Karnataka - Bangalore   

With an eye on technology

BANGALORE: The National Association for the Blind (NAB) is organising a seminar, “Visually Impaired Technology Assimilation and Learning – Vital 2008,” here on Friday. It will be held on the NAB premises in Jeevan Bima Nagar.

Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, president of the Karnataka branch of the association Saroja Ramachandra said that the objective was to highlight the technology needed for the empowerment of the visually impaired.

The seminar was also aimed at stressing that the Information Technology sector should develop user-friendly devices for visually impaired persons.

The seminar would be sponsored by the Bangalore Chapter of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers and co-sponsored by the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineers’ Bangalore Chapter. Details can be had on Ph: 25281590.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Stories in this Section

Men in van rob mourner
Speed governors essential for out-of-State vehicles
New tourism policy draft aims high
Minister’s food was not cold: railway officials
World-class hope? But where is space?
Draft electoral rolls publication delayed in BBMP area
Office of Railway official ransacked
Electrician picked up in Dharwad
Centralised registry for non-farm properties mooted
Academy awards for three painters
Students told not to neglect co-curricular activities
Get set for a Hoysala heritage trail
A. Murigeppa is new V-C
IT firm’s expansion plan
With an eye on technology
Thakur to receive petitions
Viniv Inc. Shastry’s plea dismissed
That is one pricey long-stemmed rose
Woman strangled; estranged husband, two daughters held
Bangalore today

Copyright © 2008, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu