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Who is Shark Tank 4 new judge, the visually impaired Srikanth Bolla? His education, family. His company employs 500 peopleSrikanth Bolla, founder of Bollant Industries, joins 'Shark Tank India' as a new 'shark'. Bolla, the first visually impaired student at MIT...
Star Health launches insurance policy in BrailleStar Health Insurance has launched an industry-first insurance policy in Braille, aimed at visually-impaired individuals. The 'Special Care...
Rajkummar Rao’s ‘Srikanth’ gains momentum on day 2, earns Rs 4.2 crDirected by Tushar Hiranandani, 'Srikanth' is a tale that champions perseverance in the face of adversity. The biopic chronicles the remark...
Rajkummar Rao denies going under the knife, says he just had minor touch-ups doneThe actor said he has faced comments about his looks right from his struggle days but he is still the same person.
VisionSpring’s launches ‘Livelihoods in Focus’ to unlock over Rs 300 cr in income-earning potentialThe organisation has announced its partnerships with the Indian Tea Association, five tea gardens and two eye hospitals in India.
Weekend watchlist: From 'Jawan' to 'The Little Mermaid', list of must-watch theatrical & OTT releasesDevouring a good film or two is the best way to spend a lazy weekend. Here's a list of some of the most exciting theatrical and OTT release...
'Windows' of opportunity for students, teachers, social entrepreneurs as they meet Microsoft CEO Satya NadellaCurrently in Delhi as part of his four-day multi-city tour to India, Hyderabad-born Nadella shared his vision on the role technology can pl...
People-centric governance hallmark of govt: PM ModiPM Modi said a large part of the world is looking at India for solutions and this has become possible because the government trusted in the...
Women empowerment, healthcare: Sahachari Foundation celebrates a decade of philanthropyFrom a fledgling startup, the foundation has grown and partnered with numerous NGOs, focusing on education, economic upliftment and more.
How this Anand Mahindra-backed startup is empowering the visually impairedBraille has been a fundamental tool for the blind in terms of literacy, employment and independence. Annie, a self teaching Braille device,...
On World Yoga Day, CII, Young Indians organized a session of Blindfold Yoga to reinforce inclusionThe inclusive Yoga session saw 65 participants from Young Indians, CII Office Bearers, and students of the Yuva programme from Sankara Coll...
Startups visit IIT Kharagpur to hire internsSupervasi, an organization that works towards improving the lives of tribals is looking at over 1000 engineers to intern for a year, accord...
Modi government to shortlist motivating stories of 'Women transforming India'The government is presently running an online and SMS poll till May 14 to get the public to vote for these 25 shortlisted women out of 1000...
Chinmayi SK devises low-tech solution to tackle endemic diseasesThe 28-year-old tech start-up founder has always believed in plugging the gap between tech developers and users.
Delhi's Chiraag Kapil named Promising Young Entrepreneur in 8th Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan CompetitionChiraag Kapil, led a team of five from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, in the 8th Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition and ...
Indian-origin teenager gets Intel funding for Braille printerShubham Banerjee had closed an early round funding with Intel Capital last month to develop a prototype of low-cost Braille printer.
Start-ups coming up with new applications for the visually impairedThe puzzle pieces are individual letters of the object name, whose contours will highlight the shape of the object when the pieces are put ...
Tech Startups churn out innovative products for differently-abledCreating technology that can improve the quality of life for the differently-abled is becoming a focus for a number of entrepreneurs
How entrepreneurs like Shilpi Kapoor, Ferdinand Rodricks are making technology, information more accessible to differently-abledBarrierBreak runs a website signntalk.com, which helps the hearing impaired communicate with the rest of the world using sign language.
- Honing the skills of the differently-abled
As India Inc struggles to build workforce diversity there is a new breed of entrepreneurs who are helping corporate India achieve just that...