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'''Aniruddha's Bank for the Blind''' (ABB) is an organization dedicated to the service of the [[visually challenged]]. Functioning like a 'bank', it stores knowledge in the form of audio [[CD]]s that record the academic syllabus of educational and technical institutions and makes these CD's available free of cost to visually challenged students.<ref>{{cite web|title=Andharatun Prakashakade |url=https://aniruddhafoundation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/AniruddhaFoundation-ABB-Lokprabha-14-Oct-2005-1.jpg |publisher=Lokprabha |accessdate=18 March 2013 }}</ref>

== History ==
It is a joint activity/project of the `Shree Aniruddha Upasana Foundation’, ‘Aniruddha Samarpan Pathak’ and ‘Shree Aniruddha Aadesh Pathak’, committed towards offering service to the visually challenged. These entity are [[non-profit Organization]]s incorporated in [[Mumbai]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Gurupurnima Suppliment III|url=http://www.raigadobserver.com/images/ro16/raigadobserver16pg.pdf|accessdate=8 December 2012|newspaper=Raigad Observer|date=25 August 2011}}{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
This project was initiated in July 2004 under the guidance of Dr. Aniruddha Dhairyadhar Joshi, a successful consulting [[Rheumatologist]], [[Doctor of Medicine|M.D.]], the Project began work in [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]] and then over the last 8 years, has spread its service network to 19 Indian states providing recorded audio material in 11 Indian languages. It has even been extending its hand of support to beneficiaries in [[Pakistan]],(Springfield School [[Karachi]]).<ref>{{cite web|title=Certificate |url=http://www.aniruddhafoundation.com/achievements/letter/102012291351504513pakistan_certifacate.jpg |accessdate=8 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213022127/http://www.aniruddhafoundation.com/achievements/letter/102012291351504513pakistan_certifacate.jpg |archivedate=13 December 2013 }}</ref>  It initially began with cassettes and over a period of time, has switched to CDs keeping in mind the durability, the better sound quality and their compactness that enables easy storage.

== Organization and Work Structure ==
The team is made of a core active committee and a pool of volunteers (Sevabhavi Karyakartas) who hail from various regions of India. Well-versed in the Indian languages, these volunteers record the required material which is edited meticulously to maintain the quality matter & the sound and organized in such a way that the visually challenged may easily locate the desired page if need be. The recording assignments accepted on receiving written requests from the concerned educational institutions.e.g. [[Samagra Jeevan Vikas Samsthe, Karnataka]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Samagra Jeevan Vikas Samsthe, Karnataka |url=https://aniruddhafoundation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/AniruddhaFoundation-Aniruddhas-Bank-for-the-Blind-51.jpg |accessdate=17 September 2010 }}</ref>  The recording of the book is performed only after due clearance from publishing house of that respective book. The CDs are then packed and dispatched to beneficiaries.

== States Covered ==
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'''West Zone'''  :    [[Goa]], [[Gujarat]], [[Maharashtra]], [[Rajasthan]]

'''East Zone'''  :    [[West Bengal]]

'''North Zone''' :   [[Chandigarh]], [[Delhi]], [[Haryana]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Request Letter from National Association for the Blind |url=https://aniruddhafoundation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/AniruddhaFoundation-Aniruddhas-Bank-for-the-Blind-4.jpg}}</ref> [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]

'''South Zone''' :   [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Karnataka]], [[Kerala]], [[Puducherry (union territory)|Pondicherry]], [[Tamil Nadu]]

'''Central Zone''' : [[Bihar]], [[Chhattisgarh]], [[Jharkhand]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]

==Languages Covered==
Material for students covered in [[Marathi language|Marathi]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[English language|English]], [[Sanskrit]], [[Hindi]], [[Malayalam]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Kannada]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] languages.

== Beneficiaries ==
Cds are provided to
# Students of schools
# Colleges
# Universities (post graduate)
# [[Vocational]] courses
# Banking
# [[Public service]] examination etc.

==Overall statistics==
To date, 11,063 CDs & 30, 721 cassettes have reached 513 beneficiaries (128 individuals & 385 institutions)

==References==
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[[Category:Blindness organisations in India]]