26 Jun 2008
His Excellency Sri Rameswar Thakur, Governor of Karnataka was the chief guest at the thanks giving ceremony. 31 Schools of Bangalore participated in the glittering function. Ms V Likhita was the highest collector of donations from DAV School. The oxford public school got the awrd for the highest collection of funds among all schools. Dr(Mrs) Saroja Ramachandra, President/NAB-KB presided over the function.Ms Usha Rani, Fund Raising department compered the entire program. Mr BS Prithviraj Hon. Gen. Secretary, proposedthe vote of thanks.
25 Jun 2008
Cisco day of Service
About 40 Cisco employees including Mr Vishal Guptha, Vice President, Mr Datta Subrahmanya & Mr Akshai Mallappa, Manager GSP participated in a funfilled program at Cubbon park. About 20 trainees and 4 mobility training staff,Admin officer & CEO also participated.A quiz program was also conducted by our Hon.Gen Secretary Mr BS Prithviraj. In the afternoon session the trainees went round the amusement park & had a jolly ride in the toy train. Ms Neetha Bassi & Ms Molly Joeman had made all the arrangements to make it a grand success.
8 Jun 2008
Founder's day was celebrated at NAB-KB today. Mr Justice RG Vaidyanatha, former Judge of Karnataka & Mumbai High courts was the chief guest. On this occasion 2 staff members who have served NAB for over 25 years were honoured. They are Mr S. Ramakrishna, Asst Employment Officer & Mr T. Srinivas, Attendant.Dr(Mrs) Saroja Ramachandra presided. Mr M. Srinivas, CEO compered the day's program. Mr BS Prithviraj, Hon Gen Secretary proposed the vote of thanks.
29 May 2008
Valedictory function of 221st Batch of MTC was held today. Mr Akshai Mallappa, Manager Advanced Services Groupof Cisco was the chief guest. Ln Gopal Padmanabhan, Vice President presided over the function. He distributed the white canes & certificates on completion of the 6 weeks Mobility Training Program.Mr. Mohan R Naik, Mobility Officer compered the program. Mrs KN Shobha proposed the vote of thanks.
28 May 2008
It is with profound regret that we note the passing away of Dr K.R. Murthy, Director, Vittala International Institute of Opthalmology, Bangalore
this morning. He had been the prime mover of the Nayana & Jyothi Projects with which NAB-KB was closely associated for over a decade. He leaves behind his wife Mrs Bhagya Murthy & sons Praveen, Krishna & Vinay. May his soul rest in peace.
04 Apr 2008
We deeply regret to announce the passing away of Mrs Gangamma Dakshinamurthy, mother of our President Dr(Mrs) Saroja Ramachandra. She was ailing for over 1 year. May God almighty give the strength to the family members to withstand the great loss.
31 Mar 2008
Our President Dr(Mrs) Saroja Ramachandra completed 75 years yesterday. On this occasion she hosted a 'High Tea' this evening to all GC/MC Members, Staff & Trainees of NAB-KB. All wished her 'Many Happy Returns of the Day'
15 Feb 2008
Seminar VITAL-2008 (Visually Impaired Technology Assimilation & Learning) sponsored by IEEE & IETE was inaugurated by Dr K.R. Murthy, Director, Vittala International Institute of Opthalmology, Bangalore at the NAB-KB campus. The function was presided over by Dr(Mrs) Saroja Ramachandra, President, NAB-KB. Mr H. Ramakrishna, Former Exec. Director, BEL & GC member of NAB-KB delivered the key note address. Mr Haridas of NAB-KB, welcomed the delegates , guests & other dignitaries.There were 8 papers presented on the occasion. The paper presenters were Mr Ajay Gupta of HP Labs on “Enhancement to the computers to Aid the Blind”, Dr MH Kori of Alcatel-Lucent Technologies on “Additional application for Mobile Phones” , Ms Shilpi Kedia of Barrier Break Technologies on "Assistive Technologies Available",Ms Rekha Ashok of BEL on “GPS for the Blind”, Dr OM Deshpande of IBM on “IBM’s Efforts in Assistive Technology”, Ms Mitra of NAB-KB on "Technology needs & NAB-KB 's initiative", Dr AG Ramakrishnan of IISc, Bangalore on “Text to speech”, Mr Rudrakshi of Samsung on “Mobile phones & applications for the Blind”, Mr Shyam Kedare of NEIL on "NEIL Technology". An exhibition was also held on this occasion. M/s BEL, APD, IETE, IEE, NAB-KB had displayed their products/publications.Lunch was hosted by M/s BEL. Mr M. Srinivas, CEO/NAB-KB proposed the vote of thanks. The seminar was compered in an excellent manner by Ms MB Jayanthi, Admin Officer NAB-KB. The details of the proceedings will be compiled & published on this site shortly.
