👨🏻‍🦯 Mitra Jyothi

• I composed an online guide for visually challenged UPSC aspirants - ‘STATIC GK GUIDE’ in 2020. It was converted into Brailled format by the NGO and published all over India through Sugamya Pustakalaya portal.

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Check out the NGO’s feedback on my e-book.

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• Helped scan CBSE and State board textbooks through ABBY Finereader 12 software and converted into Braille format (EPUB version) for students at Mitra Jyothi.
• Duration: 4 months

🪖 National Cadet Corps

• Unit: 1 KAR ARMD SQN NCC TP-3
• I made posters and videos for national, official and defence related events. (Check out some designs here!)
• As a Third Year cadet, I helped conduct the four day Inter-Battalion RDC Cultural Selections to around 120+ participant cadets of Bangalore 'B' Group.
• As the Sergeant, I led Troop Vijayanta to bag first place in Quiz, Armoured Got Talent and Culturals in the Intra-troop Competition 2024-25.
• I have completed 'B' and 'C' certificate exams (Alpha Grading).
• Duration: 3 years

🧸 Potentials Therapy Centre

• I have run literature reviews of papers on the Eye to I (E2I) therapy for neurodivergent individuals.
• I am coding behaviors observed of children diagnosed with ASD when they are attending their online E2I therapy sessions in the sociocognitive codebook.
• I am working on creating survey and interview questions, interviewing the centre's therapists and analysing data for the centre’s upcoming research paper on teletherapy.
• I tried visualizing (in a fun way) Dr. Meghan Puglia’s podcast about tips to navigate efficiently through the process of literature review here!
• I wrote a piece - ‘Lost in Uncertainty : A Guide for Indian Caregivers’ as an attempt to help Indian caregivers of autistic children support both themselves and their child in the journey of autism care. Find it here and share your thoughts or questions!
• Duration: Feb 2025 - present

🎒 Youth for Seva

• I helped in Kannada and English translation works.
• I helped conduct a summer camp along with other volunteers and stakeholders to 100 children for 3 days at Rashtrottana Yoga and Research Centre, Bengaluru.
• Duration: 33 hours

👩🏻‍🏫 U & I

• I taught English to 9-12 year old students on weekends.
• Duration: 9 months

👵🏻 MVG Challengers NGO

• On Saturdays, I would help elder women make newspaper bags. The NGO sold these bags and paid them incentives.
• I helped distribute meals for the elderly.
• We played games such as cenne mane, set and pick & do it (picking chits and doing the task written in them).
• Check out my reflections here!
• Duration: 30 hours