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World Cricket Cup for the Blind 2017

The Indian Blind Cricket Team with the Prime Minister

Honorable Shri. Narendra Modi after winning the tournament.

The winning team and Officials with the Trophy.

Drishti

Drishti: A Mobile Application for Visually Challenged

The Application has been introduced to Visually

Challenged Person during a Workshop held at NAB,

India, Head Office.

The Application under demonstration to Visually

Challenged Person during a Workshop held at NAB,

India, Head Office.

Screen of the Mobile Application

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C O N T E N T S

Editorial 4

Empowering through Artificial Intelligence 5

India retains Cricket World Cup for Blind 6

Around the states……Odisha 8

Enlighten through creativity 10

I had a dream…….To fly 11

A Centenarian no more 12

NAB, India Foundation day 19th January, 2017 12

Rustom Merwanji Alpaiwala Award Winners' Citations 13

Neelum Khurshid Kanga Award Winners' Citations 16

M. N. B. Industrial Home for the Blind 19

ve@ye efmeleejeWkeÀer ®ecekeÀ 20

NAB Sir J. Duggan Braille Press 22

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The year 2017 commenced with many promising notes for the Visually Challenged persons across

the country.

Accenture, a leading consultation firm has come out with a novel idea of a Mobile Phone

Application which sees and narrate the surroundings to Visually Challenged Persons. The

Application when introduced to a group of Blind persons at NAB, India, was an instant hit.

Indian Blind Cricket team won the Second T20 Cricket World Cricket Cup for the Blind for the

second consecutive year. For the winning team it was continuing glory with interviews at various

Television Channels, support, Prizes and felicitation by the Prime Minister of India, Honorable

Shri. Narendra Modi.

The regular Alpaiwala Awards Function and commencement of prestigious and heritage M. N. B.

Industrial Home for the Blind at Jogeshwari, Mumbai after a long lull also deserves mentioning.

Continue reading to know the details and more.

Nicholas Robinson

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Editorial

"The deeper analysis shows that it is the Indiancurrency note of Rs. 500/- denomination". Theaudio narration delivered by his Mobile Phonecreated instant cheers on the face of Mr.Vishal Rao,a Visually Impaired Participant of the workshopconducted by Accenture and National Associationfor the Blind, India wherein Mobile Phone basedguided assistive solution was introduced anddemonstrated.

The workshop which was conducted on 11th March2017 was attended by 20 participants from variouswalks of life who tried out the solution, realizing itsnumerous benefits.

About the Solution

Accenture's accessibility solution is a mobilebased guided assistive solution that leveragesmultiple industry leading Artificial Intelligence(AI) services that aids in describing the worldaround the visually challenged person. AccentureLabs research in Natural Language Processing isused to aggregate, disambiguate, infer andgenerate a coherent narration of the world for thevisually impaired.

How itWorks?

A tab on the application page clicks the photo of thesurrounding and sends the same for analysis tovarious servers. The servers in turn analysis thescenario and sends the audio narration of the pictureto the sender. Though smart phone with Internetconnection is mandatory now, efforts are on to havenominal analysiswithin the application itself.

Features of the Solution

Identifies objects around the user using NaturalLanguage Generation capability to describe thescene to a visually challenged person,including

1. Identification of obstructions like glass doorsthrough its pre-built safety feature

2. Description of close surroundings withinformation relating to number of people, theirage, gender, emotions and their currentactivity.

3. Identification of new Indian currency noteswh i c h i s o f t e n c o n f u s e d w i t h l owe rdenomination notes by the blind.

It narrates English based text/script from printedbooks and documents using Optical CharacterRecognition. This feature is particularly useful inreading books, newspaper or any other printeddocument.

Integrates with smart glasses (like Pivot Head)using support theHuman Centric Design tovisually challenged with Information with just a tapon the mobile screen.

Ensures through responsible AI, notdata privacyallowing storage of any images.

Feedback from the workshop

This software is a dream comes true for the blindpeople. It will enable us see the world we wereunable to see earlier. I want to thank all thedevelopers of the software for taking this step formaking our lives meaningful and fulfilling.

- Vishal Rao, Bank Employee

Research and Technology

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Empowering through Artificial IntelligenceAccenture Research Team

The solution as it identifies the human face features

The Accenture team with Mr. Umesh Deshpande, a visuallyImpaired Person who was taken for various outdoor studies bythe team

The second T20 World Cup Cricket was organizedby Samarthanam Trust and Cricket Association forBlind in India (CABI) from 29th January to 12thFebruary 2017. 48 matches were played across 12cities in India with participation from 10 countries.Rahul Dravid was the brand ambassador for theevent, who greatly supported in promoting theevent.

The Indian blind cr icket team displayedproficiency and ardor for cricket by winning eightout of the nine league matches played by them.Every single player has played a crucial role intaking the team to the final step. The tournamentkicked off on January 29 before travelling to variouscities and culminating at M Chinnaswamy Stadiumfor a perfect final.

In the Final Match which was held in BangaloreChinnaswamy Stadium on 12th February 2017, aspirited performance by the team helped Indiabeat Pakistan by nine wickets in the final of the T20World Cup for Blind and retain the title. Opting tobat first, Pakistan made 197 for 8, a respectabletotal, but India had a definite strategy in place.Having won the World Cup earlier, India continuesto be the champions in both the formats in blindcricket. The fielding performance of the team andPrakash Jayaramaiah's unbeaten 99 helped Indiawin the trophy. Just as Ajay Reddy, the captain, andPatrick Rajkumar, the coach, had said that India'saim would be to win the trophy, and the teamwalked the talk with an empathic show inBangalore.

A huge audience base of more than 25000 added tothe energy of the game. The event witnessed thegracious presence of Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala,Hon. Governor of Karnataka, G Padmavati,Bengaluru Mayor, Mahantesh GK, President,WorldBlind Cricket Council & president CABI and E JohnDavid, Finance Director along with the officials of

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Indus Ind Bank, State Bank of India,Tata Steel, BlueVoda and many others sponsors and supporters.

