Aniruddha's Bank for the Blind (ABB) is an organization dedicated to the service of the visually challenged. Functioning like a 'bank', it stores knowledge in the form of audio CDs that record the academic syllabus of educational and technical institutions and makes these CD's available free of cost to visually challenged students.[1]
It is a joint activity/project of the `Shree Aniruddha Upasana Foundation’, ‘Aniruddha Samarpan Pathak’ and ‘Shree Aniruddha Aadesh Pathak’, committed towards offering service to the visually challenged. These entity are non-profit Organizations incorporated in Mumbai, India.[2] This project was initiated in July 2004 under the guidance of Dr. Aniruddha Dhairyadhar Joshi, a successful consulting Rheumatologist, M.D., the Project began work in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India and then over the last 8 years, has spread its service network to 19 Indian states providing recorded audio material in 11 Indian languages. It has even been extending its hand of support to beneficiaries in Pakistan,(Springfield School Karachi).[3] It initially began with cassettes and over a period of time, has switched to CDs keeping in mind the durability, the better sound quality and their compactness that enables easy storage.
Organization and Work Structureedit
The team is made of a core active committee and a pool of volunteers (Sevabhavi Karyakartas) who hail from various regions of India. Well-versed in the Indian languages, these volunteers record the required material which is edited meticulously to maintain the quality matter & the sound and organized in such a way that the visually challenged may easily locate the desired page if need be. The recording assignments accepted on receiving written requests from the concerned educational institutions.e.g. Samagra Jeevan Vikas Samsthe, Karnataka[4] The recording of the book is performed only after due clearance from publishing house of that respective book. The CDs are then packed and dispatched to beneficiaries.
To date, 11,063 CDs & 30, 721 cassettes have reached 513 beneficiaries (128 individuals & 385 institutions)
Referencesedit
^"Andharatun Prakashakade". Lokprabha. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
^"Gurupurnima Suppliment III" (PDF). Raigad Observer. 25 August 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2012.[permanent dead link]
^. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
^"Samagra Jeevan Vikas Samsthe, Karnataka". Retrieved 17 September 2010.
^"Request Letter from National Association for the Blind".
April 17, 2024
aniruddha, bank, blind, organization, dedicated, service, visually, challenged, functioning, like, bank, stores, knowledge, form, audio, that, record, academic, syllabus, educational, technical, institutions, makes, these, available, free, cost, visually, chal. Aniruddha s Bank for the Blind ABB is an organization dedicated to the service of the visually challenged Functioning like a bank it stores knowledge in the form of audio CDs that record the academic syllabus of educational and technical institutions and makes these CD s available free of cost to visually challenged students 1 Contents 1 History 2 Organization and Work Structure 3 States Covered 4 Languages Covered 5 Beneficiaries 6 Overall statistics 7 ReferencesHistory editIt is a joint activity project of the Shree Aniruddha Upasana Foundation Aniruddha Samarpan Pathak and Shree Aniruddha Aadesh Pathak committed towards offering service to the visually challenged These entity are non profit Organizations incorporated in Mumbai India 2 This project was initiated in July 2004 under the guidance of Dr Aniruddha Dhairyadhar Joshi a successful consulting Rheumatologist M D the Project began work in Mumbai Maharashtra India and then over the last 8 years has spread its service network to 19 Indian states providing recorded audio material in 11 Indian languages It has even been extending its hand of support to beneficiaries in Pakistan Springfield School Karachi 3 It initially began with cassettes and over a period of time has switched to CDs keeping in mind the durability the better sound quality and their compactness that enables easy storage Organization and Work Structure editThe team is made of a core active committee and a pool of volunteers Sevabhavi Karyakartas who hail from various regions of India Well versed in the Indian languages these volunteers record the required material which is edited meticulously to maintain the quality matter amp the sound and organized in such a way that the visually challenged may easily locate the desired page if need be The recording assignments accepted on receiving written requests from the concerned educational institutions e g Samagra Jeevan Vikas Samsthe Karnataka 4 The recording of the book is performed only after due clearance from publishing house of that respective book The CDs are then packed and dispatched to beneficiaries States Covered editWest Zone Goa Gujarat Maharashtra RajasthanEast Zone West BengalNorth Zone Chandigarh Delhi Haryana 5 Uttar Pradesh PunjabSouth Zone Andhra Pradesh Karnataka Kerala Pondicherry Tamil NaduCentral Zone Bihar Chhattisgarh Jharkhand Madhya PradeshLanguages Covered editMaterial for students covered in Marathi Gujarati English Sanskrit Hindi Malayalam Tamil Kannada Telugu Bengali Punjabi languages Beneficiaries editCds are provided to Students of schools Colleges Universities post graduate Vocational courses Banking Public service examination etc Overall statistics editTo date 11 063 CDs amp 30 721 cassettes have reached 513 beneficiaries 128 individuals amp 385 institutions References edit Andharatun Prakashakade Lokprabha Retrieved 18 March 2013 Gurupurnima Suppliment III PDF Raigad Observer 25 August 2011 Retrieved 8 December 2012 permanent dead link Certificate Archived from the original on 13 December 2013 Retrieved 8 December 2012 Samagra Jeevan Vikas Samsthe Karnataka Retrieved 17 September 2010 Request Letter from National Association for the Blind Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Aniruddha 27s Bank for the Blind amp oldid 1169176671, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
