I am happy to inform you all that equal opportunities office at JNU,
and
JNU-Visually challenged forum are jointly organising a two-day
National
Conference on 'disability and Disenchantment: New challenges and
Evolving
directions' on 2nd&3rd march 2009 at Jawaharlal Nehru University
Campus.
I wish to make a special request to all our friends at Delhi to
participate in our Conference on both the days and contribute to this
academic event which is going to be unique in Indian higher
educational
circles. working visually-challenged friends at Delhi can write to our
organising team at jnuvis...@gmail.com to obtain a special delegation
invitation which they can use either to avail a special Casual leave
or to
attend the conference on-duty-leave.
since the sessions in the conference run throughout the day from 9:30
AM
to 5:00 PM, Lunch and the High-Tea will be taken-care by the
University.
for the root map of our University, you can visit http://www.jnu.ac.in
or
write to us at jnuvis...@gmail.com for any query.
I feel more than happy to further inform you that some of our
high-profiled Access-Indians, Including our Moderator, are going to
make
focused presentations in our Conference.
you may therefore please go through the complete schedule pasted below
and
find out for yourself!
The National Conference on Disability and Disenchantment: New
challenges
and Evolving directions
Schedule
An event first of its kind in Indian academic circles, the conference
will
have a multifaceted participation of Renowned Academicians, Young
scholars,
Administrators and Activists working in the field of disability.
Spread
across two-days (2nd&3rd March), it is divided into five thematic
sessions
besides a brief formal inaugural ceremony and the concluding panel
discussion, the details of which are given below:
INAUGURAL SESSION
2nd March (9:30 AM to 11:15 AM) at SSS1 Auditorium JNU Campus.
Chief Guest: Sri; Mani Shankar Aiyyar (Hon.ble Union minister of
Panchayat
raj and youth affairs, Government of India.)
Key note Speaker: Prof. Sukh Dev-Singh Torat (chairperson, University
Grants Commission.)
Officiating Chair: Prof. B.B. Bhattacharya (Vice-chancellor, JNU.)
DISABILITY, PUBLIC POLICY AND LAW
2nd March (11:30 AM to 1:00 PM) at SSS1 Committee Room JNU Campus.
Officiating Chair: Justice Rajendra Babu (National Human Rights
Commission
India)
Titles and Presenters
1) Global Trends and transformation: International Laws on Disability
with
special reference to UN-Convention on Persons with disabilities
Neredimalli
Annavaram, Center for the Study of Social systems, School of Social
Sciences, JNU;
2) The Enactment and Implementation of Persons with Disabilities
(Equal
Opportunities, Protection of rights and Full-participation) Act 1995
and a
way forward Santosh Kumar Rungta, Advocate at Delhi High-court and the
long
serving General secretary of National Federation of the Blind;
3) WORLD PSYCHE AND THE DISABILITY POLICY Dr. Ramesh Kumar Sarene,
Teaching faculty at the Department of political science, Satyavathi
college,
University of Delhi; and
4) To see the invisible: reflections on disability and public policy
Dr.
Vinod, Teaching Faculty at the Department of Psychology, Lady Sriram
College, University of Delhi.
DISABILITY, EDUCATION AND CAREER
2nd March (1:45 PM to 3:30 PM) at SSS1 Committee Room JNU Campus.
Officiating Chair: Prof. Abijit Patak, Center for the study of Social
systems, School of Social Sciences, JNU.
Titles and Presenters
1) Curriculum Development for Higher Education in Disability
Studies
and Action Co-authored by: Dr. Srilata Juvva Head of The Department,
Disability Studies and Dr. Kalyani Talvelkar, Tata Institute of Social
Sciences, Mumbai;
2) Career and Capability: Opportunities for Persons with
disabilities Shanti raghavan, Managing Director and Trustee, Enable
India
foundation, Bangalore; and
3) Disability and higher education Dr. Gangatharan, Teaching
faculty
at the History Department, Banaras Hindu University, banaras.
THEORISING DISABILITY
3rd March (9:30 AM to 11:15 AM) at SSS1 Committee Room.)
Officiating Chair: Prof. Gautam, Vice-chancellor, Bhareli University;
Titles and Presenters
1) Beyond Medical Dogmatism and ConstructivistOrthodoxy: Capability
Framework for Understanding Disability S. Mahesh Panicker, Young
Scholar
and Teaching Faculty, Lady Sriram College, University of delhi;
2) Stigma and Social Disability Dr. Krishna Svami Dara, Teaching
Faculty,
Jamia Milya University, Delhi;
3) DISABILITY, STIGMATISATION AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION: INSIGHTS FROM
INDIA
Dr. Rambabu, Teaching Faculty, Tata Institute of Social Sciences,
Mumbai;
and
4) The Metaphysics of Body: implications for Discourse on Disability
Prof.
Gopal Guru, Teaching faculty, Center for Political studies, School of
Social
sciences, JNU.
DISABILITY, GENDER AND CIVIL SOCIETY
Officiating Chair: Prof. Janiki Abraham, Chairperson, Center for women
studies, School of Social sciences, JNU.
Titles and Presenters
1) DUAL BURDEN OF GENDER AND ABLEISM IN THE LIVES OF WOMEN WITH
(VISUAL)
DISABILITIES IN INDIA Dr. Renu Addlakha, Senior Fellow, Center for
women's
Development studies, Delhi;
2) Disability and Gender: a Constructive Approach Dr. Anita Ghai,
teaching
faculty, Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi;
Women and Disability Preeti Monga, Director, Silver linings;
4) Dissident bodies, demystified nations: a post-colonial reading of
disability in the novels of Tony Morrison Dr. Navnit Shethi, Associate
Professor, Center for English Studies, School of Language,
Literature&Culture studies, JNU;
EQUALITY, ACCESSIBILITY AND TECHNOLOGY
3rd March (2:00 PM to 3:45 PM) at SSS1 Committee Room.
Officiating Chair: Prof. Anand kumar, Center for The study of Social
Systems, School of Social Sciences, JNU;
Titles and Presenters
1) Copyright & Print Access - Response & Challenge: A Higher Education
Case Study Dr. Sam Taraporevala, Head of the Department of Sociology,
St.
Xaviers College, University of Mumbai and The Director, Xaviers
Resource
Center for Visually-challenged;
2) Times They are Changing George Abraham, Chief Executive Officer,
Score
foundation and founding patron of the Indian Cricket Board for
Visually-challenged; 3) Continued relevance of Braille in India and
other
developing countries Prof. A.K. Mittal, President, All India
Confederation
of The Blind, and Treasurer, World Blind Union; and
4) Equality through e-Quality: Importance of Technology and
Accessibility
for the Creation of an Equalizing Environment Harish Kotian, Assistant
General manager, Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai.
PANEL DISCUSSION
3rd March (4:00 PM to 5:00 PM) at SSS1 Committee Room.
Moderator: Sri; Vivek Sahai, General manager, Northern Railways.
Discussants include: Chief Commissionor, Office of Persons with
disabilities, Chairperson, National Trust for the Welfare of Persons
with
Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities,
and
representatives from the office of Union public service Commission,
Ministry
of Social Justice and Empowerment, Ministry of Human resource
development
and Ministry of Women and Child Development.
Looking forward for your estemed presence!
Mr. Annavaram Along with the Organising Team!
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