Overview

• President Droupadi Murmu lauded AIISH’s six decades of service and stressed early detection, specialist care, empathy, and accessible public spaces for people with speech and hearing disabilities.
• She urged domestic research and manufacturing of assistive technologies such as cochlear implants to improve affordability, calling on AIISH to lead the effort.
• Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said the state has allotted 10 acres in Varuna to AIISH free of cost and pledged further assistance for growth.
• Officials highlighted AIISH’s Inclusive Therapy Park, tele-assessment and tele-rehabilitation services, and the potential of AI, digital therapy, and tele-audiology to widen access.
• The event featured the unveiling of a diamond jubilee logo, success-story publications, and a commemorative postal cover, with the Governor, Union and state health ministers, and other dignitaries in attendance.