October 2015 news letter

Newsletter

Estd. 1977

Vol.6 • No.4 October 2015

Quarterly

Frame work for Technology Development

Chairman Speaks

Glad to share with you some of our exciting activities in this issue. On the occasion of Founder’s day we had the pleasure of honouring our donors and a chance to meet the alumni of the Institute. Additional developments have been in the area of Article 25 of UNCRPD which reiterates Health of Persons with Disabilities. How many of you will consult a doctor who does not understand what you speak and you don’t understand what doctor speaks?!! Funny situation ....but that’s what happens to the 1.5 million Sign Language using Deaf people in India.

Gynaecological problem, psychiatric problem, paediatric illness and NCDs are being addressed in our Institute, where we provide free medical consultation and free sign language interpretation as well as gender specific Indian Sign Language Interpreter. Readers please bless us and lead us!!

While a minimum of 6,000 ISL interpreters are required just at the rate of one per block, there are hardly 200 of them in the country.

To partly mitigate the scarcity of sign language interpreters, we have now introduced Video Remote Interpreting (VRI) Services on demand so that the Deaf people at work, at hospital, in the police stations or in Court of law, facing an interview or even to chat with a hearing friend can avail our services through Skype !!!

Please support our initiative and spread this news.

Equally exciting happenings await you in this issue. Thanks for your patronage!!

Dr. M.S. Venkatesh

Chairman Bangalore Speech and Hearing Trust Hennur Road, Lingarajapuram, Bengaluru 560 084, India •Cell: 99001 07073

Index

Celebrations at the Institute.............................................................04 A tribute to Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam................................................06 Awards and Accolades.......................................................................06 Research Publication Award............................................................07 Sunaad School for Hearing Impaired Awarded for 100% Pass Results...............................................................................07 Doctor for Sound Related Control In Safe Hearing (Dr. SRCISH) – won IEEE Award...................................................07 Poster Presentation Award During National Conference On “Traumatic Brain Injury : A Multidisciplinary Approach”.......07 Inter-School Painting Competition................................................08 BMI and BMD Health check by HOSMAT Hospital................08 Mr. S. Manoharan Oration Award to Prof. R. Rangasayee.......08 Seminars/Scientific Talks/Conferences/Workshops held at the Institute............................................................................09 Enabling Ability in Disability through Standards and Technology...............................................................10 International Day of the Deaf..........................................................10 Alumni Sharing their Knowledge...................................................10

Vision

A world without activity limitation for persons with communication disorders.

Mission

• Develop need felt world class human resources • Research that ensures human rights • Develop clinical services that promote equal opportunities at affordable cost • Develop cutting edge science and technology to achieve our vision • Initiate preventive and pre-emptive action to avoid conditions leading to disabilities • Develop programmes in a whole life perspective and reduce the burden of family members of people with communication disorders • Create and provide infrastructure, laboratory, library and related facilities as stipulated by University and statutory bodies

Seminar/Workshop/Conference/Product Information/ Hands on Training Attended by Department Faculty...............11 Seminar/Workshop/Conference/Guest Lecture Given by Department Faculty...........................................................................11 Oral / Poster Presentations:.............................................................12 Mobile Clinic - Out Reach Camp...................................................14 Skype Based Video Interactive Sign Language Interpretation Services..........................................14 Success Stories....................................................................................17 Frame Work for Technology Development..................................18 Clinical Services Rendered...............................................................19 From Visitors Book............................................................................20 Donors during this Quarter.............................................................21 Media Remembers.............................................................................22 Founders Day Celebration at Our Institute..................................24 Donors Meet........................................................................................25 Alumni Meet.......................................................................................29

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Governing Council Meeting

Gratitude & Acknowledgement

On 23rd September the Governing Council met and based on which several positive decisions were taken. Recommendations of the Governing Council resulted in the Bangalore Speech and Hearing Trust approving the initiative to reward prize winning authors at regional, national and international conferences. The Bangalore Speech and Hearing Trust has also approved the ‘Dr. S.R. Chandrasekhar Best Alumni Award’ instituted by our Chairman Dr. M.S. Venkatesh.

Our special thanks to:

Founder

• Prof. R. Rangasayee, Director (Technical)

Dr. S.R. Chandrasekhar

• All HOD’s • Ms. Anita Reddy • Ms. Thulasi Prasad & Team • Mr. B.C. Shivaprasad • Mr. A. Mohankumar • Mr. C.S. Jayaram • Dept. for the Empowerment of Differently Abled & Senior Citizens, Govt. of Karnataka • All Lions & Rotarians for their help • Donors & well wishers

Chairman

Mr. C.R. Jayachandra Setty

Trustee

CA.D.L. Suresh Babu

Secretary

Lion. Shrinivassan

Trustee

Lion. V.S. Shanthavadhan

Treasurer

Mr. Vijay Ramaprasad

Trustee

Rtn. M.K. Dattaraj

Trustee

Lion. Kiran Kumar

Trustee

Dr. Prathibha Karanth

Trustee

Lion. P. Pramod Kumar

Trustee

Lion. S. Ramachandran

Trustee

Lion. Ashwathanarayana Swamy Trustee

Lion. Venkatakrishna Reddy

Trustee

Lion. Dr. Krishna T.V. Reddy

Lion. V.K. Shanmugavel

Trustee

• Team Canvas for design • Omkar Offset Printers for the timely publication of this newsletter

Free Service

For the Weaker Sections

Donations

We welcome donations in cash or kind as well.

Donations to the Institute are exempt U/s 80-G of the Income Tax Act. The cheque or demand draft may kindly be drawn in favour of “Bangalore Speech and Hearing Trust” and mailed to The Director, Dr. S. R. Chandrasekhar Institute of Speech and Hearing, Hennur Road, Lingarajapuram, Bangalore 560 084, India.

Board of Trustees

Rtn. Dr. M.S. Venkatesh

Governing Council Members

Dr. Sister M. Genevieve

Chair Person

Dr. Prathibha Karanth

Member

Rtn. Dr. M.S. Venkatesh

Member

CA D.L. Suresh Babu

Member

Dr. Madhuri Gore

Member

Dr. Rashmi J. Bhat

Member

Dr. B.S. Premalatha

Member

Dr. P.S. Maiya

Member

Chairman Sri D.H. Shankaramurthy

Trustee

Dr. Shobha Srinath

Subject Expert & Member

Dr. M.S. Mahadevaiah

Subject Expert & Member

K.R. Ramesh Kumar MLA

University Member

Dr. K. Sudhakar MLA

University Member

Shantha Vadan

Member

Advisory Board

Hon’ble Chairman Karnataka Legislative Council, GOK

Members Sri K. Jairaj, IAS

Trustee, BMS Education Trust, Bangalore

Sri B.G. Nanda Kumar, IAS Ex-Commissioner, Collegiate Education, GOK Sri Gopal Hosur, IPS

Ex-IGP & Addl Comdt Genl Home Guards Addl Director Civil Defence, GOK

Mr. M.V. Veda Murthy, IAS

Ex-Commissioner, Hindu Religious Institution & Charitable Endowments, GOK

Rtn. Manandi N. Suresh

Past Dist. Governor, RI Dist. 3190

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Rtn. Suresh Bhat CEO, Marktech

Sri Suresh S. Pathi

CEO/Partner, Pathi Saree Mandir

Sri P.S. Venkatesh Babu

CEO, Omkar Offset Printers

Sri M.C. Ramesh

Founder & General Secretary, Vidyaranya Education Society, Bangalore

Sri R. Nanjunda

State Awardee, President, Kolar District Disabled Welfare Association, Bangarpet Taluk

Sri R. Vijaya Samarth

Founder President - Bangalore Arya Vysya Mandaligala Okkuta Founder - Paraspara Charitable Trust

Celebrations at the Institute Independence Day was celebrated by the children of Sunaad School for Hearing Impaired and the children at Com-DEALL with much pomp, ceremony and patriotism.

