Tanishka members come to the aid of Blind Students

Pune : “Problems faced by blind students studying in colleges under the Savitribai Phule University, Pune will be resolved by carrying out a survey to identify them. Necessary software required to learn computers will be installed and made available to these students,” assured the Chancellor, Dr. Vasudeo Gade.

The Tanishka Foundation contributed to this initiative by recording an audio CD to help blind students studying Arts; which was released by Dr. Gade.

Nandkumar Sutar Resident Editor of Sakal, Dr. Ashok Chaskar Dean Arts Faculty More College, Dr. Nitin Ghorpade Principal More College and Ranjan Wadke Chief Sub-editor were amongst few who were also present during the release of these CDs which would serve as hearing aids to the blind students.

On this occasion, Dr. Gade appreciated and thanked the initiative undertaken by the Tanishka Group as well as the social programmes being implemented by the Sakal Media Group.

Dr. Gade said, “Information regarding the blind students studying in colleges under Savitribai Phule University in Pune, Ahmednagar and Nashik will be gathered through a survey. Their problems will be identified and resolved at the earliest. Study material for their curriculum will be made available on CDs.

Members of the Tanishka Foundation such as Dr. Ganpule, Madhura Kulkarni, Sunita Kulkarni, Madhura Shivapurkar, Harsha Joshi, Dhanashri Lele, Kiran Lakhe, Puja Dalvi, and Pratibha Kulkarni worked after college hours at night to record lessons and study material for nine subjects. They put in 400 hours of efforts for the recording to prepare the new curriculum for Second Year Arts students.