As far as we understand, there are people with disabilities who don’t even know that today’s mobiles and desktops come with accessibility features that make them comparatively easy to use and empowering,” says Shrikant Sinha, CEO of NASSCOM Foundation, adding that digital literacy among India's disabled is minimal.

Abbas Khairaz, a visual and hearing impaired staffer at the institute is receiving training from instructor Devyani Hadkar at the National Digital Literacy Mission Centre For The Disabled. He will be among those who later train other students at Helen Keller. PIC/PRADEEP DHIVAR