On the occasion of the 69th Independence Day, the flag was hoisted by Lion Janardhan Reddy, President, Lions Club of Bangalore East. The children, teachers and parents participated in the celebrations.

Colourful dance performances, enactment of freedom fighters of the country and prizes were distributed during the day.

Flag hoisting by Lion Jaganmohan Reddy

Children of Sunaad School dressed to show their unity in diversity of different states of India

Independence Day celebration at Com-DEALL unit of Dr. SRCISH

A Tribute to Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam was an Ironman in real life – a rocket scientist, genius, teacher, ‘People’s president’, ‘Missile Man’, ‘The man behind Vision 2020’ & a visionary himself. Kalam lived as a frugal, vegetarian teetotaler and called himself “a brahmachari President”. From distributing newspapers after school, he overcame all odds and pursued physics and aerospace engineering on a scholarship. Working for DRDO and ISRO, to becoming the President of India, his story is inspiring. Awarded the Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan and the Bharat Ratna – highest civilian honours India could offer, he truly remained humble. Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam made every day of his life count for all it’s worth, till the very last breath he took.

Kalam Sir, 83, passed away on 27 July 2015, suffering from a cardiac arrest while delivering a lecture at IIM Shillong.

He was buried with 21 gun salute full state honours in his hometown of Rameshwaram. He once noted that “One is blessed if one can die working, standing tall without any long drawn ailing. Goodbyes should be short, really short’,” he had said.

Kalam once answered the question “What will you like to be remembered for - President, Scientist, Writer, Missile man, India 2020.….?”, He had said “Teacher”.

This great teacher will always be remembered, respected and continue to inspire the nation.

Awards and Accolades

Hon. Doctorate Awarded to Chairman

Chairman, Rtn. M.S. Venkatesh was awarded Hon. Doctorate in Social Works (Honoris Causa) by Academy of Universal Global Peace. The Chairman was felicitated by the trustees of Bangalore Speech and Hearing Trust, staff, faculty and students. We take this opportunity to congratulate and further wish our Chairman all the best in all his future endeavours.

Mothers with their children at Mother’s Training Center wishing the chairman on receiving his Doctorate

Chairman M.S. Venkatesh is awarded Honorary Doctorate by Academy of Universal Global Peace Chairman being felicitated by Mrs. Margaret Joseph & Prof. R. Rangasayee, Director (Technical) as Dr. Gore looks on 06 | ISH LINK | October 2015

Chairman being felicitated by Board of Trustees, Dr. SRCISH for being conferred with Hon. Doctorate L to R: Dr. Prathibha Karanth, CA D.L. Suresh Babu, Dr. M.S. Venkatesh, Lion. V.S. Shanthavadan L to R (Standing): Lion Shanmugavel, Lion Kiran Kumar, Lion Dr. Krishna T.V. Reddy, Lion S. Ramachandran Lion Venkatakrishna Reddy, Lion Aswathanarayana Swamy, Lion P. Pramod Kumar, Rtn. M.K. Dattaraj, Special Invitee Rtn. Manandi Suresh

Research Publication Award Dr. B.S. Premalatha, Ms. Sujatha S. and Ms. Mereen Rose Babu, were awarded a cash price of Rs.5000/- for their publication on Dysphagia and its management in Hemi Mandibulectomy: A case report in Journal of Research and Advancement in Dentistry, July 2015.

Sunaad School for Hearing Impaired Awarded for 100% Pass Results

The children of Sunaad School achieved 100% results in the annual SSLC exams. In recognition of this achievement, the Bangalore Education Officer, Sri. Ramesh presented an award to Mrs. Padma Prabha, the Principal of Sunaad School for Hearing Impaired, in recognition of the success of the students, their teachers and parents.

Mrs. Padma Prabha (centre), Principal of Sunaad School being presented with an award by Sri Ramesh, Bangalore Education Officer in recognition of the success in the annual SSLC exams

Doctor for Sound Related Control In Safe Hearing (Dr. SRCISH) – won IEEE Award A project proposal, under the guidance of Prof. R. Rangasayee, titled ‘Doctor for Sound Related Control In Safe Hearing (Dr. SRCISH)’ was submitted to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) workshop held on July 25th, 2015 at the Institute. This project was judged to be the second best project at the IEEE workshop and was awarded a cash prize of Rs.15,000/-. The personnel involved were Ms. Vaishnavi and Mr. Suman from the department of Hearing Studies, Mr. Ritwik from the sign language department and Mr. Devraj from hearing aid repair unit.

Awardees from L to R: Mr. Suman, Prof. R. Rangasayee, Ms. Vaishnavi & Mr. Ritwik

Poster Presentation Award During National Conference On “Traumatic Brain Injury : A Multidisciplinary Approach”

At the National conference on “Traumatic Brain Injury : A Multidisciplinary Approach” conducted at Dr. SRCISH, Ms. Varsha Ravindra, Ms. Reeta P. & Dr. B.S. Premalatha received the 2nd best poster presentation to research paper titled “Clinical Examination of Swallowing in patients with Traumatic Brain Injury”.

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Inter-School Painting Competition Sheila Kotwala Institute for the Deaf, Sunaad School for Hearing Impaired and APD Shradhanjali Integrated School took part in an inter-school painting competition held at the Institute and the following children from Sunaad School for Hearing Impaired won prizes: Level ‘A’ (6 to 9 years)

S. Calebjuda

II Prize

Level ‘B’ (10 to 12 years)

Suresh Kumar

I Prize

Syed Furqaan N. I Prize Level ‘C’ (13 to 15 years)

Srinivas K.

I Prize

Sharan

II Prize

Paintings being evaluated at the Inter-school painting competition

Creative minds at their best

BMI and BMD Health check by HOSMAT Hospital

Mr. S. Manoharan Oration Award to Prof. R. Rangasayee

Staff of HOSMAT hospital conducted free camps for health check of Body Mass Index and Bone Mineral Density testing at our Institute for all the staff on 3rd July 2015. Around 70 staff members benefitted from this service.

