16 DECEMBER, 2016: The roundtable on Digital Accessibility hosted by Indian Institute of Management Bangalore will address the need for diverse groups in the country to work on leveling the playing field and ensuring inclusion to ensure the success of digital accessibility policies and programs.

The roundtable, anchored by Professor Mukta Kulkarni, Mphasis Chair for Digital Accessibility and Inclusion at IIM Bangalore, will focus on how digital accessibility can level the playing field for persons with disability and allow for productivity and inclusion through participation in educational, economic, and political spheres.

The roundtable will be attended by key players in the disability accessibility ecosystem, including founders of disability employment agencies, lead accessibility officers from the private sector, and disability policy and advocacy specialists. Participants include Ashutosh Chadha, Group Director, Government Affairs & Public Policy - Microsoft India; Rama Chari, Founder, Diversity and Equal Opportunity Center; Dipesh Sutariya, Cofounder and CEO, EnAble India; Shanti Raghavan, Cofounder and Managing Trustee, Enable India; Dr. Meenu Bhambhani, VP & Head – Corporate Social Responsibility, Mphasis; Rakesh Paladugula, Founder of Maxability and Accessibility Engineer at Adobe; Srinivasu Chakravarthula, Lead Accessibility, Informatica and Nirmita Narasimhan, Policy Director, Centre for Internet and Society, India