Dr. Raj Desai has been granted Humanitarian Award of the Carl Miller Discovery Grant of the Rotary International Foundation. Dr. Desai took a trip to India to make a documentary on the prevention of deafness in India under the title, Silent Village.
Raj left Los Angeles soon after spending Xmas holidays with his family and arrived in Mumbai on December 30, 2002. In the next four days he gave four lectures to the Rotary Clubs in Mumbai on the subject Project Deaf India. He then arrived in Bangalore and met with his friend, Ron Carman, of Los Angeles, who helped him make the documentary. The best camera crew was selected and all went to Hubli by train. The seven hours ride on the train was successfully utilized in planning the documentary. More…
Pictures from Dr. Desai Recent Trip to India(Click)
A doctor brings music to the ears of ‘Deaf Villagers’(Click)
Project Deaf India is an international project supported by Newport Balboa Rotary Club, California, USA, Rotary Mysore, India, and Gallaudet University in Washington D.C., USA. The program, based in Mysore, India, is for deaf children, their parents and teachers. The project is headed by Dr. Rajendra Desai of Rotary Club Newport Balboa, California, USA. One of the primary goals of the Project is to establish a Vocational Computer School for the Deaf with the eventual goal of a full-fledged University