Month: March 2016

Date : 9 Mar 2012

• Drishti began its journey with District level volleyball tournament for visually impaired youth during March 2012.
• With the motto to Empower the sportsmen, The tournament was organized at Loyola college ground.
• 9 teams across the state participated with an incredible spirit and proved their sportsmanship.
• It was inaugurated by the physical director, Loyola college. The valedictory function was graced by Mr. MS. Nagarajan and other well-wishers of the club.

• This event was conducted to encourage sportsmanship and to create awareness among the public on the talents of the visually challenged people.
• 15 Teams from all over Tamilnadu participated in this sport.
• The event was conducted and prizes were awarded in three categories College Men, College Women and School boys.
• The event had a lot of media coverage and received a healthy reception by all.

Date : 8 and 9 Feb 2014

• For the first time in visually challenged sporting arena, Drishti conducted the First South Zone Volleyball Tournament for visually challenged students on 8^th and 9^th February 2014 at YMCA ground.
• Around 20 teams from both from Tamilnadu and other southern states participated. The tournament was conducted under three categories:
  1. School Boys
  2. College Men
  3. College Women
• The tournament was inaugurated by Mr. Ramesh, an engineering consultant.
• The league matches were conducted during the first day and the semis and finals were conducted on the second day.
• Mr. Naresh Guptha IAS and present CAT Member delivered the Chief Guest address and gave away the shields and prizes to winners and runners during the valedictory programme.
• Mr. Ramakrishnan, Director, Sports Mechanics PVT LTD graced the occasion as the Guest of Honor.

Date : 5 and 6 July 2014

• With the view to promote and develop cricket for visually impaired in our state of Tamil Nadu and to mainstream disabled people and prove their abilities, Rotaract Club of Drishti joined hands with LC Project Nagapattinam to lead and organize a state level cricket tournament for visually impaired on 5th and 6th of July 2014.
• The tournament is also supported by Tamil Nadu blind Cricket Board.
• The 12 Teams that participated during the tournament had their league matches on the 5th and the semis and finals on the sixth of July.
• The league matches were conducted in Govt HSS, Somangalam, Dhanalakshmi Engineering College and MCC grounds. The semis and finals were conducted in MCC alone.
• The valedictory function held on 6th evening in MCC ground was graced by Mr. S Ramakrishnan, Director, Sports Mechanics India PVT LTD, Mr. Dhanasekar analyst from BCC, DR Summanth C Raman, Television Anchor Person and Mr. Parivu Sakthivel. Madurai Team were the winners and they were honoured by the distinguished guests.
• Two important new awards namely Young Cricketer Award and Special Indian Cricketer Award were also initiated and bestowed on Master Arum and Mr. Ramesh, Madurai Team Captain and Player in the Indian Team respectively.

Date: 15 Feb 2015 Venue: Loyola College Ground

• With the objective to establish and strengthen the sportsmanship among the visually impaired youth, Retract Club of Drishti, for the fourth consecutive year, conducted the State Level Volleyball Tournament on 15 02 2015 (Sunday) at Loyola College ground. Out of the 11 teams participated, 8 were from other districts.
• A state Wheelchair Tennis Player and 2 Wheelchair Tennis Players inaugurated the tournament at 08 30 am.
• Followed by the captain’s meet, the league matches were conducted in the morning.
• The semis and finals happened in the afternoon.MR Mohan, VP, Cognizant Outreach, greeted and initiated the finals between Thanjavur and Vilupuram Teams.
• During the valedictory function, Thanjavur team, the winners of the tournament, was awarded with cash prize, certificates and a shield .
• The runners-up was Vilupuram team and they were also awarded with cash prize and certificates. MR Mohan, VP, Cognizant Outreach, gave an inspiring speech that motivated each and everyone.
• The special moment during the valediction was the honors done to mam jyothi maggu, the young visually impaired international athelete. Members from Thozhan Foundation, DR Prabhu, first visually impaired RTD Principal, Rotarians and other well-wishers graced the evening.
• Since 08 00 am in the morning, 20 volunteers from Cognizant Outreach, did a tremendous help in arranging and organizing the tournament.
• They did the registrations, Scoring, assisting the visually impaired for several requirements filling in the certificates and so on. Nearly 10 and half hours their volunteering continued ceaselessly.
• The support and guidance rendered by Cognizant Outreach, Thozhan Foundation and Rotarians was really enabling and empowering us.
• Drishti salutes their unparalleled service wholeheartedly.

