Networking and Collaborations
It’s always a great honour and a pleasure for Trinayani to be invited to various events and sessions where our Founder and Trustee – Ms Ritika Sahni beautifully enumerates why we do what we do. It also gives us a chance to get acquainted with the work that is being conducted in the field by various institutions and helps us in using these opportunities for future collaborations and/or partnerships in the future. Above all, it also caters to maintaining existing and longstanding relationships with the respective hosts. Here’s a peek into the various sessions that Ms Ritika Sahni attended:
2021
Date
Conference/Workshops
Trinayani’s Role
Venue
17th December
Voice Vision All India Tenth Across Disability Matrimonial Get-Together
Voice vision conducted the all India Disability Matrimonial get-together which Trinayani has been part of for years. It was attended by Ms Sahni to show and express our support for the event.
Online
2021
Date
Conference/Workshops
Trinayani’s Role
Venue
13th Feb
Women Achievers Against All Odds
Ms Sahni was invited to speak as one of the inspiring achievers in our country. She shared the privilege with ‘luminaries’ like Usha Uthup, Dr Kiran Bedi and many more. The panel was put together by Tabla Maestro Anuradha Pal as a special tribute to her grandfather, a renowned educationist and freedom fighter, Padmashri M. T. Vyas, for the online Padmashri M. T. Vyas Stree Shakti Award function.
Online
25th November
Genetic Counseling in prenatal setting session by Satya Special School
Our founder-trustee moderated an informative session on genetic counselling in a prenatal setting which was conducted by Satya Special School, Puducherry.
Online
14th November
Dubai Expo – Tolerance and Inclusion week – Trinayani’s session in the Designing Inclusive Societies for all panel
A milestone for Trinayani – It was a pleasure and a privilege for our founder and trustee Ms Ritika Sahni to receive an invitation to share our work with the world at the prestigious Dubai Expo 2021 where a whole week was dedicated to Tolerance and Inclusion. The session was themed Designing Inclusive Societies: A voice for All and took place at the expo on the 14th of November, 2021—two days prior to International Day of Tolerance 2021.
8th September
Fireside chat with Ms Karon Shaiva of Idobro as part of their 12th-year celebrations.
Our founder was invited for a fireside chat as a guest speaker at the 12th Anniversary celebration of their impact journey. The focus was on the invisible or silent issue of disability. The idea was to share how Trinayani goes about advocating for this silent issue of disability.
Online
26th May
“Badalta Daur” on Radio Udaan, a discussion hosted by Rj Danish
Radio Udaan has a show called ‘Badalta Daur’ hosted by Danesh Mahajan where they feature various stakeholders – persons with and without a disability – from the field. The show highlights debates, discussions and awareness building on disability. Ms Ritika Sahni was invited as a guest, too, to provide her lens on the need for awareness and the varied ways that we go about creating it at Trinayani.
11th June
Let’s talk Inclusion”, Ep 22 Facebook live with Manobina Chakravarty, Founder, I for Inclusion
Manobina Chakraborty during the pandemic began a Facebook live series called ‘Let’s Talk Inclusion’ where they invite experts and professionals from the field of disability and Inclusion across the world. Our founder, Ms Ritika Sahni, was invited to the show to talk about our ‘Towards Inclusion 6-in-1 card game kit after its launch.
Online
Eyeway Conversations Podcast with Ms Sahni
Our Founder-Trustee Ritika Sahni and Vaijayanti Bose in conversation with Shachi Irde spoke about their challenges, barriers and journey in their various fields. The podcast was organized by Alliance Francaise India.
Podcast Alliance Francais
Ms Ritika Sahni had a conversation with George Abraham in an episode of Eyeway Conversations, a joint production of Score Foundation and BarrierBreak.
2019
Date
Conference/Workshops
Trinayani’s Role
Venue
9th March
Round Table Discussion on the Right to Play, organized by Headstreams
Promoted our views on how we use play to promote inclusion
Christ University, Bangalore
18th-19th January
Be the Difference: Equality and Equity in Education, organized by SNDT Women’s University, Juhu
Presented a paper titled ‘Conversations around diversity’
Raheja Classique Club, Andheri
2018
Date
Conference/Workshops
Trinayani’s Role
Venue
29th-30th November
5th International Conference on Inclusive Education, organized by Amar Jyoti Charitable Trust, Delhi and Asian Center for Inclusive Education, Bangladesh
Our song on inclusive education ‘Sab ki hai Dharti’ was taught to the children of Amar Jyoti Charitable Trust and was also the opening song of the conference
India International Center, New Delhi
19th-20th July
National Disability consultation on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, organized by the National Center for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People
Attendee
Silver Oak India Habitat Center, New Delhi
18th-19th June
National Consultation on Accessible Election and inclusion of PWDs in the electoral process
Attended and nominated by the Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra
23rd-24th May
National Training for civil society organizations on resources for Electoral Literacy clubs, SVEEP
Attended and nominated by the Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra
United Service Institution, New Delhi
22nd – 23rd March
Arts and Disability International Conference 2018
Attendee
Sands Expo and Convention Center and Enabling Village Singapore
2017
Date
Conference/Workshops
Trinayani’s Role
Venue
December
Ficci Flo Hyderabad
Speaker and with Pehli Baarish Band
Hyderabad
December
Ability Fest, organized by Ability Foundation
Entered our film ‘Give me my chance’ and our Jana Gana Mana music video was screened
Sathyam Cinema, Chennai
13th-14th April
Disability as Spectacle, organized by UCLA, Los Angeles
Attendee
International Conference UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center
4th April
Inclusion Matters, one day workshop conducted by Richard Reisar
Attendee
ADAPT, Mumbai
9th-11th January
Pre-conference Proceedings of International Conference organized by Dept of Communication and Journalism, University of Mumbai
Attendee
RMP Uttan, Thane
February 2016
Tech Share organized by Barrier Break Technologies
Attendee
India Habitat Center, New Delhi