In this episode of Eyeway Conversations, George Abraham speaks with Dr. Sam Taraporevala, a retired Associate Professor & Head Department of Sociology and Anthropology of the autonomous St. Xavier's College in Mumbai.
Born blind, his parents chose to educate him in a mainstream school and college, after which he pursued his PHD. Between 2002 and 2003, while teaching at St Xavier's College, Dr Sam set out to explore the reason behind the declining numbers of blind and visually impaired students in his college, that resulted in the inception of the famous Xavier's Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged (XRCVC), one of the country's finest resource centres for the blind. Fast forward to today, as an Executive Director, he has been at the forefront of social advocacy, creating awareness and addressing key access challenges for persons with low vision and blindness. His work so far has resulted in the amendment of the Copyright Act, India in 2012; the deployment of over 30,000 accessible ATMs in India; and the opening up of Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education for blind and low vision students. Tune in to listen to Dr Sam's inspiring journey! https://anchor.fm/eyeway/episodes/Eyeway-Conversations-with-Dr-Sam-Taraporev ala-e1g0uba To access the podcast transcript, click on link: https://otter.ai/u/FoqS7imJ0byrJQH0sRmHoh4ey3o This podcast is supported by BarrierBreak Solutions Pvt. Ltd -- 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/003501d83dbf%2404c88e50%240e59aaf0%24%40gmail.com.
