🧠👩🎓 Awareness in Action! We recently hosted an Awareness & Sensitization session for interns from Azim Premji University (APU) at ARC. Through blindfold activities and hands-on demos, the interns experienced how children with visual impairments learn. They also got an overview of Vision Empower’s programs and interventions in accessible STEM education. Grateful for their curiosity, […]
🧠💡 Awareness & Action! On April 26, 40 incredible volunteers from Bosch visited ARC for a meaningful day of volunteering. Before diving into content creation, they participated in an Awareness & Sensitization session — learning about Vision Empower’s mission and taking part in a blindfold activity to better understand the world of children with visual […]
🌟 Showcasing Inclusion at Bosch Global Leadership Event! Today at the Bosch Global Leadership event at T-Hub, Hyderabad, we had the opportunity to present Vision Empower’s work and our Assistive Technology devices. Students from Devnar School for the Blind (Class 5 & 6) confidently demonstrated the Hexis and Iris devices — and their presentation was […]
“👩🏫🔬 Spreading STEM Awareness! On April 11, 2025, Vision Empower, in collaboration with NAB India and CRC Gorakhpur (NIEPVD), conducted an online Teacher Training Program on STEM Education Awareness as part of the e-Consultation Series 300. Led by Devi and Rashmi, the session introduced accessible STEM models and strategies for inclusive teaching. Teachers appreciated the […]
🎲✨ Exploring Ludic Design! On April 10, 2025, Dr. Manohar Swaminathan (Microsoft Research) delivered an insightful in-person session on Ludic Design at IIIT-B. Team members from Vision Empower joined the session to explore how playfulness can be purposefully woven into design—an approach especially powerful for creating engaging, inclusive learning tools.A big thank you to Dr. […]
Experiences of students with visual impairment pursuing Science fields An online panel discussion was conducted on the topic “Experiences of Students with Visual Impairment Pursuing Science Fields.” The panel featured five students with visual impairment who are currently pursuing STEM education. Panelists:
March 11, 2025 The School Leaders Conclave 2025 brought together 16 participants from 14 schools across Karnataka, including nine headmasters, five teachers, one principal, and one administrative staff member. The event served as a collaborative platform for school leaders to discuss challenges and opportunities in improving STEM education for visually impaired (VI) students. The conclave […]
Bosch Global Software Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (BGSW), in partnership with Vision Empower (VE) and the Centre for Accessibility in the Global South (CAGS) at IIIT Bangalore, inaugurated the Accessible Resource Centre (ARC). This initiative aims to empower visually impaired students (Grades K-10) and their teachers by providing accessible learning resources, particularly in STEM education. ARC […]
March 3, 2024 The Training of Trainers (ToT) Workshop, conducted by Vividha Trust in collaboration with Vision Empower, aimed to equip educators with the skills to create tactile teaching-learning aids (TLAs) and design hands-on STEM activities for visually impaired students. The workshop focused on making STEM learning more accessible, engaging, and effective through multisensory experiences.
Vision Empower Trust conducted a teacher training session under the Karnataka Pragya program, focusing on Braille reading and the use of Hexis as an effective learning tool for visually impaired students. The session aimed to enhance teachers’ skills in Braille literacy and introduce Hexis-based learning methods to improve accessibility in education.
March 2025 The first ARC On Wheels event took place at the Government School for the Blind in Mahbubnagar, Telangana. With a fully-loaded vehicle and excitement, the session featured interactive experiments covering topics like light, magnetic fields, and energy conversion. Students explored hands-on experiments such as light traveling in a straight path and magnetic fields, […]
