From humble beginnings to our HSR Campus...
Triple Star Certification from the Daisy Forum of India
Establishment of Braille Press
In house publications from Mitra Jyothi
Successful Corporate Engagement
Inauguration of our Center for Empowerment of Women with Disabilities (CEWD)
Successful collaborations & partnerships...
Building awareness, one step at a time...
Key-Contributor to Sugamya Pustakalaya
Mitra Jyothi extends its outreach through Bookshare...
Proud partner of NIIT Foundation!!!
Educational Assistance, Began as a tiny lamp…turned as a shining beacon
From humble beginnings to our HSR Campus...
From humble beginnings to our HSR Campus…
We started in a small rental premises in 1990 and moved to our own self-contained building complete with a small auditorium in 2008! At our new facility we had space to expand our operations and host more training and enablement programs for the visually impaired. All this was possible through the tireless efforts of Ms. Madhu Singhal, Founder and Managing Trustee along with the support of Mitra Jyothi well-wishers.
Triple Star Certification from the Daisy Forum of India
Triple Star Certification from the Daisy Forum of India
Mitra Jyothi is a member and active participant of the Daisy Forum of India(DFI). The DFI has been instrumental for defining and maintaining quality standards for audio libraries. Mitra Jyothi received the DFI Quality Certification award with double & triple star rating for three consecutive years. Mitra Jyothi is also a leading contributor to the production of audio and eText books.
Establishment of Braille Press
Establishment of Braille Press
Mitra Jyothi with the help of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment & through the National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Visual Disabilities (NIEPVD) established a full-fledged Braille Press in 2015. Though Braille transcription and printing was done in Mitra Jyothi from 1999, it was at a very basic level. With the establishment of the Braille Press in 2015, large volume Braille printing is done with high priority given to school text books. In the year 2017, Mitra Jyothi supplied 3600+ Braille books to 17 schools for the blind in the state of Karnataka.
In house publications from Mitra Jyothi
In house publications from Mitra Jyothi
Mitra Jyothi publishes magazines both in Braille & Audio formats to suit specific needs of people with vision impairment by way of preparing them for competitive examinations. Having understood the need in this area, we started our audio and Braille publications to cater to this crucial need. This has been a very impactful initiative because of which our beneficiaries are able to clear the exams and become contributing and independent members of mainstream society.
Successful Corporate Engagement
Successful Corporate Engagement
With strong partnerships with corporates and other NGOs who are working in the disabilities sector, Mitra Jyothi Placement Cell is able to effectively facilitate job placements. The Advanced Computer Training conducted by TCS in association with Mitra Jyothi is a noteworthy partnership that trains eligible and qualified people with vision impairment for jobs in the IT- BPO sector. Many people with varying levels of blindness from low-vision to totally blind now work in the technology sector.
Inauguration of our Center for Empowerment of Women with Disabilities (CEWD)
Inauguration of our Center for Empowerment of Women with Disabilities (CEWD)
Having realized the need for a safe & secure and clean & hygienic accomodation for working women with disabilities, Mitra Jyothi started the Center for Empowerment of Women with Disabilities in 2015 with support from “The Hans Foundation”. This center now hosts about 50 women with various physical disabilities and is their home away from home as they hail from smaller towns and villages where employment opportunities for them are limited or non-existent.
Successful collaborations & partnerships...
Successful collaborations & partnerships…
Ms. Madhu Singhal, Founder & Managing Trustee of Mitra Jyothi was a member of the World Blind Union (Asia Pacific region) for 17 long years till 2015. Such networking and interactions gave her fresh ideas and directions to conduct many need based workshops/trainings/awareness programs for people with disabilities and reach out to wider groups of people. Her association with National Association for the Blind (NAB), National Federation of the Blind (NFB), All India Confederation of the Blind (AICB) and many other organizations engaged in supporting the visually Impaired, helped Mitra Jyothi be a pioneer in providing support for the educational needs of the visually impaired through our Educational Resource Centre, with quality, depth of content and efficiency.
Building awareness, one step at a time...
Building awareness, one step at a time…
Over the years Mitra Jyothi has conducted many national level workshops and seminars for women with vision impairment to bring in awareness, build confidence and enable them for independent life. In 2013, Mitra Jyothi in collaboration with CBM hosted a two day National conference on higher education for girls with vision impairment promoting their accessibility and transportation. More than hundred VI women participated in the event. Various awareness and sensitization programs are conducted throughout the year and across a wide spectrum of society from school children to students of medical colleges, NGOs to Corporates and door-to-door campaigns to workshops and seminars.
Key-Contributor to Sugamya Pustakalaya
Key-Contributor to Sugamya Pustakalaya
Mitra Jyothi, a pioneer in the creation of audio books for people with print disabilities has extended its reach to people online through Sugamya Pustakalaya. Sugamya Pustakalaya is India’s largest online library for people with print disabilities! Through this wonderful initiative, our audio books are now available online to our beneficiaries!
Mitra Jyothi extends its outreach through Bookshare...
Mitra Jyothi extends its outreach through Bookshare…
Mitra Jyothi is proud a partner of Bookshare, the world’s largest online library for persons with print disability. Through this initiative Mitra Jyothi books are available on Bookshare in ePub, an e-book file format with the extension .epub that can be downloaded and read on devices like smartphones, tablets, computers, or e-readers.
Proud partner of NIIT Foundation!!!
Proud partner of NIIT Foundation!!!
Mitra Jyothi has now partnered with NIIT foundation to further streamline the computer courses. NIIT is a premier computer training company in India and NIIT Foundation (NF) is a not-for-profit education society set up by the promoters of NIIT in 2004. Mitra Jyothi is very proud to announce that all the courses now on will be structured and certified by NIIT Foundation. The CTC at Mitra Jyothi will follow the courseware and syllabus set by partner. Before commencing the programme, NIIT trained the trainers of Mitra Jyothi as well to follow their methodology. Expecting the certificate to add value to our students.
Educational Assistance, Began as a tiny lamp…turned as a shining beacon
Educational Assistance, Began as a tiny lamp…turned as a shining beacon
Education support for visually impaired girls, one of the prestigious programs run by Mitra Jyothi, so far supported more than 20 VI girls since 2015
When we started this program, it was just like a small light from a firefly…. we are very happy that, now this program turned into a shining beacon that effuses the light of education and independence in the lives of many visually impaired girls
In 2013, Mitra Jyothi started the idea of education support for VI girls by supporting two girl students from rural Karnataka. However, this initiative was more streamlined in the year 2017. Till this year, we have supported around 20 VI girl students for higher education and at present, there are 13 girl students supported by Mitra Jyothi for PUC and graduation programs.