CHENNAI: Ten visually challenged students were awarded certificates for Post Graduation Diploma in Computer Application at a valedictory function held at the Tamil Nadu Association of the Blind (TAB) recently. Certificates were distributed by C Rajan, assistant general manager, Personnel and Administration, Ashok Leyland Ltd.
K V Packirisamy, founder and president , Tamil Nadu Association of the Blind, said that the association had been offering different training programmes for the visually challenged to provide better life by creating job opportunities. Sakthivel, computer instructor, said that the visually challenged students were taught MS Office, software installation, audio conversion among other applications with the help of screen readers to guide them. PGDCA course will provide the students job opportunities in corporate offices, call centers and BPOs as the course is certified by Jawaharlal Nehru Universtiy. Students who have completed their graduation and are under the age of 21-35 are eligible for the course. The course is offered free of cost. The next batch will commence on October 8. The classes will be conducted from 9 am to 5 pm from Monday to Saturday. G Sathappan, Chief Medical Officer, Ashok Leyland ltd., and M A Vikrama Krishna, assistant manager, Personnel and Administration of Ashok Leyland Ltd., E Rajeswari, project director, TAB, and M Muthuselvi, All India Confederation of the Blind, Delhi, were also present on the occasion. Source: http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/Aiding-the-Visually-Challenged/2014/10/04/article2460691.ece Best Regards Rahul Gambhir 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..
