. For more details, you can contact Gautam Prakash Agarwal-9980444655 With Regards Pradeep -- With Regards Pradeep T.S Email: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com Mobile: 9845925188 Skype: pradeepsocialwork 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] Fwd: सरकारी नौकरी - Government Jobs India - Sarkari Naukri
Dear friends, kindly go through following Vacancies Bank of India Specialist and General Banking Officers, IBPS CWE for Specialist Officers, Corporation Bank PO Syndicate Bank PO -- Forwarded message -- From: सरकारी नौकरी - Government Jobs India - Sarkari Naukri sarkari-nau...@india.com Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:12:51 + Subject: सरकारी नौकरी - Government Jobs India - Sarkari Naukri To: pradeepsocialw...@gmail.com सरकारी नौकरी - Government Jobs India - Sarkari Naukri /// Assistant Grade-3 vacancy in MP Courts and MP High Court Dec-2011 Posted: 27 Dec 2011 09:02 AM PST http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sarkari-naukri/~3/M5PesFHgYFo/assistant-grade-3-vacancy-in-mp-courts.html?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=email Published for sarkari-naukri.blogspot.com High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur Published at sarkari-naukri.blogspot.com On line application are invited for the recruitment of following 482 posts of Assistant Grade-3 : Assistant Gr.3 : 70 posts in MP High Court, Pay Scale : Rs.5200-20200 grade pay Rs.1900/- Assistant Gr.3 : 106 posts in MP State Law Service Authority, Pay Scale : Rs.5200-20200 grade pay Rs.1900/- Assistant Gr.3 : 290 posts in MP District Courts, Pay Scale : Rs.5200-20200 grade pay Rs.1900/- Assistant Gr.3 (English Knowing) : 16 posts in MP District Courts, Pay Scale : Rs.5200-20200 grade pay Rs.1900/- plus Spl. Pay Rs.125/- Age : 18-35 years. Relaxation in age as per rules. How to Apply : Apply Online at http://www.mponline.gov.in or http://www.mphighcourt.nic.in on or before 23/01/2012. Please view http://www.mpinfo.org/mpinfonew/rojgar/2011/2612/MP-Highcourt-vac.pdf for details. Published by Manisha for sarkari-naukri.blogspot.com (Click on the Labels below for more similar Jobs) Compiled by Manisha for her blog http://sarkari-naukri.blogspot.com/ for providing Government Jobs available in India. . Other Blogs are http://www.hindi-blog.com and Friendly blog is http://bankjob.blogspot.com /// Punjab Food Civil Supplies Consumer Affairs Deptt Stenographer and Typist Jobs Dec-2011 Posted: 27 Dec 2011 07:20 AM PST http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sarkari-naukri/~3/nTBS7fRbNd8/punjab-food-civil-supplies-consumer.html?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=email Published by Manisha for sarkari-naukri.blogspot.com Department of Food, Civil Supplies Consumer Affairs, Punjab Government of Punjab Chandigarh Recruitment of Junior Scale Stenographer and Steno-Typist Applications are invited for the following posts in Food Civil Supplies Consumer Affairs Department in Punjab Government : Junior Scale Stenographer : 09 posts, Pay Scale : Rs. 5910-20200 Grade Pay 2800 Steno Typist : 11 posts, Pay Scale : Rs. 5910-20200 Grade Pay 2000 Age : 18 to 37 years as on 01.01.2011. Relaxation in age as per Punjab govt. rules. Application Fee : Rs.700/- (Rs.350/- for SC, No fee from Ex-SM) by DD/ Pay Order/ Bankers Cheque/ Postal Order in favour of Director Food and Supplies payable at Chandigarh. Candidate should write their name and addresses on the back side. How to Apply : Application on prescribed format should reach Office of Director Food and Civil Supplies, Punjab, Jeevandeep Building (LIC), Sector-17-B, Chandigarh on or before 06/01/2012. For details and application format, please view http://foodsuppb.nic.in/Recruitment%20of%20stenotypist%20and%20J.S.%20Stenographers.pdf Published at sarkari-naukri.blogspot.com (Click on the Labels below for more similar Jobs) Compiled by Manisha for her blog http://sarkari-naukri.blogspot.com/ for providing Government Jobs available in India. . Other Blogs are http://www.hindi-blog.com and Friendly blog is http://bankjob.blogspot.com /// Bank of India Specialist and General Banking Officers jobs Dec-2011 Posted: 27 Dec 2011 06:46 AM PST http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sarkari-naukri/~3/6sRIVfLCMHU/bank-of-india-specialist-and-general.html?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=email Published by Manisha for sarkari-naukri.blogspot.com Bank of India (BOI) (A Public Sector Undertaking) Star House, Plot C-5, “G” Block, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai Bank of India (BoI) , India's International Bank,invites applications for recruitment of 193 Specialist 110 General Banking Officers in various Scales : Deputy General Manager - Economist : 01 post (Scale-IV) Assistant General Manager - Marketing : 01 post (Scale-V) Assistant General Manager - Cash Management : 01 post (Scale-V) Finance Executive : 03 posts (Scale-III) Statistician : 01 post (Scale-II) Chartered Accountants : 167 posts (Scale-II) System Auditor : 05 posts (Scale-II) Finance Executive : 13 posts (Scale-II) Security Advisor : 01 post General Banking Officers : 86 posts (Scale-IV) General Banking Officers : 24 posts (Scale-V) Pay Scales : MMG Scale II :
Re: [AI] Blind man held for raping blind friend’s blind wife
Dear Friends, As soon as I posted this news, few visually impaired women’s personally called and told me that you have raised very important social problems of women with disabilities. I don’t know why some of our own people not understand the problem of Women with Disabilities. For those who consider my email not appropriate to this mailing list, I would like to bring to their notice that 1. You should cultivate the habit of thinking positive aspects rather then giving more importance to negative aspects. 2. This particular news is 100% related to Women with Disabilities. More over I posted our own community rape case. 3. I want people to aware what is going on in our own society and should take appropriate steps to prevent these kinds of problems in the near future. 4. Though personally I got hurt because some of our friends negative comments, I will continue to address/post these kinds of social issues in our mailing list in future. Hope I gave enough explanation for your doubts With Regards Pradeep On 11/7/11, B. R. Nautial brnaut...@gmail.com wrote: yeh! you are right but this is equally true, this is really unfortunate. With Regards B. R. Nautial Mobile: +91-9915073368 - Original Message - From: Praful Vyas prafulnv...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 7:01 AM Subject: Re: [AI]Blind man held for raping blind friend’s blind wife I also believe that this type of news should not be allowed in this group. Praful Vyas - Original Message - From: Vikas Kapoor dl.vi...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2011 7:46 PM Subject: Re: [AI]Blind man held for raping blind friend’s blind wife The rape cases have neither to do with any technology nor accessibility, I think these types of news postings should not be brought on the list as these types of acts are not confined to any people with any disability rather a common phenomena. My personal views only and do not represent the list guidelines. Vikas Kapoor, MSN Id: dl_vi...@hotmail.com, YahooSkype Id: dl_vikas, Mobile: (+91) 9891098137. - Original Message - From: Ravindra Jadhav ravikj...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2011 6:45 PM Subject: Re: [AI]Blind man held for raping blind friend’s blind wife Very sad, First time I read this type of news. On 11/6/11, pradeep banakar pradeepsocialw...@gmail.com wrote: http://timesofindia.in... MUMBAI: The Kolsewadi police in Kalyan (E) on Friday arrested a 39-year-old blind man for allegedly raping his friend's 24-year-old wife, who is also blind, at his friend's residence in Manpada, Dombivli, on October 27. The police also arrested accused Ashok Yadav's friend Mahesh Yadav (22), also blind, for aiding him. Investigators said the victim, a resident of Ambernath, and the accused, from Kalyan (E), sell fruits, vegetables and stationery items on local trains and they got friendly due to their common profession. The matter came to light on Friday, when the victim's husband (also blind) got suspicious after his wife stopped talking to Ashok. On repeated questioning, the victim broke down and revealed that Ashok, on the pretext of repairing a mobile phone, took her to his friend's flat in Manpada and repeatedly raped her. In the police complaint, the victim's husband, said, Before leaving for Pune for personal work, I decided to leave my wife at my friend Ashok's Kalyan residence. While leaving her, I bought her a mobile phone and got a prepaid SIM card. However, she was unable to operate it. When she asked Ashok to help her in activating it, he claimed that the phone had to be repaired and took her to Dombivli, where he raped her. Kolsewadi police assistant inspector I V Vishwakarma said they had booked Ashok for rape and his accomplice for aiding him in the crime. The victim maintained silence for almost a week. The accused were arrested from their residences. -- With Regards Pradeep T.S Email: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com Mobile: 9845925188 Skype: pradeepsocialwork Register for AccessIndia convention 2011(November 12-13) at: http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm 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 Register for AccessIndia convention 2011(November 12-13) at: http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm 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
[AI] Blind man held for raping blind friend’s blind wife
http://timesofindia.in... MUMBAI: The Kolsewadi police in Kalyan (E) on Friday arrested a 39-year-old blind man for allegedly raping his friend's 24-year-old wife, who is also blind, at his friend's residence in Manpada, Dombivli, on October 27. The police also arrested accused Ashok Yadav's friend Mahesh Yadav (22), also blind, for aiding him. Investigators said the victim, a resident of Ambernath, and the accused, from Kalyan (E), sell fruits, vegetables and stationery items on local trains and they got friendly due to their common profession. The matter came to light on Friday, when the victim's husband (also blind) got suspicious after his wife stopped talking to Ashok. On repeated questioning, the victim broke down and revealed that Ashok, on the pretext of repairing a mobile phone, took her to his friend's flat in Manpada and repeatedly raped her. In the police complaint, the victim's husband, said, Before leaving for Pune for personal work, I decided to leave my wife at my friend Ashok's Kalyan residence. While leaving her, I bought her a mobile phone and got a prepaid SIM card. However, she was unable to operate it. When she asked Ashok to help her in activating it, he claimed that the phone had to be repaired and took her to Dombivli, where he raped her. Kolsewadi police assistant inspector I V Vishwakarma said they had booked Ashok for rape and his accomplice for aiding him in the crime. The victim maintained silence for almost a week. The accused were arrested from their residences. -- With Regards Pradeep T.S Email: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com Mobile: 9845925188 Skype: pradeepsocialwork Register for AccessIndia convention 2011(November 12-13) at: http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm 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] 10 must-have programmes (all free) for your PC
http://timesofindia.indiatim... --Javed Anwer, TNN When you buy a computer, it only comes preinstalled with operating software. Before you can use or make the most of it, you will have to install several programmes or utilities. There are tons of programmes - paid as well as free - available for computers running Windows operating software. Here are 10 that we think you should install right away, if you haven't done so far. Chrome Internet Explorer (IE), which is bundled with Windows 7, is a huge improvement over the IE of past. But it still falls short of high standard set by competition. Chrome, a Web browser developed by Google, is arguably the fastest, cleanest and usable Web browser available right now. With support for plug-ins, Chrome offers immense functionality. Web browsing is an important part of computer experience and our suggestion is that you install Chrome as soon as possible. CCleaner This one is not really needed for a new computer. But once your shiny machine is one-month old, you will likely require something like CCleaner (short for crap cleaner). The reason is that over the time a computer accumulates junk. There are temporary files, missing registry links and useless system resources. If not removed, they tend to slow down a computer. Running CCleaner every month or two keeps your computer in pink of health. Avira All new computers, if not assembled, are likely to come with a paid anti-virus programme preinstalled. But in most cases this anti-virus programme is just the trial version. Once it expires after a month or so, people rarely upgrade it. And an anti-virus programme that doesn't get updated is good for nothing. The solution in these cases is to get a free anti-virus programme. Like Avira that is better than many commercial anti-virus programmes and yet doesn't cost a dime for personal use. It lacks some advance features but for home or personal use you don't need them anyways. Zone Alarm People don't realize but a firewall is quite important. Something like Zone Alarm Free Version won't stop skilled hackers - it they are after you - but it will definitely give you a great control on how your internet connection is used. A firewall can allow you to control how which programmes in your computer connect to the Web and how. Very handy tool to have at your disposal. KM Player Microsoft has hugely improved the native video player in Windows 7. Yet, as it is in the case of browsers, third-party programmes are even better. KM Player is one of the most versatile video players available for computers. The interface is good, there are myriad of options for power users and - you will love it - the support for various media formats is outstanding. You can pick any popular video format, and KM Player will handle it all fine. CPU-Z It's a programme that doesn't do anything. Instead it just displays some vital information. Geeks are using CPU-Z for years now. But we believe that mainstream users too can benefit from it. This programme finds out the hardware details of your computer and gives you exact make of your processor, its speed, amount of RAM and details of graphics card. The information can greatly help in diagnosing or pinpointing a problem or save the day for you when you decide to upgrade the RAM. In our view, every computer user should run CPU-Z at least once immediately after buying a computer so that he can see if he is getting what he paid for or not. Open Office Microsoft Office is considered an essential programme. But it's expensive and it's bloated. If you are not sold out on Microsoft brand, you should definitely give OpenOffice.Org- also called OOO - a try. It has Write, Cal, Impress, Draw and Base. Effectively, these programmes offer everything that a basic version of MS Office does. The best part of the deal - it's all free and all files created with OOO are compatible with MS Office. Foxit reader This is a programme that can be used in place of Adobe Reader - a proprietary and bloated piece of software - to read PDF files. Unlike Reader, Foxit is lighter on resources, is fast and offers nifty features like tabbed PDF reading. It's free and totally worth. Just take care to deselect several add-ons and other junk while installation. Picasa In the age of Facebook and phones that can shoot photos - in some cases exceedingly well - a new computer ought to have some sort of image editing and managing utility. Yes, you can have Photoshop or Lightroom. But that costs hell lot of money. And in any case, you don't need something like Photoshop unless you are a pro or photography enthusiasts. For everyday needs, Picasa works fine. Not only it allows basic editing but also enables you to store your photographs in Google cloud for easy access and sharing. Free Download Manager In India, where quality of internet connection is often poor, a dedicated download manager is a necessity. Your download might be 99% complete, but a little disruption, can ruin it all.
