Sri Rakum School for the Blind

School for the blind in Bangalore, Karnataka, India

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Sri Rakum School for the Blind
Address
No 421, Sri Krishna Temple Road, Indiranagar Bangalore, Karnataka India
Information
Type	Private School
Established	1998
Principal	Acharya Sri Rakum
Number of students	LKG to Post Graduation
Information	+91 80 25215253 / 25215705
Website	http://www.rakum.org

Sri Rakum School for the Blind is a school for the visually impaired in Bangalore, India. It offers free education to blind students from kindergarten to post-graduation. The training imparted includes reading and writing through Braille and mobility training for totally blind children. Pre-school-aged pupils with blindness are trained early to prepare them for their eventual completion of school, college, and vocational education.This is a Registered Non Government Organization.

Founder

The school was founded by Acharya Sri Rakum in June 1998. He left behind a career in martial arts in Japan and India, to develop the school. He is currently the principal of this school.

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Others	Bibliography of Bengaluru

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North Bengaluru	Abbigere Babusapalya Bagalur Banaswadi Chikkabanavara Devara Jeevanahalli Dollars Colony Ganganagar Hebbal Horamavu Hunasamaranahalli Jalahalli Jakkur Kalkere Kalyan Nagar Kammanahalli Kodigehalli Kothnur Lingarajapuram Mariyannapalya Mathikere Mathkur Muthyalanagar R. T. Nagar Ramachandrapura Sadashivanagar Sahakara Nagar Sanjaynagar Thanisandra Thindlu Vidyaranyapura Yelahanka
West Bengaluru	Basaveshwaranagar Bharathnagar Dasarahalli Herohalli Kamakshipalya Kengeri Kumbalgodu Mahalakshmi Layout Milk Colony Nagarbhavi Nandini Layout Nayandahalli Peenya Rajajinagar Rajarajeshwari Nagar Ullalu Vijayanagar Malleswaram Palace Guttahalli Vyalikaval Yeswanthpur
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East Bengaluru	Baiyyappanahalli Belathur Bellandur B. M. Kaval Brookefield CV Raman Nagar Domlur Dommasandra Ejipura Garudacharpalya G. M. Palya Hoodi Immadihalli Indiranagar Jeevan Bhima Nagar Kadugodi Kaggadasapura Kodihalli Koramangala Krishnarajapuram Kundalahalli Mahadevapura Marathahalli Murugeshpalya Varthur Vimanapura Whitefield Yemalur Ramamurthy Nagar
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Education	List of schools in Bangalore Bangalore International School Bishop Cotton Boys' School Baldwin Boys High School KV Hebbal Mallya Aditi International School National Public School, Indiranagar St. Joseph's Indian High School St.Germain High School Venkat International Public School
Higher education	List of Bangalore colleges Acharya Institute of Technology Al-Ameen College of Law Bangalore University Bangalore Institute of Technology Bangalore Medical College B.M.S. College of Engineering Christ University Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering Indian Institute of Astrophysics Indian Institute of Management Bangalore Indian Institute of Science Indian Statistical Institute International Institute of Information Technology National Institute of Fashion Technology National Law School of India University National College National Centre for Software Technology Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute Of Technology University of Agricultural Sciences University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship
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Industry	List of Bangalore telecom companies Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

Schools for the blind

Asia

China

Hong Kong SAR	Ebenezer School & Home for the Visually Impaired

India

Japan

Fukui Prefectural School for the Visually Impaired

Pakistan

Ida Rieu School

Europe

Kosovo	School for visually impaired in Peja
United Kingdom	Jordanstown Schools Linden Lodge School Royal National College for the Blind Royal School for the Blind, Liverpool

North America

Canada	W. Ross Macdonald School
United States	Schools for the blind in the United States

Oceania

Australia	NextSense Alice Betteridge School

Council of Schools and Services for the Blind (for Canada and the United States)

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