Every ball was cheered for the Indian Blind Cricketteam famously called as "the other men in blue"avenged their defeat against Pakistan in the leaguestage.

It was a moment of glory and delight to see theIndian team lift the Winning Trophy and make thecountry proud. The Tournament has beensuccessful ly taken to the f inale and theappreciation received from various sectors andpeople thorough socia l media is highlyencouraging. The Board of Control for Cricket inIndia (BCCI), the national governing body forcricket in India has acknowledged the victory bytweeting on its official page and that adds greatpleasure. The victory has brought in greatconfidence to Indian Blind Cricket Team and agreat source of support and encouragement to theplayers.The appreciation from different parts of theworld immensely motivated the team andstrengthened their resolve to attain greater levelsin blind cricket.

As the 2nd T20 World Cup comes to a successfulend, the outcome includes extensive mediacoverage by local and global agencies making wayfor the global presence for visually impairedplayers in the field of sports.The event served as an

India retains Cricket World Cup for BlindSamarthanam Trust

NAB, India was one of the co-sponsors for the matches held atMumbai

interface for interactions among ten countries fromacross the globe and sensitized the mind sets of thecommunity, millions of people from diversecultures and backgrounds.There was an increasedi nvo l ve m e n t o f t h e c o m m u n i t y t h ro u g hvolunteering and development of referralnetworks for providing support to the players.

From what was a distant dream to play cricket forthe country, the World Cup saw the dreams of theplayers getting actualized. Playing for the countrygave them a huge high and representing the nationin the World Cup was a dream come true. Theendorsement and support from the main streamcricket players like Virat Kohli, Gautam Ganbhir,Ashish Nehra and Rahul Dravid motivated not justthe squad, but also scores of budding youngplayers.The talented players won acclaim from thestalwarts and recognition from media. The teamalso won themselves a huge fan club and thousandsof supports cheered them on. The game has had ahuge impact on their rehabilitation and integrationinto the mainstream too. Several avenues andopportunities for employment have opened up,having a direct impact on the visually impairedyouth and their immediate families.

CABI team would continue to effort on improvingthe game, gain recognition, absorb more cricketaspirants and work hard for the bright future ofcricket.

Mahantesh G K, President, World Blind CricketCouncil said that, "This has been historic withmatches being held in 12 cities for the first time.Many State Gover nments and corporatessupported us in our journey and Chinnaswamymanagement went out of their way worked as ateam with us. With more than a million peoplehaving watched high scoring games,records beingbroken the overall awareness has been increased.We also again request the Government to look intoour demand for recognition at par with other sportsfederations and financial grant to give stability.Also I am sure respective state governments willalso announce prizes for the great Indian Playerswho have done Indian team proud. I would like tomake a special of the contribution of the media andsponsors who have increased the awareness aboutthis sport."

History of Cricket for the Blind

Sport for the blind is a rightful pursuit and it forms aplatform for physical and social development.

Making the most popular game of cricketaccessible to people with visual impairment,bringing them onto the field and be a part ofcricket, "Cricket for the Blind" was developed. It isa different version of the sport, adapted to suit theconstraints of partial and complete visuallyimpaired players. Cricket for the Blind was firstintroduced by Australia and later came to India in1980.

The primitive form of Cricket for the Blind in Indiawas played by replacing the ball with an emptytin and a stick for a bat. The replacement was toenable the visually impaired hear and identify thelocation of ball and hit accordingly. Players weredependant on audio cues to execute the game.Eventually, audio ball replaced the empty tinand bats for sticks. The audio ball, designed byNational Institute for the Visually Handicapped(NIVH), Dehradun, is currently accepted as aninternational standard ball. Verbal signals areused by players and umpires such as shoutingthe word 'play' while delivering the ball. Thedelivery is required to pitch at least twice whenbowled to the batsman. Totally blind fielders areallowed to catch the ball on the bounce.

The game started garnering support in due courseand the first National Tournament took place in1990. World Blind Cricket Limited (WBC),established in 1996, governs Cricket for the Blindwith an objective of promoting and administeringthe game of Cricket for the Blind globally.

Cricket Association for Blind in India (CABI) is theapex body organizing and conducting cricket forblind in India and is affiliated toWorld Blind CricketLtd (WBC). CABI has been organizing cricket toursand tournaments since 2010 and working on blindcricket awareness. Under CABI's administration,Indian team hoisted the winning trophy in the India-Pakistan series 2012, First ever T-20 World Cuptournament 2012, 4th One Day International WorldCup Championship in Cape Town, South Africa2014 and First ever T-20 Asia Cup 2016. India is theonly country which has the record of beingchampions in all the international formats.

CABI was conferred the responsibility oforganizing T-20 World Cup Cricket for the Blind.The first ever T-20 World Cup tournament whichwas held in 2012 was a resounding success and itwas a step towards taking cricket for the blind alevel higher.

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8 April 2017

Early Childhood Care and Education

(This article is as appeared on Sunday Post,a leading

newspaper of Odisha about the work of NAB,Odisha

in Integrated Education)

Former President of South AfricaNelson Mandela has aptly said:''Education is the most powerfulweapon which you can use to changethe world." Education is important inlife because it gives people the skillsand tools they need to navigate the

tricky world. In today's competitive worldeducation is a necessity after food, clothing andshelter.It is the only way by which a desired changecan be brought about the fundamental means ofsocial transformation.

Though access to education is a basic human rightfor every child, for children with disabilities it iseven higher. Many visually impaired children inIndia do not attend school. It is because disabilitycarries a heavy stigma. Not knowing how to carefor their child and with fear of social retribution,parents hide their children away from the world.Abandoned in their own homes, the child fallsbeneath the radar of the state. As a result blindchildren remain outside the school system. Ouritinerant teachers are working round-the-clock fortheir development.

Also known as visiting or peripatetic teachers, thepedagogues travel around the year to provideservices to differently abled children. Instead offunctioning as traditional classroom teachers, theyvisit children on their caseloads in a variety ofsettings, including homes,early childhood centres,schools and hospitals to offer advice, resources,and support to visually impaired children and their

teachers and parents.

They provide individual tutoring in reading andwriting Braille using a frame and stylus for blindchildren and those with severely low vision. Theytranscribe classwork, tests, and examinations toand from Braille for children and provide advice toclass teachers on how to meet children's needs inthe classroom. They spend time with VisuallyImpaired children at home in order to prepare themfor primary school education. They providetutoring pre-Braille skills and daily living skills.

Itinerant teachers are often the first professionals toidentify that a child has a problem with vision.Theynormally alert their coordinator, who then refersthe child for clinical assessment. They providecounselling on how to raise a child who is visuallyimpaired. They also help the family view theirchildren in a positive light and develop asupportive attitude towards them. Itinerantteachers also provide practical support to familiessuch as organising hospital and eye clinic visits forparents.They sensitise local primary schools aboutissues related to teaching a visually impaired childin a mainstream class. In a nutshell, itinerantteachers play a key role in sensitising communitiesabout the importance of sending differently abledchildren to school.

Ajay Kumar Samal, secretary of the NationalAssociation for the Blind (NAB), says: "Itinerantteachers play a key role in the development ofvisually impaired children. NAB has recruitedteachers in 24 states to provide special education tochildren with disabilities.It is an excellent and boldstep towards promotion of inclusive education ofchildren with disabilities. You cannot find blindschool in every corner of the state. Differentlyabled children residing at rural pockets of the state,as a result, are deprived of formal education.Keeping this in mind, NAB recruits teachers in therural and tribal belts. It employs teachers inKoraput, Kalahandi, Athagarh, Banki to facilitateservices offered to differently abled children. Asurvey is done every year between January andMarch to identify children with disabilities who aredeprived of education. Itinerant teachers have toundergo training prior to their postings. They aregiven a monthly payment of Rs.5,500."

Around the States…….. OdishaAjay Kumar Samal, Secretary

NAB - Odisha


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Samal underlines the role of itinerant teachers:

• They identify visually impaired children througheye camps, screening of children in slums,municipals schools as well as throughprevention of blindness programmes in the ruralareas

• The identified children are checked by trainedophthalmologists to ensure whether vision canbe restored

• The incurably blind children or low visionchildren are placed in the integrated educationprogramme. They are later admitted tomainstream schools and provided with thesupport of itinerant teachers

• A child is taught mobility skills,daily living skills,Braille, use of other aids and appliance byhis/her itinerant teachers. The teacher helpshim to understand that he can lead a normal lifedespite his blindness

• The itinerant teacher plays an important role incounselling the principals, teachers and peersin normal schools to accept and include blindchildren as a part of their school and its activities

• The main objectives of the programme is toensure all round development of the visuallyimpaired child, ensuring that he is exposed tonormal life in society

Jhumuri Biswal and Pinkimi Jena are examples ofthe success of inclusive education. But this is notsimply a steady march forward. Ajay explains: "Weneed to educate the blind about their rights,responsibilities and obligations.On the other hand,we need to train society with how to deal with theblind respectfully.

Benudhar Sahu is an itinerant teacher. He travelsaround Nayapalli, Jagamara, Chandaka, Bhararpurand Terabatia visiting blind children, in theirclassrooms, and homes up to two times a week.

Employed by the National Association for the Blind(NAB) Benudhar has helped Jhumuri Biswal ofKhandagiri to lead a quality life.

Recalling the plight of Jhumuri,Sahu says:"Jhumuri,a Class IV student,had met with an accident June 25,2005 while playing with her friends close to herhouse. A mini truck hit Jhumuri, injuring herseverely. She was rushed to Capital Hospital inBhubaneswar. As her condition worsened,she wasshifted to SCB Medical College and Hospital inCuttack, However, she lost her eyesight after theaccident. After the mishap, she could not attendschool and stayed at home for two years.

NAB identified Jhumuri during a survey. Herfather agreed to enroll her in mainstream schoolsubsequently. I met her twice a week and taughther to write and read with the help of Braille.Apart from being good at studies, she is good atplaying chess, singing, dancing and doinghousehold chores. Realising her eagerness tolearn computer, NAB sent her to Mumbai to makeher tech-savvy. Now she is leading a normal life,pursuing Plus III first-year at Ravenshaw University.

Jhumuri's father Hadibandhu says: ''I neverimagined that my daughter would get back to herearlier life. It was Benudhar sir who gave heranother life. Despite being visually impaired, sheparticipated in the all-India Braille reading,cricket,chess, quiz, Miss India competitions. Benu sirchanged my daughter's life for which I am alwaysgrateful to him.

Responding to whether the amount paid by NAB issufficient to provide the requisite services and leada quality life, Benudhar says: "Firstly; I am notworking for money. I believe in the saying 'serviceto mankind is service to god'. If you are busyearning money, you cannot serve the society. I visita student twice a week and am looking after 10children. My priority is to provide the bestservices to them so they can join the socialmainstream."

Special educator Trilochan Beura says: "Itinerantteaching enables access to remote areas, bringingme classroom to the child. Ninety percent of Indianpeople live in rural belt. Rates of disability ishigher schools are far away. Here comes the roleof itinerant teachers who shape the life ofsuch children. Teachers who work with thesechildren should involve parents in practising skillswith the child.When I got appointed as an itinerant

On Left - Special Teacher Karunakar Pattanaik and StudentMili Biswal On Right - Special Teacher Benudhar Sahu andStudent Jhumuri Biswal

teacher, it was tough to deal with autistic and blindSikun Behera of Barang. He could not understandanything. His family members had never thoughthe would recover and study. My rigorous effortsenabled him to understand things apart fromreading and writing. I really feel proud when hisparents and acquaintances thank me for changinghis life. Now his teachers praise him for hisacademic acumen.What I feel is that dedication isneeded to serve these kids. An itinerant teachershould be passionate about his job and should havepatience to serve the kids. I am thankful to god forgiving me the opportunity to work for the welfare ofthese kids.

Ram Kishore Sharma, rehabilitation officer of the

Vocational Rehabilitation Centre for Handicapped,says: "The Indian Constitution and RTE Act, 2009have the provision for free education up to 14 years,whereas Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995 has theprovision to provide free education to PWDs up to18 years. Data reveal that 11 per cent PWDs sufferfrom severe disabilities and they are in need of adifferent mode of teaching and examinationsystem. Even some of them need home-basedteaching.Thus, the Constitution and Central Acts ofEducation should be kept open, including home-based education in which special educators, oritinerant teachers,play a crucial role.Such teachersshow the right path toVisually Challenged childrenand help them lead a life of dignity."

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Arts and Literature

Enlighten through creativity

Viraaj Vig, 16 years old, has been associated withNational Association for the Blind (NAB) India forthe last seven years. A student of grade 11, he is apublished author and has worked to entertainvisually impaired children through his writings. Hehopes that they will enjoy reading his books andwrite stories, essays and poems of their own. He isvery grateful to NAB for supporting him in this endeavour.

His latest book which is his fourth publication,Miscellania: Short Stories & Essays was officiallyreleased by National Association for the Blind(NAB) on Jan 4, 2017, World Braille Day at thefunction to celebrate the birth of Louis Braille. Thebook is a collection of 4 personal essays and 2 shortstories.

In collaboration with NAB, Viraaj has sent his newbook to 141 schools for the visually impaired acrossIndia in January 2017. Various libraries for thevisually impaired in US, UK, Hongkong, Taiwan,

Singapore, Japan also carry his books and his newbook Miscellania: Short Stories & Essays has alsobeen sent to them.

His earlier books, Reader Blasts Off, A Sunbird'sAdventure and You Can Be A Poet Too (officiallyreleased on World Braille Day in January 2016)were also published by NAB and are all available inBraille. In June 2016, Viraaj recorded his book YouCan Be A Poet Too in his own voice at NAB's TalkingBook Center in Mumbai.It is now also available as aTalking Book/ Audio CD.

Viraaj has been personally visiting and presentinghis Braille books to libraries in India and around theworld for the last 7 years. Recently, in June-July2016, he visited and presented his Braille books tolibraries for the visually impaired in Los Angeles,San Francisco and Palo Alto in California, USA. Hehas also conducted a workshop for the visuallyimpaired in Mumbai, encouraging them to readand write creatively.

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(Tejaswini Pawar is an inmate of the

NAB - Kaka Patil Hostel for Blind

Women. She narrates one of her

ambition in her life and its fulfillment)

A simple heart filled with simpled e s i re s , p l ay f u l ly t re a s u r i n ginnocent wishes.

A wish to touch the moon and the stars.And a fond desire to fly across the sky!

A simple heart filled with simple desires,playfully treasuring innocent wishes.

Every man lives away treasuring a million wishes inhis heart.In order to fulfill his wishes,he toils day andnight. Within his tiny heart, many desires residewhich give him hopes to live-on.As for me,I too havesuch fond desires and wishes safely brewing in myheart. They are to get a good education, becomesuccessful, support my parents, grab a fantastic joband to keep learning & exploring new things in life.These are a handful to name.But there was one moredesire that took quite some space in my heart. Andthatwasmydream to fly in an airplane.

Mankind's brilliant invention of the airplanefascinated me to no bounds, ever since childhood.At school my teachers gave me clarity into thenuances of this creation that had fascinated me sovery much.Thus,the dream to fly in an airplane wasrooted in my senses, ever since then.Whenever anairplane flew across the sky over my home,I used torun across the street to follow its sight and wonderwhen I'll be on it one day!

The day that dream was about to be fulfilled hadarrived. My school had organized a picnic thatrequired us to fly by air. But unfortunately, I hadfallen ill, back then and had to miss thatopportunity. The dream of flying in an airplaneremained hidden-away in my heart. But as I grewolder, I learnt more and more about the scientificand technical details of an airplane and the airjourney. In the 9th grade we had to study a chaptercalled "Aakash Kanya" in the syllabus based on thelife of the great Astronaut Kalpana Chawla.This wasan addition to my knowledge about aircrafts.

After completing schooling,I arrived in Mumbai cityfor my further studies.The NAB Kaka Patil hostel wasa boon to my life in Mumbai. Atthe hostel, I learntmany new things. I bonded very well with some

specific people here. Mr. Kshitij and Mr. Milind Shahbeing crucial in my life and learning arranged ahistorical trip to Aurangabad. This involved a half-an-hour flight from Mumbai to Aurangabad.

This made my heart skip with utmost joy andhappiness. It felt like a dream.The dates for the tripwere finalized.We were scheduled to fly on the 14thof January 2017.When the big day arrived,we wereall perked up at the airport at around noon. But thewait was furthermore extended due to a one hourflight delay. I had got quite impatient. I kept staringat the other airplanes that were flying in and out ofthe airport. Finally, the much awaited time gracedus and we crossed the check-in formalities towardsthe air hostess who welcomed us dearly. Inside theairplane all the necessary instructions wereexplained to us. Eventually, the airplane speededon the runway and suddenly took flight off theground. It was a fantastic feeling. Quite likejourneying on cloud nine! Clouds surrounded us onall sides and it felt like we were soaring on thosevery clouds.The half an hour flight concluded in notime. It felt as if it had been only half a minute. Nowthis journey had been etched into my mind as agolden memory for life.

Mr. Kshitij and Mr. Milind Shah's nobility filled myheart and got me teary eyed.To pick us up they hadarrived with a private bus to themselves. Thefollowing night the group indulged in alot of gamesincluding Housie. Housie in particular, got all ourattention since it was new to us and a lot of us wonmany prizes while playing it. Mr. Shah's family waspresent through it all -and they doubled the joy thatwe were experiencing. Our food and stayarrangements at Yash Executive Hotel were verywell organized and that left us spellbound.

The day after, we visited many historical locations.Our evening visit to Siddhartha Park introduced us tothe voices of various animals.With the memories ofthe two-day trip,we were returning heavy heartedly.But the experiences and memories made will remainetchedin mymindandheart forever.

Life is short.It is made up of beautiful memories.Memories to cherish and memories to share.

Sharing the happiness that belongs to one and other.

- Tejaswini Pawar.

I had a dream…….To flyTejaswni Pawar

12 April 2017

From Far and Near

A centenarian no moreA. S. Athalekar

Captain H. J. M. Desai 1917 to 2017

It wasn't long back that this magazinecarried an article about Capt.Hormazdiar Jamshedji MuncherjiDesai on completing 100 years. TheOffice Bearers and officials of NAB,India who had gone to offer their

wishes on him turning 100 years seldom realizedthat they will have to reach the same house back tooffer condolences to his family members so soon.

His service to the blind dates back to 1948 when heplayed a leading role in convening the FirstProvincial Conference for the Blind. He broughttogether like-minded men and women - allvolunteers - from different walks of life to help himin realizing his ambition of improving the plight ofthe visually impaired. Having successfullyorganized the Conference, Capt. went on toconvene the First All India Conference for the Blindin January 1952 where representatives oforganizations of and for the visually impaired,Central and State Government officials andvolunteers met in Bombay to establish the NationalAssocia t ion f or the Bl ind ( India) whichsubsequently become India's largest Non-

Governmental Organization in the entire field ofdisability.

Capt. Desai has many firsts to his credit - the firstHon Secretary General of the NAB (India), the firstHonorary Secretary of NAB's first IndustrialTraining Centre - the M. N. Banaji Industrial Homefor the Blind, the Founder of India's firstAgricultural and RuralTraining Centre for the Blind- the TATA Agricultural and Rural Training Centrefor the Blind, the first Hon Secretary of the NABWorkshop for the Blind, the Founder and the firstHon Secretary of India's f irst residentialrehabilitation centre for the blind - the Pheroze andNoshir Merwanji Rehabilitation Centre for theBlind at Mt. Abu in Rajasthan, the Founder and HonSecretary of the Lions Home for the Aging Blind,Khandala, and perhaps many other activities. Healso served as the Hon Secretary of the NSDIndustrial Home for the Blind (1948-1965).

It was during his term as the Secretary General ofNAB, India that the association witnessedmaximum growth. He has also authored a fewbooks. "The Blind in India" published in 1954 and"Planning Employment Services for the Blind inDeveloping Countries" published in 1987 are thetwo related to BlindWelfare published early.

Awards and Functions

NAB Foundation Day – 19 January 2017th

Arvind Nervekar

The National Association for the Blind, India onJanuary 19,2017celebrated its 66th Foundation Day,as also the Rustom Merwanji Alpaiwalla Memorialand Neelum Khurshed Kanga Memorial Awardswere presented on this day to the individual whohave rendered yeoman service to the visuallychallenged under Voluntary and Professionalcategories as also to those visually challengedwomen having achieved excellence by way ofoutstanding performance and contribution.

This function was held on Thursday, January 19,2017 at 5.00 p.m.at the Blue Sea Banquet Hall in thepremises of the National Association for the Blind,India, 11-12 Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan Road, Worli

Seaface,Mumbai 400 030.

The Hon'ble Shri Rahul Raman, IRS, Commissionerof Income Tax, Mumbai was the Chief Guest andShri Mukesh Modi, Vice President, Sahakar Bharti,Mumbai was the Guest of Honour for the functionand they gave away the Awards.

The recipients of the NAB Rustom MerwanjiA l p a i wa l l a M e m o r i a l Awards u n d e r t h eProfessional Category - Ms. Anuradha Dalmia,Director,National Institute for the Empowerment ofPersons With Visual Disabilities (Divyangjan),Dehradun, under Voluntary Category - High CourtAdvocate Shri Uday Prakash Warujikar, Mumbaiand Dr. Nagendranath Nagar, President, NAB


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Dahod-Panchmahals District Branch, Dahod,Gujarat State.

T h e N e e l u m K h u r s h e d K a n g a A w a r dWinners/Blind female Achievers were Ms. TanyaBalsara, Proprietor, Tanya Computer Centre,Mumbai , Ms. Kr i t ica Purohi t , FreelancerPhysiotherapist, Mumbai and Ms. Minal Singhvi,President-Cum-Director, Udaan Welfare Society,Secunderabad.

Read on to the citations of the award winners toknow more about the winners and theirdeservingness to receive these awards.

RUSTOM MERWANJI ALPAIWALLA MEMORIALAWARD - 2017:Citations

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORTHE BLIND, INDIA

ToAnuradha Dalmia

You lost your eyesight at the age of ten,even thoughyour ambitious and confidence continued and youcompleted your schooling and further education.You pursued training in Special Education andadministration as well as in Music and researchmethodologies in Fine Arts and worked in variousfields.

You have started your career as a Lecturer in Musicin 1981, joined National Association for the Blind,New Delhi in 1987 and became its ExecutiveDirector in 1990. In 1999 you were selected for thepost of Deputy Chief Commissioner in the Office ofChief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities,aQuasi - Judicial body established by Govt. of India.Later you were invited to serve the National HumanRights Commissions of India by its the thenChairperson Justice J.S.Verma.

You represented Nat ional Human RightsCommissions of the world in the U. N. AdhocCommittee that prepared the draft convention onRights of persons with disabilities. You wereselected by U. N. High Commissioner for HumanRights for this coveted assignment.

You have also acted as Advisor to WHO South Asia,Regional Office. UNESCO Paris invited you tocontribute two research papers which formed thebasis for inclusion of disability perspective in theWorld Summit on Information Society.

You had contributed three manuals for legalprofessionals and disability rights advocates. Youa re p ro f e s s i o n a l l y a c c l a i m e d f o r yo u rachievements in the field of Human Rights,Disability and Law.

You have served as visiting faculty for a number ofLaw schools in India and abroad including HarwardLaw School and Trinity College, Ireland. You havealso served on a number of Commissions,Councils,and Committees over last 20 years. You havepresented papers and facilitated negotiations onformulation of disability laws and policies inabout32 countries, without having any degree inlaw or human rights.

At present you are the Director of National Institutefor the Empowerment of Personswith VisualDisabil i t ies (Divyangjan), Dehra Dun, anautonomous body established by Government ofIndia. As a result of your dedication and hard work,NIEPVD, Dehradunis witnessing unparalleledexpansion of services for the visually challengedpersons throughout the country.

In Recognition of your Outstanding Contributionas a "Professional Worker" to the Welfare of the

Visually Challenged

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND, INDIA

has pleasure in awarding you the

RUSTOM MERWANJI ALPAIWALLA MEMORIALAWARD - 2017

Given in Mumbai on this Nineteenth day ofJanuary 2017

on the occasion of the

66th FOUNDATION DAY OF NAB, India

Prof. Bhaskar Y. MehtaPresidentNAB, India

Shri Satya Kumar SinghHonorary Secretary GeneralNAB, India

Dr. Mrs.Vijaya WadChairpersonNAB R. M. Alpaiwalla andN. K. Kanga Memorial Awards Committee

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To

Dr. Nagendranath Nagar

Born on May 3, 1946, you have been a brilliant andmeritorious student who consistently excelled inyour academic career. You earned Bachelor'sDegree in Medicine followed by Master's inSurgery from the Mahatma Gandhi MemorialMedical College,Indore.

A Surgeon Orthopedist - Anesthetist with aphilanthropic bend of mind, you have gainedimmense experience and expertise during yourmedical career - spanning over forty-seven years -earlier as a medical executive in Governmentcharitable hospitals and later on contributing yourexpertise as an advisor/office bearer of decision-making bodies of charitable medical institutions.You have also pursued private practice albeit withlot of emphasis on altruism. At present you are theHonorary Medical Director of the Urban Hospital,Dahod. During the initial years of your career youwere a Junior Research Fellow of the Indian Councilof Medical Research, for a research study onExperimental Renal Ischemia and Role of variousProtective Measures.

You are a Life Member of a number of medicalassociations including the Indian MedicalAssociation (IMA). You have during 1997-99 beenthe Honorary General Secretary of IMA' BurhanpurBranch and the President of their Dahod Branch.

You have been the President of the NationalAssociation for the Blind - Panchmahal - DahodDistrict Branch, in the State of Gujarat since 2001which has been under your leadership activelyinvolved in activities such as blindness prevention,operating inclusive education programs,distribution of assistive devices, community basedrehabilitation projects, sports and extra-curricularactivities for the visually challenged as well aswelfare of persons with other disabilities in thePanchmahal and Dadhod Districts of Gujarat.Besides, in 2015 you have made a munificentdonation to NAB Panchmahal - Dahod forconstruction of a hostel for visually challengedgirls.

You are also the Vice President and Trustee of theBlind Welfare Council, Dahod which runs aresidential school for multi-disabled children, a

day-care centre for children with mentalretardation and multiple disabilities, a residentialschool for children with hearing impairment, aninclusive education program for children withdisabilities, industrial and vocational trainingcentres for the disabled, early intervention,sensory training,physiotherapy and music therapyunits, diploma and degree programs in specialeducation besides advocacy and guidanceactivities.

You are the Chairman of the District SpecialOlympics Committee that organizes sportingactivities for the intellectually disabled and a LifeMember of the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) andthe Prakruti Mitra Mandal, a Nature Club in Dahod.During 1998-99 you were a Member of theExecutive Committee and Chairman of the ActivityCommittee of IRCS during 2009-10.

You are a recipient of the Nistha Award given by theSeth Shri Girdharlala Sanskar Kendra, Dahod andthe Bhikabhai Chunilal Shah Award given by theNAB Gujarat State Branch for exemplary service inthe field of disability in general and blindness inparticular.

In Recognition of your Outstanding Contributionas a "Voluntary Worker" to the

Welfare of the Visually Challenged











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To

High Court Advocate Uday Prakash Warunjikar

With a Bachelors degree in Law from the PuneUniversity, you pursued Masters Degree in Lawfrom the University of Mumbai followed byDiplomas in Taxation Law and Labour Law. Youtaught Business Law for five years as a part-timelecturer in commerce colleges in Mumbai and wereinvited by renowned Universities on number ofoccasions as a guest lecturer. Being a subjectmatter expert, various judicial academies calledyou to train Hon'ble Judges in Maharashtra,Gujarat,Madhya Pradesh and Bihar. You have also, oninvitation, trained Public Prosecutors in the Statesof Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and UttarPradesh.

As a Practicing Advocate at the Bombay High Courtfor over twenty-two years, you have so far handledmore than 12100 cases. You have also handledPublic Interest Litigations concerning Bio-MedicalWaste (Management and Handling) Rules, in whichinstance the Hon'ble High Court at Bombay waspleased to appoint you as a Commissioner.You aretheVice President of Bar Association of India;an Ex-elected Member of the Bar Council of Maharashtra& Goa,Mumbai,FormerVice President of AdvocateAssociation of Western India, Mumbai and thePresident of the Consumer Courts AdvocatesAssociation (Maharashtra & Goa), Mumbai. Youhave also been appointed as Expert Committeemember on various committees for formulationand finalization of rules under various acts.

You while pursuing LLM, you had an opportunity tointeract with visually challenged persons andthereafter you started assisting them as reader,writer/translator and advocating on their behalf fortheir rights. The visually impaired Friends haveinspired you to provide maximum assistance to thevisually challenged persons. It is commendablethat you have continued your support in a broaderway to individuals as well as institutions working forthe disabled. You have been assisting not onlyvisually challenged but also underprivileged whoare in need and are financially not very sound infighting for their rights.

While you were practicing you have fought for therights of the visually challenged persons in variousareas viz admission for various courses, scribe,

self-employment, Government recruitments orgetting assistive devices at workplace,housing etc.You started your practice from 1994 and since thenyou have been fighting for the rights of the visuallychallenged persons.You have dealt with numerousPubl ic Interest L i t igat ions per taining toImplementation of the provisions under thePersons with Disabilities Act, 1995, which hasresulted in employment of over 10,000 personswith disabilities in Government jobs. In spite ofyour busy schedule you have also very kindlycontributed in creating awareness about theprovisions of PWD Act 1995 and also assisted indrafting new law i.e. RPD Act. Also for thebeneficiaries you have initiated Legal Aid Cell,wherein the visually challenged persons can getfree counseling for their legal problems by theAdvocates. You have been creating awarenessthrough NAB State and District Branches inMaharashtra.You are also a regular Invitee for theTalk Show on PWD Act for All India Radio.

Incidentally you have given magnanimouscontribution by Summarizing and Editing inbringing out important book on "Compilation ofLandmark Judgments on Persons With DisabilityAct, 1995 with Special Reference to VisuallyChallenged Persons", which has been released byformer Chief Justice Shri Mohit Shah, Bombay HighCourt.

Some of the prestigious Awards you received inrecognition of your distinguished legal career are:"Ethical Legal Practitioner Award" given by TransAsia Chamber of Commerce; an Award presentedby the Mumbai Grahak Panchayat - one of world'slargest voluntary consumer organization - for yourvaluable contribution in protection and promotionof consumer rights in India and an Award fromNational Federation of the Blind, Maharashtra, forcontributing substantially toward employment ofpersons with disabilities in Maharashtra.

In Recognition of your Outstanding Contributionas a "Voluntary Worker" to the

Welfare of the Visually Challenged




16 April 2017








NEELUM KHURSHED KANGA AWARD - 2017:Citations


Department Of Women's Empowerment

To

Ms. Kritica Purohit

Born on January 8, 1993, you lost your sight at thetender age of eight due to optic nerve damage.Being their only child, your parents left no stonesunturned to regain your vision. However, when allattempts failed and the school where you studiedtoo refused to take you back,they approached NAB,India who played a crucial role in admitting you toanother school, albeit not without a lot of struggle.Eventually, your brilliant academic and extra-curricular record positively altered the attitude ofyour school authorities who offered you a lot ofencouragement in completing your secondaryeducation.

You pursued your higher secondary studies in thescience stream and thereafter cleared the

Common Entrance Test with the unstinted supportof your parents and the assistance from yourcollege. However, getting admitted to theprofessional course of your choice was nothingshort of an ordeal.You had to fight a legal battle fordiscrimination on the grounds of disability when areputed medical college in Mumbai refused toadmit you to the Bachelor's Degree Program inPhysiotherapy. You emerged a winner, eventually,when you completed the course in 2015 in first

division. All along your trials and tribulations youreceived extensive support from the Xavier'sResource Centre for the Visually Challenged,Mumbai.

You have set a stellar example for the visuallychallenged youth; especially young visuallychallenged girls to follow. Trailing in your foot-steps three more visually challenged students havebeen successful in taking up Physiotherapy degreecourse in the same medical college that had oncerejected you.

You also own the credit of being the first visuallychallenged woman candidate to have completed aprofessional course through the ten plus two plus4.5 system of education and to have cracked theCET as an open category candidate.

For your perseverance and determination, theMaharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik,on their foundation day, honored you with SpecialAppreciation and Merit Award.

In recognition of your Outstanding Achievementin your

Professional Career

NAB Department of Women's Empowerment

has pleasure in presenting you the

NEELUM KHURSHED KANGA AWARD - 2017



66th FOUNDATION DAY OF NAB, INDIA - January19, 2017





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To

Minal Singhvi

Born on February 5,1980,you were at ease with lifetill 2008, when you acquired drug inducedblindness. With strong determination and supportof well-wishers you overcame the adversity ofbeing sightless and focused on computereducation which you mastered within a shortperiod.

Meanwhile, your efforts to gain a job also came tofruition when you were employed by a non-profitfor the mentally challenged and persons withhearing impairment, where you counseled clientsand tried to raise funds with your innovative ideas.Alongside you would in your spare time helpvisually challenged college students to developtheir computer skill.

Your strong desire to help improve the lives ofpersons with vision loss inspired you to launch yourown voluntary organization Udaan Welfare Society,in 2014.You are the founder President and Directorof Udaan Welfare Society which runs a number ofprojects including Internet Radio - Radio Udaan -where most of the tasks are handled by visuallychallenged persons including Radio Jockeying,planning and designing shows,broadcasting,web?designing etc.

Alongside managing responsibilities as Director ofUdaan you are also busy hosting educational talkshows on the Radio which have to a great extentenabled visually challenged persons crackcompetitive examinations. By establishing RadioUdaan you have paved the way for one moreemployment avenue for the visually challenged, asRadio Jockey.

You have also attempted to make society moreinclusive for people with disabilities by arrangingforums for the disabled and non-disabled during2015-16 at Delhi, Ludhiana and your home-townHyderabad.

Although your greatest accomplishment - RadioUdaan - has put you in the limelight you have neverignored your passion for teaching, which is yourforte. While you continue help your studentsbecome techno-savvy ? which has in fact

benefitted around 300 visually challenged persons- you are also making efforts to further your owneducation and at the same time pursuing a job as aGovernment Employee in the office of the Dy.Commissioner,Telangana.

For your unique endeavor and your unstintedefforts to empower persons with disabilities the

Narayan Sanstha Seva Samiti, New Delhi, and theJain Sewa Sangh, Hyderabad, honored you withawards. Radio Udaan and particularly your workand achievements have been greatly appreciatedand have received wide media coverage. Yourqualities justify why you make for a perfect youthicon.


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To

Tanya Balsara

Born on August 2, 1979, you have been visuallychallenged since birth due to retinitis pigmentosa.Overcoming the condition you completed yourschooling through a regular school with the help ofNAB, India's Integrated Education Program andsubsequently graduated in Arts with Sociologyfrom St.Xavier's College,Mumbai.

Out of interest, you took up computer educationand acquired the Maharashtra State Certificate inInformation Technology followed by trainingcourses in hardware and networking.You also wentthrough and successfully completedVoice Trainingand Creative Advertising & ABCD (Announcing,Broadcast ing, Comper ing and Dubbing)programs.

