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The 4th National Deaf Conference was organized by The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) at the Ecumenical Christian Centre,Bengaluru (Karnataka) on the 4th and 5th of June 2011.
The guests for the occasion were Shri Zorin Singha, the President of the National Association of the Deaf (NAD); Shri A.S. Narayanan, General Secretary of NAD and Shri T.K.M. Sandeep, Treasurer of National Association of the Deaf & Chief Executive of Deaf Enabled Foundation. Shri Singha, Shri Narayanan & Shri Sandeep share spoke about background of National Deaf Conference.
About 120 Deaf persons and Deaf leaders from 12 states of India participated in the conference and made it a great success.
Presentations were made by Shri Narayanan, Shri Singha, Shri Sandeep and Shri Anuj Jain. The presentations were on the various activities of the NAD which includes work related to Indian Sign Language Research and Training Institute, Deaf Education In India, New Disabilities Act 2010 in India, NAD Youth Section, International Deaf Organisation & Sign’n’Talk. The Deaf participants also made recommendations on how to handle problems concerning the Deaf in the Action Plan for 12th Five Year Plan (2012-2017).
The Conference instilled a lot of confidence in all the participants as they were better informed on the opportunities available for the Deaf and many of them stated that they would spread this information about the Rights of the Deaf many more people. They expressed their happiness at having gained so much through this conference.