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On 7/17/14, Ajay Minocha <ajayminoc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Though the article doesn't mention anything about IIM. Indore, yet > there are number of innitiatives going on to support students with > disabilities. > I can prowdly say that situation has improved a lot as compared to > last year when I joined here. > The difference can be clearely observed in the learning patern and > lifestyle of our juniors. > Thanks, > Ajay > > On 7/17/14, avinash shahi <shahi88avin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Superb! >> >> Can you share that judgment, please? >> >> On 7/17/14, Mohammed Asif iqbal <asifmaiq...@hotmail.com> wrote: >>> Hi All, >>> Pleased to learn about this remarkable achievement. >>> I still remember year 2000 where I actually filed law suit and outcome >>> of >>> that lawsuit resulted in initiations of reservation quota for disabled. >>> I >>> myself have not been directly benefited by this outcome but feels great >>> that >>> it has paved ways for many. >>> Friends, I did not narrate this personal incident to brag about myself >>> but >>> rather to demonstrate a point that each one of us has potential to >>> change >>> the community in which we operate. I encourage you to be change agent >>> and >>> pave path for others. >>> Thanks and wish you all the best in your journey of change. >>> Asif >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On >>> Behalf >>> Of avinash shahi >>> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2014 12:50 PM >>> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues >>> concerning >>> the disabled. >>> Subject: Re: [AI] 'India's top B-schools go the extra mile to help the >>> differently abled students' >>> >>> Here you go >>> >>> By Devina Sengupta & Anumeha Chaturvedi, ET Bureau | 17 Jul, 2014, >>> 04.15AM >>> IST >>> >>> B-schools are trying their best for their disabled students by adding >>> voice announcement facility in lifts, providing them motorised >>> wheelchairs and more. >>> >>> MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: He often mixes up 'who' with 'how'. And, when asked >>> for directions, he needs to look at the hand with which he eats to >>> point towards the right direction. Apoorv Agarwal is dyslexic and has >>> just made it to Indian Institute of Management, Raipur, acknowledging >>> his disability for the first time during his interview there. >>> >>> "Because of high content of lead in my blood, language comprehension >>> gets affected, but I will manage because I need to be an example for >>> my sister," says Agarwal. His sister too suffers from the disorder. >>> >>> Sai Prasad Vishwanathanan wheelchaired his way into Indian School of >>> Business, Hyderabad, in 2010 and was hired by Deloitte. He was >>> operated unsuccessfully for a birth condition of additional growth in >>> spinal cord. Subsequent injuries during childhood rendered him >>> disabled. >>> >>> Seventy-three such students with disabilities are now on campuses at a >>> handful of IIMs ET spoke to for this story. There are more such heroes >>> -- with visual, locomotive, hearing and learning disorders -- all >>> defying life's cruel blows to make it to the IIMs. Some of them were >>> chosen in general quota -- in some cases at the insistence of the >>> candidate --though 3% of the seats are reserved for the disabled in >>> IIMs. >>> >>> ISB did away with stairs in one of its four entrance gates enabling >>> Vishwanathan to take the wheelchair, put a ramp around his >>> accommodation, built a new washroom, gave him a battery-powered >>> wheelchair that cost them Rs 1 lakh, and brought down the height of >>> the stage on his graduating day. >>> >>> "It touched me when ISB started making changes because it was the >>> right thing to do and not because they could foresee numbers of >>> students like me going up in future," says Vishwanathan. >>> >>> "Reservation is not the answer. What we need is the right >>> infrastructure that can make life easy," Vishwanathan said. >>> >>> B-schools are trying their best for their disabled students by adding >>> voice announcement facility in lifts, providing them motorised >>> wheelchairs, giving more time to students with learning disorders, >>> adopting special software for the blind and encouraging volunteers to >>> help them in their studies. >>> >>> Infrastructural changes have been made in class rooms and hostels, and >>> students have been sensitised on the needs of the specially-abled. >>> Some IIMs are also in the process of creating a special centre where >>> the needs of the differently-abled can be discussed and met. >>> >>> IIM Calcutta is planning a centre for specially-abled students. With >>> 26 such students this year (batch 2015 and 2016), it is an urgent need >>> for the institute. >>> >>> IIM Kozhikode set up an audit committee last month to make >>> infrastructural changes to cater to the needs of the differentlyabled. >>> "The institute is built on a hill, so we are reviewing the entire >>> space," said Debashis Chatterjee, director of IIM-K. The B-school has >>> 20 such students in the campus this year. >>> >>> "There was difficulty in getting qualified DA students in the past. >>> Now, the awareness has increased. This year we could fill up 10 seats >>> out of the 12 in the DA category," he added. The Bschool has also >>> admitted meritorious students with special needs in the general >>> category. >>> >>> In 2010, IIM Bangalore installed a lift with features such as voice >>> announcement and accessible control panel for easy access to >>> classrooms and offices on higher floors. They installed Braille in >>> computers and bought motorised chairs for those with locomotive >>> disorders. >>> >>> "Professors give me notes a day before the lecture and when there are >>> many equations solved on the board, volunteers from other classes sit >>> with me and explain what is being written," says C Gaurav. He is blind >>> and made it to the 2016 batch at IIM Bangalore. >>> >>> IIM- B appoints readers, scribes and tutors as and when required for >>> the 27 such students on the campus now. Newer IIMs aren't far behind. >>> >>> IIM Raipur, for example, gives all visually-impaired students larger >>> hostel rooms, which they have to share with two other roommates who do >>> not face similar needs. "This was done to ensure that even if one room >>> mate is not there, we are not alone," says Yogesh Gupta (24) from the >>> 2015 batch. >>> >>> Gupta became blind in 2005 and found it difficult to learn Braille. He >>> relies on speech software to understand notes. Gupta wants to make a >>> career in marketing in the logistics industry. >>> >>> An internship with Transport CorporationBSE 1.68 % of India this year >>> has boosted his confidence. His classmate Piyush Rakheja wants a >>> career in finance and absence of sight holds no barrier for this >>> commerce graduate from Kolkata. SUPPORT FROM RECRUITERS Recruiters are >>> also doing their bit. Vodafone just recruited two management trainees >>> with special needs from campuses out of a total of 110 management >>> trainees. >>> >>> "We have not yet hired students with special needs and it hasn't come >>> up in our hiring discussions, but we will look out for such students >>> closely and will be delighted to hire them," says Sachin Nandgaonkar, >>> partner, and head of recruitments for Boston Consulting Group in >>> India. >>> >>> "Recruitments of the specially-abled tie in with our policy on >>> inclusion, and students are assessed on a variety of factors, >>> including marks and capabilities," says P Thiruvengadam, senior >>> director, human capital, Deloitte. >>> >>> Meanwhile, Vishwanathan will be leaving for a US stint with Deloitte >>> next >>> month. >>> >>> >>> On 7/17/14, George Abraham <geo...@eyeway.org> wrote: >>>> I am afraid, I could not get to the article. The site is not >>>> particularly >>>> easy to navigate through. >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On >>> Behalf >>>> Of avinash shahi >>>> Sent: 17 July 2014 11:59 >>>> To: jnuvision; accessindia >>>> Subject: [AI] 'India's top B-schools go the extra mile to help the >>>> differently abled students' >>>> >>>> Dear All >>>> >>>> The Economic Times has published a survey done in the top B-Schools >>>> and found infrastructural barriers are being reduced for disabled >>>> students. But the headline ET has tagged: 'India's top B-schools go >>>> the extra mile to help the differently abled students', is little >>>> discomforting. I wonder is it really 'extra mile'? aren't they >>>> obligated to make their campuses livable for students with >>>> disabilities? Isn't our PWD Act mandates this? It does... So no charity >>>> please. I think this is the first story which highlights some figures >>>> about students with disabilities in B-Schools. 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