Vashkar Bhattacharjee

Vashkar Bhattacharjee

Biography

Vashkar Bhattacharjee (Bangladesh) is the Program Manager at Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), where he is responsible for the overall strategic direction and management of disability and ICT related activities. He is also the focal person for DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System) and 2nd Vice President at the Global Alliance on Accessible Technologies and Environments (GAATES). He has been working as a National Consultant in developing web accessibility with the Access to Information (A2I) initiative in the Office of the Prime Minister. Vashkar is interested in ICTs for development, but he is deeply passionate about e-accessibility and information accessibility for persons with disability. He is visually impaired, but refuses to let this be a restriction in his life and to his achievements.