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Blog Entry UNESCO Global Report: Opening New Avenues for Empowerment
by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Aug 31, 2013 — last modified Sep 04, 2013 07:21 AM — filed under:
We prepared a report on higher education for persons with disabilities in the Asia-Pacific region for UNESCO some time back. The report has been compiled into a global report. Nirmita Narasimhan was the project coordinator from the Centre for Internet and Society.
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Blog Entry Banking and Accessibility in India: A Report by CIS
by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Aug 12, 2013 — last modified Aug 13, 2013 04:00 AM — filed under: , ,
The report gives an analysis of banking accessibility for persons with disabilities in India. Besides a detailed look at the legal provisions and guidelines on banking and technology, the report also provides a view on different disabilities in relation to banking and accessibility in India and contains case studies and guidelines from countries such as New Zealand, Australia, the United States of America, Canada and the Netherlands. The report sums up the analysis with suggestions and recommendations to improve banking accessibility for persons with disabilities in India.
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Blog Entry CIS Gets ITU-D Sector Membership
by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Apr 26, 2013 — last modified Jul 11, 2013 10:11 AM — filed under:
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) has become a sector member of ITU-D, the development sector of the International Telecommunication Union, the specialized UN Agency dealing with telecommunications and information communications (ICTs).
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Blog Entry Government of Madhya Pradesh initiates ICT Accessibility in Public Communication
by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Jan 31, 2013 — last modified Jan 31, 2013 10:17 AM — filed under:
The Centre for Internet and Society, joined hands with Daisy Forum of India member Arushi in Bhopal to submit a request for a notification mandating that all communication by the Government of Madhya Pradesh should be accessible to persons with disabilities.
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File Accessibility of Government Websites in India
by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Sep 25, 2012 — last modified Sep 25, 2012 05:54 AM — filed under:
This report summarises the key findings of a test conducted to measure the accessibility of 7800 websites of the Government of India and its affiliated agencies against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0, which is the universally accepted standard for web accessibility.
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Blog Entry Mobile technologies and enlightened service packages help persons with disabilities connect to new opportunities
by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Jan 10, 2012 — last modified Sep 13, 2012 01:38 PM — filed under:
Innovative approaches from mobile hardware and applications developers as well as operators are helping connect the estimated 15% of the global population that lives with some form of disability to the power of information and communication technology.
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File Making Mobile Phones and Services Accessible for Persons with Disabilities
by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Sep 02, 2012 — last modified Apr 26, 2013 05:00 AM — filed under:
This report is published by the International Telecommunication Union in cooperation with G3ict – The Global Initiative for Inclusive Information and Communication Technologies. Nirmita Narasimhan and Axel Leblois are the lead authors. The contributors include Deepti Bharthur, Lakshmi Haridas, Pranav Lal, Peter Looms, Roopakshi Pathania, Deva Prasad, Susan Schorr, and Mukesh Sharma.
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Blog Entry Accessibility of Government Websites in India — Test Results
by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Jul 13, 2012 — last modified Aug 02, 2012 12:56 PM — filed under:
The Centre for Internet & Society conducted a survey of the accessibility of the government websites in India. A total of 7800 websites listed on the Government of India directory were researched upon.
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Blog Entry Web Accessibility Policy Making: An International Perspective
by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Feb 28, 2012 — last modified Sep 25, 2012 05:33 AM — filed under: , ,
G3ict and CIS are pleased to announce the publication of a new, improved edition of the Web Accessibility Policy Making: An International Perspective. The report published in cooperation with the Hans Foundation provides an updated synopsis of the many policies that governments have implemented around the world to ensure that the Internet and websites are accessible to persons with disabilities.
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Blog Entry Technology for Accessibility in Higher Education
by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Jan 29, 2012 — last modified Jan 31, 2012 06:29 AM — filed under:
Education for students with disabilities has long been a serious cause of concern in India, as also in other countries around the world. A person with a disability studying in mainstream educational institutions in India experiences many difficulties in navigating through the obstacle course of the Indian educational system, writes Nirmita Narasimhan in this IIMB Journal brought out on the occasion of the conference 'never-the-less - Enabling Access for Persons with Disabilities to Higher Education and Workplace - Role of ICT and Assistive Technologies.
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