[AI] special programme on assistive technology
Dear friends, Kindly visit www.newsonair.com there is interesting programme regarding Assistive technology. you can listen under News Future on Science Technology. You can also download file from http://www.sendspace.com/file/jrn93t -- With Regards Pradeep T.S Email: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com Mobile: 9845925188 Skype: pradeepsocialwork Register for AccessIndia convention 2011(November 12-13) at: http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm 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] another chance for IBPS PO test
Hi, Thanks for providing information. For September PO exam, the examination center for Person with Disabilities is more then 20 KM away from Bangalore. Due to this, many of my Visually Impaired friends are not able to reach in time. I have no idea of other cities. In order to avoid these kinds of problems, concerned authority should made exam arrangements for Persons with Disabilities in the center place of Bangalore. I am requesting all friends to write letter/email to IBPS regarding this problem. With Regards Pradeep On 10/5/11, Chetan Sharma danzig2...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Friends, Still feeling for missing the common PO exam held in September? Then this could be good news – IBPS has decided to conduct a separate exam for those who were not allowed to appear for the examinations due to various reasons.So get ready to take up your 2nd chance. All set: Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) had advised all candidates eligible for the PO/ MT common written exam to report at the test centre on September 18, before 30 mins along with originals of Call letter, Fee receipt, Photo ID etc., Careless attitude: But on the D-day, some came late some turned up without the prescribed documents who were refused entry into exam hall by officials. block quote Newspapers also reported on this confusion that went on to say about a group of expelled candidates from Nagpur even lodging a police complaint demanded IBPS to conduct exam for them! block quote end Once more: Since this is the 1st common bank test, IBPS seems to have taken a lenient view by announcing a supplementary exam for candidates who were not allowed to take the test.To appear, they will have to register online again (fee payment not required) sit for the exams, to be held in select cities across India. block quote * Online application process from Oct 5 to Oct 12, 2011 * Written test on November 13, 2011 * The call letter for this supplementary test must be downloaded from IBPS website from Nov 1 would not be sent by post. block quote end Make sure you have the original fee payment receipt, roll no other previous details for filling the application submitting at the test centre. To read the exam notification apply online, visit the IBPS website here http://ibps.in/html/CWE_supplementary.htm With Regards, Chetan Sharma -- The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. Register for AccessIndia convention 2011(November 12-13) at: http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm 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 -- With Regards Pradeep T.S Email: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com Mobile: 9845925188 Skype: pradeepsocialwork Register for AccessIndia convention 2011(November 12-13) at: http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm 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] Screening of ‘Havai Dada’ cheers up disabled kids
http://www.thaindian.com/ne Mumbai, Sep 17 (IANS) A special screening of “Havai Dada”, a film starring Anupam Kher and Tanuja, here Saturday cheered up disabled children from non-profit organisation ADAPT, formerly called the Spastic Society of India. The film that has been produced by Karol Bagh Film and Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. and directed by Ajay Karthik, will witness its world premiere on UTV Movies Sep 25. “It was a wonderful experience to watch the film with the kids of ADAPT. Their reactions to the film were overwhelming and we had a truly enjoyable time together,” Anupam told reporters here. Set in a small village of India, “Havai Dada” revolves around the loving relationship between a man and his granddaughter. He has never travelled in an aeroplane and it’s his granddaughter who tries to fulfil his childhood dream. “‘Havai Dada’ is a movie that revolves around a little girl and her struggles to fulfil a dream and we wanted to share this experience with the kids of ADAPT. It’s a story that encourages the kids to emerge stronger from their struggles and is sure to motivate them,” said Sameer Ganapathy, business head, UTV Movies. -- With Regards Pradeep T.S Email: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com Mobile: 9845925188 Skype: pradeepsocialwork Register for AccessIndia convention 2011 at: http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm 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] Fw: [New post] Disability pension to soldiers only if injury sustained on duty
WordPress.com - Original Message - From: Nilesh Singit's Blog: Disability News Wolrdwide To: pradeepsocialw...@gmail.com Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 8:39 PM Subject: [New post] Disability pension to soldiers only if injury sustained on duty Disability pension to soldiers only if injury sustained on duty Nilesh Singit | July 17, 2011 at 20:39 | Tags: UNCRPD, War Vetrans | Categories: Disability | URL: http://wp.me/pyosb-hy J. Venkatesan For injury not attributable to the service, personnel only entitled to full normal pension A military personnel is entitled to ‘disability pension' only if the injury is sustained during the course of military duty and not for one sustained in an accident when he is on leave, away from the place of work, the Supreme Court has held. A Bench of Justices P. Sathasivam and A.K. Patnaik said if the injury was not attributable to the service and was not connected with the service, a personnel would only be entitled to “full normal pension” as per the regulations. In the instant case, the respondent Jujhar Singh joined the Army in 1978. On March 26, 1987, when he was on annual leave to his native place, he met with an accident and sustained severe injuries and was admitted in a hospital from March 26 to January 20, 1989. Initially, his disability was assessed at 20 per cent and later at 60 per cent and he retired on July 1, 1998 and was granted full normal pension. His plea for disability pension was awarded by a single judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court and confirmed by a Division Bench. The present appeal by the Union of India is directed against this judgment. It was argued by the Centre that the injuries sustained by the respondent were not attributable to the service and were not connected with it. The disability had neither occurred in the course of employment nor attributable to or aggravated by military service and hence, he was not entitled to disability pension. Allowing the appeal, the Supreme Court said: “It is not in dispute that the respondent was on annual leave when he met with a scooter accident as a pillion rider and sustained injuries at his native place. He was not on military duty at the time of the accident in terms of Para 12 (d) of Entitlement Rules, 1982. ‘ “In view of the same, the injuries sustained cannot be held to be attributable to the military service. The opinion of the Medical Board makes it clear that the injury, particularly, the fracture, is not attributable to service and it is not connected with service.” Writing the judgment, Justice Sathasivam said the disability of the respondent was not covered under Regulation 179 of the Pension Regulations for the Army (Part I) 1961. The Bench said: “The medical authorities have recorded a specific finding to the effect that the disability is neither attributable to nor was aggravated by the military service. This fact has not been appreciated either by the Single Judge or by the Division Bench of the High Court.” The Hindu Add a comment to this post WordPress.com | Thanks for flying with WordPress! Manage Subscriptions | Unsubscribe | Express yourself. Start a blog. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://subscribe.wordpress.com 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] C5 Recording problem
Dear sir, to record sound clips for an hour in C5, pl follow the below steps 1. open Voice Recorder 2. go to settings 3. select recording quality high 4. select memory in use memory card 5. usually these kind of recorded files are in the format of MP4A stored in memory card\sound files\digital folder. feel free to call me for any clarification With regards Pradeep - Original Message - From: Asudani, Rajesh rajeshasud...@rbi.org.in To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 10:13 AM Subject: [AI] C5 Recording problem Friends In my C5, when I tried to record voice clip, the recorder stops only after 4 seconds. I have used both the memories and there is ample space.. I know people using c5 to record sound clips for an hour at a stretch and it depends on memory. What could be the problem, Please? With thanks and regards (Rajesh Asudani) Assistant General Manager Reserve Bank of India Nagpur Cell: 9420397185 o: +91 712 2806846 R: 2591349 The path from dreams to success does exist. May you have the vision to find it, the courage to get on to it, and the perseverance to follow it. Wishing you great journey. -Kalpana Chawla (An excert from the e-mail Kalpana sent to the students of Punjab Engineering College from aboard Columbia.) The path from dreams to success does exist. May you have the vision to find it, the courage to get on to it, and the perseverance to follow it. Wishing you great journey. -Kalpana Chawla (An excert from the e mail sent from Columbia -mail Kalpana sent to the students of Punjab Engineering College from aboard Columbia.) Notice: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this email by error, please notify us by return e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The Reserve Bank of India accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. 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
[AI] Fw: [New post] ADA's 21st Anniversary: The Impact of Reasonable Accommodations
WordPress.com - Original Message - From: Nilesh Singit's Blog: Disability News Wolrdwide To: pradeepsocialw...@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:33 PM Subject: [New post] ADA's 21st Anniversary: The Impact of Reasonable Accommodations ADA's 21st Anniversary: The Impact of Reasonable Accommodations Nilesh Singit | July 12, 2011 at 22:32 | Tags: ADA, Reasonable Accomodation, UNCRPD | Categories: Disability, Disability Studies | URL: http://wp.me/pyosb-hr Reasonable Accommodations: Getting the Job Done Newswise — Employees with disabilities may do a job differently–they may use adapted computers, screen reading software, large print materials or raised desks that can accommodate a wheelchair–but they get the job done like any other employee in their position. They are not asking for special treatment or to be excused from performing the essential functions of their jobs. But they do ask that they be given the tools or supports they need to perform these tasks competently. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed almost unanimously by both the House and the Senate in July 1990. It provides civil rights protections to individuals with disability and prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability. Title I of the ADA requires that employers provide qualified employees with disabilities with reasonable accommodations–changes to the workplace or the way things are customarily done–that allow them to perform the essential functions of their jobs. Why is the Americans with Disabilities Act Needed? Cheri Hofmann, who has a significant hearing loss, had worked as a paralegal position for 13 years, collecting awards and superior performance reviews throughout her career. Until her job duties changed in her 14th year, she never needed any changes to her workplace or different equipment to perform her job well. When her job duties in changed, however, she asked for a few, modest changes to her workplace. “In my 14th year, my job had additional duties that required me to be able to assist clients while others were on break and to answer phones. I asked for a mirror to be placed where I could see the door opening when clients came in, a head set for the telephone with amplification, and to re-position my desk to also have a better view of the front door. They refused the mirror, saying it would be a distraction to the other paralegals; they said to reposition my desk would cause the entire area to have to be changed; and they said they ordered a head set, but it never came. Instead they gave me a phone with a volume control but it was not effective.” None of these changes cost more than $30, but without them, Cheri was unable to do her job and was eventually forced to leave. Under Title I of the ADA, however, employers with 15 or more employees are required to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants or employees with disabilities unless to do so would result in an undue burden. Reasonable accommodations are changes to the workplace, modifications in workplace policies or provision of assistive technology that allow a qualified employee with a disability to perform the essential functions of the job. What are Reasonable Accommodations? A reasonable accommodation is any change to the work environment or to the way that things are customarily done that enables an individual with a disability to enjoy equal employment opportunities. Rene Cummins, Executive Director of a Centre for Independent Living in North Carolina, has low vision. She uses a screen reader to read computer and a scanner to scan print materials into computer text where they can be read back to her. Christinne Rudd has cerebral palsy and walks with a cane. Her employer provided a printer in her office so that she doesn’t have to go to the main printer to retrieve letters and other documents. Her employer has also offered to provide a scooter, if necessary, when there are employee outings and reimburses her for cab fare for her local travel on company business. Until the past few years, Fran Bell, Executive Assistant at IBM, did not require reasonable accommodations for the effects of childhood polio. When she traded her crutches for a wheelchair, however, her employer gave her a cubicle at the end of a row near a window so that she would have more room for her wheelchair. Patricia Valadaris is an outreach worker for a social services agency. Patricia is blind and uses a screen reader, JAWS software that reads computer text, and the Open Book program that scans in printed material and reads it back so she can read read and save printed documents. She also asks that hand-outs for conferences and trainings be given to her on CDs. John Hobgood is a social worker who received a traumatic brain injury in a motor vehicle accident. As the result of his head injury, John has difficulty paying attention, so he uses a daytimer to
[AI] Fw: [New post] A long journey for blast survivor
WordPress.com - Original Message - From: Nilesh Singit's Blog: Disability News Wolrdwide To: pradeepsocialw...@gmail.com Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 12:32 PM Subject: [New post] A long journey for blast survivor A long journey for blast survivor Nilesh Singit | July 10, 2011 at 12:32 | Tags: UNCRPD | Categories: Disability, Health, Success Story | URL: http://wp.me/pyosb-hn When 25-year-old Chirag Chauhan looks back over the last five years that changed his life, many emotions come to his mind. “It seems like a long journey,” he told The Hindu on the phone. Mr Chauhan was among the survivors of the serial train blasts on July 11, 2006 which claimed over 180 lives. That day he had left for home early when a bomb exploded in the suburban local at Khar Road station. His spinal cord was damaged due to the explosion and some particles are still embedded in his chest and close to the trachea. Mr Chauhan, who dreamt of becoming a chartered accountant (CA), was doing his articleship then. He has made an amazing recovery. Wheelchair-bound now, he is a full-fledged CA working as a senior manager in the internal audit division of a private bank for one and a half years. He even drives the 20 minutes to his office in a specially designed car with a dual system which can be operated with his hands. He has little time for hobbies but could not resist driving to Lonavla, a hill station outside Mumbai, recently. “I wanted to see how far I could drive and it was a test for me,” he said. It was a fun trip with his friends. Immediately after the terror strike, Mr Chauhan, like many others, spent long months in hospital; but he maintains he was optimistic from the start. In an emailed statement to all those who have kept in touch with him and followed his case, he quotes Winston Churchill, “Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts.” Despite his debilitating injures, he pressed on with his course and completed it on July 12, 2008. “To continue where others thought “It is impossible” — that's one thing I dared to do,” he says. He lost his father when he was 18 and was faced with the prospect of looking after his sisters and mother, something he can proudly do now. Mr Chauhan considered himself an average student and it was only in the tenth standard final examination that he managed a first class. His determination to do his CA led him to do his articleship and things were going well. “July 11, 2006, was a day like any other day for the rest of the world. I went to work in the morning and caught an early train back home as my work was over. I never thought in my wildest dreams that it would be my last train journey,” he says. It was for the first time that he and his family heard of “spinal cord injury.” “I am now termed as a paraplegic in medical terms,” he adds. The biggest problem initially that he had to deal with was the loss of freedom and the inability to carry out personal chores. Next came the total dependence on other people. However, Mr Chauhan is grateful to his doctor Dr. Rajul Vasa who helped him become independent in doing routine tasks and made him practise using a wheelchair for three to four hours at a stretch. He had to undergo rigorous rehabilitation training and make extraordinary efforts. It soon struck him that being a paraplegic was irreversible. Many times he was plagued with the question, why me? “I had tons of questions but no answers.” “I have been very optimistic from the beginning after my injury,” he remarks. To deal with his situation, he learnt to “live in the present” and soon realised that paraplegics have a normal life span. However, even after passing his CA, getting a job was tough. “One company after another rejected me only because I was paraplegic. Most of the companies overlooked all my education qualifications and concentrated on my only defect,” he says.Despite all this, Mr Chauhan bears no rancour towards anyone and does not blame the government. However, he is disappointed that the facilities for disabled people are very poor in this country and there is a huge lack of awareness about their problems and needs. He acutely realised the problems faced by the disabled only after what happened to him. People and governments should work against terrorism, he feels. There seems to be no looking back for this cheerful youngster who has fought a terrible injury and has come back to take life head on. The Hindu Add a comment to this post WordPress.com | Thanks for flying with WordPress! Manage Subscriptions | Unsubscribe | Express yourself. Start a blog. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://subscribe.wordpress.com 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
[AI] Fw: [New post] Vizag boy puts IIT-B to the test
