The Internet Governance and Leadership Program for Persons with Disabilities, organized by the ISOC Accessibility Standing Group and Bhartiyatech Innovative Solutions and Research in collaboration with Vision Empower, was held on April 8–10, 2025, at NDMC Convention Hall. The event brought together individuals with disabilities from across India to foster...
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In celebration of National Science Day, schools across Vision Empower are participating in a month-long series of activities to promote curiosity, innovation, and scientific exploration. Beginning in February and continuing into March, students engage in hands-on experiments, exhibitions, and workshops that inspire a deeper understanding of science and its impact...
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Pragya – Teacher Training Workshop, organized by Vision Empower in collaboration with Montfort Centre for Education, and supported by the Great Eastern Shipping Foundation, was held on March 18th and 19th, 2025. The workshop brought together 42 enthusiastic Pre-Service teachers and 11 In-Service Teachers from across the Northeast, fostering inclusive...
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On 17th March 2025, a half-day sensitization session on visual impairment was conducted for 190 students at MM B.Ed College, Davanagere, Karnataka. The session offered insights into how visually impaired individuals learn, read, and adapt to daily tasks by using their other senses, fostering independence and confidence. It also emphasized...
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On March 13, 2025, Vision Empower conducted a workshop at the Kerala Federation of the Blind Teacher Training Centre in Palakkad. The goal was to introduce D.Ed (Visually Impaired) students to Vision Empower’s STEM education initiatives and provide demonstrations of the assistive devices that VE supplies to schools. The workshop...
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Vision Empower (VE) proudly partnered with Bosch Global Software Technologies (BGSW) to launch the Accessible Resource Centre (ARC) at the International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore. This center aims to empower visually impaired students (Grades K-10) and their teachers with inclusive education resources, focusing on STEM education.The event featured engaging...
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Meghna Chowdhury and Supriya Dey write on the theme of Well-being at Vision Empower in the January 2025 issue of Samuhik Pahal, WIPRO’s journal of collective action. At Vision Empower (VE), fostering both individual and collective well-being is at the heart of our organizational approach.
On 24th January 2025, the Accessible Science Lab at the Louise Braille School for the Blind, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, was inaugurated by Vision Empower and the SBI Foundation. The event was attended by Mr. Shashi Bhushan, Vice President of SBI Foundation, and Ms. Geetanjali Lima, Assistant Program Manager of SBI Foundation,...
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(The image shows Team VE at the stall- one standing and Vidhya seated , where all VE interventions are displayed as banners and learning materials like hexis, Iris and game boards are placed on the table at the kiosk) From January 17-19, 2025, Vision Empower & Vembi Technologies participated in...
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Recently our beloved representative Venkatesh Deshpande, was featured on the Microsoft website and official handles. He talks about how AI has helped him enhance his daily life and work.Microsoft is empowering 10M people in India with AI skills by 2030 through the ADVANTA(I)GE INDIA initiative! Hear from a student, trainer,...
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Vision Empower, in collaboration with I-Stem and RKM BBA, launched the pilot of Vision 30, a program aimed at identifying, inspiring, and supporting promising high school students with visual impairments from across India. This initiative focuses on empowering students to achieve academic excellence and gain admission to top colleges through...
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Vision Empower participated in the 4-day Wipro Foundation Partner Forum, held from December 4th to 7th, 2024. The event was attended by Meghna Choudhury, Devidatta Ghosh, and Monica Fatogun, representing Vision Empower. The forum, hosted at the Azim Premji campus in Sarjapur Road, Bangalore, brought together over 250 Wipro partners...
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(This Image shows happy Volunteers posing for a picture after making tactile boards for the students) On 4th December 2024, VE organized a successful Ananda volunteering event at CSGI, Pune, with 88 employees, including the leadership team, coming together to make a meaningful impact. The volunteers worked in teams to...
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Anubhav, The Experiential Learning event for Students in Special Schools for the Blind, Odisha took place throughout November 2024, covering various locations and topics for students in special schools for the blind. Here’s the Gist, Across all events, Subodha Sessions featured quizzes on covered topics, and DL Episodes (like Episode...
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The Curious Minds 2024 event organized by Vividha Trust in partnership with Vision Empower, Raised Lined Foundation and Curiouscity on November 23rd and 24th at ACTS Secondary School ICSE, Pragathi Nagar, Electronics City, Bengaluru was a commendable effort in getting visually impaired (VI) students and their teachers excited and curious about Science and Maths.
VE celebrated Children’s Day with over 1500 students, across various schools all across India. In celebration of Children’s Day, Vision Empower (VE) spread joy and smiles by gifting chocolates to all the children, creating a sweet moment of happiness and reinforcing the importance of nurturing young minds with love and...
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A third party assessment was done by SoulAce Consulting Pvt. Ltd., commissioned by Cognizant Foundation. The study comprised of 228 quantitative and 15 qualitative interactions with school administration, teachers and students with visual impairment, research and academic collaborators, government department heads, and Vision Empower team and its partners. Key study...
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This image shows the VE team and all the teachers from across Tamil Nadu, who came to attend the teachers’ training stand together in a group while posing for a photo Vision Empower (VE) organized the Pragya workshop for Tamil Nadu teachers on November 11 & 12, 2024, at the...
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Vision Empower (VE) organized a 3-day training workshop at NAB Bangalore on October 23rd to 25th, for 37 teachers from 24 special schools for the blind across Karnataka, with approval from the Department for the Empowerment of the Disability and Senior Citizens (DWDSC). The workshop aimed to equip teachers with...
