Accommodations in Class

• Special tutors may be assigned for students to assist after class hours.

• Seating preferences in class for better accessibility.

• Laboratory assistance based on individual needs.

• Accessible format as in slides, permission to record lectures, etc., may be requested to faculty.

Accommodations in Examinations

• Reader/scribe may be provided.

• Raised chair/table may be provided.

• Accessible format of question paper as in preferred fonts or font size.

• Extended time as directed by Government of India regulations.

Accommodations for Campus Residency

• Ground floor hostel rooms may be assigned for easy accessibility.

• Infrastructural needs such as ramps.

• Transport facility (e-rickshaw) to and from hostel to academic area, based on mobility concerns.

• Coordination with Health Centre and Counselling Services.

• Accessible computer terminals in library and New Core Lab building.

Accommodations in Placements

• Special accessible terminals to take placement exams.

• Dedicated volunteers to assist and navigate during placement drives.

• Special placement drives held by SPO, IITK (https://spo.iitk.ac.in/ ).

• Seminars/Interaction Sessions with our DAP alumni community.

• Cognizance and procurement of new assistive tech (Hardware and Software).

• Conferences, seminars, sensitization sessions.

• Participation in policy development discourses at national level.

• Showcase of assistive tools and technologies developed within IITK.

The document below provides several options embedded within the common operating systems and internet browsers to make regular doc files, pdf files, web content accessible for DAPs. Step by step detailed procedures have been given with examples specific to visual and auditory accessibility.

The document below provides several dedicated software specific to various accessibilities concerns. These software may be used with computers, mobile phones, tablets etc and provide facilities such as screen readers, text to speech conversion, word prediction to help typing, screen readers for mathematical or scientific documents and so on.

• Sugamya Pustkalaya:
  https://library.daisyindia.org/NALP/welcomeLink.action

• Bookshare Benetech Initiative:
  https://www.bookshare.org/cms/
  

• New York University Library:
  https://library.nyu.edu/

• Science e-books NASA:
  https://www.nasa.gov/connect/ebooks/science_ebooks_archive_1.html

• World Scientific:
  https://www.worldscientific.com/

• Unique Disability Id (UDID)
  https://www.swavlambancard.gov.in

• Assistance in travel by Indian Railways
  https://www.irctchelp.in/railway-rules-handicapped/

• Concessions available by Indian Railways
  https://www.railmitra.com/blog/indian-railways-ticket-concession-you-must-know

• Assistance in travel by Uttar Pradesh Government
  https://upsrtc.up.gov.in/en/article/concession

• Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre:
  https://www.islrtc.nic.in/

• Deaf enabled Foundation:
  https://def.org.in/indian-sign-language-classes/

• National Institute of Speech and Hearing:
  https://nish.ac.in/others/news/476-online-course-on-indian-sign-language-isl

• National Institute of Open Schooling:
  https://www.nios.ac.in/online-course-material/secondary-courses/indian-sign-language-(230).aspx

• Paths to literacy:
  https://www.pathstoliteracy.org/resource/free-online-resources-learn-braille/

• The Xavier’s Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged:
  http://xrcvc.org/direct-support-training/training-services.htm

• ALIMCO:
  https://www.alimco.in/

• Sarthak Educational Trust:
  https://sarthakindia.org/

• National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People:
  https://ncpedp.org/

• XRCVC, Mumbai: Xavier’s Resource Centre for Visually Challenged:
  http://xrcvc.org/

• Nipman Foundation Charitable Trust:
  https://nipmanfoundation.com/

• Enable India:
  http://www.enableindia.org/

• Giftabled Fostering Inclusion:
  https://giftabled.org/

• Inclusive University of Alliance:
  https://inclusiveunivs.in