19 Jan 2008
The Rustom Merwanji Alpaiwalla award for outstanding services in the Voluntary category was awarded to our President Dr(Mrs) Saroja Ramachandran at a glittering function held at the NAB(I) premises, Mumbai. Mr Shantilal Somaiya, President, NAB(I) presided. Ms Supriya Sule, Rajya Sabha MP was the chief guest. It was noteworthy that yet another alumnus of NAB-KB, Dr Sangeetha was awarded the Neelam Kurshed Kanga award. Please visit our photo gallery section for pictures taken on the occasion.
5 Jan 2008
Rotary Club of Bangalore had arranged a function to distribute 1000 FM Radios to the trainees of NAB & MithraJyoti. Dr Mahesh Joshi Sr Director/Door Darshan Bangalore was the chief guest. Rtn Nagendra, Rtn Ravikumar & Rtn Jayaraman participated. This was followed by a music performance by Shashidhar Kote
4 Jan 2008
A group of about 25 volunteers from Intel spent the day with the trainees & staff
31 Dec 2007
On the occasion of the New Year Eve all staff, Managing Committee, Governing council members assembled & wished each other 'A very Happy New Year'. This was followed by cake cutting by our President Dr(Mrs) Saroja Ramachandran.
23 Dec 2007
A blood donation camp was organized by Rotary Hanumanthnagar & Rashtriththana Blood Bank at NAB-KB. About 20 volunteers donated blood. The Rotary team was lead by its President Mr N Ravindranath. The Asst Governor of Rotary Dist 3190, Mr Amarnath presided over the function. Film actress Ms Smitha also participated in the deliberations.
21 Dec 2007
About 25 volunteers from EMPHASIS lead by Ms Priti Parekh visited NAB & completed painting of the MTC class room.
Our sincere thanks to EMPHASIS
24 Nov 2007
We are extremely happy & proud to announce that the Rustom Merwanji Alpaiwalla award for the year 2008 has been awarded to our President Dr(Mrs) Saroja Ramachandran. January 19th is celebrated as an occasion for appreciating the generous and dedicated contribution of Rustom Merwanji Alpaiwalla, the Founder President of NAB, India, by presenting awards to individuals for their outstanding contribution to the field of Blind Welfare.
Two individuals, each, in the category of Professional Work and Voluntary Work are presented the award on an all India basis. Over the years 94 individuals from different parts of India, 47 each in the Professional and the Voluntary category have received these awards for their contribution in:
Each award includes a Scroll of Honor and Cash Award of Rs. 10,000/-
16 Nov 2007
18 Engineers from Cisco visited NAB-KB today as a part of their CSR program. They spent over 5 hrs going through all departments of NAB & also tried moving with blind folds using white cane. The team was lead by M/s Rajesh Agarwal & Manjunath Subramanya. Photographs taken on this occasion is available at the photo gallery section.
26 Oct 07
In the Governing Council meeting held today, the following have been nominated to the posts shown against each:
Mrs Gayathri Chandra Murthy ..................Vice President
Mrs Lata C Rao.........................................Jt Secretary
Mrs Ananthalakshmi Ganapati.................Member/Managing Committee
Mrs Meenakshi Ramaswamy................. .Member/Managing Committee
Dr(Mrs)Hema Pai......................................Member/Managing Committee
Hearty congrats to the newly nominated members
23 Oct 07
ITCB, Mysore had the passing out ceremony of the 17th Batch,comprising of 22 Deaf & 3 blind trainees. The chief guest was Mr S. Ramaswamy, Managing Director REI Electronics. Mr Sundararaja Rao President of Rotary Midtown, Mysore presided over the function. The invocation was by two blind students. Mr Muniraju gave a detailed account of the activities of the centre during the year 2006-07. Mr BS Prithviraj, Hon Gen Secretary & Mr M Srinivas, CEO/NAB-KB attended the function. Vote of thanks was proposed by Mr Srinivas of ITCB
18 Oct 07
The President & members of the Inner wheel club of JP Nagar, Bangalore visited NAB-KB & presented a cheque to Dr(Mrs) Saroja Ramachandran towards 7 cataract surgeries under the Jyothi project.
23 Sep 07
The 30th Annual General Meeting was held at the NAB-KB premises at 1100 hrs today. The Triennial election of new office bearers was also held. For details please click on the "Governing Council" in the left panel
16 Sep 07
It is with deep regret that we announce passing away of one of our Founder members Mr A Rangaswamy today. He was also the Hon. Treasurer & Chairman of the Placement committee.
