SANKET

SANKET – A Sign Language Awareness Workshop

A promotional poster for "Sanket," an awareness workshop on sign language, organized by the Centre for Disability Research and Training, Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi, held on 10th March 2022.

Report:

In March 2022, a Sign Language Awareness Workshop was conducted by the Centre for Disability Research and Training, Kirori Mal College in collaboration with the Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice, Government of India. The workshop was organised with the intention of spreading community awareness about sign language and sensitizing the students with the experience of what it means to be deaf and was attended by 36 students of Kirori Mal College.

Four people stand smiling in an auditorium setting with red seats. Two men in collared shirts flank a man in a teal shirt with grey hair, and a woman in a black vest and white kurta stands to the far left.

At the outset of the workshop, Dr. Abhishek Kumar Srivastava from ISLRTC, briefed the audience

about the functioning objectives of the centre followed by a comprehensive lecture on the medical

and cultural models of hearing impairment, the status of deaf education in India, and the challenges

pertaining to it. Illustrating his argument with practical examples, he also presented some viable

solutions to the current scenario, one being the adoption of ISL as a medium of instruction.

A low-angle, candid shot captures an audience seated in an auditorium, with a young woman in the foreground looking towards the right, and other attendees in the mid-ground.

Thereafter, Mr. Islam-Ul-Haq and Ms. Sneha Tiwari conducted an interactive hands-on training on sign language, teaching the audience the basic greetings, pleasantries and words of daily use. The event was a little milestone on the road to realising the college’s collective dream to build a truly inclusive society with equal opportunities for all.

A male speaker in a light purple shirt and dark trousers gestures while presenting in front of a whiteboard to an audience in a lecture hall. Another man sits at a table with flowers.
A diverse group of 20 young adults, smiling and posing in front of a large white screen in an auditorium setting with rows of red chairs.

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