Ahmedabad University gives career option to visually impaired

The Ahmedabad University (AU) has granted affiliation to a college of physiotherapy for visually impaired in Ahmedabad.

According to authorities at Ahmedabad University (AU), the three and a half year diploma course on physiotherapy at the newly-affiliated college will be taken over by the varsity from the new academic year.  BM Shah, registrar of the varsity, said that a batch of 15 students will be taken in the college as the term begins from this June.

“The college was affiliated to another university earlier. This year, they approached AU to seek affiliation and we agreed to do so. For the first year, we don’t intend to change the curriculum of the college. Later, after seeing the response to the course, the varsity will decide to make necessary changes,” he said.

He said that one-year fee for the course remains Rs6,000. The registrar said that initially the varsity will charge token fee and scout for sponsor of the course. The students may get job opportunities in a government institution or may be employed by various NGOs working in this field.

Meanwhile, the varsity has also decided to launch two new courses from the new academic year. “With the start of the new academic year, the AU will launch two courses on Life Science and on Information and Computer Technology,” he said, adding that further details will be announced officially.