Doctors from Dept. of Orthopedics, Hosmat Hospital, conducting a camp for the Institute staff

Prof. R. Rangasayee (Director, Technical) delivered the Mr. S. Manoharan Oration at the 5th TANISHACON on 3rd of October 2015.

We convey our hearty congratulations !!

Prof R. Rangasayee delivered a talk titled ‘IDea’ at the 19th Mathew Mathias memorial lecture on 13th September 2015 at KARNATAKA PARENTS ASSOCIATIONFOR MENTALLY RETARDED CITIZENS. Seven ages in the life of a person, the issues one may face and the care that needs to be taken were deliberated upon.

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Seminars/Scientific Talks/Conferences/Workshops held at the Institute

Trustee Dr. Krishna T.V. Reddy delivers lecture on Rhinoplasty

Lion Dr. Krishna T.V. Reddy MS, FRCS (Gen. Surgery) FRCS (Otol), Consultant Otolaryngologist at North Cheshire Hospitals, London, UK and trustee of Bangalore Speech and Hearing Trust delivered a lecture on Rhinoplasty.

Dignitaries on the dias (L-R): Dr. B.S. Premalatha, Prof. R Rangasayee, Dr. M.S. Venkatesh, Prof Dr. V.M. Katoch, Dr. G. Gururaj, Dr. Madhuri Gore & CADL Suresh Babu

‘Traumatic Brain Injury: A Multidisciplinary Approach’

A two day - RCI – CRE recognized conference on ‘Traumatic Brain Injury: A multidisciplinary approach’ was conducted by the Department of Speech and Language Studies on the 10th & 11th September 2015.

The chief guest for the inaugural function was Prof. Dr. V.M. Katoch, Former Secretary, Health Research and Director General, ICMR, New Delhi. The key note speaker for the same day was Dr. G. Gururaj, Professor and HOD, Epidemiology, NIMHANS. The conference included the participation of several resource speakers from multiple disciplines such as Neurosurgery, Neuropsychology, Audiology, Speech Language Pathology, Physiotherapy and Psychology. Resource speakers for the conference are Dr. Rajalakshmi, Dr. N.C. Prakash, Dr. N. Shivashankar, Dr. Lakshmi Venkatesh, Prof. R. Rangasayee, Dr. Jamuna Rajeshwaran, Ms. Smita Caren Mathias, Dr. Na’eem Sadiq, Mrs. Madhavi Tambay, Ms. Annamma George, Mrs. Sherin George and Ms. Jwala Narayanan.

Mr. Phaneedhar Reddy. The poster ‘Clinical Examination of swallowing in patients with Traumatic Brain Injury’ authored by Ms. Varsha Ravindra, Ms. Reeta P. & Dr. B.S. Premalatha received the second best poster award.

Student delegates from Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, Bharathiya Vidyapeeth University, Pune, National Institute of Speech and Hearing, Trivandrum and Mangalore Academy of Professional Studies, Mangalore attended the conference.

The scientific sessions were sponsored by Indian Speech and Hearing Association, Sravana Speech and Hearing Centre, Plexus Neuro and Stem cell research Centre.

Refreshments and lunch were sponsored by Lakshmi Vilas Bank, Meenakshi ENT Speciality Centre and Vaibhav Speech and Hearing Centre.

The four scientific sessions held during the conference was chaired by the following personnel Dr. Rajalakshmi, Prof.

R. Rangasayee, Dr. Madhuri Gore and Dr. B.S. Premalatha respectively.

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Prof. Dr. V.M. Katoch being welcomed during the inaugural ceremony

Enabling Ability in Disability through Standards and Technology Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in collaboration with the Institute conducted a Workshop titled “Enabling Ability in Disability through Standards and Technology” on 25th July 2015. The workshop was an effort at bringing together professionals from two diverse fields i.e., the engineers working with technology and professionals working with the special needs population.

Interactive session during the workshop conducted by IEEE

International Day of the Deaf

On the occasion of International day of the Deaf on September 27th, 2015 Sri K.S. Rajanna (Karnataka State Commissioner for Persons with Disability) and Sri Chandramouli K.S. (Senior deaf person and Civilian Sr. Store Superintendent, Indian Air Force) were the Guests of Honour. Video Remote Interpreting services and Sign language supported free medical consulting for deaf signers were two pioneering services launched that will benefit all deaf persons. The sign language users expressed their urgent need for such a facility to increase their independence and conveyed their appreciation (details on Page 14).

Alumni Sharing their Knowledge On July 7th 2015 guest lecture was given by our alumni Dr. Sudhin K. (Asst. Prof., Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University) to the students of III BSLPA regarding clinical skills, expertise and knowledge required for students. It was pleasure having our alumnus reach out to the students.

An orientation to staff on ‘Student evaluation in academic settings’ was given by Mr. Gagan Bajaj (Assistant Professor, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University).

Prof R. Rangasayee felicitating Dr. Sudhin K.

Dr. Madhuri Gore felicitating Mr. Gagan Bajaj

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Seminar/Workshop/Conference/Product Information/ Hands on Training Attended by Department Faculty Date

Title

Faculty name

Details (Conducted by, Place)

20th July – 22nd July 2015

HiResolution Bionic Ear System Training

Mr. Shobin James

Conducted in Delhi by AB India

17th August 2015

Workshop on Tele-health in Audiology Sri Ramachandra University, Ms. Thulasi Prasad and Speech Language Pathology Chennai

Seminar/Workshop/Conference/Guest Lecture Given by Department Faculty

Proceedings being released by Prof. Dr. V.M. Katoch, Former Secretary of Health Research & DG, ICMR, New Delhi

Ms. Reeta, Research Scholar of the Institute at the International Conference on Brain Dr. B.S. Premalatha sharing her knowledge at the Laryngectomy Meet at Mangalore Disorders and Therapeutics, London Date

Title

Faculty name

Details

8th August 2105

Served as resource speaker for Laryngectomy Meet on the topic Laryngectomy rehabilitation

Dr. B.S. Premalatha

K S Hegde Medical Academy, Mangalore

24th - 26th August, 2015

International conference on Brain disorders and therapeutics

Ms. Reeta Jaya Philip London, UK

25th July 2015

Presented project proposal titled: Smart speed for smart speech at enabling ability in disability through standards and technology at workshop on enabling ability in disability through standards and technology

Ms. Thulasi Prasad

11th September 2015

Nonstandardized and informal procedures in the assessment of speech language deficits in patients with Traumatic Brain Injury

National conference on “Traumatic Ms. Reeta Jaya Philip Brain Injury : A multidisciplinary approach” conducted at Dr. SRCISH

11th September 2015

Traumatic Brain Injury and ICF frame work

Prof. Rangasayee

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Dr. SRCISH, Bangalore

National conference on “Traumatic Brain Injury : A multidisciplinary approach” conducted at Dr. SRCISH

Oral / Poster Presentations: The following poster presentations were done during the National conference on ‘Traumatic Brain Injury: A multidisciplinary approach’ conducted at Dr. SRCISH on 11th September 2015.

Sl. No. Title

Faculty & Students

1

Selection of AAC app for post TBI intervention – asking and answering the right questions

2

Cognitive linguistic deficits and site of lesion Bibin S.B., Kausalya Sahani and Daly Sebastian correlates in Traumatic brain Injury

3

Differential profiles of individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury: ISH experience

Anubhooti Nagar, Divya S., Cynthia S., Swetha G., Dr. B.S. Premalatha

4

Client and clinician perspectives in use of ICF in Traumatic Brain Injur : A case study

Supreeta Santosh, Nidya Seles, Sashi Rekha N., Thulasi Prasad

5

Clinical Examination of swallowing in patients with Traumatic Brain Injury

Ms. Varsha Ravindra, Ms. Reeta P. & Dr. B.S. Premalatha

6

Cognitive linguistic intervention in a patient Divya Swaminathan, Charlotte L. D’Souza, Nidya Seles, with Traumatic Brain Injury: A one year Ms. Aparna S. Pillai, Dr. S.S. Meera, Dr. N. Shivashankar follow up study

7

Dysarthria associated with TBI: An insight

Vij Smita DilipKumar, Roxanne Briggs, Swetha G., Dr. B.S. Premalatha

9

Post traumatic hypoantremia followed by extrapontine myelinolysis: A case report

Pawana P. Poojary, Anjaly Treesa Varghese, Sujatha Shankar, Dr. B.S. Premalatha

10

Knowledge and practice of post graduate speech language pathologists in cognitive linguistic impairment following TBI

Shova Adhikari, Nisha Sunil, Sujatha S., Dr. B.S. Premalatha

11

Comprehensive International Classification of Disability and Health (ICF) for an Individual with TBI

Swetha G., Dr. B.S. Premalatha, Vij Smita Dilip Kumar, Roxanne Briggs

Ms. Mili Mathew, Mr. Rinnu J. Chacko, Ms. Thulasi Prasad

Poster presentation on ‘Unilateral vocal cord paresis in Arnold Chiari malformation’ authored by Reeta Jaya Philip, Sneha Mareen Varghese, Anita Reddy and Dr. B.S. Premalatha was delivered at the International conference on Brain Disorders and Therapeutics held on 25th of August, 2015 at London, United Kingdom.

Innovative Initiatives at Dr. SRCISH

Auditory Verbal Therapy:

Before speaking words or knowing the meaning of words, babies first hear sounds frequently and memorize them.

This normal development will not take place in children with hearing impairment. Children who are early identified and fitted with hearing aids/cochlear implants along with regular therapy will develop speech and language on par with their hearing peers.

Auditory Verbal Therapy (AVT) is an early intervention approach for children who are hard of hearing and their families. The primary goal of AVT is to guide parents in helping their children develop intelligible spoken language through listening and to coach parents in advocating for children’s inclusion in mainstream schools. Auditory Verbal International (1991) highlights auditory-verbal philosophy that supports the basic human right that children with all degrees of hearing loss deserve an opportunity to develop the ability to listen and to use verbal communication in their daily lives.

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Doctor for Sound Related Control In Safe Hearing (Dr. SRCISH) at the IEEE Workshop – Enabling Ability in Disability through Standards and Technology A project proposal, under the guidance of Professor R Rangasayee, titled Doctor for Sound Related Control In Safe Hearing (Dr. SRCISH) was submitted to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) conference workshop held on July 25th, 2015 at the Institute. It involved creating a mannequin (christened “Karna”) in whose ear a microphone was placed at that level, where the ear drum would be in a human ear. This microphone was connected to a sound level meter. Consequently, when a earphone of a personal music system is placed in that ear, the sound level meter will show the intensity of music being played, at the level of the eardrum. The motive for creating this unit was primarily for creating awareness among the masses about the permanent harmful effects of listening to loud music through earphones leading to what is called as ‘MP3 deafness’.

The personnel involved were Ms. Vaishnavi and Mr. Suman from the department of Hearing Studies, Mr. Ritwik from the sign language department and Mr. Devraj from hearing aid repairs unit. Idea is from Dr. William Hal Martin, Singapore.

Proud achievement: “Karna” by the staff of Dr. SRCISH

WHO-ITU (International Telecommunication Union) Explored on 1st October, 2015 in Geneva, possible Mechanisms and Technology to reduce exposure to unsafe sound levels during recreational listening. Creation of “Karna” by Dr. SRCISH is an effort towards this end.

Mobile Speech and Hearing Outreach Bus

With the aim of reaching out to the underprivileged and those who are unaware/unable to reach the facilities of the Institute, the Mobile Speech and Hearing Bus has been launched with the support of Lions Club of Bangalore East.

The mobile outreach bus is offering comprehensive audiological evaluation, treatment and consultation services for people with speech and hearing impairments. The bus comes with many features including a sound treated room, GSI -61 audiometer and middle ear analyser. Of the 1.2 million children born in Karnataka every year, less than 10 percent are born in corporate hospitals with facilities for hearing screening and intervention. Over 1,200 children are born with significant hearing impairment in the state annually. Therefore this project has been launched with the objective of providing preventive healthcare through hearing screening and early intervention services for the rural and urban children. The services of the mobile speech and hearing clinic can be availed by elders as well. The mobile bus has reached out to senior citizens at many old age homes across Bangalore.

During the second quarter of 2015, 873 clients have been screened at the camps that have been conducted is as follows: Sl. No.

Date

Camp place

Number of persons Organiser seen

01.

28.07.15

Deverachikkanahalli

28

Mr. Shivaswamy, Social Organiser

02.

29.07.15

Government School, Kolar BEML Nagar

105

Lions Club

03.

30.07.15

Happy Home School, Kolar BEML Nagar

38

Lions Club

04.

31.07.15

Bangarpet, Kolar

57

Lions Club

05.

01.08.15

57

Lions Club

06.

02.08.15

15

Lions Club

07.

06.08.15

66

Lions Club

08.

01.09.15

Government Middle School, K.R. Puram Camp at NIMHANS Convention Hall, Bangalore Government Higher Primary School, K.R. Puram Siddlaghatta, Chikaballapura

24

APD Nagara Sabhe, Siddlaghatta

09.

03.09.15

Basaveshwaranagara, St. Charles School

70

Lions Club (Ln. Shyamsundar)

10.

08.09.15

Ashakta Poshaka Sabha, V.V. Puram, Bangalore

45

Dr. SRCISH

11.

09.09.15

Jyothi School, Lingarajpuram

49

Dr. SRCISH

12.

12.09.15

Government PU College, Malleshwaram

109

Rotary Club

13.

16.09.15

Richard Park, Lingarajpuram

23

Dr. SRCISH

14.

18.09.15

Kasturinagar, Banaswadi

14

Dr. SRCISH

15.

22.09.15

Anweshana, Montessori School, Hennur Cross

23

Dr. SRCISH

16.

23.09.15

Anweshana, Montessori School, Hennur Cross

63

Dr. SRCISH

17.

