ACITE – Webinar for HoI’s on “Inclusion of SLDs in Higher Education”, 17th August 2022

Our speakers for the second session were Prof. C. B. Sharma and Mr. Vivek Khare. Prof. C. B> Sharma is a professor at the School of Education, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi. He also served as the Chairman of National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS). Mr. Vivek Khare passed out from IIT, Kanpur and started his career with FIITJEE. He is an active angel investor and has Zomato, Jaypore, Policy Bazaar, Cashify, and LetsVenture in his portfolio. The discussion touched upon education and the need to train and sensitize general teachers, working with the regulatory bodies. The session emphasized on the need to leverage assistive technologies to level the playing field.