The Hindu http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Bangalore/article2121072.ece Bangalore, June 21, 2011 Staff Reporter the feedback incorporated. File Photo: K. Gopinathan It will help them locate volunteers for study, write their exams
As a part of their centenary celebrations, IBM joined hands with Retina India, an organisation for persons with retinal impairment, to create a technology portal to help visually challenged students. This portal will help blind students find suitable volunteers to write their exams and to read books and other study material for them. Mamta Sharma, IBM's head of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) for South Asia, launched a prototype of the portal last week in the city. Amit Sharma, Chief Operating Officer, IBM India, announced a grant from IBM to Retina India. "We are positive that a database will connect visually challenged persons across the country with their potential reader or scribe. It will be a huge help to the students who lose much time trying to find volunteers. This project is an example of how our technology support can create the change at grassroots level," he said. Big help Arvind Bhartiya, Trustee of Retina India, said lack of scribes are an obstacle to visually challenged students preparing for exams. --- IF we not part of the solution then we are part of the problem With Regards Pradeep T.S SyndicateBank Information Technology Cell Regional Office Bangalore Mobile: 9845925188 email: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com skype: pradeepsocialwork 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
