Hyderabad, Oct 17 2013 Students and staff with disabilities studying or working in the University of Hyderabad will get some facilities, to make their campus life a bit more easier. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/education/university-of-hyderabad-to-create-facilities-for-students-with-disabilities/article5244530.ece As per a new plan, 18 lifts will be installed in the 15 buildings, including academic, library and administration on the sprawling campus in Gachibowli area of Hyderabad. Each lift will have the provision to accommodate wheel chairs in accordance with the Bureau of Indian Standards. In addition, there will be fixtures such as auditory signals, Braille signages and accessible control panels and other works required to create a barrier-free environment and other facilities for students with disabilities that the University will take up.
The Central University has got a grant of Rs 6 crore to create the barrier-free environment. The Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has approved the grant-in-aid to the university. For the present financial year, Rs 4 crore has been released as grant-in-aid. This grant has come under the schemes arising out of the implementation of persons with disabilities (Equal Opportunities Protection of Rights and Full Participation Act, 1995-SIPDA). The Vice-Chancellor has taken the initiative of making the campus disabled-friendly. As a consequence of this, a disability audit was conducted on the campus by Shivani Gupta of AccessAbility. The Delhi-based firm is an architectural access and universal design consultancy that provides design solutions to include persons with disabilities as clients and employees. In a press release, the university said this has been done for the first time by a Central University and the proposal sent by university has been approved by the Ministry. The university is among the top five Indian universities, with strengths in science, arts and research. The project needs to be completed within 12 months. -- Avinash Shahi M.Phil Research Scholar Centre for The Study of Law and Governance Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in 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..
