Tanya is a Founder and Teacher of Tanya Computer Centre, set up at M N B Industrial Home for the Blind, now Malcolm Baug at Jogeshwari, Mumbai to train visually challenged Students. The courses taught in her Center are Basics in Computers (duration of 6 months), Personality and English Speaking, and Advanced Computers. Since its inception in January 2006, the Center has trained about 260 visually challenged students of all ages from 20 to 60, most of who have been employed in the private and public sector. Recently, they’ve expanded to Gujarat with Blind Person’s Association and plan to spread our wings to other parts as well.
Computer Literacy in India for Visually Challenged People
The session will take us through computer literacy in India and Tanya will dig deeper into;
1. Introduction
2. Rationale of extending Tanya Computer Project
3. Functioning and operational nittygritty of the project
4. Current status of the project