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20 Years of Accessibility Journey – Yahoo!
20 Years of Accessibility Journey – Yahoo! While I was working at BarrierBreak, I got introduced to this wonderful platform LinkedIn. One day got a message from Sandeep Datar mentioning that Yahoo! is looking for an Accessibility Specialist and if I am interested to explore. Not just it has been an incredible opportunity but privilage.…
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20 Years of Accessibility Journey: BarrierBreak – the beginning
In 2005, I was working at The Manik Public School as a Computer Teacher. One of those evenings, I got a message on then popular instant messaging platform MSN Messenger from Shilpi Kapoor, CEO of BarrierBreak (then Net Systems Informatics IIndia) Pvt Ltd) asking if I am interested to join their company as an Accessibility…
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20 Years of Accessibility Journey: How I got started?
For me, 2005 marks my 20 years of Accessibility Journey. I have started my accessibility profession officially in the year 2005. But thought process has began in the year 2002 and 2003 during my stint at The National Association for the Blind, Karnataka Branch (NAB-K). Back then I was working at NAB K as Braille…
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I’m now IAAP Certified (again!)
In 2018, I have obtained both Web Accessibility Specialist (WAS) and Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies (CPACC) by the International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP) but both got lapsed in 2021 since I could not maintain CAE requirements. It wasn’t that I have not done enough work in the area of accessibility but CAE…
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Inspiring memories from SPM Summit 2025
For last 3 days I have had an incredible opportunity to attend and speak at the wonderful Software Product Management (SPM) Summit 2025 hosted by the International Software Product Management Association (ISPMA) India Chapter. Gratitude to distinguished Professor Sadagopan and pioneer in tech industry Shri. Venki Mahadevan for this wonderful opportunity. Day 0 (27th February,…
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Transforming Accessibility: Insights from the Inclusive India Conference
3rd edition of Inclusive India: Digital First has made it to books! About 6 months ago, Shilpi Kapoor, Founder of BarrierBreak hasasked if I would want to be the Program Chair for this conference and I have accepted without any second thought; why did I do? I knew that it is the only conference of…
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Explore Kanipakam Temple: A Spiritual Journey
On 13th October, 2024, we had an opportunity to visit Vinayaka TempIt’s one of the historical temple. le at Kanipakam – a fantastic temple where we witness Shri. Vinayaka in the size of small idle but believes as a powerful temple. Thanks to our cousins Smt. Aishwarya and Sriram, it has been a pleasant drive…
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Shri. Ratan Tata – end of an era
Perhaps there is no one in this world (for sure in India), who does not know the name of TATA and everyone may have used at least one product or service of TATA group. Tea, Steel, Vehicles, Electronics, Travel, Hotels, Jewellary, Fuel, Retail, Consumer products, Fintech products and services, IT business and much more! Shri.…
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Next Week’s Events in Chennai: IAAP Meetup & Design Conference
This post talks about my schedule for last week of June which includes two professional events and our anniversary.
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Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2024 – what you can do?
It’s that time of the year when people in the accessibility community start thinking about how we can mark Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) on 3rd Thursday of May every year. This momentum has started around 13 years ago by Jennison (currently Head of Accessibility Engineering at LinkedIn) and Joe Devon (a developer with accessibility…
