National Seminar on Empowering Differently Abled Persons through Information Communication Technology ICT

Programme

Title: “National Seminar on Empowering Differently Abled Persons through Information Communication Technology ICT”, February 09 to 11, 2008, at INSA, New Delhi

Saturday, February 09, 2008

Timing	Topic	Speaker
08.00 am onwards	Registration
10.00 am to 11.00 am	Inaugural Session
	Welcome Addresses	Dr. M. D. Tiwari Director, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad
	About Seminar	Prof. Kamlesh N. Agarwala Indian Institute of Information Technology
	Inauguration of the Seminar by the Chief Guest & Guest of Honour	H.E. Dr. A. R. Kidwai, Governor, Haryana Hon’ble Dr. Buta Singh Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Castes, New Delhi
	11.00 am - 11.30 am Tea
	11.30 am – 01.00 pm
Session I	Current Situation and Response	Chairman : Dr. Shiv Lal Co- Chairman : Prof. Ramesh Chandra
Topic I	An overview of the situation: Policy Framework; Strategic Approaches; Government Initiatives	Dr. Dharmendra Kumar Director, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Institute for the Physically Handicapped
Topic II	Legal Dimensions and ICT	Hon’ble Mr. Justice Madan B Lokur Judge, Delhi High Court
Topic III	Rehabilitation issues for persons living with HIV and Aids [PLHA].	Dr Shiv Lal ADG Director NICD
Topic IV	Ensuring access to services and building awareness for community empowerment	Dr. M R Surwade Director Humaclin
	Rapporteur- Questions (Participants)
	01.00pm - 02.00 pm Lunch
	02.00 pm – 03.30 pm
Technical Session IA	Parents Perspective	Chairman : Prof. Shobini Rao Co-Chairman : Dr. C.P. Srivastava
Topic I	Meet the differently abled: 1 on 1	Mr. Gurmel Singh
Topic II	Coping, understanding, place in society, information of services for MH child	Dr. Shanti Auluck MUSKAAN New Delhi
Topic III	Networking of parent societies and role of ICT in providing direct support to the parents in coping and access to rehabilitation facilities	Dr. V K Gautam Vice President PARIVAR
	Rapporteur- Questions (Participants)
Technical Session IB	Rehabilitation Engineering	Chairman : Dr. R.K. Chauhan Co- Chairman : Prof. R. Bhattacharya
Topic I	Developing Hardware-Software suite for AMAL (Adaptive Modular Active Leg)	Prof. G. C. Nandi Dean (Student Affairs) Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad
Topic II	ICT and Rehabilitation Engineering: Changing Digits	Dr. Pradip Poonekar Prosthetic Surgeon
Topic III	Assistive Technology for all categories of differently abled	Dr. V N Shukla Director, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Noida
Topic IV	Assistive Technology for visually impaired	Dr. H K Sardana CSIO Chandigarh
	Rapporteur- Questions (Participants)
	03.30 pm to 04.00 pm Tea
	4.00 pm to 5.30 pm Papers of delegates	Chairman : Prof G. N. Pandey Co-Chairman : Dr. V.K. Gautam
Topic I	An overview of the present situation of use of technology for empowering differently abled persons	Action for Ability Development and Inclusion (AADI) New Delhi
Topic II	An Introspection: ICT for Visually Challenged	Saji Mathews NIVH
Topic III	Information Society Empowering Differently Abled Person	Ms. Chhavi, M D University , Rohtak
Topic IV	Virtual classroom based model for human resource development for rehabilitation of persons with	Mr. A K Abraham All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH), Mysore communication disorders

