Ever Imagined how a person with Blindness can visualize a bus or a tiger ?
India is home to around 15 lakh blind population and out of these 7 lakh are in the age group of 5 to 19. Within this group, only a small fraction is attending schools and colleges. But, most of the learning materials they have access to are without diagrams, making learning a hugely complex task for them.
Visuals and pictures plays a significant role in learning, which is why most school curriculums are diagrammatic and visually intensive. So one can only imagine how difficult learning must be for the visually impaired students.
Hence, less than 1% of visually impaired students can pursue a career in STEM. But we are trying to change that!
About Us
Raised Lines Foundation is a not for profit, section 8 organization incubated out of IIT Delhi. RLF is an outcome of four years of research and development undertaken at the Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Tactile Graphics at IIT Delhi, sponsored by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) Government of India.
The team started working in 2014 to develop the process for end-to-end design and production of affordable tactile diagrams. These tactile diagrams helps visually impaired students with a better understanding of the concepts in Mathematics, Science, and other subjects…