24.09.15

Anweshana, Montessori School, Hennur Cross

87

Dr. SRCISH

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Mobile Clinic - Out Reach Camp

Skype Based Video Interactive Sign Language Interpretation Services

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Working Group on TBI

The Institute has embarked upon the task of bringing together professionals from diverse fields working in the area of traumatic brain injury. The working group on traumatic brain injury will be headed by Dr. B.S. Premalatha, HOD Speech language Studies.

SASH Report

Occasions add a mixture of feeling like joy, excitement, thoughtfulness, etc to every individual. And so did they bring excitement and joy in the hearts of the students of ISH. There were celebrations conducted by the student association of ISH like onam, teacher’s day, fresher’s day and Ganesh chaturthi.

Onam which is an exclusive festival celebrated by the Keralites was celebrated on 28/8/2015.The students performed the famous dance called ‘Tiruvadirakali” and a song for the arrival of maveli, to highlight the importance of the celebration.

Magic show captivating the audience during Teachers day program The students performed a dance and beautiful songs were sung to tune the melody of music on the special occasion to exhibit the respect and reverence that was built towards the teachers. Lastly there were games arranged for the teachers to actively participate which encouraged the students for their effort for making the day special for them.

Fresher’s day was conducted on 12/9/2015, a day to interact and to know more about their achievements and interests with the newly arrived young students, to be professionals.

The day began with a thrilling dance performance by students of 2nd BSLPA. It was followed by the introduction of the students of 1st BSLPA with crazy cartoon characters and other well known funny characters. They were expected to introduce themselves informally by putting themselves in the place of the character. First part of the day ended with the dance, performed by the senior BSLPA and MSLPA students.

Staff in their traditional wear in front of the pookalam during Onam 2015 The boys of 1st BSLPA rocked the celebration with their brilliant idea of ‘Tiruvadirakali’. They were the promising young group to keep the integrity and unique nature of Kerala alive among the town of this busy garden city.

The most important day to acknowledge all the teachers who added an excitement to the journey in ISH, The Teacher’s day was celebrated on 4/9/2015. The teachers were acknowledged by the president of SASH with a sense of gratitude for their tremendous and never ending hard work to mould them into responsible professionals.

Before starting with the second half of the day, a delicious lunch for all the students was provided, to keep up with the same energy.

It was time for the 1st MASLP students to introduce themselves. They were give a theme “bollywood” and they had to dress up accordingly as different actors and actresses. The entire introduction was a way to know more about the students and to get more social with them.

At 4:00pm the dance floor was set by the members of SASH to end the day with the same energy. The dance floor was a thrilling experience for the students especially for the newly arrived group. This set the evening to be bright and energetic for everyone present throughout the day.

On 17/9/2015 the festival of Lord Ganesha was celebrated.

The ‘stapana’ of the idol was conducted as a ceremony along with the Pooja. The day began by giving prasada to all the students present with due reverence and respect, and to receive the blessing of the Lord on the special day.

Energetic games like musical chair for all the students were conducted.

Lighting of the lamp during Teachers Day celebration

On 18/9/2015 and 19/9/2015 the pooja was conducted to receive the blessing for the day. The energy was reserved for the entire day and the pooja was conducted in the evening followed by games like ‘breaking of the mattka’.

This was followed by energetic dances by all the students.

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At 7:15pm there was visarjan of the idol idol amidst chorus of “Ganapati Bappa Moriia”.

Students and Staff at the Festivities - Onam and Ganesh Chathurthi

Farewells and Welcome Name of Faculty

Designation

Department/Unit

Ms. Ramya

Lecturer

Dept. of Hearing Studies

Mr. Prashasti

Lecturer

Dept. of Hearing Studies

Ms. Mili Mary Mathew

Lecturer

Dept. of Speech and Language Studies

Ms. Aleena

Clinical Supervisor

Dept. of Hearing Studies

Ms. Deena Priya

Clinical Supervisor

Dept. of Hearing Studies

Ms. Deborah Athaide

Clinical Supervisor

Dept. of Speech and Language Studies

Ms. Jasmine

Junior psychologist

Psychology Unit

Ms. Jincy

Clinical Supervisor

Dept. of Hearing Studies

Ms. Rency

Clinical Supervisor

Dept. of Hearing Studies

Mr. Ritwick

Facilitator

Sign Language Unit

Ms. Nandini

Junior psychologist

Psychology Unit

Ms. Anjali

Assistant teacher

Mother’s Training Centre

Ms. Ayesha

Junior psychologist

Psychology Unit

This quarter we bid adieu and all the best to Mrs. Anima Mishra and Mrs. Sherin George who have travelled to the United States of America and Australia respectively.

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Twinkling eyes and beautiful smile Mrs. Ratna Shetty,

Co-ordinator of Mothers’ Training Center, Dr. SRCISH

with her Son

Mrs. Ratna Shetty started her journey at Dr. S.R. Chandrasekhar Institute of Speech and Hearing in 2007 and has been heading the Mothers Training Centre at the Institute. This mother of a child with hearing impairment is a living example of the proverb ‘where there is a will, there is a way’. Mrs. Ratna Shetty recalls and shares with us her experience of raising a child with hearing impairment.

“Bharat was born in 1983 and was an active baby, growing with normal motor developmental milestones, except his speech. We suspected that his hearing sensitivity was reduced when he was just one year old. Immediately we took him to Manipal for a hearing check-up. There they confirmed that Bharat has a hearing loss but asked us to wait till he becomes two and a half years as the young child might spoil the hearing aid. Still we were not satisfied with the suggestion and next week, we got him tested in Mangalore at Father Muller hospital. There also we were given the same result but were advised to have hearing aid fitting done as early as possible. We were counselled as to how to talk to the child as we were unable to attend therapy daily due to the distance. There the waiting period was nearly three months for buying the hearing aid. But we were very impatient to wait as we clearly understood that the child cannot learn to talk without hearing the sounds and language/speech of the external environment.

After this we visited All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH), Mysore and got him tested and bought a hearing aid (Novex Power Master) with V cord. Though we were able to buy the hearing aid, the waiting period to get the mould was nearly four months. So we tried to make him wear the hearing aid with ear-tips. All our family members used to hold the receivers and used to talk and play with Bharat, to draw his attention to the sounds of the world. Recalling these memories now makes me realise how difficult and challenging those years of Bharat’s life was. In spite of all the hardships, my son started responding to environmental sounds, name calls and learnt to tell ‘yaae’ (leaf - yalle), ‘empu’ (red - kempu).

But as a mother, I was very worried about the pace of progress and finally we decided to shift to Mysore so that he gets continuous therapy. Thus we started therapy at AIISH in 1985, September.

Luckily I met Dr. Prathiba Karanth and she introduced me to Wing. Comdr. K.K. Srinivasan. He and his wife,

Mrs. Ratna Srinivasan explained about the difficulties deaf children face in learning speech and language. After two hours of discussions we fully understood the importance and role of the parents especially the mother in raising the deaf child. After two and a half years of training (when his age was four years) my son started reading Amar Chithra Kathas and other story books, newspapers, etc. So when he was five plus, we were in a dilemma whether to enrol him in a regular school or still continue the training. Mr. Srinivasan said ‘I will test him’. He asked my son ‘Bharat do you know Ramayana?’ He said ‘yes’. Then Mr. Srinivasan asked ‘Why Ravana did not cut Sita’s nose and ears even though she did not agree to marry him?’ I was very scared that my son might not know the answer as I myself did not know the answer. But surprisingly my son answered ‘Mamma, Ravana was very optimistic. He was hoping that one day, Sita would agree to marry him and so he did not want to deform her.’ Hearing his answer Mr. Srinivasan immediately gave his consent to admit him in the regular school. As per his advice we enrolled him in a Kannada medium school. But Mr. Srinivasan advised me to also teach him English. For this I attended spoken English classes and started teaching Bharat English at the age of 8 years. In 5th standard he joined an English medium school, and thereafter there has been no looking back.

He graduated with an engineering degree and got selected

by IBM. He went on to do his post-graduation at University of Florida, United States. He is presently consulting as a platform engineer in a start-up company. I am now heading the Mothers Training Centre at the Institute as well as holding the responsibility of guiding parents at the ‘Parents Association of Deaf Children, Mysore’. I started this journey with no formal education in this area but now I have completed my Diploma in Special Education (Hearing Impaired) hearing at the Dr. S.R. Chandrasekhar Institute of Speech and Hearing. I’m very grateful to Dr. S.R. Chandrasekhar for giving me an opportunity to share my experience with the needy parents of deaf Children here in the institute. In conclusion I want to emphasize to all other parents of children with hearing impairment that you must start training your child early and in the right way. This way our children will have equal opportunity and are capable of competing with all the normal hearing children.”

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Frame Work for Technology Development The framework for development of technology may be seen in any one or combination of perspectives, as given below: 1. A wide gap exists between the UN declarations, Conventions and Reports vis a vis the programmatic systems that exist in the country. For eg., the training courses in disability sectors do not address the UNCRPD or ICF framework, or MDG as driving fundas of such program. Similarly, the health delivery system does not address the technology required to meet the needs of people with disabilities. The World Report on Disability (2011) for eg points out that 7.5 % of non disabled population and 18.5 % of Disabled population do not access primary health care services due to inadequate instruments. While addressing the problems of 7.5% of the non disabled population is the concern of someone else, it’s our concern to reduce the 18.5% to 7.5%.

2. Be that as it may, the government’s commitment to create barrier free, rights based, inclusive society as declared by BMF is a strong guiding force.

3. The essential action points on UNCRPD and the related needs for technology development such as for promoting Independent Living to make rights real need to be addressed.

4. India as one of the selected countries of the world where (3%) reservation exists in education and employment for Persons with Disabilities calls for Universal Design based technologies for education, training (including towards PM’s Skill Development Program), and in production of machineries used in Factories, Workshops and Industries.

5. Creation of accessible transport, housing, communication devices, health accessories (for eg., a thermometer or glucometer that can be used by a person with blindness or cerebral palsy - in other words a talking glucometer or thermometer with a larger handle as an accessory to be used by persons with limited dexterity).

6. Development of technologies such as those that address the domains / constructs of International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health (ICF, 2001) that includes, restoration of Body Functions and Structures, Activity Limitations, Participation Restrictions, Environmental Facilitators and highlight technologies for resolving personal factors 7. Any such development should be based on affordability and accessibility since we tend to be influenced by products and developments made in countries with different socio-economic ethos. (For eg., the audiological test chambers in the present form are the biggest bane in reaching rural India. Why not evolve Active Noise Cancellation tech based headphones or adapt space suit technology for making make shift hearing testing rooms!! The cloth produced by Agra based company for indigenous Parachutes can even act as the walls of the sound treated room!!!).

Come!!! Let us think loud and address the disability issues in rural India!!

Your constructive suggestions are welcome on this theme.You may send your responses to rangasayee2002@yahoo.co.in

Admissions Open at Psychology Unit Admissions to the school for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD School) are open

For more details Please contact: Mrs. Alphonso Joseph, Head-Psychology Unit at the Institute •Ph: 080-2547 0037, 2546 8470 •E-mail: dr.srcish@gmail.com

Screening for the COM-DEALL intervention program at the Institute has begun

For more details Please contact: Ms. Pallavi, Team Leader- COM-DEALL, Psychology Unit at the Institute • E-mail: dr.srcish@gmail.com

ADMISSIONS OPEN 2015-16

MASLP, M.Sc. (Aud) and M.Sc. (SLP) Programs Admissions are open for Masters Programs in Speech and Hearing Please contact the Institute for more details on the Eligibility, Admission Procedure and Fees Structure •E-mail: dr.srcish@gmail.com Interested candidates and families are welcome to visit our institute and know more about the courses.

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Clinical Services Rendered Department of Hearing Studies Types of clients

July 2015

August 2015

September 2015

INSTITUTE

29

26

26

VANI VILAS HOSPITAL

104

51

58

CSI HOSPITAL

49

45

38

TOTAL

182

122

122

Children

320

232

182

Adult

234

198

151

Geriatric

146

103

101

Total

882

655

556

July 2015

August 2015

September 2015

No. of Cases

2

2

3

No. of Sessions

15

16

10

No. of Cases

35

33

35

No. of Sessions

164

181

123

No. of Cases

37

35

38

No. of Sessions

179

197

133

Infants (Including neonatal screening)

Department of AVT Types of Clients Infant Children Total

Department of Speech Language Studies

Types of clients Infant

Grand Total

Assessment

Therapy

Assessment

Therapy

July 2015

July 2015

August 2015

August 2015

September 2015

September 2015

No. of Cases

No. of No. of Cases Sessions

No. of Cases

No. of Cases

No. of Sessions

No. of Cases

No. of Cases

No. of Sessions

-

1

5

-

2

5

-

1

7

F/U

-

2

12

-

3

13

-

3

15

107

79

318

85

63

288

65

82

309

F/U

53

253

940

31

225

871

21

243

924

New

21

20

52

8

15

63

7

17

45

F/U

5

4

16

2

12

52

3

3

14

5

3

4

3

-

-

1

2

3

F/U

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

New

133

103

379

96

80

356

73

102

364

F/U

60

259

968

33

240

936

24

249

953

193

362

1347

129

320

1292

97

351

1317

Geriatric New

Total

Therapy

New

Children New

Adult

Assessment

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m o r F

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It was a great pleasure to meet an experienced, excellent and knowledgeable expert facilitators and teacher and people who shared and delivered new information to us which is very applicable to us.

Specifically the new concepts like mothers training section is an area we lack and with this on hand experience, we can implement create awareness among the parents as well as the community. Methods and approaches were very appropriated for a start to deliver the AVT to our students.

Hope that we would have another opportunity to meet and enhance our knowledge more on areas related to hearing impaired children.

