inSIGHT June 2013
Retina India
inSIGHT
a RETINA INDIA publication
“Linking Patients & Practitioners”
Volume 2(6): June 2013
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SPECIAL ISSUE: CELEBRATING ENTREPRENEURS
Guest Editor: Pranav Lal, New Delhi
EDITORIAL: Entrepreneurship is doable: Consider it.
by Pranav Lal
Entrepreneurship is doable and though not everyone can be an entrepreneur, you should not rule it out as a career option. You do not need a manufacturing unit and armies of workers. Individual service providers are as much entrepreneurs. Read more…
LIVEWIRE: CURRENT NEWS, ANNOUNCEMENTS AND EVENTS
- Equal participation: still a distant dream for people with disabilities?
- NHFDC proposes schemes for 2013-14
- Award for Charudatta Jadhav
- Hungarian duo win battle in UN against their country’s banking system
- “Was it worth pursuing the dream of climbing a Himalayan mountain, in spite of being challenged by RP”?
SPECIAL SECTION:
‘Celebrating Entrepreneurs’ – Interviews with trailblazers: Entrepreneurship is not a typical career option for the blind, nor are they the preferred target beneficiaries of social entrepreneurs and researchers. Having said that, however, it must be acknowledged that things are changing in recent times. Read more…
- Preeti Monga - Founder and Director, Silver Linings Synergies Pvt. Ltd., and Silver Linings Foundation.
- Siddharth Sharma - Partner, Foundations PR, New Delhi.
- Zainab Chinikamwala - Independent Translator, Pune.
- Gaurang Kanvinde - Founder and CEO of ‘Accessible Systems’
- George Abraham - Founder, SCORE Foundation and Project Eyeway
- Col. Pradeep Kapoor - Founder, Volunteers for the Blind.
- Dr. Rohan Paul - Designer of the SmartCane
- Parag Dhol - Partner, Inventus Capital
KNOW YOUR RETINA: MEDICAL SECTION
- Results from AREDS-2 clinical trial & what it means for you: We report on the results and recommendations of the AREDS2 study for patients with Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD). Read more…
- Does routine use of LED lights harm your eyes? Recent reports in media about retinal damage due to LED lights has caused concern to many. We report on the study outcomes and the potential for damage, if any. Read more…
NEXT ISSUE: ‘Making Accessibility Accessible: A Primer for the Sighted’. Guest Editor: Rakesh Paladugula, Hyderabad
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