Visitors During Year April to March'2006-2007

20-22 April’06

Mr.Zamilul, Program Coordinator BODA,Mr.Hyder Ali, Executive Director GBS, Mr. Michael Sujoy Rema, Project Director BBM Mr. Moinul Islam, Coordinator CDD Bangladesh

20 June’06

Ms.Reena Bhandari, Coordinator, Voice and Vision Task Force, Mumbai                                                                                         

Dr. Hemlata Senior Programme Officer, Rehabilitation Council of India

3 July’06 

Mr.Bjorn Schranz (Regional Disability Coordinator, Handicap International-SARC)

3 July’06

Visit to BPA - Dr. Sahib Singh Ex Chief Minister, Ex Labour Minister, Government of India Delhi

7 July’06

Visit to BPA - Dr. Sahib Singh Ex Chief Minister, Ex Labour Minister, Government of India Delhi

10 July’06

Research Visit by Mr. Samuel Mathew from Purdue University USA, on the development of software for teaching Mathematics to the blind

8-10 July’06

Ms. Amy Wilson, Philippines (HPI Evaluation)

1-3 August’06

Mr. Woldesenbet Brhanemesqel from the IPDPA (a blind peoples organisation in Ethiopia)

21 August’06

Mr. Joseph Walugembe, Development Manager, Sense  International (Uganda), Ms. Jane Ramu and Mr. Johnstone Murumba from Sense International (East Africa, Kenya)

18-22 September’06

Keith Mcallister, Freelance Photographer CBM UK

18-30 September’06

Mr. Paul Splint, Engineer, Holland - Modernisation of BPA Workshop

7 October’06

Dr. M.N.G. Mani, Secretary General, ICEVI and Mr. Sivarama Krishna, Chartered Accountant, IAPB, Hyderabad

9-10 Nov’06

Mrs. Deiva Jayaram Consultant/Trainer Venku Consultancy for the Blind & Low Vision Tamilnadu

13-14 Nov’06

Umesh Kumar Rana, Project Director, Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra, Khunti, Jharkhand

27-28 Nov’06

Evaluation visit by Ms. Vandana Bedi, on behalf of National Trust, New Delhi

4 Dec’06

Mr. Makhija (Chairperson, CA) and Kriti Vasundhara, Credibility Alliance

24-26 Dec’06

Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

28-29 Dec’06

Mr. Khaleed Naeem, Naeem Khan, Pakistan

29 Dec’06

Dr. M.N.G. Mani, Secretary General, ICEVI

2 Jan’07

DSE (CP) students of “Natraj Research Centre and Training College”  PNR Society, Bhavnagar, Gujarat

9-12 Jan’07

Ms. Jenny Fletcher, Head of Family Education Advisory Service & Ms. Helen Potter, Nursery Nurse, Sense, UK

9 Jan’07

Kirk Horton, Hilton Perkins Programme, USA

11-12 Jan’07

Ms. Elizabeth Kurian, Regional Director; Mr. Pankaj Vishwakarma,  Regional Programme Officer, Sight Savers International, Mumbai, India, Mr. Prasanna Kumar, Programme Officer; Mr. Satanu Chakraborthy, Programme Officer, Sight Savers International Jodhpur, Rajasthan.

27 Jan’07

Mrs. Amal Nahaas, from Jordan, Programme Cordinator, Hilton Perkins Programme

9-10 Feb’07

Syamala, Executive Director, Action for Ability Development and Inclusion (AADI), (Formerly The Spastics Society of Northern India) to understand CBR work, evaluate training programmes organised for CBR Forum meet CBR workers, parents and persons with disability.

19 Feb’07

Mr. Sudip Thakor, Donor

5-9 Mar’07

Ms. Joy Carigara and Ms. Daisy Corpuz, Resources for the Blind, Philippines, sponsored by Hilton Perkins Program, USA

5-9 Mar’07

17 trainees (12 girls and 5 boys) accompanied by Ms. Anuradha Bagchi,   Lecturer Helen Keller Institute for Deaf & Deafblind, Mumbai

10 Mar’07

Silvana Inselmann, CBM (N), New Delhi

24 Mar’07

Emanuela Brahamsha, Deputy Director, Sense International Alison Walker, Deputy Head-Fundraising, Sense International

29 Mar’07

Pamela William Jones, CEO, Sense International Alison Walker, Deputy Head-Fundraising, Sense International