WordPress.com - Original Message - From: Nilesh Singit's Blog: Disability News Wolrdwide To: pradeepsocialw...@gmail.com Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 1:34 PM Subject: [New post] Vizag boy puts IIT-B to the test Vizag boy puts IIT-B to the test Nilesh Singit | July 10, 2011 at 13:34 | Tags: UNCRPD, Universal Design | Categories: Accessibility, Disability, Disability Studies, Discrimination, Education, Success Story | URL: http://wp.me/pyosb-ho Pratyush Nalam is finally where he always wanted to be: the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B). But unlike other students, who will get hostel rooms at the Powai campus, the 17-year-old first year computer science student will live with his family in one of the institute’s staff quarters for the first six months. Suffering from spinal muscular atrophy, a rare genetic disorder, Nalam moves around in a wheelchair and needs a full-time attendant. With a rank of 408 in the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE), Nalam is possibly one of the first physically-challenged candidates to feature so high up on the common merit list. Usually, physical disability (PD) quota students make it to the IITs after a 50% relaxation of the general cut-off. Nalam’s father, a coast guard commander, has been transferred from Vizag to Mumbai. But commuting within the city will be tough for Pratyush. “I was hoping he could have a hostel experience, but the hostel rooms do not have attached bathrooms,” said his mother, Srilakshmi. “I wish the IITs were more disabled-friendly.” “It is entirely up Pratyush if he wants to live in the hostel. His family can live here for six months after which, they will have to make other arrangements,” said Prakash Gopalan, dean of student affairs, IIT-B. Hindustan Times Add a comment to this post WordPress.com | Thanks for flying with WordPress! Manage Subscriptions | Unsubscribe | Express yourself. Start a blog. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://subscribe.wordpress.com 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] Court questions Delhi government on education of disabled
Thaindian News http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/court-questions-delh New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has questioned the Delhi government, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and a group of schools over a petition seeking facilities in private and aided schools for differently-abled students. A division bench of Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna July 6 issued notice and asked the government, the MCD and the schools why special education teachers were not recruited in the aided and unaided private schools. The bench asked all the respondents to file their response by Aug 24. The court was hearing a petition filed by rights group Social Jurist counsel Ashok Agarwal. There is a failure on the part of the Delhi government and the MCD to ensure that the unaided recognised private schools and aided recognised private schools have adequate physical and academic infrastructure for the education of children with disabilities, said the petition. The petitioner said that it gathered sample information from over 200 unaided and aided private recognised schools which indicated that almost all 2,297 unaided private recognised schools did not have physical and academic infrastructure for students with disabilities. There are over two lakh children with disabilities in Delhi. However, less than one percent of these children are in school. It is estimated, on the basis of the information collected, that hardly 1,000 students with disabilities are in these 2,297 unaided and aided private recognised schools, said Agarwal. --- IF we not part of the solution then we are part of the problem With Regards Pradeep T.S SyndicateBank Information Technology Cell Regional Office Bangalore Mobile: 9845925188 email: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com skype: pradeepsocialwork 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] School teachers for disabled: Court questions selection board
http://www.thaindian.com/ne New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Monday issued notices to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and the Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board (DSSSB) over an alleged delay in posting two special teachers for disabled students in each government school in the city. The directions for appointing special teachers were given to the Delhi government and the civic agencies in 2009. Justice Indermeet Kaur issued notice to the DSSSB and the UPSC seeking their response by Oct 10. The notices were issued after the court took note of the response of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) that a draft proposal for the recruitment of special teachers was sent to the UPSC but till date it had not approved it. The court also asked the state government and the civic agencies to submit their status reports within four weeks. The court’s order came on a rejoinder filed by NGO Social Jurist to the response of the Delhi government and the MCD. “The court’s directions have yet not been complied with by both the Delhi government and MCD,” said the NGO. The petitioner said that the court in 2009 directed the Delhi government, the MCD and the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) to ensure that each of their schools had at least two special teachers and teaching aids for students with disability. 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] FN Key
Hi, I am using Compaq Presario CQ60. Above said command is not working in my laptop. - Original Message - From: Vikas Kapoor dl.vi...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2011 6:32 PM Subject: Re: [AI] FN Key Hi, please don't generalise your statement this way, I'm also having a Compaq Presario model and functions of these keys are completely different from what you spelt out in your mail. Vikas Kapoor, MSN Id: dl_vi...@hotmail.com, YahooSkype Id: dl_vikas, Mobile: (+91) 9891098137. - Original Message - From: Mohith B. P. ckm.moh...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2011 6:08 PM Subject: Re: [AI] FN Key In compaq presario models fn+home mutes the audio fn+end unmute the audio fn+page up increases the volume fn+page down decreases the volume fn+f7 decreases the brightness fn+f8 increases the brightness Hope this will help you. On 7/3/11, samuel rodrigues kr.sam...@gmail.com wrote: Guess the function key is for the f1 to f12, and for getting keys which are not available. so by the press of the Function key you can get page up and page down, PC cursor jaws cursor, and a few more if I am right. Regards Samuel On 7/2/11, Raghavendra Janiwarada raghavendrajaniwar...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Access Indians, I am using Compac laptop and it has FN key. I don't know about FN key. Could you tell me how to use it? With Best Wishes Raghav 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 -- Strength is life, weakness is death Best Regards Mohith B. P. Personal ID: bpmohith@gmail.com 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 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] New Zealand launches online sign language dictionary
http://www.thaindian.com/ne Wellington, June 26 (IANS) Deaf people in New Zealand can now learn sign language on the internet. The country has just launched a multimedia sign language dictionary. The online database contains about 4,000 signs, accompanied by line drawings and video clips to show how to produce each sign, the New Zealand Herald reported. David McKee, director of the Deaf Studies Research Unit at Wellington’s Victoria University, said the online dictionary would be accessible to all New Zealanders. University deputy vice chancellor Penny Boumelha said: “As we have seen in the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquake, sign language has provided crucial assistance to New Zealand’s deaf community during press conferences.” “Access to information becomes a precious commodity in times of civil emergency, making this new website an invaluable resource,” she said. Graeme Kennedy founded the Deaf Studies Research Unit and edited the first sign language dictionary in 1997. -- With Regards Pradeep T.S Email: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com Mobile: 9845925188 Skype: pradeepsocialwork 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] A New Company for Audio Books in Indian Languages.
Hi, Thanks for sharing good news. Quality of the audio books are excellent. I spoke with concern person. They are ready to produce more audio books on demand. - Original Message - From: Amiyo Biswas amiyo.bis...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 12:10 PM Subject: [AI] A New Company for Audio Books in Indian Languages. Hello, I recently found an Indian company producing audio books. This Bangalore-based company has meanwhile brought out some Bangali, Kannada and English audio books. the prices range from Rs. 100 to 400. You can listen to samples online. You can also purchase online. I think, it's a good news and so I am sharing it with you, in spite of its commercial status. Check the site for yourself at www.bookstalk.in Recently a Bengali audio book has been produced in Kolkata. It's a great performance. But the company has not produced any thing in last six months. Best regards, Amiyo Biswas Cell: 91-9433464329 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] A New Company for Audio Books in Indian Languages.
Dear Madam, Company Name: Bookstalk Audiobooks Pvt. Ltd. Address: H302 Shriram Spurthi, #132 AECS Layout Kundalahalli, Bangalore 560034 Telephone No.: 98453-08838 E-Mail ID: i...@bookstalk.in With Regards Pradeep On 6/25/11, Madhu Singhal madhu.singha...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Pradeep, Can you share the phone no of this company. - Original Message - From: Pradeep banakar pradeepsocialw...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2011 12:49 PM Subject: Re: [AI] A New Company for Audio Books in Indian Languages. Hi, Thanks for sharing good news. Quality of the audio books are excellent. I spoke with concern person. They are ready to produce more audio books on demand. - Original Message - From: Amiyo Biswas amiyo.bis...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 12:10 PM Subject: [AI] A New Company for Audio Books in Indian Languages. Hello, I recently found an Indian company producing audio books. This Bangalore-based company has meanwhile brought out some Bangali, Kannada and English audio books. the prices range from Rs. 100 to 400. You can listen to samples online. You can also purchase online. I think, it's a good news and so I am sharing it with you, in spite of its commercial status. Check the site for yourself at www.bookstalk.in Recently a Bengali audio book has been produced in Kolkata. It's a great performance. But the company has not produced any thing in last six months. Best regards, Amiyo Biswas Cell: 91-9433464329 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 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
[AI] IBM technology to assist blind students
The Hindu http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Bangalore/article2121072.ece Bangalore, June 21, 2011 Staff Reporter the feedback incorporated. File Photo: K. Gopinathan It will help them locate volunteers for study, write their exams As a part of their centenary celebrations, IBM joined hands with Retina India, an organisation for persons with retinal impairment, to create a technology portal to help visually challenged students. This portal will help blind students find suitable volunteers to write their exams and to read books and other study material for them. Mamta Sharma, IBM's head of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) for South Asia, launched a prototype of the portal last week in the city. Amit Sharma, Chief Operating Officer, IBM India, announced a grant from IBM to Retina India. We are positive that a database will connect visually challenged persons across the country with their potential reader or scribe. It will be a huge help to the students who lose much time trying to find volunteers. This project is an example of how our technology support can create the change at grassroots level, he said. Big help Arvind Bhartiya, Trustee of Retina India, said lack of scribes are an obstacle to visually challenged students preparing for exams. --- IF we not part of the solution then we are part of the problem With Regards Pradeep T.S SyndicateBank Information Technology Cell Regional Office Bangalore Mobile: 9845925188 email: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com skype: pradeepsocialwork 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] Court rejects disabled man's plea for hawking licence
Thaindian News http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/court-rejects-disable New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) A Delhi Court has rejected the plea of a disabled man seeking direction to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) for issuing him a pavement hawking licence. Dismissing Surender Pal's application, Additional Senior Civil Judge Raj Kumar Tripathi said: The grant of such licence (tehbazari certificate) is the policy matter of the civic agency. Pal, whose upper left limb is permanently impaired, approached the court in 2004 seeking relief so that he could continue running his road-side tea stall in South Extension Part-II. Injunction is an equitable relief. It cannot be granted to the person who does not come to court with clean hands. An encroacher of public land is not entitled to the relief of injunction from a court of law, the court said in its order earlier this month. Pal submitted before the court that he may be given a licence for pavement hawking as he was handicapped and belonged to the Scheduled Castes category. The civic agency had earlier refused to give him the licence, he said. --- IF we not part of the solution then we are part of the problem With Regards Pradeep T.S SyndicateBank Information Technology Cell Regional Office Bangalore Mobile: 9845925188 email: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com skype: pradeepsocialwork 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] Aid for people with speech disabilities
The Hindu : Sci-Tech : http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/article2118590.ece AUSTIN (TEXAS), June 20, 2011 Aid for people with speech disabilities Paromita Pain Share · print · T+ The Verbally application enables text to be spoken through iPad Launched on May 18, 2011, Verbally, an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) aid for people with speech disabilities, might just be the iPad solution that will change the way speech-disabled people communicate. Added to the iTunes app store in March, this application is free, can be used globally and does not require Internet connectivity. Losing their mother to Lou Gehrig's disease in February this year taught Anil and Gautam Godhwani some important lessons. Along with cousin Ajay Godhwani, they had been searching for various solutions to help Nirmala Godhwani, a singer, communicate after she lost her voice to Lou Gherig's disease. In their search, the trio discovered that the existing solutions cost a bomb and required a waiting period of at least one month because the product had to be ordered. Nirmala could not afford to wait. In addition, when they arrived, these products were frustrating to learn, heavy, and unreliable. Then, they began investigating their own solutions, and Verbally was the result. Verbally enables text to be spoken through iPad, so those suffering from speech disabilities can express themselves verbally and easily be part of conversations with friends and loved ones, explains Ajay Godhwani, founder of Intuary, the company that launched Verbally. Verbally is a text-to-speech application that works best for literate children and adults. Users simply download Verbally from the iTunes app store. Then use a finger or stylus to tap a sentence into the textbox and tap speak. It's that easy, says Ajay. The goal was that the user should be able to keep up with a real-time conversation. The challenge was in designing the solution to meet the motor challenges that often accompany speech disorders. The early prototypes were fairly weak; after extensive research on computational linguistics and best practices for the design of complex mobile apps, an application was ready by the mid-2010 that would benefit those with speech and motor skills impairments. They built in speed, ease of use and convenience in ordering/downloading, and kept it free. Now it is available in English, and languages are next, says Ajay. Also, primary user feedback has been to improve the voices in the app, he says. There is currently one female and one male voice. In the next versions, we will offer more voices to choose from, and the ability to customise. For more information, visit www.verballyapp.com --- IF we not part of the solution then we are part of the problem With Regards Pradeep T.S SyndicateBank Information Technology Cell Regional Office Bangalore Mobile: 9845925188 email: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com skype: pradeepsocialwork 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] Issue disability certificates within week: Walia
Thaindian News http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/issue-disability-certif New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) Delhi Health Minister A.K. Walia Thursday instructed the 13 government hospitals to issue pending disability certificates to the people concerned with seven days. The minister also asked officials to include eight more hospitals in the list of those which can issue these certificates for the convenience of the disabled. The hospitals must take every possible step to ensure the applicants get the certificates within the stipulated time of seven days, Walia told officials at a meeting, according to a statement. The minister also asked officials to conduct special camps for this purpose and carry out a proper publicity campaign before it so that people come to know about the facility. --- IF we not part of the solution then we are part of the problem With Regards Pradeep T.S SyndicateBank Information Technology Cell Regional Office Bangalore Mobile: 9845925188 email: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com skype: pradeepsocialwork 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] HAL Bangalore various jobs June-2011
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) HAL Bangalore Complex is currently looking candidates for appointment as following : Chief Manager / Senior Manager/ Medical Superintendent/ Manager (Vigilance)/ Senior Medical Officer/ Deputy Manager/ Engineer/ Fire Officer/ Library Officer/ Vigilance Officers/ Security Officer/ Assistant Security Officer/ Assistant Official Language Officer/ Assistant Library Officer/ Assistant Engineer (Mechanical) in various disciplines Application Fee : Rs.400/-, (exempted in the case of SC /ST /PWD candidates) in the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited in Account number 31700415045 at any of the core banking branches of State Bank of India in the prescribed Challan. How to Apply : Apply Online at HAL website 15/06/2011 till 2400 hours on 30/06/2011 Please view http://www.hal-india.com/careers/bc/ExecutiveAdvt_30-06-11.pdf for complete details and apply online at http://202.71.144.125/halonlinereg/main.aspx --- IF we not part of the solution then we are part of the problem With Regards Pradeep T.S SyndicateBank Information Technology Cell Regional Office Bangalore Mobile: 9845925188 email: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com skype: pradeepsocialwork 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] Fw: [New post] 450 students have registered under the Persons with Disabilities quota for a total of 1, 600 seats.
