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Dr. Syed Ishtiaq Haider: Focussed just right
Seventy-year-old
Dr. Syed Ishtiaq Haider, Honorary General Secretary, National Association for
the Blind, Uttar Pradesh, has mapped out a vocation for himself: to raise the
standard of education for visually impaired persons.
Given his own impressive list qualifications: Master of Arts, Master of Education, PhD, and finally, the Perkins Teachers’ Training Diploma for Teaching the Blind from the USA, it is not surprising that Ishtiaq’s passion in life is to help others achieve similar success through education.
More specifically, Ishtiaq was the first to introduce Science, Mathematics and Stenotyping for the visually impaired at the High School level in India. This had an expected reflex action – the students who studied all these subjects also proceeded for higher education subsequently and aspired for higher positions in life. A vast majority of them are today gainfully employed. Focussed on his chosen field, Ishtiaq has written a book on integrated education: Visually Handicapped Children. He has also conducted several rural rehabilitation programmes and has set up a Training and Adjustment Centre for the Blind at Aligarh.
A dedicated service, almost as rare as the sighting of a beautiful rainbow.
Phone: 0571-703 539
E-mail: mansurahaider@redifmail.com
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