SAMBHAVANA cordially invites you to a Conference on the ‘Disabled and the Right to Education: Stakeholders, State and Civil Society’ on Wednesday, 2nd December 2009 at 1:00 p.m. in Room  No. 22, Arts Faculty, (North Campus), Delhi University.



Date: 02/12/2009

Time: 1:00 p.m.

Venue: Room  No. 22, Arts Faculty, North Campus, Delhi University.

Please join us for Tea after the conference.



Program Schedule:

Registration (Free): 1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.



Overview of Sambhavana’s Fight for the Rights of Disabled. (1:30 p.m. - 1:40 p.m.)



Keynote of the Conference. (1:40 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.)

Chair: Mr. Subhash Chandra Vashishth, (Advocate), Consultant on Disability and Inclusive Environment, SVAYAM (Jindal Group of Companies); and the founding member of the Advocacy Cell of AICB.



Dr. Anita Ghai, Associate Professor, (Psychology), Jesus And Mary College, University of Delhi; and presently Fellow at Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, ‘Right To Education, Gender and Disability in Globalizing Times’. (1:50 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.)



Mr. Kumar Sanjay Singh, Associate Professor, (History), Swami Shraddhanand College, University of Delhi, ‘Disability, Poverty and the Sustainable Assistance Programs?’. (2:20 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.)



Mr.  J. C. Gupta, Director, National Institute for Hearing Handicapped, ‘Education of Hearing Impaired’. (2:50 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.)



Mr. Ashok Aggrawal, Eminent Lawyer and People’s Right Activist. ‘Disabled and their Education’. (3:20 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.)



Mr. S. K. Rungta, General Secretary, National Federation of the Blind (NFB), ‘Education of Persons with Disabilities: a Comparative Survey of Existing Situation and Possible Strategies for Achieving Inclusion’. (3:50 p.m. - 4:20 p.m.)



Open House Discussion. (4:20 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.)



Summing up. (5:00 p.m. - 5:10 p.m.)



Vote of Thanks. (5:10 p.m. - 5:15. p.m.)