Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya celebrated International
Day of persons with Disabilities by organizing two days workshop on Accessible
e-pub training for the visually impaired persons and low sighted persons. The objective of the workshop was to provide
skills and knowledge of creating e-books in EPUB 3 format so that they are
usable by even persons with disabilities.
The training was organized by Drishti Cell for physically challenged
persons in collaboration with Saksham Punjab.
Principal Dr. Mrs. Ajay Sareen welcomed the resource person Mr. Prashant
Ranjan Verma, General Secretary, National Association for the Blind, Delhi and
Mr. Amit Verma, an entrepreneur, running a design and development house
‘spiritnoise’ at Delhi. Dr. Ajay Sareen
appreciated the efforts of the team and motivated the participants. Dr. Ashmeen Kaur, Incharge, Drishti conducted
the stage. Dr. Prem Sagar, Coordinator
Drishti explained the concept of talking books and its benefits and Mrs.
Deepika Sood, General Secretary Saksham introduced the concept of e-publishing
and its utility for the impaired. Around
10 publishers participated in the workshop.
