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Visually-impaired man conferred D.Litt at Ravenshaw
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Berhampur: Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, on Tuesday conferred (Honoris Causa) degree on Bijay Kumar Rath, a 75-year old visually-impaired man from Berhampur for spreading education among visually-challenged students across the state.
President Droupadi Murmu, who was the chief guest at the convocation, presented the honorary degree to Rath, in the presence of several other dignitaries, including governor Hari Babu Kambhampati and chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi.
Accompanied with his younger brother, Rabi, Rath he went in a wheelchair to the dais to receive the degree from the President. "In appreciation of his contribution to strengthening the Braille learning system in the state and fortifying the ecosystem of knowledge-acquisition from visually-impaired students, the university conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Literature (Honouris Causa)," said Sanjay Kumar Nayak, vice-chancellor of the university.
Rath said the honour is recognition of my works towards betterment of the visually-impaired persons in the society. "I am very happy to get a prestigious degree from Ravenshaw University and I will always be grateful for it," he said.
Rath was instrumental in opening Red Cross School for Blind in Berhampur in 1973 and joined as its first teacher, set up Louis Braille Vocational Training Centre at Ambapua in 1979, established the state's first and country's fourth Braille Press at Berhampur in 1986, established the first Taking Book Studio with financial assistance from the government of Denmark in 1993.
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In 1998 and 1975, Rath established organisations like Odisha Blind Foundation and Odisha Blind Association to assist blind students to pursue higher studies. He has taken special training in England to impart education to blind students.
