{"id":1840,"date":"2025-02-23T14:49:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T09:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visionempowertrust.org\/arc\/?p=1840"},"modified":"2026-01-30T17:14:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T11:44:06","slug":"ctdp-iim-ahmedabad-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visionempowertrust.org\/arc\/ctdp-iim-ahmedabad-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Poster Presentation at CTDP 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Feb 21-23, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IIM Ahmedabad organized the <em>Conference on Technology for Disabled Persons (CTDP) 2025<\/em> from February 21 to 23, 2025, and invited paper submissions for presentation at the event. A practitioner\u2019s paper titled <strong>&#8220;Connecting the Lines: A Practitioner&#8217;s Report on Using Touch\u00e9Tech&#8217;s Tactile Geometry Construction Kit for Students with Visual Impairment&#8221;<\/strong> was co-authored by Meera, Paul D&#8217;Souza, Kartik Joshi, and Rebecca Carvalho from the Vision Empower, Touch\u00e9Tech, and CAGS teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This paper was selected for a <strong>poster presentation and demonstration<\/strong> at the conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kartik Joshi and Rebecca Carvalho attended the event, showcased the product, and engaged in insightful discussions with attendees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Technology has the potential to transform the lives of persons with disabilities (PwD) by enabling greater independence, inclusion, and opportunities in education, employment, and social interactions. The conference aimed to explore how recent technological innovations can create a more inclusive environment for PwD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"bea9a2\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #bea9a2;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" data-id=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visionempowertrust.org\/arc\/wp-content\/uploads\/technology-for-disabled-persons-ctdp-2025-03-copy.webp?resize=640%2C426&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"CTDP IIM Ahmedabad Conference\" class=\"wp-image-714 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visionempowertrust.org\/arc\/wp-content\/uploads\/technology-for-disabled-persons-ctdp-2025-03-copy.webp?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visionempowertrust.org\/arc\/wp-content\/uploads\/technology-for-disabled-persons-ctdp-2025-03-copy.webp?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visionempowertrust.org\/arc\/wp-content\/uploads\/technology-for-disabled-persons-ctdp-2025-03-copy.webp?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visionempowertrust.org\/arc\/wp-content\/uploads\/technology-for-disabled-persons-ctdp-2025-03-copy.webp?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"b09da0\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #b09da0;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" data-id=\"715\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visionempowertrust.org\/arc\/wp-content\/uploads\/technology-for-disabled-persons-ctdp-2025-02-copy.webp?resize=640%2C426&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Rebecca delivering a presentation on stage before an audience. A display slide is behind her\" class=\"wp-image-715 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visionempowertrust.org\/arc\/wp-content\/uploads\/technology-for-disabled-persons-ctdp-2025-02-copy.webp?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visionempowertrust.org\/arc\/wp-content\/uploads\/technology-for-disabled-persons-ctdp-2025-02-copy.webp?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visionempowertrust.org\/arc\/wp-content\/uploads\/technology-for-disabled-persons-ctdp-2025-02-copy.webp?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visionempowertrust.org\/arc\/wp-content\/uploads\/technology-for-disabled-persons-ctdp-2025-02-copy.webp?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"b3a396\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #b3a396;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" data-id=\"716\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visionempowertrust.org\/arc\/wp-content\/uploads\/technology-for-disabled-persons-ctdp-2025-001-copy.webp?resize=640%2C426&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A team of five people on stage holding certificates\" class=\"wp-image-716 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visionempowertrust.org\/arc\/wp-content\/uploads\/technology-for-disabled-persons-ctdp-2025-001-copy.webp?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visionempowertrust.org\/arc\/wp-content\/uploads\/technology-for-disabled-persons-ctdp-2025-001-copy.webp?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visionempowertrust.org\/arc\/wp-content\/uploads\/technology-for-disabled-persons-ctdp-2025-001-copy.webp?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visionempowertrust.org\/arc\/wp-content\/uploads\/technology-for-disabled-persons-ctdp-2025-001-copy.webp?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"a7b8cb\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #a7b8cb;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visionempowertrust.org\/arc\/wp-content\/uploads\/ctdp-poster.webp?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The CTDP poster that was presented\" class=\"wp-image-1907 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visionempowertrust.org\/arc\/wp-content\/uploads\/ctdp-poster.webp?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visionempowertrust.org\/arc\/wp-content\/uploads\/ctdp-poster.webp?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visionempowertrust.org\/arc\/wp-content\/uploads\/ctdp-poster.webp?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"5c6663\" data-has-transparency=\"true\" style=\"--dominant-color: #5c6663;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visionempowertrust.org\/arc\/wp-content\/uploads\/technology-for-disabled-persons-ctdp-2025-0-copy.webp?resize=640%2C358&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"An audience in an auditorium, standing up, posing for the photograph\" class=\"wp-image-717 has-transparency\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visionempowertrust.org\/arc\/wp-content\/uploads\/technology-for-disabled-persons-ctdp-2025-0-copy.webp?resize=1024%2C572&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visionempowertrust.org\/arc\/wp-content\/uploads\/technology-for-disabled-persons-ctdp-2025-0-copy.webp?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visionempowertrust.org\/arc\/wp-content\/uploads\/technology-for-disabled-persons-ctdp-2025-0-copy.webp?resize=768%2C429&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visionempowertrust.org\/arc\/wp-content\/uploads\/technology-for-disabled-persons-ctdp-2025-0-copy.webp?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feb 21-23, 2025 IIM Ahmedabad organized the Conference on Technology for Disabled Persons (CTDP) 2025 from February 21 to 23, 2025, and invited paper submissions for presentation at the event. A practitioner\u2019s paper titled &#8220;Connecting the Lines: A Practitioner&#8217;s Report on Using Touch\u00e9Tech&#8217;s Tactile Geometry Construction Kit for Students with Visual Impairment&#8221; was co-authored by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other-events"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visionempowertrust.org\/arc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visionempowertrust.org\/arc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visionempowertrust.org\/arc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visionempowertrust.org\/arc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visionempowertrust.org\/arc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1840"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/visionempowertrust.org\/arc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1908,"href":"https:\/\/visionempowertrust.org\/arc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1840\/revisions\/1908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visionempowertrust.org\/arc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visionempowertrust.org\/arc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visionempowertrust.org\/arc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}