Tata Interactive Learning Disability Forum 2010 Promotes Establishment of Certification Clinics

By Tata Interactive Systems, PRNE
Monday, November 15, 2010

MUMBAI, India, November 16, 2010 - Tata Interactive Systems is hosting its 5th workshop to further the cause
of building awareness of Learning Disabilities and the knowledge of
Diagnostic and Remedial Approaches.

In its fifth year, the Tata Interactive Learning Disability Forum (TLDF)
will be hosted as a three-day workshop to promote an in-depth understanding
of Specific Learning Disabilities (SpLD) and enable districts across the
state of Maharashtra, India, to establish independent LD certification
clinics. The invitation-only workshop will be held in Mumbai from 18-20
November 2010
and will be attended by Heads of educational institutions and
medical practitioners from various districts across the state.

The TLDF-an international platform for experts in the field of LD was
initiated in 2006 as part of Tata Interactive Systems' (TIS) Corporate
Sustainability initiative towards supporting students with special education
needs. Since the past eight years, TIS has been leveraging its core
competency - learning solutions - to encourage, enable, and empower students
with learning disability and propagating the circulation of information and
best practices in the field through the TLDF.

Since its initiation, the TLDF has grown multi-fold, based on the
learnings from each year's activities - starting off with spreading awareness
about LD, a subject that received scant attention in India, to urging the
community to come together and make a difference. In 2008, the TLDF showcased
research studies on the life of LD students. The findings of which
highlighted the need to reduce the age for LD detection in India - a concern
that became the key theme for the TLDF 2009.

The 2010 workshop is aimed at empowering the educational and medical
communities in districts across Maharashtra to set-up and operate LD
certification clinics in their districts. The first few steps towards
enabling this would be spreading awareness and information about the cause.

The workshop will provide participants with an overview of the current
scenario of SpLD and further encompass topics such as Identifying children
with LD; Preparing their families for the assessment process; Remedial
measures; and Provisions given to SpLD students along with several group
activities during the course of the sessions.

Over the years, the TLDF has raised the benchmarks and achieved
significant milestones in this cause, from supporting the first LD Clinic in
Mumbai to influencing the introduction of Special Education in the MBBS
syllabus in Maharashtra and contributing to a significant rise in the number
of students and schools registering for the certification. More recently, TIS
has supported the establishment of an LD Clinic at the King Edward Memorial
(KEM) Hospital-marking the third LD clinic in Mumbai.

(c) 2010 Tata Interactive Systems

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About Tata Interactive Systems (TIS)

Tata Interactive Systems (TIS) is the world's leading developer of
learning solutions. TIS' learning solutions are designed to enable
organizational initiatives across industry verticals including Education;
Government and Defence; Telecommunications and ICT; Pharmaceuticals and
Health Care; Banking, Financial Services and Insurance; Airlines,
Transportation, Logistics and Hospitality; Consumer Package Goods; and
Manufacturing, Energy and Construction.

With a team of over 600 multi-disciplinary specialists, TIS creates 3000+
hours of learning content across 160+ concurrent projects every year. TIS'
solutions have proven their effectiveness at more than 60 Fortune 500
companies, leading educational institutions and government departments.

TIS is the only learning solutions organization in the world to be
assessed at Level 5 in both the SEI-CMM and P-CMM frameworks. Its solutions
have won prestigious awards including Brandon Hall, APEX, BETT and BIMA.

Areas of Business

TIS caters for three segments - Corporate, Education, and Government. It
offers clients learning solutions including:

    - Web-based Training & Courseware
    - Simulations - to offer immersive learning experiences
    - Electronic Performance Support Systems - to provide on-the-job support
    - Software Solutions
    - Game-based Learning - to enhance learner engagement

The scope of TIS' learning solutions encompasses on-boarding, sales
training, process training, product training, curriculum design, assessments,
soft skills training and technical training.

Location

TIS has development centres in Germany, Switzerland, and India. Its sales
and marketing operations span the US, Canada, the UK, mainland Europe,
Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East and Asia.

For more information about TIS log on to www.tatainteractive.com

For more information about the TLDF log on to
tldf.tatainteractive.com/

    Further information from:
    Rajesh R. Jumani
    Chief Marketing Officer
    Tata Interactive Systems
    +91-22-6643-8000
    rajeshj@tatainteractive.com

Further information from: Rajesh R. Jumani, Chief Marketing Officer, Tata Interactive Systems, +91-22-6643-8000, rajeshj at tatainteractive.com

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