• State Level Volleyball Tournament 2015
• State Level Cricket Tournament 2014
• First South Zone Volleyball Tournament 2014
• State Level Volleyball Tournament 2013
• District Level Volleyball Tournament 2012

Date : August 2012 The main focus is to help the Parents of the visually challenged children understand the psychological, educational, employment and livelihood needs of their children, the club has conducted one-day Counselling programme during 2012

Date : August 2013 One-Day Seminar on the Artistry of upbringing or Parents counseling is a unique Endeavour of our club. It aims at relieving psychological impediments of the parents of the visually challenged students. This programme is conducted for the second consecutive year.

Objectives of the programme

1. Make parents accept reality.
2. Drive out misconceptions about physically challenged children,
3. Identify hidden potentials of their children
4. Acquaint parents with the methods of proper upbringing so that children grow up to be potential members of the family and best citizens
5. Infuse a sense of optimism which will make life meaningful to them and to their society.

The programme took place on the 31st [Saturday] August 2013 at Sethu Bhaskara MHSS.It was addressed by a psychologist, academicians and successful visually challenged personalities on the following topics:

1. Counseling
2. Effective Housekeeping
3. Educational opportunities and employment possibilities
4. Social Skills
5. Assistive technology in service of the visually challenged

Around 35 parents participated in this event and got benefited.

Date : 6 September 2014

• With the view to sensitize the parents of the visually challenged on the current possibilities and opportunities in terms of Education and Employment, Drishti conducted a One-Day Counselling programme for the parents of the visually challenged on 6th September 2014 at Amalarakkini School for the blind, Arni.
• Around 90 parents participated and got benefited from this programme. In fact, this is the first time of its kind to do a counseling programme for the parents of the visually challenged and that too in outside Chennai District.
• There were sessions on Courses and Careers, Assistive Technology, Counseling by a psychologist, Life Skills and inspirational talks, conducted by visually challenged resource persons.
• At the end of the programme, the parents were given a pamphlet highlighting the essentialness of the Artistry of Upbringing the visually challenged.
• Rtn Thirumaran, Rotary club of Arni, Rtn Thiyagarajan, Rotary club of Arni Fort, Brother Levea, Correspondent and HM and Rtn Sivachandran, Rotary club of uva graced the occasion by their valuable presence.

Date : 05 September 2015

• With the t title “Artistry of Upbringing”, the Rotaract Club of Drishti, for the 4th consequtive year, had conducted a one day counseling programme for the parents of the visually impaired on 05 09 2015 at Sethupathi Higher Secondary School, Madurai.
• During the inauguration function, Patti Mandram Pugazh Mr Raja highlighted on the essentialness of upbringing and integration of the visually impaired child with the family.
• Sessions on counseling, educational opportunities, Assistive Technology, and employment possibilities enabled the parents to understand the need and scope for future progress of their children. All the sessions were chaired by experts in the respective fields.
• During the valedictory function in the evening, Professor and Media personality Dr K gnyana Sambandhan spoke about the capabilities and strengths of the visually impaired and encouraged the parents to take their children to greater heights in life. 70 parents in and around Madurai attended this programme and got benefited.
• They were given handouts on the resources available for the visually impaired in terms of education and employment.Sethupathi School correspondent and a few well-wishers of Drishti graced the programme with their precious presence.