Dear All, Greetings from UNESCO Heritage City of Ahmedabad, venue of ICEVI World conference You must be either on the way to Ahmedabad or busy packing your bags. We wish to share the following information for your convenience: 1. Weather: The temperature at present is in the ranges of 14-34 degree celsius, mostly sunny with 28% humidity with …
Read MoreDear Friends, First of all, the Program and Host Committees take great pleasure in welcoming you to Ahmedabad as a distinguished participant of the ICEVI World Conference. It would be our pleasure to have you with us during this grand event. It is our pleasure to provide updates on this event for your reference and for your convenience. …
Read MoreIt is quite symbolic that ICEVI is holding its World Conference in India for the first time. It is also 9 years since ICEVI held a World Conference. India is fast developing and what better way to draw the attention of the world to the educational needs of all children with visual impairment, than to …
Read MoreWorld Conference & General Assembly The International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment (ICEVI) will hold its World Conference and General Assembly in Ahmedabad India on 14 – 17 November 2024. The World Conference is hosted by the Blind People’s Association (BPA) and Sense International India, in collaboration with Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open …
Read MorePresident’s Message
It is with much pleasure that I extend to you on behalf of the Executive Board of ICEVI an invitation to join us in Ahmedabad, India for our World Conference and General Assembly, in November, 2024. The Host Committee is already hard at work and determined that the World Conference will be a great learning experience.
We are delighted that Ms Siân Tesni has agreed to serve as Chair of the Programme Committee and we hope that many of you will respond to this “Call for Papers” by submitting an abstract for consideration.
Read MoreIn 2013, new specialized two year professional course called “Japanese Medical Manual Therapy (JMMT)” was brought to India with the help of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to train persons with visual impairment as Indian Master Trainers in this therapy. This course is recognized by Sukuba University, Japan and Teacher Trainers have been trained by noted Japanese Therapy Expert, Late Dr. Sasada. BPA has trained 5 Master Trainers and 60 students as Therapists. This year we have admitted 13 new students for the course. This two-year course has helped students to get jobs in Hotels, Spas and Rehab Centres as Therapists. They are also doing private practice and are gainfully employed.
Our team of experts, Dr. B K Panchal, Dr. Archit Shah, Mrs. Madhurlata Sharma and Mr. Rajesh Parmar (Specialist JMMT) will provide JMMT to all the participants completely free of cost
“The proceedings of the Conference shall be published as a book with ISBN Registration. The application for publication of this book has been approved by ISBN with Application No. 22254|ISBN|2023|P. The paper of all presenters will be published under this ISBN.“
Chair, Programme Committee
ICEVI SECRETARIAT
No.3, Professors’ Colony, Sri Ramakrishna Vidyalaya Post,
Coimbatore – 641 020, Tamil Nadu, INDIA.
E-mail: oficevi@gmail.com
Chair, Host Committee
Executive Secretary, Blind People’s Association (India)
132 Ft. Ring Road, Vastrapur, Ahmedabad, Gujarat – 380 015, INDIA. Mobile: +91 7016115181
E-mail: icevi2024wc@gmail.com , bhushanpunani@gmail.com
The Ministry of External Affairs has granted “Political Clearance” to ICEVI 2024 World Conference. Kindly download this letter from this website and submit the same while making application for Visa. The letter of recommendation from the Nodal Ministry is also available on this website.
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