Hello Dhananjay, I tried calling you but the phone was busy. Have even sent a personal mail to you. I am unable to find the details of the course on the website. I am interested to participate. Let me know how to register. Thanks, Dr Aruni Sharma.
Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Dhananjay Bhole Sent: 10 July 2019 15:17 To: accessindia Subject: [AI] Call for participation, faculty development program on AcademicAccessibility and Disability inclusion Dear All, Centre for Disabilities and Inclusive Education in association with Faculty Development Centre, SPPU is organizing 5 days training program for University Faculties. Following are the details. "Faculty Development Program on Academic Accessibility and Disability Inclusion" Organized By: Faculty Development Centre, Savitribai Phule Pune University. Concept Note: • People with disabilities in India are often left out of mainstream education because of unawareness amongst educational institutions and academician, limited infrastructural resources and lack of training in this regard. It is believed that barely two per cent of the 70 million persons with disabilities have access to education in India. Hence the need of accessible academic environment. • As per the section 16 and section 17 of Rights of persons with disabilities Act 2016 and Article 21 of United nations Conventions on Rights of Persons with Disabilities it has been mandatory to provide accessible environment to the students, researchers, faculties, staffs and visitors with disabilities. • As per the law, all the academic built infrastructure, Web services, Course content and library services, Course delivery mechanism should be made accessible in next 2 years. • UGC has made mandatory to all the academic institutes to provide appropriate assistive technologies, accessible course content and accessible environment to the persons with disabilities. • This program will provide detail in site of accessibility compliance in academics to the participants. • This is In service program for the university faculties and they will be entitled to get the benefits similar to Refresher and orientation program of HRDC. Objectives: 1. To sensitize stakeholders of higher education system in India about creation of accessible environment for persons with disabilities in Academics. 2. To impart hands-on knowledge on Academic accessibility for implementation of various laws and regulations, Standards and guidelines, policies, schemes of government related to inclusion of persons with disabilities in academics. The 5 days program will cover: Inclusive education Concepts, types of disabilities and specific assistive technologies required to them, Demonstration of assistive technologies, Challenges of persons with disabilities in academic inclusion, role of stakeholders in creation of barrier free academics, accessible academic web services, Accessible built infrastructure, Accessible Course content, accessible teaching and course delivery mechanism, Accessible Admission and enrolment, Reservation policies for persons with disabilities, Disability support services activities at the campus, students counseling, Placement for persons with disabilities, cases discussion, Inclusive Education and accessibility Research etc. • When: 19th august to 23th August 2019. • Duration: 5 days. • Who can participate? University Faculties of arts and humanities, Social Sciences, Science and Technology etc, academic administrators, Policy makers, Trusties of academic institutions, Principals, Head of institutions, IQAC directors, Librarians, Estate managers, IT managers, research fellows, disability coordinators etc. Tentative program: Day 1 • Inauguration: by Prof. Sanjeev Sonawane, Director, HRDC, SPPU. 11.00 am to 01.00 pm. • Lunch Break: 01.00 pm to 02.00 pm. • Introduction to Inclusive Education and persons with disabilities: 02.00 pm to 05.00 pm. Day 2 • Introduction to academic accessibility: 10.00 am to 11.30 am. • Challenges of persons with disabilities (interaction with students): From 11.30 am to 01.00 pm. • Lunch Break: 01.00 pm to 02.00 pm. • Introduction to assistive technologies: From 02.00 pm to 03.30 pm. • Resource centre for persons with disabilities: 03.30 pm to 05.00 pm. Day 3 • Academic course content accessibility: From 10.00 am to 01.00 pm • Lunch Break: 01.00 pm to 02.00 pm • Academic Built infrastructure accessibility: 0200 pm to 03.30 pm. • Accessible Teaching and course delivery mechanism: from 03.30 pm to 05.00 pm. Day 4 • Academic digital services accessibility: from 10.00 pm to 11.30 am. • Laws and regulations governing academic accessibility: from 11.30 am to 01.00 pm. • Lunch Break: 01.00 pm to 02.00 pm. • Institutional policy for persons with disabilities: 2.00 pm to 03.30 pm. • Social inclusion of persons with disabilities in campus: from 03.30 pm to 05.00 pm. Day 5 • Presentations of participants on creation of their own accessible and inclusive campuses. From 10.00 am to 01.00 pm. • Lunch Break: 01.00 pm to 02.00 pm. • Valedictory: By Dr. Praful Pawar, Registrar, SPPU and Prof. Sanjeev Sonawane, Director, HRDC, SPPU. 02.00 pm to 03.30 pm. Tentative Guest Speakers: • Dr. Sam Tarapurwala. • Dr. Nirmitha Narsimhan • Dr. Shrirang Sahsrabudhe • Dr. Sandya Limay • Dr. Vaishali Kolhe • Dr. Homiyar Mobedji • Mr. Dipendra Manocha • Mr. Prashant Warma • Mr. Dhananjay Bhole • Dr. Kavita Murugkar • Ms. Anita Aiyar • Ms. Kanchan Pimnani • Dr. Sanjay Jain Ms. Shivani Gupta We are trying to get time of these speakers and inviting them for the Faculty Development Program. Final Program will be share 1 week before the program commencement. Interested university faculties can login to register on http://www.hrdc.unipune.ac.in Participents have to make their travelling and accommodation arrangement during the program. Faculty guest house is available in the university campus on nominal charge. Contacts: Mr. Dhananjay Bhole Academic Coordinator, Centre for Disabilities and inclusive Education, DEE, SPPU. Email: dhananjay.bh...@gmail.com Contact number: 02025601323 HRDC office: 91 20 25692022,25601152 Email: ascpu...@gmail.com -- Dhananjay Bhole, Accessibility evangelist, Cell: +919850123212 LinkedIn profile: https://in.linkedin.com/in/dhananjay-bhole 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.. 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