Vidhya Y

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Award Category : Rising Star of the Year

Year : 2018

Co-founded Vision Empower to make education, especially in Math and Science, accessible to the visually impaired. The specific pedagogical needs of blind students are addressed by developing accessible content and teacher training modules using Technology wherever applicable, to encourage them to take up subjects which have been challenging due to the Visual nature of their content. She also provides motivational sessions and 75 students have so far benefited from her counselling. She also hosted an online radio show (35 episodes of 1 hours duration), which was well-received by 5000 students world over.