Aminath Waheeda, Leading Teacher, Jamaluddin School, Male, Maldives E-mail: wnazla@hotmail.com Mob: 96077 76944 16.06.2015 Excellent information, excellent academic atmosphere, learned professionals, good admin support – What else an institute requires ?

I wish the Institute best of luck in all its endeavours.

Dr. N. Shivashankar, Prof. HOD Speech Pathology and Audiology, NIMHANS, Bangalore E-mail: n_shivashankar@yahoo.com Mob: 99023 11300 •25.6.2015 Wonderful experience visiting your Institute!. Fascinating work being conducted here both in the space of education and clinical applications.

We look forward to research and educational collaborations to benefit young and old alike.

Raj R. Rao, Virginia Commonwealth University E-mail: rrrao@vcu.edu •12.08.2015 Very impressive research, teaching, clinical programs, Hoping for partnership opptunities.

Rusi Janison, 301, W Main St., PO Box 843067, Richmond, VO23284 E-mail: rjamison@vcu.edu

God help for all the staff. Treatment by the Doctor and owner and staff is very good. And the service is also very good.

H. Govinda Gowda, Client No.105896 Retd. Head Master, Kanakapura

First rate organization and group of people. About ten years ago, I got a chance to come to this organization in connection with studies involving genetics of deafness.

During my visit then, I was wholly impressed with commitment of the management of the institute, teachers, staff and overall enthusiasm of students and quality of work and service being done. Today, when I came again on urging of Sri Rangasayee and meet the chairperson of the institute management, its faculty, students, I am totally amazed again with the substantial improvement incorporated, modernization of the services, creation of on-line, skype services for the community.

It is totally amazing and humbling experience. All the vest best on your future growth and plans for the Institute. I look forward to interaction with you with my participation as a scientist may be needed.

Anuranjan Anand, Prof., Molecular Biology and Genetics, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bangalore 560 064 E-mail: anand@jncasr.ac.in Mob: 98458 04923 •27.9.2015

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Donors during this Quarter

Grants from Govt. of Karnataka

Received Rs.15,00,000/- under Child Centric Grant

Dr. P.S. Maiya Bangalore 19

M.S. Jaiprakash

Educational Supplies, Bangalore 70

M.V. Swetha

Eshwar Enterprises, Bangalore 70

Sharadamma Thambi Chalamaiah Charitable Trust No.198, 10th ‘C’ Main Road Jayanagar, Bangalore 11

K.N. Manjunath

Thirupuvanam Foundation

CBS Publisher Distributors Pvt. Ltd.

Vattam Channakeshava Shetty Kamalamma Charitable Trust

S/o. K.V.N. Murthy, Bangalore 18

No.4890/XI, Prahalad Street 24, Ansari Road, Dariya Ganj New Delhi 110 002

Bangalore 33

No.495, 8th Cross, 7th Block Jayanagar West, Bangalore 560 100

N. Harish

C-404, N.R. Orchids Gardenia Rachenahalli PO, Thanisandra Bangalore 77

A. Babu

No.4088, Devon Prestige Kensington Garden, HMT Main Road, Jalahalli, Bangalore 30

Usha Prabhakar

A/002, Suryakiran Apartment, No.42/1, Netaji Road, Bangalore 05

Free Hearing Aids Provided to Deserving Poor Persons

During this quarter, 15 free digital hearing aids were distributed to deserving poor persons.

Donated by Lions Club of Bangalore East.

Computers donated by

Rotary Sankya Project

Lions Club of Bangalore East

Lions Club of Bangalore East has contributed a sum of Rs.1,15,000/- towards General Donation and Independence Day Celebrations.

Computers & Laptop donated by

Lions Club of Bangalore East

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Media Remembers Chirantana

a, Vysya Prabh 16-08-2015

Bangalore

Udayamitra , Kolar 23-07-2015

i, Bangalore Varta Bharat 15 723-0 20

ar nataka, Kol Vastava Kar 15 20 23-07-

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Play Equipment Sponsored to Sunaad School by Dr. Sunita Maheshwari & Dr. Arjun Kalyanpur of People4people Trust, Bangalore

03. The Family Doctor Health Care Clinic B.F. Plaza, 91/10, T.C. Palya Main Road, Hoysala Nagar, Rammurthynagar P.O., Bangalore 560 016. Tel: 080-4096 8274 / 2531 6061

Our sincere thanks to all the Hospitals/Doctors/ENT Surgeons for their trust

04. Rithani Clinic (Women and Child Care) 18, Buddha Road, Jaibharath Nagar, Maruti Seva Nagar, Bangalore 560 033 05. Dr. V. Sreenivas, ENT Consultant, Head & Neck surgeon, Sri Sai Clinic Mob: 98442 71275 06. Dr. A. Jagadish, MD (Psy.) Abhaya Hospital, KMC No: 21598 17, Dr. M.H. Mari Gowda Road, (Hosur Road) OPP. 9th Cross Bus Stop, Wilson Garden Bangalore 560 027. Mob: 90350 16740

01. Dr. Ravindran V.G., ENT Surgeon Maharani Devi Medical Centre 02. Dr. Nagendran, Children Specialist Eshwar Child Care Clinic #76, WCR, II Phase, Mahalaxmi Layout Bangalore 560 086 Mob. 95354 32404

07. Dr. Swaroop Gopal, Neurosurgeon Brain Spine Clinic, KMC No.27283 # 395, 3rd floor, Above Allahabad Bank, C.M.H Road, Indiranagar 2nd Stage, Bangalore 560 038. Mob: 98867 02395 / 98442 39076 08. Mediscon Nursing Home # 9, Pillanna Garden, 3rd Stage, Bangalore 560 045 Tel: 080-2547 0532 / 2548 1648 23 | ISH LINK | October 2015

Founders Day Celebration at Our Institute Late Dr. S.R. Chandrasekhar, the founder and patron-in-chief with the help of Lions Club of Bangalore East founded the Institute in 1977 and later on proceeded to develop the college in 1993. Since then scores of college students and persons with speech, language and hearing impairments, have benefitted from the services of the Institute. In honour of his contributions the Institute paid tribute to him on his birthday, calling as ‘Founder’s Day’ (5th October, 2015) and organized a ‘Donors’ Meet’ and an ‘Alumni meet’.

Welcome dance by students of Sunaad School

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Donors Meet The ‘Donors’ Meet’ was held to acknowledge and honour the contributions of each Donor as each of their contributions has immensely helped the clinical population as well as the students of the Institute. Hon’ble Sri D.H. Shankara Murthy (Chairman, Karnataka Legislative Assembly, Govt. of Karnataka) graced the occasion as the chief guest and Hon’ble Sri P.C. Mohan (Member of Parliament, Bangalore Central Constituency, Govt. of India) felicitated as the Guest of Honour. Donors were Honoured by the Chief Guest.