WordPress.com - Original Message - From: Nilesh Singit's Blog: Disability News Wolrdwide To: pradeepsocialw...@gmail.com Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2011 1:04 PM Subject: [New post] 450 students have registered under the Persons with Disabilities quota for a total of 1,600 seats. 450 students have registered under the Persons with Disabilities quota for a total of 1,600 seats. Nilesh Singit | June 12, 2011 at 13:03 | Tags: Delhi University, Edu, UNCRPD | Categories: Disability, Education | URL: http://wp.me/pyosb-ha Last Wednesday, the air-conditioned office of Delhi University’s Dean of Students’ Welfare was a building people stepped into just to escape from the sun. Fakir Chand was sweating, and it was more from trepidation than heat. “I have all the documents,” he says, approaching Komal Kamra, member of the University’s Equal Opportunity Cell. “Except the college-leaving certificate. Those people at the Lady Shri Ram College said that my daughter does not need one,” says Chand, taking out a pair of glasses from the pocket of his shirt. Kamra, who uses a wheelchair, looks on silently as Chand carefully opens his spectacles: the left-side is a spider-web of cracked glass. He puts them on, and begins to rummage through a white cloth bag slung on his left forearm. The Equal Opportunity Cell has the mandate of working with Persons with Disabilities (PwD) and students admitted under the Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and Other Backward Classes quotas. It counsels PwD candidates at the office of the Dean of Students’ Welfare as they fill up their registration forms for admission to the University’s colleges. This year, the registration went on from May 28-June 8. About 450 students have registered under the Persons with Disabilities quota for a total of 1,600 seats. The yellow-coloured paper is not difficult to find among a lifetime’s certificates kept inside the polythene cover. “But this is something we gave you last year after you registered,” Kamra says after examining the paper. “Where is your daughter?” she asks, looking around. Now, this was Chand’s problem. He had all the documents for admission, but his daughter was not with him. “She came in a different train, and I have not been able to locate her,” he says. Sweating. His daughter, Dharamwati, blind since birth, had been admitted to the prestigious Lady Shri Ram College last year. “She got what she asked for: the college, as well as the History course. They could not give her the hostel, though. Most of it was closed for the Commonwealth Games,” says Chand. Chand’s visually challenged daughter did not last a month in Delhi: “She tried staying with a friend and her mother near the college, but could not adjust.” So on August 13, less than a month after classes began at the University, Chand withdrew his daughter and took her back home to Bijnor. “I sent her to Delhi yesterday along with a relative. I arrived only this morning, as I had some work left back in Bijnor,” says Chand, who is a salesman with a pharmaceutical company. “I got off the train and went straight to (Lady) Shri Ram College, because Dharamwati needs the college-leaving certificate. I was told that we didn’t need one, as she withdrew before August 15,” says Chand, as he borrows a mobile phone to dial a number written on a piece of paper. Dharamwati’s phone is ‘out of coverage area.’ Kamra assures Chand he can come back with his daughter even a day late. “Today is the last date for registrations,” he reminds her. She smiles: “It’s okay. Just find your daughter and come with her tomorrow. She has to choose the college and course herself.” Out of the Dean’s office, Chand continues to worry about his daughter. Loudly, too. “She’s my third child. The ones older than her got married,” he says, trying Dharamwati’s number repeatedly. A hand clutches Chand’s arm. “Papa.” It turns out that the daughter and relative—Arun, who refuses to take off his denim baseball cap—had figured that Chand would be in the University. Dharamwati’s phone had run out of cash. Back inside the DSW office, Chand sheepishly explains to the student counsellors how his daughter located him because of his loud voice. After a long search for documents, during which the counsellors had to send Dharamwati’s mark sheets for copying, they are allotted a number in the queue. “It’s 47. We have to come back in an hour,” says Chand, on his way out for lunch. Dharamwati is busy running her fingers over the information brochure, in braille, that the counsellors have given her. The company of three is back in 30 minutes, and wait outside the door uncertainly. Token number 30 is yet to be called. Chand walks around, fiddling with the unbuttoned sleeves of his aquamarine shirt. There are two holes—possibly made by a cigarette—on its bottom-left. Dharamwati has decided to play her cards close to chest: she wouldn’t say whether she
[AI] Delhi to host disabled peoples' international meet
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health1/delhi-to-host-disabled-peo Thaindian News New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) Delhi is all set to host the Disabled Peoples' International (DPI) meet in August this year, a leading disabled rights activist said here Saturday. The meet will see over 150 differently challenged people from 30 countries. We are also getting requests from people from Europe and Africa who want to attend the meet, said Javed Abidi, convenor of the disabled rights group. DPI is a network of national organisations of people with disabilities to promote human rights of disabled people. A plan of action will be prepared in the meeting to be held in August. This will be presented to the UNESCAP (Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific region), added Abidi. --- IF we not part of the solution then we are part of the problem With Regards Pradeep T.S SyndicateBank Information Technology Cell Regional Office Bangalore Mobile: 9845925188 email: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com skype: pradeepsocialwork 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] NIRD courses on mainstreaming of differently abled people
http://www.propoor.org/blog.php?sid=127604 NIRD courses on mainstreaming of differently abled people in development :Aug 1-6 and Sept. 12-17 Course on MAINSTREAMING DIFFERENTLY ABLED PERSONS IN DEVELOPMENT (1-6 August, 2011) Course Brochure Center for Equity and Social Development National Institute of Rural Development Rajendranagar, HYDERABAD- 500 030 Need: According to the Census 2001, in India, there are 2.19 crore persons with disability (PWD) which accounts for 2.13% of the total population. PWD are among the most marginalized sections of society cutting across caste, creed and community. They belong to a heterogeneous group composed of those born with a disability and those who acquire disability due to micro-nutritional deficiencies or disease or accident or the trauma of life events. Most people with disabilities are poor and the highest concentration of poor people with disabilities are in the rural areas. Because of the prevailing lack of understanding and concern for them, rural persons with disabilities particularly those who are members of poor families, are most vulnerable to economic and social handicaps. Before eighties, the only mode of rehabilitation available to this section was institutional rehabilitation. After eighties, a new approach known as Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) has come to vogue. And this followed a series of measures initiated by the Government for the welfare of the disabled. Among them the most important initiative was passing of the Persons with Disabilities (PWD) Act, 1995, which envisages equalization of opportunities, protection of rights and inclusion. Since the passing of the PWD, ACT 1995, the Government has also been emphasizing on the community based rehabilitation. To bring the PWD in to the mainstream society a combination of both community based and welfare oriented programmes are very essential. It is in this context that the present training programme is planned. This course is mainly addressed to officers working in the government sector and non-government sector for the development of PWD and mainstreaming them in development. Objectives: 1. To sensitise the participants about the need and approaches to mainstream the persons with disabilities in development ; 2. To create awareness about various rights and entitlements made available to them including PWD, Act 1995; 3. To discuss the latent potentialities of Persons with disability. 4. To highlight the problems of persons with disabilities in the context of human right initiatives. Content: Different approaches and strategies for bringing PWD into development process, community based rehabilitation, inclusive and participatory development, UN convention on the rights under PWD, Rights and Entitlements of PWD, provisions of PWD Act 1995, equality of opportunity, measures for socio-economic empowerment of PWD, creating barrier free pro-environment, success stories and , best practices from the field. Training Methods: Participative method, lecture-cum-discussion, panel discussion, case study presentation, class room exercises, video films, field visit to the areas of best practices. Participant Level: Senior officers from Rural Development, Social Welfare, Department of Women and Child Welfare, Nationalised Banks, CEOs and Presidents of Zilla Panchayat/Parishads.and NGOs Course Duration: The course will be for six days (August 1 - 6, 2011) Course Director Dr.K.P.Kumaran Professor (CESD) NIRD, Rajendranagar Hyderabad-500 030. (A.P.) Tel.No.(O)(040) 24008421 (R)(040) 24012583 Tele-Fax: (040) 24008423 09989305086(M) E mail: k...@nird.gov.in Venue The Programme is residential at NIRD Hyderabad. Arrangements for board and lodging will be made in the Institute's Guest House. To Reach Campus: The participants arriving by trains may alight at Secunderabad I Nampally (Hyderabad Deccan) or Kachiguda railway stations. From all these railway stations direct auto rickshaw services are available to reach NIRD campus located at Rajendranagar. The maximum distance from Secunderabad Station to NIRD Campus is 26 kms., from Nampally 18 kms. and from Kachiguda Station it is 17 kms. About NIRD: The NIRD is an apex organization under the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India (GOI) for training, research, action research and Consultancy in rural development. It is the think tank of the Government of India on issues pertaining to rural development. The Institute serves as a forum for discussion and debate about issues of common concern, attracts academics and development practitioners from all over the country and abroad. It is recognized nationally and internationally as a 'Centre for Excellence in Rural Development' in general and Centre of Excellence in HRD Research and Training by the UN-ESCAP in particular and has been actively engaged in international training, workshops and Consultancy during the last four decades.
[AI] NIRD courses on mainstreaming of differently abled people
http://www.propoor.org/blog.php?sid=127604 NIRD courses on mainstreaming of differently abled people in development :Aug 1-6 and Sept. 12-17 Course on MAINSTREAMING DIFFERENTLY ABLED PERSONS IN DEVELOPMENT (1-6 August, 2011) Course Brochure Center for Equity and Social Development National Institute of Rural Development Rajendranagar, HYDERABAD- 500 030 Need: According to the Census 2001, in India, there are 2.19 crore persons with disability (PWD) which accounts for 2.13% of the total population. PWD are among the most marginalized sections of society cutting across caste, creed and community. They belong to a heterogeneous group composed of those born with a disability and those who acquire disability due to micro-nutritional deficiencies or disease or accident or the trauma of life events. Most people with disabilities are poor and the highest concentration of poor people with disabilities are in the rural areas. Because of the prevailing lack of understanding and concern for them, rural persons with disabilities particularly those who are members of poor families, are most vulnerable to economic and social handicaps. Before eighties, the only mode of rehabilitation available to this section was institutional rehabilitation. After eighties, a new approach known as Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) has come to vogue. And this followed a series of measures initiated by the Government for the welfare of the disabled. Among them the most important initiative was passing of the Persons with Disabilities (PWD) Act, 1995, which envisages equalization of opportunities, protection of rights and inclusion. Since the passing of the PWD, ACT 1995, the Government has also been emphasizing on the community based rehabilitation. To bring the PWD in to the mainstream society a combination of both community based and welfare oriented programmes are very essential. It is in this context that the present training programme is planned. This course is mainly addressed to officers working in the government sector and non-government sector for the development of PWD and mainstreaming them in development. Objectives: 1. To sensitise the participants about the need and approaches to mainstream the persons with disabilities in development ; 2. To create awareness about various rights and entitlements made available to them including PWD, Act 1995; 3. To discuss the latent potentialities of Persons with disability. 4. To highlight the problems of persons with disabilities in the context of human right initiatives. Content: Different approaches and strategies for bringing PWD into development process, community based rehabilitation, inclusive and participatory development, UN convention on the rights under PWD, Rights and Entitlements of PWD, provisions of PWD Act 1995, equality of opportunity, measures for socio-economic empowerment of PWD, creating barrier free pro-environment, success stories and , best practices from the field. Training Methods: Participative method, lecture-cum-discussion, panel discussion, case study presentation, class room exercises, video films, field visit to the areas of best practices. Participant Level: Senior officers from Rural Development, Social Welfare, Department of Women and Child Welfare, Nationalised Banks, CEOs and Presidents of Zilla Panchayat/Parishads.and NGOs Course Duration: The course will be for six days (August 1 - 6, 2011) Course Director Dr.K.P.Kumaran Professor (CESD) NIRD, Rajendranagar Hyderabad-500 030. (A.P.) Tel.No.(O)(040) 24008421 (R)(040) 24012583 Tele-Fax: (040) 24008423 09989305086(M) E mail: k...@nird.gov.in Venue The Programme is residential at NIRD Hyderabad. Arrangements for board and lodging will be made in the Institute's Guest House. To Reach Campus: The participants arriving by trains may alight at Secunderabad I Nampally (Hyderabad Deccan) or Kachiguda railway stations. From all these railway stations direct auto rickshaw services are available to reach NIRD campus located at Rajendranagar. The maximum distance from Secunderabad Station to NIRD Campus is 26 kms., from Nampally 18 kms. and from Kachiguda Station it is 17 kms. About NIRD: The NIRD is an apex organization under the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India (GOI) for training, research, action research and Consultancy in rural development. It is the think tank of the Government of India on issues pertaining to rural development. The Institute serves as a forum for discussion and debate about issues of common concern, attracts academics and development practitioners from all over the country and abroad. It is recognized nationally and internationally as a 'Centre for Excellence in Rural Development' in general and Centre of Excellence in HRD Research and Training by the UN-ESCAP in particular and has been actively engaged in international training, workshops and Consultancy during the last four decades.
[AI] NIRD courses on mainstreaming of differently abled people
http://www.propoor.org/blog.php?sid=127604 NIRD courses on mainstreaming of differently abled people in development :Aug 1-6 and Sept. 12-17 Course on MAINSTREAMING DIFFERENTLY ABLED PERSONS IN DEVELOPMENT (1-6 August, 2011) Course Brochure Center for Equity and Social Development National Institute of Rural Development Rajendranagar, HYDERABAD- 500 030 Need: According to the Census 2001, in India, there are 2.19 crore persons with disability (PWD) which accounts for 2.13% of the total population. PWD are among the most marginalized sections of society cutting across caste, creed and community. They belong to a heterogeneous group composed of those born with a disability and those who acquire disability due to micro-nutritional deficiencies or disease or accident or the trauma of life events. Most people with disabilities are poor and the highest concentration of poor people with disabilities are in the rural areas. Because of the prevailing lack of understanding and concern for them, rural persons with disabilities particularly those who are members of poor families, are most vulnerable to economic and social handicaps. Before eighties, the only mode of rehabilitation available to this section was institutional rehabilitation. After eighties, a new approach known as Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) has come to vogue. And this followed a series of measures initiated by the Government for the welfare of the disabled. Among them the most important initiative was passing of the Persons with Disabilities (PWD) Act, 1995, which envisages equalization of opportunities, protection of rights and inclusion. Since the passing of the PWD, ACT 1995, the Government has also been emphasizing on the community based rehabilitation. To bring the PWD in to the mainstream society a combination of both community based and welfare oriented programmes are very essential. It is in this context that the present training programme is planned. This course is mainly addressed to officers working in the government sector and non-government sector for the development of PWD and mainstreaming them in development. Objectives: 1. To sensitise the participants about the need and approaches to mainstream the persons with disabilities in development ; 2. To create awareness about various rights and entitlements made available to them including PWD, Act 1995; 3. To discuss the latent potentialities of Persons with disability. 4. To highlight the problems of persons with disabilities in the context of human right initiatives. Content: Different approaches and strategies for bringing PWD into development process, community based rehabilitation, inclusive and participatory development, UN convention on the rights under PWD, Rights and Entitlements of PWD, provisions of PWD Act 1995, equality of opportunity, measures for socio-economic empowerment of PWD, creating barrier free pro-environment, success stories and , best practices from the field. Training Methods: Participative method, lecture-cum-discussion, panel discussion, case study presentation, class room exercises, video films, field visit to the areas of best practices. Participant Level: Senior officers from Rural Development, Social Welfare, Department of Women and Child Welfare, Nationalised Banks, CEOs and Presidents of Zilla Panchayat/Parishads.and NGOs Course Duration: The course will be for six days (August 1 - 6, 2011) Course Director Dr.K.P.Kumaran Professor (CESD) NIRD, Rajendranagar Hyderabad-500 030. (A.P.) Tel.No.(O)(040) 24008421 (R)(040) 24012583 Tele-Fax: (040) 24008423 09989305086(M) E mail: k...@nird.gov.in Venue The Programme is residential at NIRD Hyderabad. Arrangements for board and lodging will be made in the Institute's Guest House. To Reach Campus: The participants arriving by trains may alight at Secunderabad I Nampally (Hyderabad Deccan) or Kachiguda railway stations. From all these railway stations direct auto rickshaw services are available to reach NIRD campus located at Rajendranagar. The maximum distance from Secunderabad Station to NIRD Campus is 26 kms., from Nampally 18 kms. and from Kachiguda Station it is 17 kms. About NIRD: The NIRD is an apex organization under the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India (GOI) for training, research, action research and Consultancy in rural development. It is the think tank of the Government of India on issues pertaining to rural development. The Institute serves as a forum for discussion and debate about issues of common concern, attracts academics and development practitioners from all over the country and abroad. It is recognized nationally and internationally as a 'Centre for Excellence in Rural Development' in general and Centre of Excellence in HRD Research and Training by the UN-ESCAP in particular and has been actively engaged in international training, workshops and Consultancy during the last four decades.
