{"id":735,"date":"2025-07-02T12:39:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visionempowertrust.org\/arc\/?p=735"},"modified":"2026-01-29T14:14:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T08:44:27","slug":"iit-madras-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visionempowertrust.org\/arc\/iit-madras-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"IIT Madras Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Accessibility Research Centre, IIT Madras, in collaboration with the Teaching Learning Centre, IIT Madras, organized a five-day Faculty Development Programme titled &#8220;<strong>Accessible STEM Education in Schools \u2013 Lessons from the Grassroots<\/strong>&#8221; from 30th June 2025 to 4th July 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vidhya, our co-founder, was one of the panelists in the panel discussion titled &#8220;How to Do Things with Inclusive STEM Education?&#8221;. 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