Digvijay Singh, a deaf sign-language educator, works with biology researchers and sign-language specialists to add to the scientific lexicon for deaf students in India. Digvijay Singh, a deaf sign-language educator, works with biology researchers and sign-language specialists to add to the scientific lexicon for deaf students in India.
Molecular biologist Alka Rao brought together her research group and sign-language specialists to broaden access to science for deaf students in India. Molecular biologist Alka Rao brought together her research group and sign-language specialists to broaden access to science for deaf students in India.
Deaf education in India still emphasises “oralism”, or the use of speech. But the community argues that sign language is their natural mode of communication.
According to the officials, the AstroLab also aligns with the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has been an outspoken supporter of equal rights for people with disabilities, and recently announced Indian sign language as a language subject in schools.
BORN to illiterate parents in a remote village of Alwar, Rajasthan, Mani Ram Sharma started losing his hearing ability at five and lost it completely by the time he turned nine. But this boy was made of sterner stuff. An IAS officer of the 2009 batch, Sharma (47) is the present Labour Commissioner,