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Vision Empower recently participated in Empower 2024, held from October 17-19 at the National Institute of Speech & Hearing (NISH) in Thiruvananthapuram. This dynamic event brought together users, experts, innovators, and advocates in Assistive Technology, fostering an environment ripe for collaboration and empowerment. On Day 2, our Co-Founder, Vidhya Y,...
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Vision Empower has been awarded as the Winner at the prestigious Doing Good for Bharat Awards hosted by CSR Box at the India CSR and ESG Summit on Wednesday, 16th October 2024 in New Delhi, for its outstanding accomplishment in the the category “Doing Good through Grassroot Actions for Education”....
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As Vision Empower turns seven, we proudly celebrate the dedication of our team and the generous support of our funders and partners. We also honor the cooperative spirit of the schools we serve and the invaluable guidance of our mentors. To mark this special occasion, we organized volunteer events across...
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On September 25th and 26th, the Pragya Teacher Training program was successfully held in West Bengal, organized in collaboration with the Department of Mass Education Extension & Library Sciences at RKM Blind Boys Academy. The event saw participation from 30 dedicated teachers representing 16 schools across the region, all eager...
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This image shows VE teachers and the other teachers of Odisha who take part in the Pragya session standing for a picture On September 10th and 11th, VE, in collaboration with the Social Security & Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Department of the Government of Odisha, proudly hosted ‘Pragya,’ an...
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On 22nd August, our Founder Vidhya was invited to the Hope Series discussion at Microsoft to be a chief guest. Microsoft invites prominent change making NGO leaders to have a discussion on their journey of impacting lives. The discussion was received with a lot of love from the 250 Microsoft...
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“ I thought we were playing, but now I realise that we learned many new things.” – Barsha rani Nayak, Student. VE in collaboration with the Social Security & Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Department, Government of Odisha, conducted a two-day Anubhav Experiential STEM learning event for students with Visual...
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When a vision is presented to the world, the ideology becomes more real and surreal. The VE team participated in the 6th Conference on Computational Thinking in Schools (CTiS 2024) conference conducted on the 5th and 6th of July 2024 at IISER, Pune which was hosted by GGIS School, Pune...
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On May 28th, 2024, Vision Empower (VE) participated in the National Workshop on User Interface and User Experience for Government, hosted by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in New Delhi. The event featured exhibitors like Oracle, Samsung, MapmyIndia, and SBI, alongside Microsoft, with each showcasing solutions in...
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On May 16, 2024, Vision Empower hosted a panel discussion on ‘STEM Accessibility in the Indian Education System, to mark the 13th Global Accessibility Awareness Day. The event brought together Kartik Sawhney, Pulkit Sparsh, Paul D’Souza, and Chandrashekhar Korlahalli—experts dedicated to making STEM education accessible in the Indian education system...
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On May 9th and 10th, 2024, ICFOSS (International Centre for Free and Open Source Solutions) orchestrated a significant workshop at Shikshak Sadan, Thampanoor, aimed at the assessment of the adaptive learning devices developed by ICFOSS for visually challenged students. The event drew together a diverse array of experts, educators and...
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On 9th May 2024, at the Ideal Beach Resort on ECR Road, Chennai afternoon, twelve volunteers from our supporter organisation Cognizant Foundation participated in a volunteering workshop to create tactile aids that would be used by children with visual impairment in understanding STEM concepts. The event began with an introduction to Vision...
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On 7th May 2024, Vision Empower organised a successful two-hour volunteering event with 29 volunteers from Wipro at IIIT Bangalore. During the event, the volunteers assisted in creating Science Tactile diagrams that will be used for the IRIS-Audio Label reader pilot program. The tactile diagrams were designed to be attractive...
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On 22nd April 2024, Vision Empower conducted a Pragya Teacher Training at Alagappa University’s Department of Special Education in Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu. 80 students who are currently pursuing B.Ed. and M.Ed. degrees in Special Education participated in the workshop aimed to enhance the teaching skills and knowledge of these pre-service...
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Vision Empower celebrated National Science Day 2024, from 21st to 28th March 2024 at 34 special schools across 10 states in India. The week-long celebration was a great success. This book captures the essence of Science Day showcasing the incredible achievements of our little Einsteins who created tactile and accessible science models, brought...
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On March 22, 2024, Jyoti Bisht, our Regional Manager- North, represented Vision Empower at the one-day orientation programme hosted by Samagra Shiksha Uttarakhand in Nainital. The event aimed to raise awareness of the educational requirements of children with special needs. 13 students alongside 170 principals, teachers, parents, and coordinators participated in...
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On March 20, 2024, the students of NKT College of Education in Chennai participated in a unique activity aimed at creating tactile learning boards. The task at hand was to craft two types of tactile: a world map with latitude and longitude, and a world physical map. These tactile creations...
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VE co-founder Supriya Dey represented Vision Empower in a panel discussion on Inclusive Education organised by Azim Premji University as a part of their course on Schools as Organizations. The panel comprised of Mr. Mallikarjuna, Director of Association of People with Disabilities and Ms. Chitra Seshadri, Founder of Farmhill Education...
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On March 13th, 2024, 46 employees at the CSGI corporate office in Bengaluru, Karnataka, volunteered to create tactile game boards from 2:30 to 4:30 pm. The event began with a brief introduction to Vision Empower. Then, an icebreaker game was played, and a video was screened featuring Vision Empower’s journey...
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Last week Vision Empower had the privilege of participating in an event and demonstrate our work to Microsoft’s distinguished Corporate, External, and Legal Affairs leaders for Asia. Among the distinguished guests were also Antony Cook, Corporate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at Microsoft Corporation and Alan Waldbaum, Assistant General Counsel at Microsoft...
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An Indian company is breaking down the barriers in education through their refreshable Braille devicewoman. Ioana Tanase writes.