ISHARA is going to organize a national level conference on 24th and 25th November, 2007 in Mumbai. The theme of the workshop is ' Bridges to success in Higher Education for Deaf in India'. The workshop participation is limited for small group of professional working in Deaf education and those interested in new developments and visions. If you are interested in participating in the workshop please use the 'contact us' form and write a brief about yourself and why you are interested in participating in the conference. The workshop will be attended by many Indian and internationally recognized professionals.

The workshop will consist of two parts, a conference with invited presentations and question-answer sessions on the first day, and opportunities for discussion groups working in detail on a range of sub-topics on the second day, followed by a plenary session with a panel. The outline of the programme is as follows:

(UNFORTUNATELY OUR TARGET NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS IS REACHED, WE ARE NOT ACCEPTING MORE PARTICIPATION REQUEST AT PRESENT)

A BRIEF PROGRAM OUTLINE

November 24, 2007
Morning session: Presentations by invited academic speakers
Question-answer session with speakers
Afternoon session: Presentations by invited deaf community representatives
Question-answer session with speakers

November 25, 2007:
Morning session: Discussion groups (EDUCATION, MANPOWER, RESOURCES, FINANCE ETC.)
Afternoon session: Plenary session with panel

(please note: a detailed program will be available shortly before the conference)

A short list of professionals who will be taking part in the conference are listed below.

Prof. Ulrike Zeshan, Director, International Centre for Sign Languages and Deaf Studies, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK.

Dr. Michael W. Morgan, American Sign Language linguist with previous academic affiliations in the US and Japan

Prof. P.R. Ramanujam, Director, Inter-University Consortium for Technology-Enabled Flexible Education and Development, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi

Sibaji Panda, Lecturer in Applied Sign Linguistics, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK.