The conference builds on the success of a project conducted jointly by IGNOU and the University of Lancanshire (UK) with support from Ishara Foundation (a deaf literacy NGO based in Mumbai).

“At IGNOU, it is innovation in every sense. We had the first ever four year degree programme with residential facilities for students. The Ministry of Social and Justice Empowerment, considering the innovations of IGNOU in this field approached us to congratulate our efforts,” said Prof. V.N. Rajasekharan Pillia, VC, IGNOU.

He further announced university’s plans to build an ‘Indian Sign Language Institute’ in the campus soon.

The project has been one of the highlighted success stories under the UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI), which was agreed by the Prime Ministers of the UK and India.

Day one started with two sessions highlighting the distance learning aspect in Indian Sign Language (ISL) and deaf education in the first and new ways and directions in ISL studies as the second with Dr. Ulrike Zeshan, Director, UCLan, UK initiating the aspects from research to implementation in ISL studies.

Day two, with three sessions, aims to throw some light on the peer tutoring in deaf teaching and learning, technologies for ISL and deaf education and concludes with experiences with educational innovation through ISL.

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