Follow-up Letter in Support of WIPO Treaty for Reading Disabled
In November last year, CIS launched a nation wide signature campaign to support the treaty for the blind, visually impaired and other reading disabled proposed by the World Blind Union to the WIPO. Since then, the list of signatories was updated. In May 2009, WIPO's Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) held another meeting, and in light of this, the endorsement of the treaty and appeal to the government to support it was resubmitted, by an increased number of signatories, including members of the DAISY Forum of India.
The letter and list of signatories is available below.
To
Mr. R. P. Aggarwal
Secretary
Department of Higher Education
Ministry
of Human Resource Development
‘C’ Wing, Shastri Bhavan
New Delhi-110001
Dear Sir,
Re: Letter of support for the proposed Treaty for the blind and visually impaired submitted by the World Blind Union.
We were extremely gratified that the Government took note of our letter in November, 2008, containing endorsements of 16 organisations urging the government to support the Treaty for the Blind, which was proposed by the World Blind Union in the WIPO SCCR meeting from Nov 1st-6th,2008. In light of the fact that there is another SCCR meeting scheduled from May 25th-29th, where this issue is to be taken up, we are resubmitting our endorsement and urgent plea to the Government to actively support this treaty, since it will be extremely beneficial to all blind, visually challenged and print disabled persons in India. The list of endorsers has expanded to include about 50 more organizations. There are many more who have verbally expressed support. We look forward to an active response from the Government on this. Thanking you,
Yours Faithfully,
Nirmita Narasimhan
Programme Manager
(Centre for Internet and Society)
|
Sr. No |
Name of Organization |
Contact Person |
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1 |
Akhil Bharatiya Drishtiheen Kalyan Sangh,
|
Mr. Ajay M. Joshi |
|
2 |
Amulya Sahara
|
Sh. Ashok Kumar Goyal |
|
3 |
Andhjan Kalyan Trust,
|
Mr. Praful N. Vyas |
|
4 |
Arushi
|
Sh. Anil Mudgal |
|
5 |
Astha
|
Ms Radhika M. Alkazi, |
|
6 |
Atmajyoti Vikas Samitee
|
Mrs. Priti Yadav |
|
7 |
Blind People's Association (Ahmedabad)
|
Mr. R.P. Soni |
|
8 |
Blind Person's Association (Kolkata)
|
Mr. Amiyo Biswas |
|
9 |
Blind Welfare Council
|
Sh. Yusuf Kapadiya |
|
10 |
Centre For Internet And Society
|
Sunil Abraham, |
|
11 |
Devnar Foundation for the Blind
|
Dr. A. Saibaba Goud |
|
12 |
Discipleship Centre
|
Mr. John A |
|
13 |
Farook College
|
Prof. K. Kuttialikutty |
|
14 |
Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya
|
Ms. Prabha Puran Sharma |
|
15 |
Human Development Institute
|
Ms. R.C. Meena |
|
16 |
Indian Association for the Blind
|
Mr. S.M.A. Jinnah, |
|
17 |
Indira Mahila Mandal Hudco New Nandeds
|
Sh. Nagnath Ramji Kadam |
|
18 |
Jamia Millia Islamia
|
Prof. Zubair Meenal, |
|
19 |
Janta Adarsh Andh Vidyalaya
|
Mrs. Kalpana Sharma |
|
20 |
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya
|
Rajesh Gupta |
|
21 |
Jyoti Sroat School
|
Bertha G. Dkhar |
|
22 |
L.V. Prasad Eye Institute
|
Mr./Ms. Beula Christy |
|
23 |
Lakshmi Bai College
|
Dr. Nalini Govind |
|
24 |
Maulana AzadLibrary(AligarhMuslim
|
Mr. Shakeel Ahmad Khan Mr. Shakeel Ahmad Khan |
|
25 |
Mitra Jyothi
|
Ms. Madhu Singhal |
|
26 |
Montfort Centre For Education
|
Mr. Michael Mathew |
|
27 |
National Association for the Blind, Delhi
|
|
|
28 |
NAB-Phiroze &NoshirMerwanjiRehabilitationCentre for the Blind (Mount Abu)
|
Sh. Vimal Kumar Dengla |
|
29 |
National Association for the Blind (Uttarakhand)
|
Mr. Shyam Dhanak, |
|
30 |
National Association for the Blind (Chandigarh)
|
Sh. Vinod Chadha |
|
31 |
National Association for the Blind (H.)
|
Ms. Shalini Vats Kimta |
|
32 |
National Association for the Blind (India)
|
Sh. Suhas V. Karnik |
|
33 |
National Association for the Blind(Jharkhand)
|
Sh. Ar. Sahay |
|
34 |
National Association for the Blind(Junagad)
|
Ms. Rinaben V. Jasani |
|
35 |
National Association for the Blind (Karnataka),
|
(Mrs.) Saroja Ramachandra |
|
36 |
National Association for the Blind (Kerala)
|
Sh. Manoj Kurian |
|
37 |
National Association for the Blind (Sikkim Branch)
|
Mr. Rajesh Verma |
|
38 |
National Association for the Blind(West Bengal)
|
Sh. Arup Chakroborty |
|
39 |
National Federation of the Blind (Guwahati)
|
Mohd. Imran Ali |
|
40 |
North Ex. Blind Welfare & Educational Society
|
Sh. Subhash Garg |
|
41 |
Orissa Association for the Blind
|
Sh. Bihari Nayak |
|
42 |
Rajasthan Netraheen Kalyan Sangh
|
Sh. Jitendra Bhargava |
|
43 |
Ramakrishna Mission Blind Boys' Academy
|
Sh. Sunilbaran Pattanayak |
|
44 |
Saksham
|
Ms. Deepika Sood, |
|
45 |
Salwan Public School
|
Mrs. Vandana Puri |
|
46 |
Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled
|
Sh. Ganesh |
|
47 |
Samrita Trust
|
Sh. Seetarama Sastry Nori |
|
48 |
School for the Deaf Mutes Society
|
Dr. Homiyar Mobedji |
|
49 |
Score Foundation,
|
George Abraham |
|
50 |
Shikshit Yuva Sewa Samiti Basti
|
Mr. Gopal Krishna Agarwal |
|
51 |
Shree Andhjan Vividhlaxi Talim Kendra,
|
Sh. Prakash Mankodi |
|
52 |
Shri Navchetan Andhjan Mandal,
|
Sh. Himanshu Sampura |
|
53 |
Shri Venkateswara College
|
Ayesha Maliwal |
|
54 |
Shri Vrajlal Durlabhji Parekh Andh Mahila Vikas Grah,
|
Sh. P.J. Mankodi |
|
55 |
Shruti Information Centre of Yashoda Charitable Trust
|
Ms. Sonal Sena |
|
56 |
Shubham
|
Dr. Sangeeta Agarwal |
|
57 |
Springdales School
|
Ms. Sonali Bose |
|
58 |
St. Mary's School
|
|
|
59 |
Tagore International School,
|
Ms. Aparna Sharma |
|
60 |
The Blind Relief Association (Delhi)
|
Sh. Kailash Chandra Pande |
|
61 |
University of Hyderabad
|
Dr. Madhireddy Anjaneyulu |
|
62 |
Venu Eye Institute & Research Centre
|
Ms. Tanuja Joshi |
|
63 |
Victoria Memorial School for the Blind
|
Mrs. Radha Subrahmanian |
|
64 |
Welfare Centre For Visually Handicapped,
|
Mr. Profulla Kumar Rout |
|
65 |
Welfare Society for the Blind,
|
Smt. Jharna Sur |
|
66
|
Xavier's Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged (XRCVC) |
Dr. Sam Taraporevala |
|
67
|
Sense International (India) |
Akhil Paul |
|
68 |
N. Krishnaswamy Barrier Break Technologies (Mumbai)
|
Shilpi Kapoor
|
|
69 |
National Association for the Blind (NAB) Bangalore
|
Mr. Pruthviraj
|
|
70 |
National Federation for the Blind (Delhi)
|
S.K.Rungta
|
|
71 |
Mitrajyoti (Bangalore)
|
Madhu Singhal
|
|
72 |
Accessability (New Delhi)
|
Vikas Sharma
|
|
73 |
Alternative Law Forum (Bangalore)
|
Lawrence Liang
|
|
74 |
Acrodelon Technologies Pvt Ltd(Chennai) |
Rahul Cherian
|
|
75 |
Enable India |
Shanthi Raghavan |
|
76 |
College Students and Graduates Association of the Blind(Chennai) |
Ponmudi |
|
77 |
Indian Association for the Blind(Chennai) |
S.M.A. Jinnah |
|
78 |
Prayatna(Chennai & Bangalore) |
Aruna Sankaranarayanan |
|
79 |
Worth Trust, Katpadi (TN) |
Venki/Mike
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