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Organization : Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment& Department for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities
Competition : National IT Challenge For Youth with Disabilities 2016
Applicable For : Disabilities (Age between 13 -19 yrs)
Entry Last Date : 30th May 2016

Website : https://depwd.gov.in/
Contest Details : https://www.contest.net.in/uploads/12729-Contest.pdf

National IT Challenge For Youth :

** This year the Global IT Challenge (GITC) for Youth with Disabilities will be held during 21″-25″ November, 2016 in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China.

Related : MyGov Design Poster For Accessible India Campaign : www.contest.net.in/1473.html

** The event is meant for four categories of Youth with Disabilities i.e in the categories of visual impairment, hearing impairment, physical impairment (locomotor) and intellectual /development disorder in the age group 13-19 years.
** Govt. of India has been requested by the organizer i.e Korean Society for Rehabilitation of Person with Disabilities (KSRPD) to nominate one youth with disability from each of the above categories to participate in the GITC 2016 in China.
** The required expenditure towards to and fro air ticket and lodging and boarding will be borne by the organizer for participating in China.

2. With a view to finalize nomination of Govt of India to participate in the above event, applications are here by invited from the prospective Youth with Disabilities in the age group of 13 – 19 yrs from the following four categories

Categories
i) Visual Impairment
ii) Hearing impairment
iii) physical impairment (locomotor)
iv) intellectual /development disorder

3. Eligibility For Participation In The Nomination Process Are:
a) Must be in the age group of 13 -19 yrs in the above four categories
b) Must be able to work with Internet Explorer web browser, MS Office and Scratch Programmes
c) Must be able to communicate in English should apply.
(Important Note: College and University going youth with disabilities are not allowed to participate even in they are falling within the above age group)

4. On receiving applications, the department may conduct a National IT competition to select the suitable nomination to represent India in the GITC 2016.

The competition will be done on the following areas :
i. Local individual education- e-Learning mentoring training Content : Understanding of information including IT Understanding of the competition subjects and utilization e-Tool Challenge, e-Life Map Challenge, e-Design Challenge, e-Creative Challenge

ii. IT Paralympiad
** e-Tool Challenge: development assessment;
** e-Life Map Challenge: individual assessment;
** e-Design Challenge: group assessment and
** e-Creative Challenge: group assessment

5. The venue and date of National Competition will be intimated to eligible applicants separately. For participating in the National Competition the applicant shall have to bear the expenditure for their travel. The department will make arrangement for their lodging and boarding along with one escort during their stay at the centre where National competition will be held.

6. Interested Youth with Disabilities fulfilling above criteria may send their application in prescribed format (Annex –I) to
The Director, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities,
Room No – 518, Paryavaran Bhawan,
CGO Complex, New Delhi

or
Email to kvs.rao13@nic.in latest by 30th May 2016.