Vision Empower (VE) is a Not-for-Profit enterprise which empowers children with visual impairment through inclusive education. VE is incubated at IIIT Bangalore.
Expanding Access to STEM Education for Visually Impaired Students
We are building inclusive STEM ecosystems across schools, communities, and classrooms, ensuring every child can learn, explore, and thrive.
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STUDENTS REACHED
Visually impaired students engaged through accessible, tactile, and experiential STEM learning.
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TEACHERS TRAINED
Educators trained in inclusive teaching methods to make science and mathematics accessible for visually impaired learners.
Across 16
States in India
Programs implemented across multiple states in India, expanding access to inclusive STEM education at scale.
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VOLUNTEERS ENGAGED
Volunteers supporting inclusive education through workshops, content creation, and STEM learning initiatives.
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SCHOOLS IMPACTED
Schools enabled with accessible STEM tools, teacher training, and inclusive learning environments.
Microsoft research & Microsoft Philanthropies
Wipro Foundation
Cognizant Foundation India
Touché Technology
Bosch
Odisha Association for the Blind
Bhubaneswar
Govt of Karnataka
Govt of Tamil Nadu
Govt of Uttarakhand
Govt of Odisha
Govt of Telangana
Govt of West Bengal
Govt of Meghalaya
Govt of Arunachel Pradesh
National Association for the Blind
SBI foundation
Bata
NIEPVD The National Institute for the
Empowerment of Persons with Visual Disabilities
Vembi Technologies
XRCVC Xavier's Resource Centre
for the Visually Challenged
Shankara
Saksham Disability
Madras Suspension
CSG
ICFOSS International Centre for Free and Open Source Solutions
The Great Eastern Shipping Co LTD
Raised Lines Foundation
IIITB International Institute of Information Technology
Bangalore
Enability
Continual Engine
Microsoft research & Microsoft Philanthropies
Wipro Foundation
Cognizant Foundation India
Trusted by Leading States, Corporates, Institutions & Partners
Vision Empower collaborates with educational institutions, corporate CSR partners, and organizations to expand access to inclusive STEM education for learners with visual impairments.
Together, we can make a difference
The BUZZ
News & Events
The Inclusion Dialogue: From Classrooms to Campuses to Communities
Vision Empower recently launched The Inclusion Dialogue, a series that brings together voices across accessibility and inclusion to share perspectives and learn from organisations, practitioners and diverse stakeholders. The first session, “From Classrooms to Campuses to Communities,” explored inclusion as a journey—from school education to higher education, and into communities....
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Louis Braille School Tackles Water Quality with Student Research: VE Commemorates World Water Day 2026
Vision Empower commemorates World Water Day 2026, embracing this year’s theme — Water and Gender — a powerful reminder of the deep connections between water access, gender equality, and dignity. Observed annually, World Water Day brings attention to critical global water issues. This year’s theme highlights how water access is...
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An Empowering Odyssey
Vision Empower’s work featured in Wipro Foundation’s Monthly Newsletter- Samuhik Pahal
Head over to page Pg 40 to read Vision Empower’s work on ‘Happily Bridging the Computational Thinking Divide’
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A day in the life of a teacher with visual impairment- Teachers Day 2022!
Every morning Bhagyashree wakes up at 5:30 am excited about the learning and imparting of knowledge each day brings to her life. Being a special teacher for over 20 years, she is proud to have defied the norms by fulfilling her dream of becoming a teacher, as a person with…
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WHY we do what we do
The Reality
One fourth of the world’s blind population lives in India. In fact, 30% of India’s blind lose their eyesight before the age of 20 and many become blind before the age of five. Given their special needs, children with visual impairment need special resources to have the same opportunities in education as their sighted counterparts. Of the 68% of blind students who go to school, 11.5% eventually drop out (Source : "Population Enumeration Data (Final Population) in Census of India. Derived from here).
While like every other child, a child with visual impairment has the right to education, the current Indian education system and a stark lack of resources leads to majority of blind students being denied the opportunity to learn Science and Math after class 7. Therefore they cannot pursue STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) careers. In the state of Karnataka, of the 45 schools for the blind only one offers these subjects in high school.
A child with visual impairment is debilitated by a ‘wall’ on her road to STEM education.
WHAT we do
Vision Empower seeks to shift the present statistic, making STEM accessible to students with visual impairment.
Vision Empower’s interventions are built on Ludic Design for Accessibility, where play becomes a powerful tool for inclusive, joyful and intuitive learning. Ludic Design for Accessibility is a research-driven framework that combines game-based learning with inclusive design to improve access to STEM education for children with visual impairments. This approach ensures learning is not only accessible but engaging and effective.
Learning Resources
VE, in collaboration with its partners, is creating STEM content for students in the form of Braille books, audio books, tactile diagrams and other accessible content for each topic at all grade levels.
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Anubhav : Experiential STEM Learning Programme
Anubhav is VE's flagship experiential STEM learning programme with the aim to develop the scientific temperament among children.
VIEW ALL ANUBHAV EVENTS
Pragya : Teacher Training Programme
VE teacher training workshops equip school teachers, both with visual impairements and sighted, with the methodologies that aim to make STEM lessons interesting and effective.
VIEW ALL PRAGYA EVENTS
Ananda : Hand-holding Programme for Students
VE volunteers work with students to reinforce STEM learning through after-school engagements.
VIEW ANANDA DETAILS
Srujan : Assistive Technologies
VE has initiated several research projects to design and develop assistive technology to enable students with visual impairment to learn STEM concepts on par with their sighted peers.
YOU & VE
Volunteer with Us
Students with visual impairment do better in smaller groups and with individual attention. Volunteers like you can play a crucial role in filling the gap and making STEM accessible to students. If you would like to know more about our volunteering opportunities drop us a line at outreach.ve@gmail.com. We’ll be happy to talk to you.
