Taylor & Francis Disability Rehabilitation Management Through ICT (River Publishers Series in Communications)

Emerging technologies have been successfully employed within different disciplines improving the quality of life globally in India these have been employed to address the multifarious issues in a limited manner to improve the way of life for individuals with different disabilities. Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad, therefore, organized International and National Seminars since 2008 to deliberate on the application of information communication technologies [ICT] in the rehabilitation of people with disabilities . Domain experts have recognized that management of differently abled individuals requires participation of multidisciplinary experts. We also require an enormous bank of skilled, qualified trained manpower with support to keep themselves in tune with latest technology and developments. We also face the problems of having to deal with individuals located countrywide; inadequate ICT-based infrastructure to assist with accessing services of experts that are based in urban areas. This is one of the major constraints for a sustained and effective therapeutic program. This is the fifth publication under the IIIT-A Series on e-Governance. It is a collection of 20 articles based on the presentations made in the Seminars. This book will of interest to all stakeholders in the disability rehabilitation management as the population of people with disabilities in growing. The articles cover the following four areas on disability rehabilitation management: Rehabilitation of Differently Abled Persons: Overview and Issues Infrastructure and potentials for use of ICT in Disability Rehabilitation ICT Initiatives for Rehabilitation of Differently Abled Persons Assistive Technology for Differently Abled Persons - the road ahead About the Author Dr. Murli Dhar Tiwari was born on August 16th, 1948 in a small village near Amethi in an ordinary family. After school education he completed his B.Sc., M.Sc. and D.Phil. Degrees from Allahabad University. In 1973 he joined HNB Garhwal University, India as a Lecturer, subsequently he became Head of Physics Department of the same University. In 1984 he joined University Grants Commission, New Delhi as a Principal Scientific Officer and after working for a decade on senior position there he moved to All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi as a Senior Advisor in 1994. In 1995 he joined MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, India as a Vice Chancellor. During 3 years of his tenure he managed a number of Profes- sional Courses at this University which was adjudged First University in all Universities in performance appraisal in three consecutive years. He was also honoured by substantial financial support from the Government. He is also Founder Chairman of U.P.State Council of Higher Education. He has enjoyed prestigious fellowships like Alexander-von-humboldt Fellowship and vis- ited abroad several times for academic endeavours. Dr. Tiwari moved to Allahabad, India and established Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad (IIIT-A) in 1999. Since then he is working there as a Director. The Institute got collaborations with most of the top class Universi- ties of USA, Switzerland, U.K. and others. He has published about 150 research papers in refereed journals, supervised 12 Ph.D. students and has written/edited about 12 books published by publishers of International repute. Dr. Tiwari has also worked on prestigious positions such as President of Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi. At present he is Chairman, Electronics and Technology Division, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi, vii; viii Editors' Biography Chairman of several bilateral science and technology programmes of Govern- ment of India. To promote science education and research in the country, Dr. Tiwari is organising Conclave of Nobel Laureates since 2008 every year and the same is being done in 2012. This is a unique programme and is contributing a lot