Re: [AI] NIRD courses on mainstreaming of differently abled people
Hi, there is no fee for this course. All the participants will be given food and accommodation in NIRD campus itself. Those who want to apply for this course, send email to k...@nird.gov.in along with filled application form. for any other information, you can contact Dr.K.P.Kumaran on his mobile 09989305086 - Original Message - From: Asudani, Rajesh rajeshasud...@rbi.org.in To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 4:12 PM Subject: Re: [AI] NIRD courses on mainstreaming of differently abled people Any information about course fee etc.? Course seems to be a good avenue for sensitizing officials about PWD. -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Pradeep banakar Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 3:47 PM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Cc: linkingle...@yahoogroups.com; friends...@googlegroups.com; vib-in...@googlegroups.com Subject: [AI] NIRD courses on mainstreaming of differently abled people http://www.propoor.org/blog.php?sid=127604 NIRD courses on mainstreaming of differently abled people in development :Aug 1-6 and Sept. 12-17 Course on MAINSTREAMING DIFFERENTLY ABLED PERSONS IN DEVELOPMENT (1-6 August, 2011) Course Brochure Center for Equity and Social Development National Institute of Rural Development Rajendranagar, HYDERABAD- 500 030 Need: According to the Census 2001, in India, there are 2.19 crore persons with disability (PWD) which accounts for 2.13% of the total population. PWD are among the most marginalized sections of society cutting across caste, creed and community. They belong to a heterogeneous group composed of those born with a disability and those who acquire disability due to micro-nutritional deficiencies or disease or accident or the trauma of life events. Most people with disabilities are poor and the highest concentration of poor people with disabilities are in the rural areas. Because of the prevailing lack of understanding and concern for them, rural persons with disabilities particularly those who are members of poor families, are most vulnerable to economic and social handicaps. Before eighties, the only mode of rehabilitation available to this section was institutional rehabilitation. After eighties, a new approach known as Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) has come to vogue. And this followed a series of measures initiated by the Government for the welfare of the disabled. Among them the most important initiative was passing of the Persons with Disabilities (PWD) Act, 1995, which envisages equalization of opportunities, protection of rights and inclusion. Since the passing of the PWD, ACT 1995, the Government has also been emphasizing on the community based rehabilitation. To bring the PWD in to the mainstream society a combination of both community based and welfare oriented programmes are very essential. It is in this context that the present training programme is planned. This course is mainly addressed to officers working in the government sector and non-government sector for the development of PWD and mainstreaming them in development. Objectives: 1. To sensitise the participants about the need and approaches to mainstream the persons with disabilities in development ; 2. To create awareness about various rights and entitlements made available to them including PWD, Act 1995; 3. To discuss the latent potentialities of Persons with disability. 4. To highlight the problems of persons with disabilities in the context of human right initiatives. Content: Different approaches and strategies for bringing PWD into development process, community based rehabilitation, inclusive and participatory development, UN convention on the rights under PWD, Rights and Entitlements of PWD, provisions of PWD Act 1995, equality of opportunity, measures for socio-economic empowerment of PWD, creating barrier free pro-environment, success stories and , best practices from the field. Training Methods: Participative method, lecture-cum-discussion, panel discussion, case study presentation, class room exercises, video films, field visit to the areas of best practices. Participant Level: Senior officers from Rural Development, Social Welfare, Department of Women and Child Welfare, Nationalised Banks, CEOs and Presidents of Zilla Panchayat/Parishads.and NGOs Course Duration: The course will be for six days (August 1 - 6, 2011) Course Director Dr.K.P.Kumaran Professor (CESD) NIRD, Rajendranagar Hyderabad-500 030. (A.P.) Tel.No.(O)(040) 24008421 (R)(040) 24012583 Tele-Fax: (040) 24008423 09989305086(M) E mail: k...@nird.gov.in Venue The Programme is residential at NIRD Hyderabad. Arrangements for board and lodging will be made in the Institute's Guest House. To Reach Campus: The participants arriving by trains may alight at Secunderabad I Nampally (Hyderabad Deccan) or Kachiguda railway
Re: [AI] Question regarding Nokia C5
Hi, No idea about optimised root. when I was using faster root, it guiding me only on main roads. hence it took me lot of time to reach my destination. Write now I am using shorter root to reach my destination. The advantage is that it will guide you to reach your destination in shortway by taking you in small roads. it is time consumable too. so, I recommend you to choose shorter root for better navigation. - Original Message - From: shubham gupta shubhamlovings...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 12:24 PM Subject: [AI] Question regarding Nokia C5 hellow friends: I want to know while using GPS through OVI maps which type of root shall we choose? There are three options they are faster root, optimised root and shorter root. Which amongs these shall we choose for better navigation. Also can any one of you through some light on each of these root their differences and similarities etc. Your help will be highly appriciated. Kind regards (Shubham Gupta) 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] Question regarding Nokia C5
Hi, it include short distant roads. forgot to tell you, 1. in the navigation tab, kindly select drive guidance English UK with street name or US guidance with street name as per your convenience 2. apply the same settings for walk guidance too. it will tell you the name of the road some times it will tell you the cross#/main With Regards Pradeep - Original Message - From: shubham gupta shubhamlovings...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 5:38 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Question regarding Nokia C5 thankyou pradeep sir. but what do you mean by small roads. are they short distant roads or includes small streets also. Kind regards (Shubham Gupta) - Original Message - From: Pradeep banakar pradeepsocialw...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 2:10 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Question regarding Nokia C5 Hi, No idea about optimised root. when I was using faster root, it guiding me only on main roads. hence it took me lot of time to reach my destination. Write now I am using shorter root to reach my destination. The advantage is that it will guide you to reach your destination in shortway by taking you in small roads. it is time consumable too. so, I recommend you to choose shorter root for better navigation. - Original Message - From: shubham gupta shubhamlovings...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 12:24 PM Subject: [AI] Question regarding Nokia C5 hellow friends: I want to know while using GPS through OVI maps which type of root shall we choose? There are three options they are faster root, optimised root and shorter root. Which amongs these shall we choose for better navigation. Also can any one of you through some light on each of these root their differences and similarities etc. Your help will be highly appriciated. Kind regards (Shubham Gupta) 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 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] Question regarding Nokia C5
trafic updates helps us to know how many meters we are away from the signel/destination. for example, during the navigation, it will tell youin the trafic signel take 2nd exit. there you can choose traffic update to know how many meters you are away from the signal/destination. - Original Message - From: shubham gupta shubhamlovings...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 5:44 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Question regarding Nokia C5 can any one ells through some light on optimised roots? I also want to know what is trafic updates? how does work? shall we keep our phone on manual trafic updates or we shall select some other options. Can any one tell me its benifits and how does helps us? Kind regards (Shubham Gupta) - Original Message - From: Pradeep banakar pradeepsocialw...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 2:10 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Question regarding Nokia C5 Hi, No idea about optimised root. when I was using faster root, it guiding me only on main roads. hence it took me lot of time to reach my destination. Write now I am using shorter root to reach my destination. The advantage is that it will guide you to reach your destination in shortway by taking you in small roads. it is time consumable too. so, I recommend you to choose shorter root for better navigation. - Original Message - From: shubham gupta shubhamlovings...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 12:24 PM Subject: [AI] Question regarding Nokia C5 hellow friends: I want to know while using GPS through OVI maps which type of root shall we choose? There are three options they are faster root, optimised root and shorter root. Which amongs these shall we choose for better navigation. Also can any one of you through some light on each of these root their differences and similarities etc. Your help will be highly appriciated. Kind regards (Shubham Gupta) 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 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] [ai] currepted study senter
Hi, top management of SRMAB has taken your issue seriously. Hope your problem solved try to collect your marks card soon. - Original Message - From: shankar shan welcomtowindo...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 1:27 PM Subject: [AI] [ai] currepted study senter dear all, hope things are going well. as for the subject sree ramanamaharushi is the 1 of the most wanted curreption study center I have done d s e deplomo in special education in the year of 2005 and 2007 I got 79 % in the class I was trying to get my certificate and marks card but mrs k v n narasingrao is demanded 1 rs I have rote a mail for RCI but I didn't got any reply please friends can any 1 will help me in this issue? hoping for reply soon -- email: harshalg...@gmail.com MSN: harshalg...@hotmail.com mobile: +919591846442 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
[AI] To pay or not to pay for anti-virus
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/personal-tech/computing/To-pay-or-not-to-pay-for-anti-virus/articleshow/8621986.cms on Twitter Almost 40 per cent of internet users have had to deal with a virus infection on their computers at some point or another.BERLIN: Almost 40 per cent of internet users have had to deal with a virus infection on their computers at some point or another, says German IT industry association Bitkom. Most of those attacks aim to steal payment or access data for internet shops or communities. Proper protective software might have prevented the intrusions, but that raises the question: How good is the latest generation of antivirus software? One in five users is currently going online without a virus protection program or firewall, Bitkom notes. One option is to turn to security suites, which promise comprehensive security for their customers - for a price. Yet antivirus protection doesn't have to cost a lot of money. Many free programs offer protection that is just as effective. 'Free antivirus programs typically offer fewer functions than commercial programmes,' says the German Federal Agency for Security in Information Technology (BSI). In terms of actual user experiences, though, there is little to no difference. Even inexperienced computer users are able to find their way around the simplified user interfaces and settings options on the majority of protection software. Organizations like AV-Test in Magdeburg, Germany, and AV-Comparatives in Innsbruck, Austria, are constantly testing security solutions for the effectiveness of their malware detection, removal of infections, and performance. The commercial programs are typically always at the top of the rankings. 'Commercial programmes offer more complex detection mechanisms and thus protect better against unknown malware than free programs,' says Claudio Mueller from Munich-based Chip computer magazine. Yet that doesn't mean that free antivirus programs aren't capable. 'Free antivirus software is much better than no antivirus software,' says professor Norbert Pohlmann from the Institute for Internet Security at the Polytechnic University of Gelsenkirchen in Germany. Attentive surfing habits in combination with various free programmes instead of a suite can offer good protection against attacks from the internet. 'For example, you can use Microsoft Security Essentials, a programme that goes easy on a computer's resources, together with the protection solution from ThreatFire, to establish reliable, behaviour-based malware detection,' the Chip editor suggests. Windows Firewall should also be left activated. Anyone with a slow internet connection will have to endure long load times for the crucial virus signatures. Also, protection programmes can make older computers and PCs low on RAM move very slowly. Users less versed in the intricacies of internet security are best advised to find one unified solution instead of several individual programs, says Pohlmann. 'Internet users should use a security suite containing an entire packet of programmes, including virus protection, firewall, anti-spyware, anti-spam and other solutions. The user should also activate their operating system's automated update function as well,' he says. But security suites aren't without their catches, either. German consumer testing organization Stiftung Warentest recently tested 13 security packages and four free antivirus programs and came away convinced that users should deactivate the firewall in those suites. That's because several of the programmes are less effective than the firewall integrated into the Windows 7 operating system. The best free virus protection came from Avira Antivir Personal. Together with Windows 7 firewall, the programme offered good protection for computers and put only minor strain on the computer's processor, the testers found. One current trend among virus protection solutions involves so-called cloud technologies. The virus signatures remain on the providers' servers and are not downloaded at specific intervals as has been customary in the past. 'A comparison with the data in the cloud is usually made when the locally installed virus scanner creates a fingerprint for an analyzed file and needs to check it against the cloud,' Mueller explains. 'The comparison determines whether an updated virus signature is needed or whether the file has been evaluated by other users as malicious or harmless.' --Thomas Schoerner -- With Regards Pradeep T.S Email: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com Mobile: 9845925188 Skype: pradeepsocialwork 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] What are Thumbs.db Files and Can I Delete Them?
