Workshop at JNU

“After Employment, What ?: A Workshop on Challenges Faced, Negotiations Made and Policies Required for Differently Abled Teachers in Institutions of Higher Learning”

Day 1, 9^th November, 2012, JNU

Registration: 9.30 a.m.

Inaugural Session:

·         Welcome Address by Prof. Sonajharia Minz , Chief Advisor, Equal Opportunity Office, JNU.

·         Genesis and concept of the workshop: Dr. Navneet Sethi, Associate Professor

·         Inaugural Address by the Chief Guest : Honorable Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Women and Child, Education & Languages, Prof. Kiran Walia

o   Laying out the forums of reference for the workshop: Dr Someswar Sati, Associate Professor

o   Vote of thanks: Shri.Nand Kishore, President , JNU Disabled Persons’ Association

Tea Break: 11 a.m. to 11.30 a.m.

Session 1: 11.30 p.m. to 1 p.m.:

The Social Environment: Challenges and Negotiations : Chair: Sandeep Singh

  C. Nisha Singh: “Alienation and Withdrawal: Impediments in Inclusion ( some in built challenges in negotiations)”

·   Renu Adlakha: “Inclusion in the Academy: Workplace Accommodation and the interpersonal environment”

                             

                                                Lunch Break: 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Session 2: 2.00 p. m. to 3.30 p.m.:

Advancing Careers , Retaining Biases : Paradoxes at Workplace , Chair: Shri.Pintu Kumar

·         Dr. Satendra Singh: “Disability and Discrimination at Work”

·        Sharing Stories & Struggles: Dr. Reeta Namdev; Dr. Shiv Kumar Mishra; Dr.Deepak Sharma; Dr.Satish Kumar; Dr. .S.Maitra

                                      Tea Break: 3.30 p.m. to 4.00 p.m.

Session 3: 4.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.

Rights and Research:A Cross Cultural Reference, Chair: Kapil Sabriyal

·    Jagdish Chander: “A comparative perspective on disability rights movement in India and U.S: Experiences of a disabled scholar at the University of Delhi and Syracuse”

·         Hemchandran Khera: “Challenges in doing research in the humanities for the visually impaired: a cross cultural perspective”

Day 2: 10^th November 2012, JNU

Session 5: 10.00 a.m. to 11.15 a.m.

Is there a ‘different’ Teacher in the Classroom?, Chair: Sudhanshu Shekhar

·         Dr. Preeti  Prakash Prajapati : "On being a visually impaired teacher: negotiating and overcoming the challenges of classroom management"

·         Ms. Abha Khetarpal :  ''Employing teachers with  disability; a positive step towards Universal Design in Instruction and Learning''

Tea Break: 11.15 a.m. to 11.45 a.m.

Session 6: 11.45 a.m. to 1.30 p.m.

Enabling  State, Disabling  Exclusion: Rethinking ‘Stated?’ Policies  : Chair: Shri. Prasanna Kumar Pincha

Shri.Mohit Jolly: “Law of Disability – Reservation, Sensitization & Penalization”

Dr.G.N.Karna: Disability and Human Rights  

                                    Lunch Break: 1.30 p.m. to 2.30 p.m.

Session 7: 2.30 p.m. to 4.00 p.m.

Programme Delivery : The Logistics of Enablement:   Chair: Gopal Parihar

·         Prof.Komal Kamra  : "Inclusion in Work Place: Institutional and Individual Models"

·         Prof.SonajhariaMinz: “Experiences in Enablity”
 

·         Dr.Bipin Tiwari, OSD , Equal Opportunity Cell, University of Delhi

Tea Break: 4.00 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.

4.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.

Valedictory and Summing   up proceeding: Dr Navneet Sethi and Dr Someswar Sati