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1. News- Eight visually-impaired candidates clear Odisha civil services exam Of the 670 candidates that made it to the Odisha civil services examination’s merit list last week, eight personified not just a triumph of mind, but also of grit and determination. Sannyas Behera, who was turned down every time he applied for a government job, topped the list of visually-challenged candidates. Visually-impaired Sukanti Dash, who despite being a post graduate in history could not land a government job, too made it to the merit list. So did Sasmita Kumari Jena, the daughter of a driver from Koratpur, who overcame her impairment. The UPSC started allowing visually-impaired candidates to write the civil services examination in 2006. The Odisha Public Service Commission, however, did not care for them till 2015, when the Odisha HC, responding to a PIL, asked the examination panel to allow them. This year, eight visually-impaired candidates managed to make it to the final list, passing through the rigours of the examination, making them eligible to join the government service as Class-I officials.“The feeling is nothing less than that of scaling the Mt Everest,” said Behera. Dash, who took the help of audio books and a talking software to prepare for the exam, said, “I did not have the luxury of revising a chapter. So, I had to remember everything that I had listened from the audio book.” It was also the maiden attempt for Jena, a 23-year-old post graduate student in Indira Gandhi National Open University. “Though I have about 30% visibility, I could not look at books for more than a few hours. I had to depend on audio books. I had to work extra hard,” said Jena.. Source: http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/eight-visually-impaired-candidates-clear-odisha-civil-services-exam/story-HvQhXQRJfXAn3vBwuRgmYP.html. More at http://www.eyeway.org/?q=eight-visually-impaired-candidates-clear-odisha-civil-services-exam Vice-chancellor Tyagi does a phone-in for blind students. NEW DELHI: Delhi University Vice-Chancellor (V-C) Yogesh Tyagi is showing the light to the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment to empower visually impaired students. The Delhi University in collaboration with te ministry will provide blind-friendly smartphones with new features. Under the Government’s Assistance to Disabled Persons for Purchase/Fitting of Aids/Appliances (ADIP) scheme, the phones will be distributed on March 1. The brain behind the project is Features such as audio listening softwares for e-text, e-book, PDF will be beneficial for students to prepare for exams. Students will be able to listen to books, articles and stories with the help of specially installed softwares. Source: http://www.newindianexpress.com/thesundaystandard/2017/feb/18/vice-chancellor-tyagi-does-a-phone-in-for-blind-students-1572135.html. More at http://www.eyeway.org/?q=vice-chancellor-tyagi-does-phone-blind-students This visually impaired has set her sights on PhD, KAS. Blind since birth, but Azhra Qureshi (27) from Rajouri district has a master’s degree in sociology from the University of Jammu and has also qualified the National Eligibility Test (NET). Now, Azhra wants to do PhD and is looking for avenues. “I approached the Chief Minister’s Office as well as the Education Ministry, requesting them to open up avenues for the disabled persons who want to pursue higher studies and list their competence on a par with those with normal sight, but there has been no response so far,” said Azhra. Though being ‘totally visually impaired’, Azhra is blessed with some ‘natural gift’ as she can read and write from one corner of the right eye at a distance of 3 cm only and that too only under sunlight. “I don’t know how sunlight opens a small aperture in my right eye that gives me a very blurred vision of things at 3 cm away from me. I use it to my advantage in reading and writing,” said Azhra, a native of Ujjhan, Rajouri, at present residing at Malik Market, Jammu. Source: http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jammu-kashmir/community/this-visually-impaired-has-set-her-sights-on-phd-kas/366517.html. More at http://www.eyeway.org/?q=visually-impaired-has-set-her-sights-phd-kas 2. Job- One post of Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese and one post as Professor, Department of Sociology for Visually Impaired in Sikkim University. Qualification: (i) Professor- An eminent scholar with Ph.D. qualification(s) in the concerned/allied/relevant discipline and published work of high quality, actively engaged in research with evidence of published work with a minimum of 10 publications as books and/or research/policy papers. (ii) Assistant Professor- Good academic record as defined by the concerned university with at least 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) at the Master’s Degree level in a relevant subject from an Indian University, or an equivalent degree from an accredited foreign university. apply online through the University website www.cus.ac.in. Last date 10th March. More at http://www.eyeway.org/?q=jobs or employment news of 18th February page no. 30 3. Product A new high speed scanner is now available. Studying the demand for the past many years we realized that individuals require a scanner which can scan big size books with good resolution image quality and also at high speed. Considering the requirement we have launched Horizon A3 scanner with motion sensing technology. It has a 16 megapixel camera which is available only in the high end scanner like Readit Scholar and in no other assistive technology scanner in India. The scanner is very sturdy and the chances of it's moving or falling is negligible because: a) It has rubber pads on the bottom which provides a strong grip. b) Camera tower is fixed inside the plastic base and is made of aluminum alloy. The price of the product is Rs. 40,000/-. In case of any query or information required please let us know. Sparsh Products, Mobile: 91-9837088334, Email: i...@sparshproducts.com. More at http://www.eyeway.org/?q=horizon-a3-scanner -- With warm regards, Helpdesk Team! 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