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Anuj Jain


Sh. Anuj Jain is the Joint Secretary of National Association of the Deaf, the only truly national and grassroots Disabled People's Organisation that fights for the rights of deaf people in India. He has been a part of many developments of the Indian Deaf community but most recently is the accessible telecast of Republic Day Parade 2017 via ISL interpreter, &  demanded the passing of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill among others on December 2016. He has been working with and for the deaf and hard of hearing sector for over 30 years.

He has demanded the Social Welfare Dept., Delhi Govt to vacate the deaf school which they continue its use space for the deaf school was illegal.
He also demanded Delhi Govt for providing the driving license for the deaf.
He was one of the few selected participants to the World Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf, Durban, South Africa in July 2011 and the Grassroots International Advocacy Leadership Training by Gallaudet University, Washington D.C, USA in July 2012.
He is currently involved in a Sign Language Project where an introduction course on Indian Sign Language is being developed with Delhi University and Delhi Police for cadets in training.
He also is the panel of National Institute of Open School for Indian Sign Language Dictionaries.
Deafcom in collaborate with Mr. Anuj Jain,  National Association of the Deaf is a Delhi University based start up working towards creating tourist apps for deaf. Deafcom, in its efforts to make tourism accessible to the deaf is shortly launching Sign My Tour, a series of apps, which guide you around important historical monuments of Delhi, in Indian Sign Language.

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  1. Mohit singlaOctober 16, 2017 at 10:17 PM

    Way to go Anuj Jain, Awesome. All the best.

    Mohit Singla (Gurgaon)

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