Dear All: Visually impaired student from Vellore for All India Judo tournament. Twenty-one-year-old V. Dinesh, a visually impaired student studying B.Ed. (Tamil) in the Government College of Education, Vellore, has been selected for the All India Judo Tournament for the Blind, Deaf and Dumb being held in Vasco da Gama in Goa from March 19 to 22. C.S. Sakthivel, judo coach and secretary of the Blind and Para Judo Association, Vellore, told *The Hindu *that it is for the first time that a visually impaired person is being sent from Vellore to the all-India tournament. More at http://www.eyeway.org/?q=visually-impaired-student-vellore-all-india-judo-tournament
New Vision for Visually Impaired Students. Visually impaired students were given an opportunity to showcase their talent at New Vision, an inter-collegiate fest for the visually challenged, organised by PG students and the Department of English of The New College on March 17.More at http://www.eyeway.org/?q=new-vision-visually-impaired-students. First seat on bus for blind, disabled. The first seat on DTC buses will now be reserved for disabled or blind passengers. On Wednesday, transport minister Gopal Rai chaired a public hearing at the regional transport office in Burari. After the hearing, Rai announced a slew of measures to "upgrade" the functioning of the RTO there. The minister directed the transport department to ensure that the first seat on DTC buses is reserved for disabled or blind persons. He directed the department to upload details of parking space pertaining to existing autos and taxis in the capital on its website. This would help drivers know about parking space that has been reserved for them and they would not be ticketed by the Delhi Traffic Police. More at http://www.eyeway.org/?q=first-seat-bus-blind-disabled -- ** Best,Binni Kumari|Programme Manager Helpdesk! Score Foundation 17/107, Basement, Vikram Vihar, Lajpatnagar 4, New Delhi 110024, INDIA. Helpdesk:+91 - 11 - 460 70 380 (Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm) Office Phone: +91 - 11 - 26472582/81 Email:bi...@eyeway.org Websites: scorefoundation.org.in <http://www.scorefoundation.org.in/> www.eyeway.org ****** <http://www.youtube.com/user/eyewayindia><https://twitter.com/friendsofeyeway> <https://www.facebook.com/projecteyeway> 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..