The management of NAB-KB places on record the invaluable service rendered by Rangaswamy. May God Almighty give the strength to his family to bear this loss. May his soul rest in peace.
08 Aug 07
Ms Jija Madhavan Hari Singh, IPS was the chief guest at a glittering ceremony held at NAB-KB to thank the School Children who mobilised funds for the Blind welfare. !9 schools represented by their HeadMasters/Principals,Class teachers & children participated in the simple ceremony. Dr(Mrs) Saroja Ramachandra, presided. Ms Jija exhorted children to learn to live in the present & not to worry about the past or future. Mr BS Prithviraj Hon Gen Secy proposed the vote of thanks. Ms Usha Rani, our Finance Raising Officer did the compering & co-ordinated the whole show.
05 Aug 07
The 4th Car rally for the Blind was flagged off at an impressive ceremony held at the Mount Carmel College premises. 28 cars participated. The rally was sponsored by M/S MPHASIS & organised jointly by National Association for the Blind, Kreatives, Trident Hyundai, Channel 97.2, Right Angle,FMSC, KMSC,DS MAX. at 1030 hrs.The route was 55 Kms long. There was a cultural program in the afternoon by St Josephs college & Christ college students. There was also a magic show by Mr Gururaj. Prizes were distributed by Ms Minu Bhambani of MphasiS & Dr(Mrs)Saroja Ramachandra-President NAB-KB.
13 Jul 2007
NAB KB in association with Vittala International Institute of Opthalmology launched its new project “JYOTHI” on 13th July 2007 at Angala, Gundulpet Taluk, Chamarajnagar District. Free eye screening was done in the event. 250 persons were screened, among them 54 were identified and brought to Vittala Eye International, Bangalore for Cataract Surgeries. 53 persons were successfully operated for cataract. Dr(Mrs)Saroja Ramachandran presided. Dr K.R. Murthy of VIIO graced the occasion. Persons interested in sponsoring an operation can do so by donating Rs 1500 only per operation.For details please contact nabkarnataka@yahoo.co.in
31 May 2007
Consequent to Mr BS Prithviraj Hon Gen Secretary proceeding on tour to USA & Canada till 13th July, Mrs Lata C Rao, Hon Jt Secretary will look after the duties of Hon.Gen Secretary
27 May 2007
The Founder's day celebrations were held today. Ms Sindhu Cauveriappa, Manager, Community Relations, Intel Technologies India Ltd was the Chief Guest & gave away the prizes to the winners of various competetions.. Dr(Mrs) Saroja Ramachandran President/NAB-KB, presided over the function. Among important guests were Dr Ajay Patwardhan, Chairman Bangalore Council GE Volunteers & Medical Director GE India, Mr Rakesh of GE Elfun & Dr Ramesh. Mr M Srinivas welcomed the guests. Dr(Mrs) Saroja Ramachandran gave detailed account of how NAB-KB started by the devoted couple Mrs Ratna Atmarama Rao & Mr Atmaramarao in 1977 has now grown into a mammoth organisation & has been serving the blind in Karnataka relentlessly for the past 3 decades. She appealed for public support & help both physically & financially so that the Vision 2020 goal of eliminating all cases of preventable blindness by the year 2020. Ms Sindhu Cauveriappa, in her address said that it was wonderful to come to NAB & be among the visually impaired & give them a helping hand. In a recent camp organised by Intel the volunteers enjoyed their stay at NAB for 8 hrs & wanted to come back & extend their helping hand. Intel has motivated young employees to serve the underprivileged under their Corporate Social Responsibility policy. She would be keen to see that Intel's partnership with NAB grew closer & stronger. Mr BS Prithviraj Hon Gen Secretary proposed the vote of thanks. This was followed by songs, mimicry, drama, mouth organ by the staff & trainees of NAB-KB, which was enjoyed by all. The programme concluded with lunch. Please visit our photogallery for the pictures taken on the occasion
20 April 2007
A team of young HR professionals lead by Mr Deepank, Head/HR dept of Intel visited NAB & spent the whole day with the trainees of NAB. They had organised a cricket match , musical chair, singing etc. A good lunch was also hosted by them. Mr Deepank distributed mementos to all trainees & staff. At the end of the day they all felt that they could use their spare time in helping out the trainees at NAB & looked forward to more such get togethers.
2 April 2007
Mr Dominic Haslam& Mr Morris Lab of Sight Savers International-UK, accompanied by Mr Srinivas Sawant & Mr Govind Madhav visited NAB-KB. This is what they wrote in the visitor's book after seeing our Kollegal project:
"A very interesting day, visiting all the different parts of the programmme.There is obviously a lot of excitement and commitment in the villages we saw. Thanks so much to Pasha & Gopalakrishna for arranging it and good luck for the future in NAB-K"
--Dominic Haslam
" I have been inspired by the commitment dedication and energy of the staff and commiting to establish sound projects which are clearly making an impact. It is also clear that there is strong community ownership which can only be created with participative planning and hard work.