Got thumbs.db in Windows Explorer? Here's what they are and what you can safely do with them. I spend a good amount of time in Windows Explorer doing various tasks. Every now and then I run across a file I'm not familiar with and I'm not sure what to do with. Thumbs.db is a good example, it has an odd extension: .db. You won't see any thumbs.db files unless you've checked Show Hidden Files and Folders in the Folder Options panel and are using the icon mode in Explorer, so if you haven't seen them that's probably why. :) Thumbs.db is much like it's name. It stores graphics, movie, and some document files then generates a preview of the folder contents using a thumbnail cache. These folders are generated automatically by Windows so that folder content doesn't need to be recalculated every time the folder is viewed. You can disable thumbs.db from being created, which can be useful if you are low on disk space. I've used both modes (enabled and disabled) extensively and haven't noticed any system slow down or increased speed in viewing files. I usually have them disabled because, well, I don't like seeing them when I'm in Windows Explorer. :) You can safely delete any thumbs.db file although Windows will automatically recreate it unless thumbs.db is disabled. Here's how you can disable thumbs.db: For Windows XP: Open My Computer Click on Tools Click Folder Options Click the View tab Put a check in the box next to Do not cache thumbnails Click on OK You're done. :) (you can close My Computer if you like) For Windows Vista and Windows 7: Click the Start button Click on Control Panel Click on Folder Options Click on the View tab Under the Files and Folders section check the button next to Always show icons, never thumbnails Click on Apply Click on OK You may need to run Disk Cleanup in Vista or Windows 7 to remove any thumbs.db files that have already been created. Here's how: Go to Start Go to Accessories Go to System Tools Go to Disk Cleanup In Disk Cleanup: Drive Selection make sure the (C:) drive is showing Click OK (disk cleanup will run a brief calculation and then end) On the Disk Cleanup Menu make sure there's a check next to the Thumbnails entry. Click OK, then on the Delete Files pop up - the files you selected will be cleaned, and you're done. http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/what-are-thumbsdb-files-and-can-i-delete-them-windows.htm IF we not part of the solution then we are part of the problem With Regards Pradeep T.S SyndicateBank Information Technology Cell Regional Office Bangalore Mobile: 9845925188 email: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com skype: pradeepsocialwork 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] Kingfisher crew offloads blind woman with kids
Friend of myne forwarded me this information http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/article/0gG70zO9fqb0C Kindly copy the message and send the email to chair kingfisher airlines, NHRC, DGCA. Subject: Act immediately Tuesday, May 24, 2011 To: The Chair Person, King Fisher Airlines Dear Chair Person, Sub-Registering protest for immediate and appropriate action against guilty crew This is to register our strong protest against the inhuman, cruel and indecent behaviour of your crew and other airline members shown towards a woman with visual impairment and her 2 children. We are shocked and humiliated by the act and express our serious concern over the matter. This is the clear case of violation of the provisions enshrined in The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with disabilities-2006 where India has signed and ratified the same; Guidelines issued by DGCA for all airlines with regard to persons with disabilities in May 2007; Persons with disabilities Act 1995 and other human rights treaties and conventions. Disabled community of this country strongly condemns this act with clear and loud words.Violation or Exclusion of persons with disabilities from enjoying their human rights on an equal basis with others cannot be excused any more. We urge you to initiate immediate and appropriate action against the guilty crew and the parties concerned who are accountable for this inhuman act. We look forward to hear from you as early as possible about the action taken against the guilty and measures taken to prevent this kind of acts in future. For more details on the incident please read below. With warm regards, Victor Kingfisher crew offloads blind woman with kids Airline makes them disembark from flight, leaves them unattended for nearly an hour and a half as aircraft takes off without them A private airline made a blind woman and her two children disembark from her connecting flight to Goa and left them unattended for nearly an hour and a half while the plane took off without them. Adding insult to injury, the airline's staff allegedly told the woman that she could not travel with two kids because she was blind. Shabnam Mansuri had flown in to Mumbai from Ahmedabad with sons Lukman (7) and 18-month-old Luftaan, and was on her way to Goa when the incident happened Shabnam Mansuri (35) says the experience has made her realise the fallacy of thinking that she can be treated like everyone else despite her handicap. On May 10, Mansuri was travelling with her sons Lukman (7) and 18-month-old Luftaan from Ahmedabad to Goa via Mumbai to meet her husband. Her tickets had been booked with Kingfisher Airlines. I boarded the Kingfisher flight from Ahmedabad and reached Mumbai, from where I was supposed to take a connecting flight to Goa. I had barely taken a seat in the connecting flight around 12.30 pm when a crew member came and asked me to follow him. He also asked me to take my cabin baggage and kids with me. Initially, I thought that he must be changing my seat, but realised something was amiss when he took me down some stairs, said Mansuri. I asked him why he was making me get off the plane but he refused to answer. When my kids and I got off, they closed the aircraft's doors and took off, leaving us standing there. One attendant told me later that I cannot travel with two kids as I am blind. I was shocked, she added. She kept telling the attendant that she had two young kids and needed to meet her husband in Goa, but to no avail. Finally, close to 2 pm, a staff member came and told her that they would arrange for her to board a 4.40 pm flight to Goa.I did not want to bank on them anymore. I called my husband and he arranged for us to board another airline's 3.10 pm flight. My question is, how can they let me travel from Ahmedabad to Mumbai without any trouble and then say I cannot travel with two kids from Mumbai to Goa? I was travelling on the same airline in both cases, said Mansuri. She said the experience was one of the worst she's had in her life. I am blind but that doesn't mean they have the right to discriminate against me. I had paid the full fare and if they had some problems, they should have informed me before I boarded. My elder son is so traumatised by the incident; he says he does not want to fly anymore. Husband reacts Mansuri's husband, Samir, who is the Chairman of Blinds Dream, an NGO, wrote a letter to the airline to complain about the treatment meted out to her. A portion of the letter states, Kingfisher officials told my wife that if she thought they were cruel, she shouldn't travel with them anymore. What the Kingfisher staff did to my wife is shameful. They had done something similar with me in 2005 (see box) and I will not let them get away this time. Flight tickets of Shabnam Mansuri and her two sons Lukman and Luftaan They have replied to my
[AI] Andhra Bank Specialist Officers vacancy
ANDHRA BANK (A Govt of India Undertaking) Head Office, Dr.Pattabhi Bhavan, Saifabad, Hyderabad-54 Published for sarkari-naukri.blogspot.com Andhra Bank, A Leading Public Sector Bank invites Online applications from Indian Citizens for the following Specialist Officers posts. Candidates are requested to apply online between 21/05/2011 to 09/06/2011 only, through Andhra Bank's website. Technical Officers (MMGS-II) : 30 posts Technical Officers (MMGS-III) : 15 posts Law Officers (MMGS-II) : 15 posts Security Officers (MMGS-II) : 20 posts HR Officers with Law (MMGS-II) : 08 posts IT Officers (MMGS-II) : 20 posts IT Officers (MMGS-III) : 10 posts Chief Information Security Officer (SMGS-IV) : 01 post Chartered Accountants (MMGS-II) : 10 posts Chartered Accountants (MMGS-III) : 05 posts Corporate Communication Officer (MMGS-II) : 02 posts Official Language Officers (JMGS-I) : 10 posts Pay Scale : Officers in JMGS-I : Rs 14500 -Rs.25700, Officers in MMGS-II : Rs.19400-28100, Officers in MMGS-III : Rs.25700-31500 Application Fee : The fees Rs.400/- (Rs.75/- for SC/ST/PWD) should be paid by at the Andhra Bank branches in India though payment challan. OR online through NEFT. How to Apply : Candidates are required to apply through on-line. Application registration link on website will be open from 21/05/2011 to 09/06/2011. After applying online, take a printout of the system generate registration form and keep it with you for future use. All other details alongwith payment challan form and link to online submission of application available at http://andhrabank.in/english/Recruitment.aspx IF we not part of the solution then we are part of the problem With Regards Pradeep T.S SyndicateBank Information Technology Cell Regional Office Bangalore Mobile: 9845925188 email: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com skype: pradeepsocialwork 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] suggestion regarding formation of devices
Hi, Thanks for your interest. Since many of us are using mobile for communication, you can develop software/application which will cover our entire requirement. This will not only economically advantage, we can also used our cell phone for multi purpose. It also avoids us to Carry different instruments for our various needs. - Original Message - From: Ritu Shrivastav rituma...@gmail.com To: sayeverything sayeveryth...@sayeverything.org Cc: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 12:19 PM Subject: [AI] suggestion regarding formation of devices hello all, how are you? Iam ritu shrivastava and Iam feeling good after connecting myself with you all.I have written this mail for doing some innovations in the field of visually challenged.I have some suggestions which is really helpful for the servival of visually challenged person and I want to impliment these in future. But without your assistence, it is little bit difficult for me to follow the given suggestions. the suggestions are-1 according to my view, many visuallu impared persons are facing the problem of recognising the amount of currency due to its poor quality. I have an idea of preparing a device named currency amount recogniser with should be in the shape of a cell phone if anybody wants to recognise the note he or she keep that note on the device and it will give speech output ti visually impared in the form of result. I think that the device should also helpful for recognising whether the kept currency note is faque or not.and the most important point is-it should be within the reach of every affected persons with visual defects. and 2 a cane in which visually impared person can set his destination with bus number by typing and it will guide that person as per the instructions given by him. lastly I want to say if we want to work for the upliftment of persons with visual defects or any persons who are facing physical or entellectual difficulty, we should leave the atitude of earning a lot of money because money is nothing in front of humanity am I right? please send your suggestions at iether on the prescribed site or on my E mail address. that is-rituma...@gmail.com regards ritu shrivastava 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
[AI] Fw: New Inclusive Story of a legendary person!
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[AI] UCO Bank IT Officers vacancy
UCO BANK Personnel Services Department, Head Office -2, 3-4, DD Block, Sector - 1, Salt Lake, Kolkata - 700064. UCO Bank invites applications On-line only from Indian Citizens for the posts of Information Technology (IT) Officer in MMGS-II grade : Information Technology (IT) Officers MMGS-II : 43 posts (UR-18, SC-6, ST-3, OBC-16) ([PH-2]), Pay Scale : MMGS-II Rs.19400 - 28100/-, Age : 25-40 years. Relaxation in age as per rules. Application Fee: Rs. 400/- for General/ OBC and Ex-servicemen (Rs. 50/- for SC/ST/PH candidates). The fee should be deposited in the cash at CBS branches of UCO Bank through Payment Challan only. How to Apply: Candidates are requested to apply On-line between 30/04/2011 and 15/05/2011 only through UCO Bank's website. After applying on-line, the candidates should obtain a system-generated printout of the application and send it pasting the latest passport size photo and application fee by ordinary post/ speed post in a closed envelope superscribed APPLICATION FOR THE POST OF IT OFFICER-MMGS II AND ONLINE REGISTRATION NO. to the following address on or before 25/05/2011 : The General Manager, UCO BANK, Human Resource Management Department, Head Office (4th Floor), 3 4, DD Block, Sector 1, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700064 Further details and onlinse submission of the application, please visit http://careers.ucobank.com/homepage.aspx IF we not part of the solution then we are part of the problem With Regards Pradeep T.S SyndicateBank Information Technology Cell Regional Office Bangalore Mobile: 9845925188 email: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com skype: pradeepsocialwork 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] Fw: [iva-all] Readers required at Microsoft, Bangalore.
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[AI] 8 Hot made in India apps for your phone
The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/itslideshow/7321536.cms?intenttarget=no From social network apps to communication apps to games, the possibilities with mobile apps are just endless. Over the last few months, mobile app stores have become a super hot property and CEOs of mobile companies are swearing by developer support in the success of their devices. Leveraging the opportunity, a large number of Indian developers too have jumped on to the mobile app making bandwagon. Be it Nokia, iOS, Android or BlackBerry, Indian programmers are excited about the prospects of the sector. Here are some hot smartphone apps built by Indian developers for your mobile. Landmark Finder Developer: Net Solutions Landmark Finder is an attraction, sightseeing, and historical event finding tool for any traveler. Using your location, Landmark Finder guides you to over 25,000 noteworthy landmarks in both walking and driving distance from you. Birdie This Developer: IndiaNIC Infotech A meditation Application with OM sounds. With this app, you can send positive energy to your friends. Type in your name and up to three email addresses, and just click send. Drona V-Cast Developer: Deltecs InfoTech, Mumbai Drona V-Cast is a Blackberry enterprise level application for learning and communication for corporates. It is used to deliver highly effective video-based courses to a senior executive's Blackberry device. Office Yoga Developer: Webdunia.com This app provides quick and easy ways to calm down stress during your day at office desk with Office Yoga exercises. Abilita Developer: Openxcell Technolabs Abilita is an Italian word which means the Ability. Abilita is an App for people to share things they're willing to do for $5. Once one registers, you create a Bingo which can be used by other users to contact you if they are interested. Cricket T20 Fever Developer: Indiagames With this game, you can play in a variety of modes including tournaments, ODIs, T20 Matches and the exciting Powerplay style match. Comics Creator Nextwave Multimedia Comics Creator lets you create a cartoon, comic or photo journal on your Nokia handset. One can easily add text, backgrounds and character, whether you’re an artist or not. Your finished cartoons can then be shared with your friends. -- With Regards Pradeep T.S Email: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com Mobile: 9845925188 Skype: pradeepsocialwork 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] Doctors use iPod for knee surgery
Pratibha Masand, TNN | Apr 14, 2011, 03.44am IST http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Doctors-use-iPod-for-knee-surgery/articleshow/7976462.cms In many ways, MP3 players have gone above their call of duty as music storing devices, and are often used to help bring criminals to justice, record flight data, etc. MUMBAI: In many ways, MP3 players have gone above their call of duty as music storing devices, and are often used to help bring criminals to justice, record flight data, etc. Now, they are being used to assist orthopaedic surgeons in knee-replacement procedures. For the first time in Asia, a city doctor on Wednesday performed a knee-replacement computer-assisted surgery on an elderly patient-with an iPod. The patient, 75-year-old Gulab Singhvi, had been suffering from severe joint pain in her left knee for the past four years. When she decided to undergo a knee-replacement procedure, little did her family realize that Singhvi would be the first person in Asia to undergo the surgery with the help of an iPod navigation system. Dr Arun Mullaji, who performed the surgery at Breach Candy Hospital, said: Though the computer navigation itself was a breakthrough, the iPod navigation allows for better accuracy. So how does it work? The hardware is made up of a special casing for the iPod as well as a computer system that communicates wirelessly with the device. The computing system also comprises a camera equipped with an infrared sensor. The casing has slots for miniature instruments and three antennae with reflecting spheres. These spheres provide a frame of reference to the camera's infrared sensor, which tracks each of them to plot the x, y and z axis of each point. (See Cutting Edge box). This system, which has been developed by Smith Nephew Inc, works on a similar technology used in computer navigation systems. The iPod is connected to a camera attached to a stand which is kept at a distance. Instead of a screen, which used to be at the same stand earlier, the surgeon can see the image along with other information on the iPod screen, said Tim Frandsen, director of global surgical navigation in the company. Mullaji added: The iPod screen shows accurate measurements, angles, positions and the movement that will be possible for each point touched by the sensor pointer connected to it. And since the iPod is carried by us in hand, the screen is at the same area where the surgery is being done as against the screen at a distance in a computer navigation system.- In a replacement surgery, there's a 3 mm margin of error. If there is an error beyond this, the person may suffer multiple fractures and dislocations even after the surgery. Studies prove that within the next 30 years, there is likely to be a 600% increase in the number of revision surgeries world over. The iPod navigation system helps in giving the alignment of the bone joint with 0.1 mm precision, said Mullaji. -- With Regards Pradeep T.S Email: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com Mobile: 9845925188 Skype: pradeepsocialwork 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] Indian activist attending UN disabled rights meet
Thaindian news New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Indian disabled rights activist Javed Abidi has been invited to attend the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) committee meeting in Geneva. The CRPD committee meets once every quarter to review the progress of the implementation of the UNCRPD. I am thrilled for having been invited but at the same time, I will face acute embarrassment before the international community because India has not filed its Country Report even until now, Abidi said. He said the report was to be submitted by May 3 last year but the social justice and empowerment ministry, instead of preparing the report on their own, outsourced the task to a consultant. I am appalled that there is just no sense of accountability, no concept of deadlines when it comes to the ministry, he added. Abidi is also the member of the council of Disabled People's International (DPI). http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/indian-activist- IF we not part of the solution then we are part of the problem With Regards Pradeep T.S SyndicateBank Information Technology Cell Regional Office Bangalore Mobile: 9845925188 email: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com skype: pradeepsocialwork 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] MCD creating 1,790 posts of 'special educators' under RTE
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/MCD-creating-1790-posts-of-special-educators-under-RTE/articleshow/7743995.cms on Twitter NEW DELHI: In keeping with the provisions of the Right to Education Act, the MCD has decided to create 1,790 posts of special teachers for children with disabilities in schools run and aided by the civic agency. A meeting of the MCD Standing Committee approved a proposal in this regard this week. The creation of the posts is also in consonance with a Delhi high court order of 2008 that said at least two such teachers should be provided in each school along with necessary teaching aids and reading material. Officials said the Education Department has, however, proposed to create one post of special educator in each primary school. It is in process to place a request to the High Court for consideration, they said. The proposal for creation of 1,790 posts of special educators -- one each for schools run and aided by the MCD -- was prepared in compliance with the direction of the court and the provisions of RTE, an official said. The total financial implication of the project will be Rs 53.70 crore per annum and it is expected to be met put of Plan funds to be provided by Delhi government. There is a provision of financing such expenditure under RTE. According to it, 65 per cent of the expenditure will be borne by the Union government and the remaining by the state, he said. The Right to Education Act provides that a child suffering from disability shall have the right to pursue free and compulsory elementary education. IF we not part of the solution then we are part of the problem With Regards Pradeep T.S SyndicateBank Information Technology Cell Regional Office Bangalore Mobile: 9845925188 email: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com skype: pradeepsocialwork 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] Fw: [New post] All hosps in state to test babies for disabilities?
