The age of our students varies between 18 to 28, men and women, and they come at different stages of life—some are single, some are married, and some whose partners have left them and who are seeking education to support themselves.
We currently take on a maximum number of 30 students, although with our new facilities we have plenty of room to expand in future.
Because most of our students come from rural farms and villages in Karnataka, Andra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, we provide accommodation and meals in a flat with a housemother to care for them. We do not charge our students for anything. However the students are expected to help with some of the basic chores like keeping their quarters clean, some food preparation and doing their own washing.
Some students board with Bartimaeus, whilst others commute daily from outside.
A happy family atmosphere is encouraged and we occasionally indulge in outings, picnics and birthday celebrations. It is always sad to say ‘goodbye’, as we see them into the next stage of their lives.
Past and Present Students
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Boomika
Graduated in 2021
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Raju Mandhere
Graduated in 2021
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Arvind Karthick
Graduated in 2021.
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Kavitha Chandra Kanth
Graduated in 2021.
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Anitha Vithal
Graduated in 2021
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Basava Prakesh
Employed at Health Department, Karnataka
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Renuka
Graduated in 2018
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Veeresh
Has continued further studies at school of music.
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Pavithra
Graduated in 2018
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Nagamada
Graduated in 2018. Employed as a Snadeep braille teacher.
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Naveen
Graduated in 2021.
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Manjunath
Graduated in 2018
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Geetha
Graduated in 2018. Employed as assistance braille teacher at Bartimaeus.
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Mamatha
Graduated in 2018
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Chandru Prakash
Graduated in 2018
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Gayathri
Graduated in 2018.
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Miriamma
Graduated in 2018
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Padmini
Graduated in 2018
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Venkatram
Graduated in 2018
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Tara
Graduated in 2018
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Nagaraj SV
Employed by State Bank of India, Bangalore
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Sowabagya
Employed by State Bank of India Mandya
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Sheila
Graduated 2021 and employed by the Government Blind School, Mysore.
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Murali (Hoskote)
Employed by Village Panchayat for maintenance work.
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Salma
Graduated in 2019.
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Rekha
Graduated in 2019.
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Jayalakshmi
Graduated in 2019.
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Manjunath (Rampura Kolar)
Graduated in 2019.
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Kavitha
Graduated in 2019.
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Gnanamary
Graduated in 2019.
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Sunitha
Government school teacher, and international marathon runner.
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Meenakshi
Graduated in 2018
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Jagdish (Ramnagar)
Graduated in 2018. Employed by the Bal Gagandharnath Swamji Blind School. Also does a weekly radio program.
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Manjula
Graduated 2018. Employed as a teacher at the Government Blind School in Mysore.
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Anupama
Graduated in 2018
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Y. O. Manjunath
Employed at Bank of Baroda.
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Prakash BR
Graduated January 2016 and employed by State Bank of India.
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Sushama
Graduated in 2018. Employed in a government school.
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Gautham Kumar
Graduated May 2016, obtained government employment.
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Harish
Graduated in 2018
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Manjunat PS
Employed as Computer instructor at Snehadeep Trust for the Disabled
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Swami
Graduated in 2018
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Ahamed Barsha
Graduated in 2018
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Sunil Pawar
Graduated in 2018. Running a Hostel for blind students in Bangalore.
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Shivaraj
Graduated in 2018
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Radha HK
Graduated in 2018. Employed in customer care at Vindhya.
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Pavithra
Graduated in 2018
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Nagamani
Graduated in 2018
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Savitha MS
Employed as music teacher at the Hassan School for Visually Impaired.
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Siddarooda
Graduated 2015 and entered government job training.
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Rudramma
Employed at New India Insurance
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Bassamma
Graduated November 2015, now working at State Bank of Mysore
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Bassiah
Employed by the Blind Institute, Chitradurga
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Vishalla
Employment in customer care, Vindhya
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Savitha
Employed by Vindhya Customer Care, Kolar
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Siddhaerooda
Employed by a Government firm
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Nethra
Employed by G.H.S. Company
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Shruthi LN
Employed by Dialogue in the Dark, Hyderabad
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Parvathi
Employed by National Insurance Company (NICL)
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Maddhu Chandhran
Employed by Canara Bank
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Manjunath
Employed by State Bank of India, Kolar
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Rudramma
Employed by National Insurance Company, Kolar
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Shashikanth
Employed by State Government in Grama Panchayath, Gulbarga
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Mallama
Employed by District Court in Raichur
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Asha R
Employed by Central Government in the Income Tax Office in Bangalore
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Asha S
Graduated 2018. Employed by Employees State Insurance Corporation, Bangalore
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Lakshmi
Employed by Canara Bank, Bangalore
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Bhagya
Employed by State Bank of India, Bangalore
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Govindappa
Employed by state Irrigation office in Shivamoga
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Nethra
Employed by Bellary Government for clerical work
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Mangalamma
Graduated in 2015 and commenced computer course at Keonics.
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Aruna
Graduated in 2015.
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Chiktayamma
Graduated in 2015
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Harisha
Graduated 2015. Entered government job training.
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Remya
Graduated in June 2013.
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Shivananda
Graduated in 2012, employed at Airtel call centre, Bangalore
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Halappa
Sent for 3 month crash course in English by Engage India.
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Nagendra
Graduated November 2013. Employed as call centre operator by Vodafone India.
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Umesh
Graduated November 2013. Employed as call centre operator by Vodafone India.
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Bandenwas
Graduated November 2013. Employed as call centre operator by Vodafone India.
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Uthira Kumar
Discontinued as he found employment.
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Ranga
Graduated June 2013
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Varalaxmi
Graduated in June, 2013.
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Sowbagya
Graduated in 2012 and employed by T-Connectivity
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Nalini Jo
Hireed as English Language Teacher at Bartimaeus.
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Shaji Abraham
Graduated in 2005 and employed by Bartimaeus as JAWS Software Teacher