I applaud you all. Thanks for organising the visit
- Morris Lab
30 March 2007
Our beloved President, Dr(Mrs) Saroja Ramachandran completed 74 years today. All staff members, Managing Committee members & Governing Council members wished her "A Very Happy Birthday" at brief cake cutting session held at NAB-KB premises. Mrs KN Shobha read out a beautiful poem she had written about our president to everyone's delight.
23 March 2007
Mr M. Srinivas CEO attended the RCI meeting at Bhavnagar(Gujarat)
16 March 2007
The valedictory Function of the RBTC & MTC was held today at the NAB-KB campus. Mr K.V.R. Tagore , ADGP & Commissioner of Information, Govt Of Karnataka & Mr Rajeev Jindal, General Manager of Prateek apparels were the chief guests. Dr (Mrs) Saraoja Ramachandran, President NAB-KB presided over the function.
04 March 2007
We deeply regret to announce the demise of Mr Prabhu, husband of our Mrs Chandravathi at Command hospital. He was suffering for over 2 years. He leaves behind his wife & two daughters. All staff & MC members convey their heartiest condolences & pray God almighty to give the strength to bear this irreparable loss.
01 March 2007
Mr M Srinivas, Chief Employment Officer takes over as CEO. Mr S Ramakrishna, Instructor RBTC takes over as Asst Employment Officer.
25 Jan 2007
News letter covering events from July 2006 to Dec 2006 has been uploaded Pl click on "newsletter(latest) in the left panel
5 Jan 2007
Parama Pujya Shri Shri Nimishananda Guruji presided over the Thanks giving ceremony held at the NAB premises. 37 School children along with their Headmasters/Principals/Class teachers participated in the glittering event. The highest honour was given to Ms Anusha Kamath of Innisfree School, who had collected Rs 18,001. Dr (Mrs) Saroja Ramachandra, President welcomed the chief guest. Guruji in his address exhorted that all human beings have to develop a sense of sharing & caring. God was within every human being. Physical vision is not necessary to establish contact with the God. He also went round various departments of NAB-KB & evinced keen interest in all the activities.He also taught the mantra "Om Divya Drustyayainamaha" to the trainees & asked them that they should chant this mantra twice daily for about 15 minutes.Vote of thanks was proposed by Mr BS Prithviraj , Hon. Gen Secretary. The entire function was organised very efficiently & co-ordinated by Ms Usha Rani of Fund Raising Dept of NAB-KB
2 Jan 2007
Mr M Srinivas, Chief Employment Officer, has been nominated by the Governing Council to Officiate as CEO,in addition to his own duties, in place of Mr Gordon Faife who had resigned with effect from 31st Dec 2006, till permanent arrangements are made
30 Dec 2006
Mr Gordon Faife resigns as CEO due to health reasons with effect from 30 Dec 2006. He had served NAB for over 25 years ; initially as Employment officer & later as Chief Executive Officer. The Managing committee of NAB-KB places on record the excellent services rendered by him in the field of Blind Welfare & wishes him & his Family all the very best in life.
Mr H.S. Ravikumar, Senior Faculty, Computer Training Dept has resigned due to better prospects elsewhere with effect from 30 Dec 2006. The Managing Committee wishes Mr Ravi a very bright future in his new chosen career.
17 Dec 2006
3 rd Car Rally for the Blind was flagged off at Chancery Hotel, Residency Road by Dr (Mrs) Saroja Ramachandran -President NAB-KB. About 15 cars participated in the rally.The rally was organised by M/s Kreatives in collaboration with NAB-KB, Trident Hyundai,Karnataka Motor Sports Club, FIA & Rightangle
14 Dec 2006
All India State Branches Conference starts at New Delhi hosted by NAB(I)
7 Dec 2006
13 member team from USA visits NAB. Dr BJ Benjamin of Ashalaya had arranged the visit. Dr(Mrs) Saroja Ramachandra, President gave a Power Point presentation on NAB-KB's activities to the delegation
5 Dec 2006:
Two day NIMH & US joint conference starts at Hotel Atria, Bangalore. Dr L Govindarao, Director NIMH, Secunderabad & Paula F Goldberg, Executive Director, PACER center,USA take lead roles in organising the meet
29 Oct 2006
It is with deep regret that we announce passing away of one of our past Vice-Presidents Mr NB Menon today.
The management of NAB-KB places on record the invaluable service rendered by Mr Menon. May God Almighty give the strength to his family to bear this loss.May his soul rest in peace.