WordPress.com - Original Message - From: Nilesh Singit's Blog: Disability News Wolrdwide To: pradeepsocialw...@gmail.com Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 11:14 AM Subject: [New post] All hosps in state to test babies for disabilities? All hosps in state to test babies for disabilities? Nilesh Singit | March 19, 2011 at 11:14 | Tags: UNCRPD | Categories: Advocacy, Disability, Disability Studies, Health, Public Interest Litigation | URL: http://wp.me/pyosb-gN Mumbai: Every baby born in a hospital across the state will be tested for disabilities if the state government and the Bombay high court have their way. Maharashtra advocate general Ravi Kadam informed a division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice S J Vazifdar on Friday that the state would issue instructions to all hospitals about screening new-born babies. Every hospital-—public as well as private-—will have to conduct the tests on the baby. Data about the test results would be maintained by the government to indicate the incidence of disabilities. The instructions would be issued in the form of a circular by April 13, said the high court. The assurance came during a special hearing of a bunch of petitions relating to the issues faced by people with disabilities.—including reservation in government jobs, allocation of Mhada houses and guidelines for writers for disabled students during examinations. “Screening tests would help identify visual, auditory and motor disabilities in new-born babies and would aid early medical intervention,” said Dr Bhushan Punani of the Blind People’s Association. Move to enable new-borns welcomed Mumbai: The Maharashtra government’s proposal to screen all new-borns at hospitals came in the Bombay high court during a hearing of a petition on issues faced by the disabled—including reservation in government jobs, allocation of Mhada houses and guidelines for writers for disabled students during examinations. Activists welcomed the broad sweep of the rule that seeks to include every big and small hospital across the state. “If the rules are implemented effectively, the major beneficiaries would be babies born in rural hospitals, who otherwise would have had no access to such tests,'' said advocate Kanchan Pamnani. The court has also focused its attention on the reported absence of medical problems of the disabled in the MBBS syllabus. “When a parent takes a disabled child to the doctor, except for ordering a slew of tests there is no proper diagnosis of what ails the kid,” said an activist. Advocate Uday Warunjikar, counsel for one of the petitioners, said that teaching and sensitizing would-be doctors would not only help children with disabilities but also make the medical practitioners careful while issuing disability certificates. The high court has asked that notices be issued to the Medical Council of India so that it can respond to the issue. Dr Y Amdekar, dean of Wadia Children’s Hospital, said that a clinical screening of children is conducted at birth. “At birth, doctors may be able to say that an organ is in place but how well it works may be known only after a few weeks. Hence, a new-born screening that includes a blood test is useful. A free blood test to screen for serious disorders that could result in mental retardation is being offered in Goa.’’ Dr Amdekar, added that matters of cost and accessibility need to be looked into. Meanwhile, the high court has asked the state and the committee appointed by it to identify gadgets, devices and software to be provided to its visually challenged employees. The judges have also directed the state to submit a list of the number of posts that could be made available for the disabled under the 3% reservation policy if it was required to have been calculated from February 1996. This was the date when the Persons with Disabilities Act came into force. In a related development, the high court has told the state to issue uniform guidelines for writers who are used by visually challenged students during examinations. Shibu Thomas TNN With inputs from Malathy Iyer) Add a comment to this post WordPress.com | Thanks for flying with WordPress! Manage Subscriptions | Unsubscribe | Reach out to your own subscribers with WordPress.com. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://subscribe.wordpress.com 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] Fwd: [New post] “You move forward in life with your intellect and thoughts, not with your legs,” Neeta Panchal
-- Forwarded message -- From: Nilesh Singit's Blog: Disability News Wolrdwide no-re...@wordpress.com Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:04:24 + Subject: [New post] “You move forward in life with your intellect and thoughts, not with your legs,” Neeta Panchal To: pradeepsocialw...@gmail.com Post : ldquo;You move forward in life with your intellect and thoughts, not with your legs,rdquo; Neeta Panchal URL: http://nsingit.wordpress.com/2011/03/15/you-move-forward-in-life-with-your-intellect-and-thoughts-not-with-your-legs-neeta-panchal/ Posted : March 15, 2011 at 17:34 Author : Nilesh Singit Tags : Javed Abidi, UNCRPD, Universal Design Categories : Accessibility, Census, Disability, Disability Studies, Discrimination, Independent Living, Sexuality, Success Story I first saw her when she wheeled herself into the coffee shop of the hotel I was staying in Ahmedabad. She and her husband made an interesting sight! People who had come down for dinner stopped in their stride. Her husband on crutches with their baby boy in a sling tied on his chest and she following on her wheelchair. It was endearing, if not anything. And then when she starts talking and you get to know her, you realise she is a bundle of energy with a zeal for disability rights. Her vivaciousness is infectious. Meet Neeta Panchal of Disability Advocacy Group, Gujarat as she shares her story with Dorodi Sharma of D.N.I.S. D.N.I.S.: You acquired your disability when you were barely 17 years old. Can you tell us about the incident? Neeta Panchal: It was during the huge earthquake that ravaged Gujarat on Republic Day in 2001. I was 17 years old at that time and was on my way to school along with 7 other girls. Suddenly, the earth shook. Since we stayed very close to the Pakistan border, we thought that it must be a war that had started. Unknowingly, we rushed into a building to escape what we thought was a bombing, only to realise that the whole building was crumbling down on us. My friends died. I was caught between two of them but somehow I survived. I was trapped in the rubble for more than four hours. When they were pulling me out, I couldn’t feel my legs anymore. D.N.I.S.: How did you overcome the trauma? Neeta Panchal: It wasn’t easy. When the doctors kept telling me that I had been badly injured and that I was paralysed waist down, I was still hopeful. I thought I was in a hospital after all and I would get well soon. Finally after spending more than a year there, I realised that this was serious, that I would not be able to walk ever again in my life. It shook me. I went into depression. At that time I was also engaged to be married. When the boy’s family found out that I had become disabled, they broke off the engagement. I tried to commit suicide twice. Luckily, my family rallied on to get me out of that mindset. My brother especially. He showed me Sudha Chandran’s film called ‘Nache Mayuri’ which is her story about being a dancer despite losing one leg. Slowly, I came out of my depression. I realised that if God has saved my life, He probably had a reason. D.N.I.S.: How did you decide to join the sector? Neeta Panchal: That happened much later. The earthquake had taken a toll on my family. I lost my sister and grandmother. We lost our house and all our belongings. We had nothing. To top that, my family suddenly had to look after me. I did not want to be a burden. So I started a small shop of imitation jewellery and then moved on to open a P.C.O. By this time, I was friends with my disability. In 2004, I participated in the National Para Games in Bangalore and won a silver medal in wheelchair race. In 2006, I won the gold medal in the same event. It was only after I came to Ahmedabad that I entered the disability sector. D.N.I.S.: You have a very interesting love story – almost straight out of a romance novel. Please do share how it all began. Neeta Panchal: Well, Handicap International (H.I.) conducted rehabilitation camps in Kutch after the earthquake – teaching us basic daily activities, etc. I had several surgeries after the earthquake (Neeta has had 22 surgeries till date and calls the operation theatre her ‘home theatre’!). I needed to come to Ahmedabad for one such surgery. I did not know anyone here and my family was also from a very simple background and was not sure about managing things in a big city. I sought H.I.’s help. Parag (Panchal) who works with H.I. was asked to help me. That’s how we met and fell in love in the hospital. But our families were dead against this match. Parag’s family because I was more severely disabled than him (Parag is orthopaedically impaired because of polio) and mine because they did not know anything about Parag. We went ahead against our families’ wishes and got married in the hospital on May 25, 2006. D.N.I.S.: Did you families reconcile to this? Were there any problems? Neeta Panchal: Our families reconciled to our marriage but there were
[AI] Indian trio create mobile app for BMW
PTI, Mar 3, 2011, 10.35am IS http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/news/telecom/Indian-tr Three Indians have created a mobile phone application called MyCityWay for BMW. NEW YORK: BMW has partnered with three Indians to create a mobile phone application called MyCityWay, which helps people find everything from a place to eat to the closest park to relax in. BMW has invested $5 million in the company. I am thrilled to announce that we have just signed our first strategic partnership with MyCityWay, Ian Robertson, responsible for sales and marketing at BMW, said in Munich recently. As a mobile app, MyCityWay provides users with information on public transportation, parking availability, and local entertainment for over 40 cities in the US. Another 40 cities will be part of the global rollout, including Munich, of course, he added. The creators of MyCityWay are Puneet Mehta from Chandigarh, Archana Patchirajan from Chennai and Sonpreet Bhatia from New Delhi. This is a huge boost and vote of confidence, Mehta told PTI. This brand (BMW) stands for a lot of things, he added. The trio came into prominence when their original travel application called NYCWay was voted by New Yorkers as their favorite in a city-wide competition launched by NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg, last year. The NYCWay app allows New Yorkers and visitors to the city to check out tonnes of handy information, including live traffic updates, restaurant inspection results, WiFi locations and even local crime data. The app, the creators say, will soon be introduced in four cities in India -- Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and Delhi. The application will also be part of new sub-brand being launched by BMW called BMW I. In a first move, two models will be launched under the new sub-brand from 2013 -- the BMW i3 and BMW i8 -- the company said. -- With Regards Pradeep T.S Email: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com Mobile: 9845925188 Skype: pradeepsocialwork 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] Launch of Disability Helpline: Disha - 1800-22-1203
Taken from another mailing list Launch of 'DISHA'-DisAbility Helpline Action, UNITY CSR Centre Initiative in association with CHILDRAISE Trust Toll-free number is 1800-22- 1203 'ChildRaise Trust' - committed to the empowerment of special needs children and adults with disabilities, firmly believes that 'Information Is Power it can change lives'. Unity CSR Centre is the CSR wing of Unity Infraprojects Ltd., a company which specializes in Civil Construction, Transportation Engineering and Water Supply/Irrigation sectors and has completed a wide array of projects of significant value complexity. Their motto is 'Building a better world'. As a progressive business house, they have always recognized their responsibility towards the corporate value system, society and local community. 'DISHA' is an acronym for'DisAbility Helpline Action'. It also means 'Direction' to the user group. The Toll-free number is 1800-22- 1203. The last four digits signify the 'International Day for Persons with Disabilities' which is observed every year on December 3rd (1203). ChildRaise Services - · A comprehensive website-www.childraise.com. a.. A Resource Guide-'Journey to Empowerment' a roadmap for Special Children. b.. ChildRaise Centre for children with learning difficulties, autism, epilepsy dev. disabilities. c.. To further strengthen our mission, the Trustees the Team members of ChildRaise, will be launching a Toll-free Telephone Disability Helpline - 'DISHA' on Tuesday, 15th February 2011 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Press club, Mahapalika Marg, Mumbai-41. Why the need? As per the 2001 census, over 21 million people i.e.2.1% of the population in India are suffering from one or the other kind of disability which has grown to roughly 60 million in the last ten years (Maharashtra-1.6 million). The disability services, facilities operating helplines are very few in comparison. Being a Cross-disability helpline 'DISHA' will provide basic information about various disabilities, help to identify and help in early intervention, will provide information about spl. education facilities, vocational centres, professionals in the field, rehab facilities, laws, certification issues etc. in order to maximize the potential participation of a person with disability. ChildRaise appeals to you, to spread the information about it our Toll-free no-1800-22-1203. Thanks!! Kavita Shanbhag-Founder Managing Trustee ChildRaise Trust 1800-22-1203 91-9820256731 IF we not part of the solution then we are part of the problem With Regards Pradeep T.S SyndicateBank Information Technology Cell Regional Office Bangalore Mobile: 9845925188 email: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com skype: pradeepsocialwork Get numbers right this time, help the census with correct disability info! Question 9 relates to disability.
[AI] BEML special drive for PWD for various jobs
BEML Limited (A Govt of India Undertaking) BEML Soudha, 23/1, 4th Main, SR Nagar, Bangalore-560027 Special Recruitment drive for Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) BEML Limited, requires PWD candidates for the following posts for its various Manufacturing Units at Mysore, Bangalore, KGF, Palakkad and Marketing Division : Senior Manager (Grade-V) Manager (Grade-IV) Asst Manager (Grade-III) Engineer / Officer (Grade-II) Asst. Engineer/ Asst. Officer (Grade-I) Asst. Officer (Trainee) Clerk-cum-Typist (Wg. Grp-B) in the following areas : Human Resource / Finance Audit / Quality / Rajbhasha / Civil / Public Relation How to Apply : Apply strictly through online upto 13/03/2011 at BEML website only. Visit http://www.bemlindia.com/job-advt07-2011.php for details and online submission of the application. IF we not part of the solution then we are part of the problem With Regards Pradeep T.S SyndicateBank Information Technology Cell Regional Office Bangalore Mobile: 9845925188 email: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com skype: pradeepsocialwork Get numbers right this time, help the census with correct disability info! Question 9 relates to disability.
