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ISSUE <strong>14</strong> JANUARY 2017<br />

23<br />

DIFFERENTLY – ABLED<br />

Celebration of International Day of People with Disabilities, December 3rd 2016<br />

IoT versions of OJAS and S-CUBE namely OJAS 2.0 and S-CUBE 2.0 were launched and delivered on the occasion of International Day of People with Disabilities on December 3rd 2016. Both the products can now<br />

be remotely accessed and monitored from anywhere in the world via internet. Ms. Sujatha Burla, founder of Shraddha Foundation, a social activist and an active member of “Challengers on Wheels” launched the<br />

products along with the Vice Chairman, SVES Sri Ravichandran Rajagopal, Directors, SVES Dr. Srinivasan Sundarrajan and Sri S. Ram Kumar, Mr. Prabhakar, Principal, Sai Baba School for Blind was also present<br />

along with his students who performed a skit on “Louis Braille”. Newly developed devices were delivered to Shraddha Foundation and Sai Baba School for Blind.<br />

MEETING OF THE MINDS<br />

BVRIT's Int<strong>era</strong>ction with the<br />

Society of Women Engineers,<br />

UMass Lowell<br />

Future women engineers from BVRIT Narsapur participated in multiple weekly discussions with the<br />

members of the “Society of Women Engineers (SWE)”, UMass Lowell chapter as a part of an initiative<br />

by SWE called “Friends of SWE”. The SWE coordinator at UML Mrs. Linda Barrington and Assoc.<br />

Dean ATL, Ms. P. Shiva Subhashini are leading this initiative. It gives students in the international<br />

universities access to much of SWE's content by registering as a Friend of SWE. Students from<br />

different disciplines on both the sides exchange their views and ideas right from education, culture,<br />

travel, food and career prospects.

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