In June 2006, with the support of your family youstarted the Tanya Computer Centre at the MNBIndustrial Home for the Blind, Jogeshwari, Mumbaito provide computer training to underprivilegedand needy blind persons. Through this Centrewhich was eventually relocated at your residence,you have so far trained over 200 students who wereable to be gainfully employed after completion ofthe course. At the Centre, you have recentlyinitiated training in Personality Development andEnglish Speaking and would soon be introducing acourse in Advanced Excel.

Young, fun-loving and full of life you are fond ofwatching Bollywood movies and enjoy thecompany of your friends and your sister Lara whoyou are very attached to.

For your dynamism, talent and achievements youhave been featured by reputed dailies like theTimes of India and the Hindustan Times and havebeen honored and awarded by some well-knowninstitutions like the World Zoroastrian Chamber ofCommerce, the Rotary Club of West Mumbai andthe Gyanam Ganga Trust, Mumbai. You are also arecipient of the Dr. Batra's Positive Award, theWomen Achiever Award presented by the YoungEnvironmentalist and Giants International FEDAward. Tanya was recently felicitated by on theoccasion ofWorldWhite Cane Day.

Muncherjee Nowrojee Banajee Industrial Home forthe Blind, Mumbai

Umesh Deshpande

Popularly known as the MNB Industrial Home forthe Blind, this is an organization working for thewelfare of visually challenged persons since 1956.

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I t s a c t iv i t i e s i n c l u d e Vo c a t i o n a l T ra d e,Rehabilitation and Education. In the past fivedecades 1,334 trainees have completed theirtraining from this home and are gainfully employedor conducting their own business in many parts ofIndia. Infact this is the first organization in thecountry which startedVocational Trade Centre withthe intention of rehabilitating visually challengedpersons socially and economically so that they canlive on their own in the society.

MNB Industrial Home for the Blind, has threeactivities

A.Workshop

B.Training Centre

C.BlindWorking Men's Hostel

Workshop and Training Centre has the strength of 40 trainees and Blind Working Men's Hostel has thestrength of 70 beneficiaries.After successfully working for more than six decades the centre was closed dueto some reasons for past two years, Hon'ble High Court-Mumbai passed a judgment in the month of August2016 and asked NAB,India to restart the activities of this Industrial Home for the Blind.With due respect to theHon'ble High Court, Mumbai NAB, India has taken the initiative to restart the activities of MNB IndustrialHome at Jogeshwari and all the three activities will begin soon.

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22 April 2017

NAB Sir J. Duggan Braille PressThe Ingram Micro Ltd. completed a very meaningful project with our Association on April 19, 2017. Theysponsored Rs.70 Lakhs for a Braille Printing Machine – Braillo 600 SR – from Norway,and the same has beeninstalled in our Braille Press at Worli Seaface.This machine will meet the genuine need for printing Braillebooks in large number.

The inauguration ceremony of this modernized machine was graced by Mr. Jaishankar Krishnan, SeniorVice President and Chief Executive of Ingram Micro India Pvt. Ltd. as the Chief Guest and Rotary DistrictGoverner Gopal Mandhania as the guest of honour. Ingram's Chief Finance Executive Mr. Prabhakar Iyer,CSR Manager Mr.Ganesh and Rotary District Secretary Ashwin Kumar Shetty were also present.

From NAB, India its President Prof. Bhaskar Mehta, Vice President of NAB and Chairman-Braille Press Mr.Harinder Kumar Mallik and Honarary Secretary of NAB Mr.Anand Athalekar attended the function.

The installation of this machine has substantially enhanced the capacity of our Braille Press and now wewould be able to supply Braille books, in particular text books, to the schools and the students in time.Themembers present during the function were also thrilled when Mr. Jaishankar Krishnan announced that thisfirst major project under CSR was just the beginning of a relationship and Ingram will continue to supportNAB,India in its mission to educate and empower blind persons across the country.

The members of Rotary Club led by their president of the Rotary Club of Bombay Powai, who had co-ordinated this project, were brimming with joy on their successful completion of their dream project andthanked Ingram Micro profusely for the same.

NAB, India Departments

Neelum Khurshed Kanga Award

Awards

Ms. Vijaya Wad giving introduction about the

Neelum Khurshed Kanga Award.

Ms. Minal Singhvi receiving Neelum Khurshed

Kanga Award from the Guest of Honour

Ms. Tanya Balsara addressing the audience

after receiving the award.

Ms. Kritica Purohit receiving Neelum Khurshed


Ms. Minal Singhvi addressing the audience after

receiving the award.

Ms. Kritica Purohit addressing the audience


Ms. Tanya Balsara receiving Neelum Khurshed


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Awards

NAB Rustom Merwanji Alpaiwalla Memorial Awards

Printed and Published by Anand S. Athalekar, on behalf of National Association for the Blind, India and Printed at Shaan Printers, 23, Prem Bhavan, Colaba,

Mumbai 400 005 and Published at National Association for the Blind, India, 11, Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan Road,Worli Seaface, Mumbai 400 030. Editor – Veena

Rangnekar,NationalAssociation for the Blind,India,11,KhanAbdul Gaffar Khan Road,Worli Seaface,Mumbai 400 030.

Awards

Dr. Nagendranath Nagar receiving NAB Rustom

Merwanji Alpaiwalla Memorial Awards under

the Voluntary Category from the Chief Guest

Shri Uday Prakash Warujikar addressing the

audience after receiving the award.

Ms. Anuradha Dalmia receiving NAB Rustom

Merwanji Alpaiwalla Memorial Awards under

the Professional Category from the Chief Guest

Dr. Nagendranath Nagar addressing the

audience after receiving the award.

Ms. Anuradha Dalmia addressing the audience


High Court Advocate Shri Uday Prakash

Warujikar receiving NAB Rustom Merwanji

Alpaiwalla Memorial Awards under the

Voluntary Category from the Chief Guest

24 April 2017

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