[AI] Nokia CEO's letter to employee
Nokia CEO's letter to employee TOI Tech, Feb 9, 2011, Finland-based Nokia faces a key test this week when chief executive Stephen Elop finally unveils a plan to reverse a sharp slide in the fortunes of the world's number one mobile phone maker. NEW DELHI: Finland-based Nokia faces a key test this week when chief executive Stephen Elop finally unveils a plan to reverse a sharp slide in the fortunes of the world's number one mobile phone maker. Nokia holds a strategy and financial briefing in London on Friday, two weeks after it reported a 21 percent slump in fourth quarter earnings and Elop promised: The industry's changed and now it's time for Nokia to change faster. Engadget has reprinted a copy of the text from an internal Nokia memo from the CEO Elop to the company's employees. Here's over to the letter which several analysts have termed 'brutually honest'. Hello there, There is a pertinent story about a man who was working on an oil platform in the North Sea. He woke up one night from a loud explosion, which suddenly set his entire oil platform on fire. In mere moments, he was surrounded by flames. Through the smoke and heat, he barely made his way out of the chaos to the platform's edge. When he looked down over the edge, all he could see were the dark, cold, foreboding Atlantic waters. As the fire approached him, the man had mere seconds to react. He could stand on the platform, and inevitably be consumed by the burning flames. Or, he could plunge 30 meters in to the freezing waters. The man was standing upon a burning platform, and he needed to make a choice. He decided to jump. It was unexpected. In ordinary circumstances, the man would never consider plunging into icy waters. But these were not ordinary times - his platform was on fire. The man survived the fall and the waters. After he was rescued, he noted that a burning platform caused a radical change in his behaviour. We too, are standing on a burning platform, and we must decide how we are going to change our behaviour. Over the past few months, I've shared with you what I've heard from our shareholders, operators, developers, suppliers and from you. Today, I'm going to share what I've learned and what I have come to believe. I have learned that we are standing on a burning platform. And, we have more than one explosion - we have multiple points of scorching heat that are fuelling a blazing fire around us. For example, there is intense heat coming from our competitors, more rapidly than we ever expected. Apple disrupted the market by redefining the smartphone and attracting developers to a closed, but very powerful ecosystem. In 2008, Apple's market share in the $300+ price range was 25 percent; by 2010 it escalated to 61 percent. They are enjoying a tremendous growth trajectory with a 78 percent earnings growth year over year in Q4 2010. Apple demonstrated that if designed well, consumers would buy a high-priced phone with a great experience and developers would build applications. They changed the game, and today, Apple owns the high-end range. And then, there is Android. In about two years, Android created a platform that attracts application developers, service providers and hardware manufacturers. Android came in at the high-end, they are now winning the mid-range, and quickly they are going downstream to phones under €100. Google has become a gravitational force, drawing much of the industry's innovation to its core. Let's not forget about the low-end price range. In 2008, MediaTek supplied complete reference designs for phone chipsets, which enabled manufacturers in the Shenzhen region of China to produce phones at an unbelievable pace. By some accounts, this ecosystem now produces more than one third of the phones sold globally - taking share from us in emerging markets. While competitors poured flames on our market share, what happened at Nokia? We fell behind, we missed big trends, and we lost time. At that time, we thought we were making the right decisions; but, with the benefit of hindsight, we now find ourselves years behind. The first iPhone shipped in 2007, and we still don't have a product that is close to their experience. Android came on the scene just over 2 years ago, and this week they took our leadership position in smartphone volumes. Unbelievable. We have some brilliant sources of innovation inside Nokia, but we are not bringing it to market fast enough. We thought MeeGo would be a platform for winning high-end smartphones. However, at this rate, by the end of 2011, we might have only one MeeGo product in the market. At the midrange, we have Symbian. It has proven to be non-competitive in leading markets like North America. Additionally, Symbian is proving to be an increasingly difficult environment in which to develop to meet the continuously expanding consumer requirements, leading to slowness in product development and also creating a disadvantage when we seek to take advantage of new
[AI] Disabled should help enumerators to prepare correct census
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/disabled-should-help-enumerator Thaindian News Kolkata, Jan 28 (IANS) Disabled people should not hide their disabilities and help the enumerators to prepare correct census data to enable the government to effectively implement the projects for them, an official said Friday.According to 2001 census, 22 million people are estimated to be differently abled, while in West Bengal the figure accounts for 2 million, which is just 2.3 per cent of the total population of the state. But while issuing certificates it was found that there were several anomalies in the data. So, a proper census is needed immediately, said Assistant Disability Commissioner Ketaki Ranjan Adhikari.If a proper census could be prepared with the exact figure and category, it will help the government to initiate effective projects for the differently abled persons according to their category, said Adhikari while addressing a seminar 'Development, Rights and Disability' organised by the states' Disability Activists Forum (DAF) here at the Book Fair.The census will be conducted between Feb 9 and 28 across the country and there will be a separate question in the questionnaire for the disabled.However, no certificates for proving their disabilities are required while filling the questionnaire, he said.A workshop will be organised during that first week of February to help the differently abled persons and their guardians to interact with the enumerators freely while filling the census form, a DAF office-bearer said. IF we not part of the solution then we are part of the problem With Regards Pradeep T.S SyndicateBank Information Technology Cell Regional Office Bangalore Mobile: 9845925188 email: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com skype: pradeepsocialwork
[AI] No country for disabled people
No country for disabled people.Rema Nagarajan Of the 70 million Indians with disabilities,95 per cent have no access to education or employment.The problem lies with the welfare-based approach of the government Of the conservatively estimated 70 million people with disabilities (PWD) in India,almost 95 per cent have no access to education or employment opportunities,says a survey done by the Commonwealth Foundation along with other NGOs.Thats the equivalent of denying education or employment to the entire population of the UK or France.A World Bank report released last year stated that over 52 per cent of the disabled over 36 million are illiterate.Thats like keeping the entire population of Canada illiterate.So who pays for the dependent,uneducated and unemployed PWD At an unrealistic estimate of just Rs 1,000 spent per disabled person per month on half the PWD population,it works out to a whopping Rs 3,500 crore every month.And this is paid by society,by the families of PWD,and not by the government,whose entire annual budget for the disabled would not exceed Rs 1,000 crore,if that.The annual budget of the nodal ministry for the disabled in this case the Ministry for Social Justice and Empowerment (MSJE) is just about Rs 400 crore.Despite a 1995 legislation that secures the rights of the disabled,India is accused of having a welfare-based approach rather than a rightsbased approach to the whole problem.The latter would have ensured that the disabled had the right to education and access as citizens of the nation,and that these rights were not offered as charity.Every discussion on disability talks of empowering PWD to make them participating,contributing members of the society.But empowerment seems a distant dream without employment,which cannot happen without education.And both employment and education cannot happen without accessibility,a casualty in a country where most public spaces including schools,colleges and universities are inaccessible to children with disability (CWD).Despite the 15-year-old legislation and several policy initiatives,by the HRD ministrys own admission less than 1.8 per cent of CWD are in schools.Well over a third of all children who are not in schools are disabled.A limited survey of 89 schools by the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP) showed that a mere 0.5 per cent of the total number of students were those with some disability.A similar survey in 96 colleges also came up with the same percentage.Of the 322 universities surveyed,118 responded: the number of PWD in the total student population was just 0.1 per cent.One of the most common reasons for CWD remaining unschooled is the lack of access.A majority of schools in the country,including the 3,000-odd special schools,have no accessibility features such as ramps or disabled-friendly toilets.Even a top institution like Delhi University is not accessible to students with disabilities.DU got down to doing access audits on all its colleges only after a public interest litigation was filed in a court.The access audit showed that not a single institution was fully accessible.A recent report on accessibility prepared by Samarthyam,the research wing of the National Centre for Accessible Environments,found that Shastri Bhavan,which houses several Union ministries,is inaccessible to the disabled.It also happens to house the MSJE,the nodal ministry for PWDs.Not only educational institutions but most public spaces too are inaccessible to the disabled: shopping malls,parks,roads and pavements.While developed countries are still working on improving accessibility in all spheres of life,some basic features such as making all places wheelchair accessible,tactile paving for the visually impaired,designated parking spaces at shopping centers and low- floor buses have become common enough.However,these are hardly visible anywhere in India.Where they are available,the facilities are flawed: the ramps are built too steep for anyone to use and the low-floor buses do not have the standard kerb height.There are building byelaws in about 16 states that make accessibility a criteria for obtaining approval.But it is not clear what design standards or design detailing constitute accessibility.Accessibility is not even part of the curriculum in any of the architecture schools in the country.Then how can you expect buildings designed by these architects to be accessible asks Shivani Gupta,director,AccessAbility.The urban development ministry recently constituted a committee to draw up universal design standards that would be applicable to the whole country.Its anyones guess when the assignment will be completed.The law on employment for PWD it provides for 3 per cent reservation in identified posts in the government remains ineffective.Many states have not even completed the process of identifying these posts in their services.The NCPEDPs survey on the employment of PWD among the top 100 companies in India
[AI] Parents of the disabled: reasons for a furrowed brow
When were gone... Rema Nagarajan For most parents of the disabled,its not life that is a burden.Its death.With Indias policies and infrastructure inadequate,there is reason for the furrowed brow Last year,the headlines screamed of deaths in Asha Kiran,a government-run home for mentally challenged persons.Most of the deaths,it was reported,were due to neglect.As the death count climbed to touch 26,the hearts of thousands of parents across the country with intellectually and developmentally challenged children sank.The plight of these lonely people who died in the home uncared for filled their hearts with dread about the fate of their own children after they are gone. In response to this question that haunts all parents of children with mental disabilities What will happen to my child when I am no more the National Trust Act was enacted in 1999.A decade later the scene is still pretty bleak. Shabnam Aggarwal,who has worked with the mentally challenged for decades,says that most enquiries to the helpline are from people seeking homes to put their children in.Most often,its due to a real lack of options and information about available options, she says.There are hardly any support services such as therapy,vocational training or day care for mentally challenged children.Its exhausting for parents who cannot take a break even for a few hours when support services are not available, explains Shabnam. Poonam Natrajan,chairperson of the Trust,rues the dearth of NGOs willing to work with mentally challenged adults as everyone wants to work with children.The lack of awareness among families of people with mental disabilities is also a hurdle to them demanding access to various services, she says. Lack of financial resources and consequently human resources seems the biggest challenge for the sector.Most people who work in the sector leave for better paying jobs, says Shanti Aulakh who runs Muskaan,an organisation for mentally challenged adults. Incidentally,the National Trusts initial corpus of Rs 100 crore has never been enhanced since.The Trust was to run programmes from the interest earned on the corpus.About half the interest is spent on administrative costs of the Trust and the rest of it does not even get fully utilised.Hence the ministry refuses to enhance the amount.It shows a lack of efficiency to return money unutilised when the demand is so huge, says J P Gadkari,president of Parivaar,a federation of associations of parents with mentally challenged children.Gadkari explains that he has no faith in government run homes.Parent-run homes seem to work better, he adds.He,along with a few other parents with similar concerns,has built such homes in Bangalore.We chose not to take the Rs 20 lakh the Trust gives because then the property belongs to the Trust.Theres also a scheme by which the Trust pays a home Rs 8 lakh for a below poverty line person.The persons needs are looked after for a lifetime from the interest earned on the amount, says Gadkari. A look at the Trust website shows a string of schemes for training carers,for building the capacity of NGOs to run homes,vocational training,financial support to construct homes,health insurance and so on.However,parents and those working in the sector feel that schemes suffer from the lack of effective monitoring.With the state unwilling to put its money where its mouth is,the support systems required for the 20 million plus mentally challenged citizens to live with dignity seems a remote dream. * MAMAS BOY:Abhishek Bannerjee,who has cerebral palsy,with his mother Mitra URL: http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/getpage.aspx?pageid=21pagesize=edid=edlabel=TOIMmydateHid=17-01-2011pubname=edname=publabel=TOI -- With Regards Pradeep T.S Email: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com Mobile: 9845925188 Skype: pradeepsocialwork
[AI] 2011 to be 'Year of the Disabled Soldier': Army chief
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/2011-to-be-year-of-the-dis Thaindian News New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) The Indian Army will observe 2011 as the 'Year of the Disabled Soldier' to honour its soldiers who suffered injuries or were disabled in operations, its chief General V.K. Singh said here Saturday.We have been giving great respect to our martyred soldiers and the time has come to give due honour to our soldiers who have been disabled in operations, Singh said at the 63rd Army Day parade here. He said the government had sanctioned Rs.1 crore for providing rehabilitation, training and basic amenities to disabled soldiers this year. A grant of Rs.25,000 will be awarded to widows of soldiers and a monthly sum of Rs.400 would be given for education of their children. A sum of Rs.20,000 will be given to wheelchair-bound soldiers. On counter-insurgency operations, Singh said: Our units have been successful in maintaining peace and security in both Jammu and Kashmir and northeast. We are also providing training to the police forces in the northeast to enhance their capability to carry out internal security duties on their own. Commending the Indian troops working under the UN flag in peace-keeping missions, Singh noted that India had the third largest contingent among troop contributing nations and that he was proud of the soldiers in Blue Berets (UN peacekeepers) for doing a splendid job. He said troops deployed in high altitude areas of over 12,000 feet would get special rations and an attempt was being made to provide the same quantity of rations to jawans and officers. The government had announced improvement in quality and quantity of rations to the troops in high altitude areas soon after the Comptroller and Auditor General had criticised it over rotten supplies.
[AI] NGO sensitises census enumerators on disability issue
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/ngo-sensitises-census-enumerato Thaindian News New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) In an effort to sensitise enumerators on the disability issue so that they ask the newly-included question in this regard responsibly and record the answer faithfully, an NGO here held a consultation with enumerators of the country's north zone Saturday.The consultation, organised by the National Centre for Promotion of Employment of Disabled People (NCPEDP), saw the participation of around 100 census enumerators from the north zone states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand. Census 2011 is going to be a significant achievement for the disabled population in the country, as it will be the first time ever since Independence, that the census will comprehensively cover all types of disabilities, a statement said. Therefore it is important that the enumerators are trained and sensitised to ask the question on disability responsibly, and record the answers faithfully, it added. Besides sensitising enumerators, the NGO members said that it is also important to spread awareness among the disabled people and their families so that they get themselves enumerated and not feel stigmatised. This is extremely important because if there is no authentic data on the percentage of population living with disability, resource allocation for the development programmes of the disabled population will not be proportional, the statement said. The first phase of the census was conducted last year between May and June. The second phase will be conducted between February and March this year.
[AI] Sminu Jindal - Delhi - access for physically challenged
Enabling the differentShreya Ray Jindal SAW's managing director works to make the Capital accessible to the physically challenged QA | Sminu Jindal You can't expect the managing director of Jindal SAW Ltd to be made of anything less than steel. And Sminu Jindal shows Herculean strength because after altering the face of Qutab Minar and Red Fort in New Delhi, she will assist the Dalai Lama in making his temple in Dharamsala accessible to physically challenged people. Jindal, who became wheelchair-bound after an accident at the age of 11, also runs the non-profit organization Swayam to make the city accessible. She talks about the daily barriers in the life of a physically challenged person when he or she is going into the workplace. Edited excerpts from an interview: Do you feel the Indian workplace is sensitized to the needs of the differently abled? It is far from being sensitized. In fact, the problem starts even before the workplace, it happens at the time we're getting educated. If you aren't going to make education accessible to (differently abled) youngsters, how will they get the skill or training to even be employable? When I was about to join college, my father had to get a slope constructed at SRCC (Shri Ram College of Commerce) because there was none. This was possible because we could afford it, but what about the ones who can't? It just means they will be denied education. There's no point having 10% reservation for the differently abled if they can't access their colleges in the first place. What are the most basic barriers a differently abled person faces in accessing his/her office? The physical infrastructure in our country does not cater to the needs of a physically challenged person. For a person to go to work means their mother/father/family member has to leave their job and assist them the whole day, taking them in and out of wheelchairs, etc. Restrooms are not accessible, that is, they are too small and leave no room for wheelchairs, or there are steps, and level changes, and places that have ramps often have very steep gradients, which can be very hazardous. But in addition to the internal access within the workplace, what also matters is being able to access your workplace in the first place. The basic infrastructure is so poor that there was no way these people could even come in to work. What are the most basic facilities a workplace must ensure for differently abled employees? First, make level changes accessible by having elevators and ramps. Ramps must be the 1:12 gradient. Doors should be wider, about 3ft. Every floor should have a restroom that is accessible. Restrooms should also be accessible, that is, they should have space for a wheelchair; wherever required, there should also be railings for support. And yes, at least make sure your employee can get to his workstation without assistance. Your organization has worked to make the Qutab Minar and Red Fort accessible. Could you tell us about this process? When Stephen Hawkins came to India in 2000, the inaccessible infrastructure became glaringly evident. It was then that we started getting involved to make these structures accessible. We added an accessible restroom to Qutab Minar. The Red Fort is now accessible all the way to the Diwan-i-Khas, which I had never seen until then. What's the biggest hurdle in providing access in this country? Is it lack of resources? It is essentially the mindset. It's almost as if because we have an enormous population, we seem to value human life less. In the West, you see how every person is valued, treated as a resource and asset to the economy. Here, being disabled means being subjected to house arrest. People too can be very insensitive to the disabled. As I child, I recall a particular incident that made me vow never to step outside my home: I was alone on a sidewalk and my wheelchair almost toppled into a manhole, the wheels had got stuck with the edge of the hole. Nobody helped me out, they formed a circle around me, to watch. Unless the mindset changes, the infrastructure can't. shrey...@livemint.com URL: http://www.livemint.com/2011/01/09182310/Enabling-the-different.html -- With Regards Pradeep T.S Email: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com Mobile: 9845925188 Skype: pradeepsocialwork