Mrs. Lalitha Chandrasekhar, Honoured by Chief Guest Sri D.H. Shankar Murthy, Chairman, Karnataka Legislative Assembly, Govt. of Karnataka

Sri C.R. Jayachandra Setty, Honoured by Chief Guest Sri D.H. Shankar Murthy, Chairman, Karnataka Legislative Assembly, Govt. of Karnataka

Sri Vijay Ramaprasad, Honoured by Chief Guest Sri D.H. Shankar Murthy, Chairman, Karnataka Legislative Assembly, Govt. of Karnataka

Sri M.S. Jaiprakash, Honoured by Chief Guest Sri D.H. Shankar Murthy, Chairman, Karnataka Legislative Assembly, Govt. of Karnataka

Mrs. M.V. Swetha W/o Mr. M.D. Raghu, Honoured by Chief Guest Sri D.H. Shankar Murthy, Chairman, Karnataka Legislative Assembly, Govt. of Karnataka

Mrs. M.V. Smitha W/o Mr. C.V. Sreenivas, Honoured by Chief Guest Sri D.H. Shankar Murthy, Chairman, Karnataka Legislative Assembly, Govt. of Karnataka

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Sri Pathi Sreedhara, Honoured by Chief Guest Sri D.H. Shankar Murthy, Chairman, Karnataka Legislative Assembly, Govt. of Karnataka

Sri M.K. Dattaraj, Honoured by Chief Guest Sri D.H. Shankar Murthy, Chairman, Karnataka Legislative Assembly, Govt. of Karnataka

Sri Manandi Nanjunda Setty, Honoured by Chief Guest Sri D.H. Shankar Murthy, Chairman, Karnataka Legislative Assembly, Govt. of Karnataka

Sri Krishna Prakash, Honoured by Chief Guest Sri D.H. Shankar Murthy, Chairman, Karnataka Legislative Assembly, Govt. of Karnataka

Sri Dwarakanath, Honoured by Chief Guest Sri D.H. Shankar Murthy, Chairman, Karnataka Legislative Assembly, Govt. of Karnataka

Sri M.N. Reddy, Honoured by Chief Guest Sri D.H. Shankar Murthy, Chairman, Karnataka Legislative Assembly, Govt. of Karnataka

Sri B. Krishna, Honoured by Chief Guest Sri D.H. Shankar Murthy, Chairman, Karnataka Legislative Assembly, Govt. of Karnataka

Mrs. Prabhavathi, Honoured by Chief Guest Sri D.H. Shankar Murthy, Chairman, Karnataka Legislative Assembly, Govt. of Karnataka

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Mrs. Rajeshwari, Honoured by Chief Guest Sri D.H. Shankar Murthy, Chairman, Karnataka Legislative Assembly, Govt. of Karnataka

Sri R. Nandakumar, Honoured by Chief Guest Sri D.H. Shankar Murthy, Chairman, Karnataka Legislative Assembly, Govt. of Karnataka

Sri S.R.V. Setty, Honoured by Chief Guest Sri D.H. Shankar Murthy, Chairman, Karnataka Legislative Assembly, Govt. of Karnataka

Sri Srinivas, Honoured by Chief Guest Sri D.H. Shankar Murthy, Chairman, Karnataka Legislative Assembly, Govt. of Karnataka

Sri P. Chandrashekar, Honoured by Chief Guest Sri D.H. Shankar Murthy, Chairman, Karnataka Legislative Assembly, Govt. of Karnataka

Sri Akhil Chauhan, Honoured by Chief Guest Sri D.H. Shankar Murthy, Chairman, Karnataka Legislative Assembly, Govt. of Karnataka

Sri K.N. Manjunath, Honoured by Chief Guest Sri D.H. Shankar Murthy, Chairman, Karnataka Legislative Assembly, Govt. of Karnataka

Sri Ashwathanarayana Setty, Honoured by Chief Guest Sri D.H. Shankar Murthy, Chairman, Karnataka Legislative Assembly, Govt. of Karnataka

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Donors Meet

Dr. M.S. Venkatesh, Director & Chairman of Dr. SRCISH is felicitated by Sri D.H. Shankar Murthy, Hon’ble Chairman, Karnataka Legislative Council and other dignitaries in the dais

Sri V.S. Shanthavadan, Hony. Treasurer of Dr. SCRISH being Honoured by Sri P.C. Mohan, Chairman, Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Bangalore Central Constituency, Govt. of India

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Alumni Meet The Alumni Meet was organized to bring together the alumni of the Institution from the year 1985 (PG Diploma in Special Education) and 1993 (Bachelors in Speech & Hearing). The Guest of Honour was Mrs. Anakhi Ghosh of the first batch of Bachelors in Speech & Hearing. The Alumni Meet ended with a proposal to form an association.

Inauguration of Alumni Meet by Mrs. Anakhi Ghosh first batch student

Chairman presenting a boquet behalf of the Alumni to Mrs. Jalajakshi, Registrar (Academics) as a token of their gratitude

New Gym Equipment donated by Sri Bhojkumar Konnanur

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Dignitaries at the Institute & School

Welcome to Sri D.H. Shankar Murthy, Chairman, Karnataka Legislative Assembly, Govt. of Karnataka by Chairman & Director-Technical, Dr. SRCISH

Welcome to Sri P.C. Mohan, Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Bangalore Central Constituency, Govt. of India by Chairman, Dr. SRCISH

Visit of Sri D.H. Shankar Murthy, Sri Gopal Hosur at our Institute

Welcome to Prof. Dr. V.M. Katoch, Director & General, ICMR, New Delhi by Chairman and Director-Technical, Dr. SRCISH

Welcome to Sri K.S. Rajanna by Chairman and Director (Technical), Dr. SRCISH

Welcome to Sri Padmanabha Reddy by Chairman, Dr. SRCISH

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Honoring the Dignitaries

Honouring to Sri D.H. Shankar Murthy, Chairman, Karnataka Legislative Assembly, Govt. of Karnataka by Chairman, Dr. SRCISH

Honouring to Sri P.C. Mohan, Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Bangalore Central Constituency, Govt. of India by Chairman, Dr. SRCISH

Honouring to Sri Gopal Hosur, Former State Intelligence Chief by Shanthavadhan, Tresurer and Chairman, Dr. SRCISH

Honouring to Sri Padmanabha Reddy, Opposition Leader, BBMP by Shanthavadhan, Tresurer and Chairman, Dr. SRCISH

Honouring to Prof. Dr. V.M. Katoch, Director & General, ICMR, New Delhi by Chairman and Secretary, Dr. SRCISH

Honouring to Sri K.S. Rajanna, Karnataka State Commissioner for Persons with Disability by Chairman and Director-Technical, Dr. SRCISH

Honouring to Dr. G. Gururaj, Prof. & HOD, Epidemology, NIMHANS by Chairman and Secretary, Dr. SRCISH

Honouring to Chandramouli K.S., Senior Deaf Person & Civilian Sr. Store Superintendent, Indian Air Force

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B.Ed. Special Education (Hearing Impairment)

BSLPA - Bachelor in Speech Language Pathology & Audiology

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