Dear All, Please find the below Daily Eyeway Alerts: 1. News- App to help ease accessibility issues differently abled face in buildings, transport system The ministry of social justice and empowerment is set to launch a mobile application which will allow the differently abled, elderly and even Covid-19 patients to lodge accessibility-related problems in buildings or transport infrastructure by simply clicking and uploading pictures from their mobile phones. Sugamya Bharat app is part of the ministry’s efforts to ensure a barrier free environment in government and other buildings as well as transport systems. In a letter dated October 7, the department of empowerment of persons with disabilities secretary, Shakuntala Doley Gamlin, has said that a decision was taken by the prime minister’s office in July 2019 for crowdsourcing a mobile app to enable persons with disabilities to register their complaints regarding access to places by uploading photographs. She said the Sugamya Bharat app would allow public participation in such issues faced by not just the differently abled but also pregnant women, children, and those who are temporarily disabled owing to illness, surgery etc. The department has also made a provision in the app for registering Covid-related issues, the official said in the letter. Source: https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/app-to-help-ease-accessibility-issues-differently-abled-face-in-buildings-transport-system/story-ZTydvddJVqsVFi5ZMNgumM.html India-based v-shesh is an award-winning, mission-driven business. Since its founding in 2009, the company has been working in the area of disability inclusion. v-shesh has embraced Microsoft Teams to deliver engaging lessons in the cloud. At v-shesh, more than 40 employees in five different cities are using Microsoft Teams to train more than 150 job seekers with varied disabilities and needs. Designed with accessibility at the crux, several features of Teams—like Narrator, Immersive Reader, Picture Dictionary, and pinning the speaker during a video call—are helping learners adapt to the digital world with ease. v-shesh’s workforce services are the go-to option for educated job seekers with disabilities in India aspiring for jobs that are aligned with their talent and aspirations. v-shesh assists these job seekers with training and access to jobs with some of the best employers across the IT, IT-enabled services, banking and financial services, aviation, healthcare, hospitality, and retail sectors. The company’s deep relationships with employer organizations and its range of workplace services help them to build a genuinely inclusive work culture while opening doors for v-shesh’s trainees that have completed employment-oriented training. A typical day for v-shesh team members based in Chennai, Hyderabad, Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru involves their engagement with training job seekers with different disabilities across a range of skills. This could include training people with visual impairments on using assistive technologies to assisting a graduate learner with autism learn coding for a job at a tech firm or improve the English language proficiency of a learner with hearing disabilities. v-shesh attributes the wide range of work the company has done to its diverse team. “We are a team of 40, of which 60 percent are women and 40 percent are persons with disabilities with diverse needs in terms of accessing information and communication. We speak 12 languages and nearly half of us also use of Indian sign language,” says P Rajasekharan, Co-founder at v-shesh. Source: https://customers.microsoft.com/en-us/story/847581-v-shesh-microsoft365-en-india?fbclid=IwAR2vnRH7uxkuXVLpAH-1JX7ra7LR88vBiEtOFMCgFB9Q-YEsHATMcUkjQek 2. Event- Register for RJ Hunt Radio Udaan is here with ‘RJ Hunt’, a Golden opportunity for all aspiring Radio Jockeys. Does your heart crave for becoming an RJ? Do you think that you have a voice that can engage the audience like no other? Do you feel that there are no RJ hunt shows? Radio Udaan is listening to you. The stage is yours! Important Points This competition would be an online competition with 3 rounds. The winners will get exciting cash prizes like 11000, 5100 and 3100 along with a chance to work with Radio Udaan • Anyone can submit the entry irrespective of age, gender, or disability/ non-disability • You must submit your recording for 1st round in the form of a link • Your entry recording should not exceed 2minutes • The recording must be nicely edited with proper background music • You must submit your entry on our website: https://radioudaan.com/register-rj-hunt Before 31st October For any other query feel free to contact Mr. Puneet Soni on 9780238512 Mr.Danish Mahajan 9463668196 Happy listening. More http://www.eyeway.org.in/?q=radio-udaan-0 3. Training-We are all aware that MS Office is a must to learn. Many of us have learned the basics. let's upgrade our skills and have tasks accomplished in a systematised way. Now is the time to sharpen your excel skills with easy techniques within the comfort of your home. Learn Advance Excel: If you want to learn data management skills and have tasks completed quickly in a tabuler manner, this is just for you. Ideal Academy of Higher Learnings "IAHL presents an short time online Advance Excell course covering the following topics: marksheet,attendance sheet,sallery sheet,charts ,sorting and filter ,conditional formating,macros,v LOOKUP ,h LOOKUP,PIVOT TABLE, ETC. THIS WILL BE A PAID COURSE any visually impared person is eligieble for the course YOU CAN CHOOSE YOUR SUITABLE TIME SLOT. FOR FURTHER DETAILS CONTACT OR WHATSAPP 9028713008 EMAIL [email protected]. More at http://www.eyeway.org.in/?q=ideal-academy-training-post 4. Scholarship- Sanjay Tandon Memorial Scholarship 2020-21 Applications are being invited from students pursuing higher studies (Graduation/ Post Graduation) for the Sanjay Tandon Memorial Scholarship. Interested candidates who fulfill the eligibility criteria are requested to fill the Google form till 23rd October,2020. Objective Sanjay Tandon Memorial Scholarship was started by NAB Delhi to provide financial assistance to the students pursuing higher education. Since its inception, selected students are being benefited by this scheme every year. It was introduced with the objective of helping those visually impaired students who are pursuing higher education graduation, post graduation or any other professional/job oriented course. This scheme is intended to reduce the financial barriers of those students who aspire to succeed in life by taking their educational career to a higher level. Eligibility Criteria Candidate must have scored minimum of 60% marks in class 12th or 50% at graduation level or last exam given. The annual family income of the applicant should be below Rs. 150000. There will be a telephonic interview. Only shortlisted candidates will be interviewed. Last date for registration October 23, 2020. We are inviting applications only from Delhi and NCR. Click the link below to fill the Google form - https://forms.gle/GKFAYvJiw5CsyiNh7 For any further queries, you can contact NAB Delhi Helpline at 9212319672,8826260066 or e-mail us on [email protected] National Association for the Blind Sector-5, R.K. Puram, New Delhi – 110022 India NAB Helpdesk Direct Numbers: +91 8826261166, 9212319672 Monday - Saturday 10 AM to 5 PM Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.nabdelhi.in More at http://www.eyeway.org.in/?q=sanjay-tandon-memorial-scholarship-2020-21 -- With Warm Regards, Ritu Jain Eyeway Helpdesk Counselor Eyeway Helpdesk Toll Free: 1800 53 20469 (Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm) Email: [email protected] Website: http://eyeway.org.in/ Contact: 9711982580 You have to believe in yourself when no one else does – that makes you a winner right there.
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