Visual impaired Achievers felicitated
Justice S.Nagamuthu
Madras High Court; Akhila Srinivasan, MD, Shriram Life Insurance; and K.Govinda
Krishnan, founder of Nethrodaya, were among those who presented awards to visually challenged students who have
performed well in the examinations in a function organized by
Visually challenged but academically brilliant, Pradeep R., a student of St.Louis School for the Deaf and the Blind, Chennai, is staunchly determined to become an IAS officer and A.Jareen Banu, a resident of a village in Karur, plans to study English literature to become a professor.
It was
indeed inspiring to see the determination of the visually impaired, who expressed
their vision in their life. While most of these students, largely from rural
schools, expressed their desire to study English literature, some talked about
their interest in economics and music, too. As technology pervades life in
general, most of them accepted that CDs, cassettes and even ipods with
specially crafted audio lectures and unique revision techniques enabled them to
retain concepts.
