Hi Payal, This is Ruchika Menghani here. I would request you to kindly send to me a copy of the magazine at the address mentioned hereinbelow: Address: 9, Suleman Chambers, battery Street, Mumbai-400039. Mobile Number: 9619573689 Thank you.
On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 3:57 PM, Payal Kapoor <paya...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > It gives me great pleasure to announce the release of Insight at Mitra > Jyothi in Bangalore on June 27 which is Helen Keller's birth > anniversary. > i am sharing a mail sent by Mitra Jyothi about the events of the day > and the release of the magazine. > As mentioned in previous posts, the first copy of the magazine will be > mailed to all who want it free of charge. subsequent editions will be > available at a small annual subscription fee, details of which will be > mentioned in the magazine itself. > we request persons interested to please share your postal addresses with > us at: > insighthyd.edi...@gmail.com > the books will be printed in a phased manner and will begin in the > next few days. soon after, all who have shared addresses will begin > receiving their first copies. we will let you know on these groups of > that as well. > we hope to hear from you. > now for the details from Mitra Jyothi: > > It is my pleasure to inform you that the first issue of “Insight”, our > English magazine in Braille was released on 27th June as part of the > Helen Keller Day celebrations at Mitra Jyothi, Bangalore. > > As you are aware each year Mitra Jyothi celebrates Helen Keller day. > This year we celebrated with two significant activities working > together with the UDIS Forum, Coimbatore and CBM, Bangalore. Firstly a > group of neo-literate women with visual impairment were trained to use > Smart Canes and each of them were gifted one. The beneficiaries were > all from rural Karnataka. > > UDIS Forum is a network of parents, persons with disabilities, > professionals, and voluntary organizations for facilitating employment > and empowerment of persons with disabilities. The main objective of > the Forum is to identify jobs for persons with disabilities and also > organize training leading to their employment. > > CBM is an International Christian Development organization working for > people with disabilities worldwide. CBMs vision is of an inclusive > world in which all persons with disabilities enjoy their human rights > and achieve their full potential. CBM India Trust established in 1994 > promotes quality health care for people with disabilities and those at > risk of disability. > > The first half of the day was dedicated to training while the second > half had the valedictory function with distribution of Smartcanes to > beneficiaries followed by the release of “Insight”. Our Chief Guest > Dr.Harini Nagendra released the magazine. > > Dr. Harini Nagendra is a Professor and Research Scholar at School of > Development, Azim Premji University and she is also the Asia Research > Coordinator, Study of Institutions, Population, and Environmental > Change at Indiana University. Dr.Harini has published many articles > and research papers on her favorite subject ‘Urban Ecology’. Just a > few weeks back Dr. Harini’s book “Nature in the City, Bengaluru in the > Past, Present and Future” was released. > > Professor Sreenivasan, Trustee UDIS Forum, was the first recipient of > Insight, he read aloud a few lines from Insight to the audience. We > also presented Insight to Mr. Shiva Mohan Rao, Programme Officer, CBM. > He was the second recipient of the Magazine. Our very own Ms.Madhu > Singhal very appropriately read aloud the write up on Helen Keller > from Insight. > > Thank you very much for being the brain behind Insight, for > conceptualizing it and bringing it to life working together with > Madhuji. We are very proud to have someone like you as the Author and > Editor of Insight. The whole celebration would have been a notch > higher and more meaningful if you could have been with us personally > on the wonderful occasion. > > We have posted updates of this event on our Facebook page at > > https://www.facebook.com/mitra.jyothi > > > > With Warm Regards > > Uma > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Uma Krishnamurthy > > 9731457012 > > COO, Mitra Jyothi > > CA Site No P22, 31st Main, > 18th Cross, Sector 1, HSR Layout, > Behind (NIFT) National Institute of Fashion Technology, > Bangalore-560102 > Phone:.080-22587624 /23 /25 > web site: <http://www.mitrajyothi.org/> http://www.mitrajyothi.org/ > > “We are Accredited by Credibility Alliance under Desirable Norms” > > > > <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. 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