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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An Indian company is breaking down the barriers in education through their refreshable Braille devicewoman. Ioana Tanase writes.
Vision Empower (VE) was honored with the Excellence Award at the Social Impact Summit held by IIM Bangalore. Our esteemed co-founder, Prof. Amit, graciously accepted the award on behalf of VE. Additionally, he actively engaged in a panel discussion alongside representatives from Sri Sathya Sai Annapoorna Trust, Dushanbe Foundation, and...
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Vision Empower (VE) recently launched its Hexis Pilot Program, a series of sessions to assess the children’s proficiency in using Hexis, Vembi Technologies and VE’s electronic refreshable braille reader. The program commenced on December 14th 2023 in Karnataka with 31 students with visual impairment as they navigated through Hexis to...
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Vision Empower recently organised a comprehensive Pragya Teacher Training from 14th to 16th January 2024 at the esteemed Ramakrishna Mission Blind Boys Academy in Narendrapur, West Bengal. The three-day event aimed to equip 22 special educators from 13 special schools with VE’s STEM & CT teaching methodologies. The program commenced...
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Vision Empower recently organised a series of Braille reading and writing competitions across 34 special schools of Odisha, Jharkhand, Tripura, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka from 4th to 14 January 2024. This was held as part of observing World Braille Day and honouring the remarkable invention of Louis Braille that...
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Vision Empower (VE) conducted a two-day Pragya Teacher Training at the Government College of Education, Pudukottai, Tamilnadu on 4th & 5th January 2024. The teacher training aimed to empower 115 B.Ed and M.Ed students with teaching methodologies and resources used in teaching STEM & CT concepts to children with visual...
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“I feel more equipped to support my child’s learning journey after attending this workshop. It’s amazing how a small pre-Braille kit can make a big difference” Ms Rahna, a parent of a child with visual impairment who attended VE’s pre-Braille workshop. Vision Empower in collaboration with Rahmaniya School for Handicapped hosted...
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“I have been teaching since 18 years to children with visual impairment and we were limited to using the Taylor frame for teaching maths. However, with the activities VE provides through the Pragya Training and Teacher Instruction Kits, we are able to teach children STEM concepts effectively. The children learn...
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Children from Louis Braille Memorial Model School For The Blind, Idukki transcended the limits of their senses and delved into the mysteries of the universe and the realm of numbers at the one-day STEM camp held at school on 9th December 2023, Saturday. The one-day STEM camp was planned as...
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On the radiant Tuesday morning of 5th December, the air buzzed with excitement as 19 children from Kerala School for the Blind, Mankada gathered for a unique adventure- a one-day science camp hosted by Vision Empower on animals. The science camp commenced with a walk through nature with children listening...
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Vision Empower organized its second in-person Pragya teacher training session in Pune, Maharashtra on November 29th and 30th, 2023. The training successfully engaged 23 educators from six different schools. The primary objective of this Pragya was to understand and exchange the implementation of various teaching methodologies and pedagogies in the...
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Vision Empower participated in the EMPOWER Conference 2023, which took place at IIT Madras Research Park in Chennai from the 5th to the 7th of October 2023. The EMPOWER Conference serves as an annual technical convergence point for various stakeholders within the assistive technology industry, such as researchers, user organizations,...
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Vision Empower collaborated with Microsoft India for a remarkable volunteering event on 4th October 2023. This event was conducted as part of celebrating the GIVE month at Microsoft, an initiative for the employees to contribute their time to support various charitable causes. This year, Vision Empower had the distinct honour...
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