Braille-Enabled Menus Launched by CII-Young Indians Bengaluru in collaboration with Sankara Eye Hospital Bengaluru on World Sight Day

CII Yi, Bengaluru with a focus on increasing accessibility in the city, in collaboration with Sankara Eye Hospital launched its initiative with Hotel Empire to enable a “Braille Menu” across its 31 outlets in Bengaluru. This drive makesthe restaurant more accessible to millions of customers who are blind or have low vision, creating an inclusive society for all. The partnership is aimed to work with other hoteliers in the city and to convert their restaurant menu to braille to create awareness and move one step towards inclusion.

Mr Aravind, Chapter Chair said that “Young Indians believes that as young leaders, we need to ensure that every visually impaired person is empowered and can be independent. This is another initiative to create awareness about being inclusive. We invite other hoteliers to reach out to us so that more restaurants across Bengaluru can be accessible”

“We come across many visually impaired who are able to resume their routine work with training in orientation mobility or using assistive technology and devices. These persons are still dependent on their friends and family to help them order their food when they eat out. We at Sankara Eye Hospital Bangalore are glad to partner with Young Indians in enabling the blind to order what they want to eat with the Braille menu at Empire”, shared MsAnita, Head Vision Rehabilitation, Sankara Eye Hospital Bangalore

Mr Shakir Haq, CEO NKP Empire Ventures Pvt Ltd, said that “At Empire, we have always gone the extra mile for our customers. Today on world sight day, we are pleased to announce that all the Empire Restaurants branches will have the Braille menu for visually impaired customers in collaboration with Sankara Eye Hospital and CII Young Indians Bengaluru.”

CII Young Indians (Yi) is a movement for Indian Youth to converge, lead, co-create and influence India’s future. Yi, formed in 2002 has created a dynamic platform for young Indians in the age group of 21-45 years to work towards realizing a dream of a developed nation. Yi has an inclusive membership across its pan-India 57 city chapters network comprising over 4400 direct members comprising entrepreneurs, professionals, and achievers from different walks of life