Sunday, February 10, 2008

	10.00 am – 11.30 am
Technical Session IIA	Rehabilitation Medicine	Chairman : Prof. Satish Chandra, USA Co-Chairman : Mr. Govind Saran
Topic I	Neurological Impairments	Prof Sanjay Wadhwa Professor & Head, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, PGI Chandigarh
Topic II	Visual Impairments	Dr. Asim Kumar Sil Netra Niramay Niketan
Topic III	Orthopedic Impairments	Dr V S Gogia St Stepehn’s Hospital New Delhi
Topic III	Hearing and speech impairments	Dr. Nadini C Singh National Brain Research Center Manesar
Topic IV	Differential Ability in Psychiatry: Current Perspectives & Implications	Dr. G. Venkatasubramanian Assistant Professor of Psychiatry National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, Bangalore
	Rapporteur- Questions (Participants)
Technical Session IIB	Social Rehabilitation and CBR	Chairman : Dr. Neeradha Chandramohan Co- Chairman : Prof. G.C. Nandi
Topic I	Cognitive retraining through Television enabled IT	Prof. Shobini Rao National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, Bangalore
Topic II	ICT in Social Rehabilitation	Prof. R. Bhattacharya Head Department of Socio-Economic Rehabilitation, Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped
Topic III	Global Information Society - Moving towards an Inclusive Society	Mr. J K Mehta Founder General Secretary PARIVAAR
	Rapporteur- Questions (Participants)
	11.30 am to 12.00 Noon Tea
	12.00 Noon – 01.30 pm
Technical Session IIIA	Psychological Rehabilitation	Chairman : Prof. Dayanand Dongaonkar Co-Chairman : Dr. M. Nallegowda
Topic I	ICT in coping and education of families with physically differently abled persons	Dr. Neeradha Chandramohan Director, National Institute for Multiple Disabilities
Topic II	ICT in coping and education of families with mentally differently abled persons	Dr. Kiran Rao Professor & Head, Department of Mental Health and Social Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, Bangalore
Topic III	ICT in continued psychological support for parents and rehabilitation professionals	Dr. T. C. Sivakumar Asst. Professor & Head, Department of Community Rehabilitation & Project Management, National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped, Hyderabad
	Rapporteur- Questions (Participants)	Chairman : Dr. Ratnesh Kumar Co-Chairman : Dr.M.R. Surwade
Technical Session IIIB	Educational Rehabilitation
Topic I	Education for the visually impaired	Dr. Anuradha Mohit Director, National Institute for the Visually Handicap, Dehradun
Topic II	Information Communication Technology for Educational Audiology & Education of Persons with Hearing Impairment	Mr. Rajeev Jalvi HOD Audiology Mr. Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped
Topic III	Empowering Deafblind People with Information Communication Technology (ICT)	Mr. A. S. Paul Director, Sense International
Topic IV	Suggested framework for a nationwide network of Telerehabilitation	Dr. S. B. Gogia President, Indian Association for Medical Informatics, New Delhi
Topic V	Role of JR Handicapped University in providing educational rehabilitation in persons with disabilities	Mr. S S Mishra/Mr. A C Mishra JR Handicapped University Chitrakoot
	Rapporteur: Questions (Participants)
	01.30 pm – 02.30 pm Lunch
	02.30 pm – 4.00 pm
Technical Session IVA	Vocational Rehabilitation and Recreation	Chairman : Dr. T. R. Kem Co-Chairman : Dr. G.A. Joshi
Topic I	Vocational Education	Dr. P. V. Prakasa Rao Pandit Sunderlal Sharma Central Institute of Vocational Education, Bhopal
Topic II	Vocational Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities in India	Mr. R. Narasimham Consultant Vocational Rehabilitation, Chennai
Topic III	Vocational Rehabilitation	Mr. Baldev Gulati President Navprerna New Delhi
Topic IV	Towards a Passion Driven Life	Mr. George Abraham SCORE Foundation, New Delhi
	Rapporteur: Questions
Technical Session IVB	Human Resource Development	Chairman : Prof. Harish C. Rai Co-Chairman : Dr. Anuradha Mohit
Topic I	Training of general physician and specialists	Dr. Ratnesh Kumar Director, National Institute for the Orthopedically Handicapped, Kolkata
Topic II	Manpower development in PMR specialty	Dr. Ganesh Joshi Asst. Professor in PMR/Medical Education Composite Regional Centre for Persons with Disabilities, Bhopal
Topic III	Human resource development in allied professions for rehabilitation	Dr. M. Nallegowda Lady Harding Medical College, New Delhi
	TEA

Monday, February 11, 2008

	10.00 am – 12.00 Noon Valedictory Session & Operationalization of the Strategic Approach	Chairman : Dr. M. D. Tiwari Co Chair : Dr. M. R. Surwade, Dr. G. A. Joshi
Objective	To define modalities for Operationalization of the strategic approach developed during the Seminar
Methodology	From among the participants of the Seminar a small working group will be formed who would review the outcomes of the seminar and workout the road map. The composition of this working group will be multidisciplinary
12.30 pm LUNCH