THE PROGRESSIVE SOCIETY FOR THE SIGHTLESS is going to organise an all-India seminar on HOW THE SIGHTLESS SHAPE THE CIVIL SOCIETY on November 5 and 6, 2009 in Satyawati College, Phase 3, Ashok Vihar, New Delhi - 110052. It will be an interactive seminar between the service providers and the consumers. The uniqueness of the seminar lies in the fact that majority of the paper presenters are new faces and after every session, half an hour will be given to interact with the team of experts. For your convenience, the schedule of the seminar is given hereunder:

Day 1

Session-A

10.00 Inaugural

11.15 Tea break

Session -B

11.30 School Level Educational Programme:

1. Role and contribution of the Government of India in the school-level education for sightless persons

2. My experiences with the government schools for sightless students

3. Role of the religious and non-governmental bodies in running schools for sightless persons

4. My experiences with a non-governmental school for sightless students

13.00 Interaction

13.30 Lunch Break

Session-C

14.30 Prevention of sightlessness and other relevant medical aspects:

1. Sightlessness and its varieties (from the medical vantage)

2. Preventive measures at different stages and ages

3. Role of the voluntary organisations in the field of the prevention of the sightlessness

4. Government programmes for the prevention of the sightlessness, its implementation, follow up and the beneficiaries

5. Realistic stories of the sightlessness in the want of timely medical intervention

16.00 Interaction

Day-2

Session-A

10.00 Technology and employment for sightless persons:

1. Employment scenario of the sightless persons in the post-independence era

2. Impact of new technology on the state of employment

3. Role of the voluntary organisations in the sphere of technology and employment

4. Impact on the private sector of new technologies in terms of employing the sightless

11.15 Tea Break

Session-B

11.30 Law and employment for sightless persons:

1. PWD Act and employment for sightless persons

2. Role and prospects of the pressure tactics for the employment for the sightless Persons

3. Intervention of the judiciary and the employment for the sightless Persons: an assessment of the role of the voluntary organisations

Interaction with the penal

13.30 Lunch Break

Session-C

14.30 Impact of Changing world on the Public Attitude for the Sightless Persons:

1. Sightlessness is much more than the medical reality

2. Role of the Voluntary organisations for and of the sightless persons

3. Role of the Government

4. Role of print and visual media

Interaction with the panel

Session-D

16.00 Valedictory

1. Presentation of a brief report of the seminar

2. Valedictory speech

3. Vote of thanks

We will be highly obliged if the interested persons may give information of attending the seminar in advance, the Society may make necessary arrangement for entertaining them. Due to the limitation of the funds, we regret to inform that the Society will not be in a position to bear the cost of the travel of the delegates.