India Inclusion Summit, an initiative supported by

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, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, and Allegis Group, brings together leaders working in the field of inclusion to deliberate, discuss and take forward different talents available in the society. The Summit aims to be an egalitarian platform attracting people from a range of fields. It mainly focused on inclusion for those with physical and mental disabilities. According to a press release, the summit "aims at sensitising the public on issues related to people with IDD (intellectual development disability) through cinema, sports, books and media and will leverage the support of well-known personalities to further the cause of an inclusive society."

Agenda

India Inclusion Summit 2016, its fifth edition, took place on the 18 and 19 November 2016, at

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. For the first time, India Inclusion Summit invited fellows. India Inclusion Summit 2015, its fourth edition, took place on 20 and 21 November 2015, at Park Plaza Hotel, Bengaluru. Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Chand was the chief guest and speakers included likes of musician Shankar, advertising and marketing guru, advisor to US President

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; social worker and Padma shri awardee Dr. Uma Tuli, athlete and Arjuna awardee

Deepa Malik Deepa Malik (born 30 September 1970) is an Indian para athlete from Haryana. She is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Paralympic Games. She won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in shot put. In 2020, she was elected as Presid ...

, professor of Developmental Psychopathology, University of Cambridge and forerunner in the field of autism research Professor Simon Baron-Cohen, and eminent actor and director

Ramesh Aravind Ramesh Aravind (born 10 September 1964), known mononymously as Ramesh, is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter and television presenter. Ramesh has predominantly worked in Kannada and Tamil films along with a few Telugu and Hindi films. He ...

. An India Inclusion Summit app to help the visually and hearing impaired was also unveiled. The third edition, India Inclusion Summit 2014, took place on 28 and 29 November 2014, at Park Plaza Hotel, Marathahalli, Bengaluru. Various luminaries attended the summit and experiential accessibility like sign language interpretation, Live FM narration, ramps, accessible lunch tables, talking washroom mats, blind golf and GPS navigation was presented in the summit. The key initiatives that are taken in India Inclusion Summit are: * Support EnAble India's creation of a virtual academy for disabled people. * Setup two new labs of Project Prayas by the Autism Society of India. * Help scale Sampoorna Music Therapy School for children with autism. * Help provide jobs for disabled people through Association for Rehabilitation under National Trust Initiative of Marketing.

Call for action

EnAble India

India Inclusion Summit is partnering with EnAble India to create a virtual academy for disabled people.

Project Prayas by Autism Society of India

Prayas is a computer and iPad training programme for individuals with

autism spectrum disorders Autism, also known as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by differences or difficulties in social communication and interaction, a preference for predictability and routine, sensory processing di ...

; initiated by the Autism Society of India, running in collaboration with Spastics Society of Karnataka, Indira Nagar, Bangalore. It has been financially and technically supported by SAP Labs India.

Speakers in attendance

Speakers among the India Inclusion Summit were: *

Ramesh Arvind Ramesh Aravind (born 10 September 1964), known mononymously as Ramesh, is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter and television presenter. Ramesh has predominantly worked in Kannada and Tamil films along with a few Telugu and Hindi films. He ...

Simon Baron-Cohen Sir Simon Philip Baron-Cohen (born 15 August 1958) is a British clinical psychologist and professor of developmental psychopathology at the University of Cambridge. He is the director of the university's Autism Research Centre and a Fellow of ...

Kiran Bedi Kiran Bedi (born 9 June 1949) is a former tennis player who became the first woman in India to join the officer ranks of the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1972 and was the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry from 28 May 2016 to 16 Februa ...

, retired

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officer * Ani Choying Drolma *

Arnab Goswami Arnab, Arnav or Arnov is a first name popular in India, and means "ocean" in Sanskrit. It also means "rabbit" in Arabic and Hebrew Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic ...

* Justice N. Santosh Hegde, former Justice of the

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* Malathi Krishnamurthy Holla, an international para athlete from India * Dr

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam ( ; 15 October 193127 July 2015) was an Indian aerospace scientist and statesman who served as the president of India from 2002 to 2007. Born and raised in a Muslim family in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, Kala ...

, former

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Shankar Mahadevan Shankar Mahadevan (born 3 March 1967) is an Indian singer and composer who is part of the Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy trio that writes music for Indian films. In 2023, he was awarded an honorary doctorate (''honoris causa'' degree) by Birmingham Ci ...

Anita Nair Anita Nair (born 26 January 1966) is an Indian novelist who writes her books in English. She is best known for her novels '' A Better Man'', ''Mistress'', and '' Lessons in Forgetting''. She has also written poetry, essays, short stories, crime ...

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writer *

Devdutt Pattanaik Devdutt Pattanaik is a mythologist and writer from Orissa, India whose parents had migrated to Mumbai before his birth. He writes on mythology, the study of cultural truths revealed through stories, symbols and rituals. He lectures on the releva ...

, physician turned Leadership consultant *

Naseeruddin Shah Naseeruddin Shah (born 20 July 1950) is an Indian actor. He was notable in Indian parallel cinema and has starred in various international productions. He has won numerous awards in his career, including three National Film Awards, three Filmfa ...

Arun Shourie Arun Shourie (; born 2 November 1941) is an Indian economist, journalist, author and politician. He has worked as an economist with the World Bank, a consultant to the Planning Commission of India, editor of the ''Indian Express'' and ''The Time ...

* Thorkil Sonne, founder of

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External links

Official Website

References

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