Roundtable Conference on "Disability, Barrier- Free Campus and Higher Education”

Jawaharlal Nehru University Cordially invite you to Roundtable Conference on "Disability, Barrier- Free Campus and Higher Education”.

Programme Sheet:

3 December 2010 (Saturday) 10:30 AM to 11:45 AM

Registration: 09.45 AM onwards

Inaugural Session: Dr G. N. Karna, HURITER, SIS & Advisor, EOO, JNU, New Delhi

Presidential Observations:        Professor Christopher S. Raj, Dean, SIS, JNU, New Delhi

Inaugural Address:                     Professor Sudhir Kumar Sopory, Vice Chancellor, JNU

Address by Chief Guest:             Shri Kuldip Nayar, Noted Journalist & Ex- MP (Rajya Sabha)

Keynote Address:                           Dr Gaurav Raheja, Faculty, IIT, Roorkee

Speech by Guest of Honour:             Shri B. N. S. Ratnakar, GM, Central Bank of India, Delhi

Address by Distinguished Guest:     Professor P. R. Ramanujam, Former Pro-VC, IGNOU, N. Delhi

Concluding Observations:                 Shri Sandeep Chatterjee, Registrar, JNU, New Delhi

Tea/Coffee/Snacks: 11:45 AM to 12.00 AM

First Working Session:

Understanding Disability and Creating an Accessible Academic Campus

3 December 2011 (Saturday) 12.00 AM to 01:30 PM

 Chair:   Professor Ashum Gupta, Deptt. of Psychology & Director, Gandhi Bhawan, University of Delhi, Delhi

Second Working Session: Barrier- Free Campus and Higher Education

  3 December 2011 (Saturday)   02.15 PM to 03:15 PM

Chair: Professor S. N. Malakar, CAS, SIS, JNU (tbc)

Valedictory Session:

 Barrier- Free Campus and Higher Education in Indian Context

3 December 2011 (Saturday)   03.15 PM to 04.15 PM

 Chair:  Professor Manmohini Kaul, Chairperson, CSCAEAS, SIS, JNU, New Delhi

Valedictory Address: Professor Anand Kumar, CSSS, SSS, JNU, New Delhi