Vision Empower’s work featured in Wipro Foundation’s Monthly Newsletter- Samuhik Pahal
September, 2023
Head over to page Pg 40 to read Vision Empower’s work on ‘Happily Bridging the Computational Thinking Divide’
News & Updates
Pragya Teacher Training in Uttarakhand
September, 2023
Vision Empower in collaboration with Samgra Shiksha, Government of Uttarakhand, conducted a 3-day Pragya Teacher Training Workshop from 25th to 27th September 2023. This was the first ever Pragya conducted for all the 29 government special educators and 13 district coordinators of Uttarakhand. Day 1 started with the inauguration of...
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Story Akka
September, 2023
In celebration of Teacher’s Day, we’ve got something special for all the kids in Karnataka! From September 5th to October 28th, get ready to embark on an incredible journey with “Story Akka” 📻 – a radio program series in Kannada, set to launch on All India Radio, Akashvani. This unique...
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Tamil Nadu Pragya Teacher Training
August, 2023
Vision Empower recently conducted a three-day Teacher Training Program in collaboration with the National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Visual Disabilities (NIEPVD) in Chennai, India from 22nd to 24th August 2023. The program aimed to empower educators in enhancing their teaching skills, particularly in the fields of Science,...
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VE conducts its first Pragya Teacher Training in West Bengal
August, 2023
The first Pragya Teacher Training program, organized by Vision Empower (VE) in West Bengal, took place from August 10th to 12th, 2023. It brought together 32 teachers from 9 special schools. The training focused on helping teachers understand the difficulties they face while teaching Science and Mathematics. They were shown...
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VE’s Accessible Early Childhood Education (ECE) Program Featured In The Samuhik Pahal, A Monthly Journal By Wipro Foundation
August, 2023
The accessible ECE (Early Childhood Education) program by Vision Empower to help children to be at par with their sighted peers in the school-going age group has been featured in Samuhik Pahal, June-July 2023. Against the Odds by Vaishali Kotecha Imagine a world where the ideals of John Lennon’s classic ‘Imagine’ become more...
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Inside the world of Assistive Technologies, a session by VE
July, 2023
Vision Empower was invited to conduct a session on assistive technologies as part of the four-day teacher training conducted by the Mathruchhaya- Canara Bank Relief & Welfare Society. The two-hour session conducted on the 7th of July 2023 was led by VE’s co-founder Vidhya Y along with VE team members Rajeswari,...
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Vision Empower at the Kigali Global Dialogue 2023
June, 2023
Supriya and Vidhya, co-founders of Vision Empower (VE), were invited to represent VE at the Kigali Global Dialogue 2023 and the Kigali Startup Bootcamp at Kigali, Rwanda from June 12 to 14th. The conference was attended by policymakers, academics, civil society, and the private sector from around the world to...
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Vision Empower Joins Global Experts to Shape G20 Policies for Inclusive Education and Disability Rights
June, 2023
Vision Empower (VE) was invited to be a part of the policy discussion organised by Xavier's Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged along with Rising Flame and Mariwala Health Initiative on the theme of Education and Disability as a part of the Disability, Equity and Justice Working Group under the C-20 banner.
Shortlisted for the CTIS Conference 2023
June, 2023
We are glad to share that academic abstracts from a few of the schools, we have been working with, have been shortlisted for the CTiS (Computational Thinking in Schools) conference. These include Saksham Trust (Noida), National Association for the Blind (Uttarakhand), TELC (Tirupatthur), Govt School (Uliyampalayama) and Welfare School for...
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VE Launches its First Short Course for Student Teachers
June, 2023
Vision Empower (VE), in partnership with the National Institute for Education of People with Visual Disabilities (NIEPVD), is delighted to announce the launch of an enriching course designed to strengthen computational thinking and digital literacy skills for student teachers. The course will commence on 3rd June 2023. This 16-week course...
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Anubhav in Odisha: 4 Days Of Experiential Stem Learning
May, 2023
Vision Empower in collaboration with the SSEPD Department, the government of Odisha conducted a four-day Anubhav: Experiential STEM Learning sessions for teachers and students with a visual impairment from 25th to 28th April 2023. On the first two days i.e. 25th and 26th April, 21 students and 5 teachers from...
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Anubhav: Experiential STEM Learning Session in West Bengal
March, 2023
The VE team conducted a Project VICT (Computational Thinking for Visually Impaired) session and an Anubhav session involving a few experiments in Science in Ramakrishna Mission Blind Boys Academy in Narendrapur, Kolkata.
VE interventions reach Meghalaya
March, 2023
A small team of three (Devidatta, Supdipta and Shiladitya) from Vision Empower reached the School of Mother Elizabeth for the Visually Impaired in Jowai, which is located in the scenic terrain of West Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya.
Anubhav: Experiential STEM Learning Sessions in Kerala
March, 2023
by Saniya Pitkar, Volunteer, Christ University, Bangalore
Have you ever wondered how we make science and math more accessible and fun for children with visual impairments? Anubhav Sessions is an experiential learning method that aims to do just that! We recently conducted Anubhav Experiential Stem Learning sessions in five schools of Kerala between 28th February and 9th March, with 114 children and 41 teachers from the Calicut HSS For The Handicapped, Rahmaniya School for the Handicapped, Aluva School for the Blind, Helen Keller Centenary Memorial Model School for the Blind, and Kerala School for the Blind.
All About Space Travel, an experiential session by ISRO
March, 2023
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the national space agency of India, headquartered in Bangalore collaborated with Vision Empower to share the knowledge of science and space among students with visual impairment studying in grades 5, 6 and 7.
Microsoft Employees Volunteer with VE
March, 2023
Once again, our supporter Microsoft India decided to volunteer with Vision Empower. The two organisations teamed up to create DIY tactile diagrams for the students with visual impairment in Bangalore on the 2nd of March and in Hyderabad on the 3rd of March, 2023. 41 & 92 Microsoft employees volunteered in Bangalore and Hyderabad respectively to create tactile diagrams which will be used to help teach science concepts to children with visual impairment studying in special schools.
Doing and Living: An Accessible Science Camp by Vision Empower
February, 2023
National Science Day is celebrated in India on February 28th each year to mark the discovery of the Raman effect by Indian physicist Sir C. V. Raman. To celebrate the spirit of science, we decided to conduct a science camp for students with visual impairments we work with.
