ICT enabled resource centre for the visually challenged college/university students in an era of inclusive education Sathyaseelan S.*, Dr. Goswami Indrajit**, Dr. Lenin J. Amirtha*** *Ph.D Scholar, Social Work (HRM), Research and Development Centre, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu India. **Director, Department of Management Studies, Info Institute of Engineering, Kovilpalayam, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu India. ***Director, Model Resource Centre of Disability Services for the Differently Abled (RCDA/MRCDS). Assistant Professor, Department of Tamil, Loyola College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu India. Online published on 3 November, 2012. Abstract We are living in an Era of Inclusion. It's the onus of Indian colleges/universities to be committed to ensure inclusive environment, which would foster inclusive education through creating full access to education, range of services and facilities to the visually challenged students, who enter the college/university with their aspirations in life. An attempt has been made through this paper to project the views and concerns about achieving the goals of ‘Inclusive Education’ in the college/university system through an ‘ICT Enabled Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged Students. This paper emphasizes a successful case of Loyola College Model Resource Centre (LCMRC) of disability services for visually challenged students, which was established at Loyola College in the year 2009 with the grant-in-aid of Rs. 39,32,500/- received from National Institute for the Visually Handicapped, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India to demonstrate how best the college/university facilities, resources and services made accessible to its visually challenged students to fulfil their educational aspirations and march successfully on par with the able-bodied by carefully enumerating the salient features, special services, special resources, and assistive technologies available at the state-of-the-art’ LCMRC of Disability Services for the Visually Challenged’. Top Keywords Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Assistive Technology (AT), Inclusive Education and Inclusive Society. Top |