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Annexure (ii)

1. Title :-
Accessibility Audit of Infrastructures @ CHARUSAT

2. Objective :-
To obtain a "base-line" assessment against which initial recommendations can be made for all
the buildings on the campus.

3. Context :-
Accessible India Campaign (Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan) is launched by the Department of
Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment as a
nationwide flagship campaign for achieving universal accessibility for persons with
disabilities. In line with this campaign, Ashok and Rita Patel Institute of Physiotherapy
(constitute institute of the University) team has conducted access auditing of the built
Environment of MTIN for Persons with Disability and Elderly Persons.
“Harmonized Guidelines and Space Standards for Barrier Free Built Environment for Persons
with Disabilities and Elderly Persons” 2016 by Ministry of Urban Development are sited.

An Access audit is an important tool to identify barriers, within a building and also external
areas such as play spaces, car parking etc. Access auditing process involves rating of existing
buildings against given criteria for usability and accessibility for persons with disability and
elderly persons.

4. The Practice :-
The auditing process included visual inspection of a team consisting of Ashok and Rita Patel
Institute of Physiotherapy faculties and students, followed by rating of accessibility of
various building areas using the check list and guidelines provided by the Ministry of Urban
Development , Government of India and Department of Empowerment of Persons with
Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India.
An audit report including recommendations for modifications was prepared after the
completion of visit to each building and submitted to the head of the institute and
CHARUSAT- EOC (Equal Opportunity Cell) Chairman.

5. Evidence of Success :-
Access audit has been completed for three buildings: Ashok and Rita Patel Institute of
Physiotherapy, Manikaka Topawala Institute of Nursing and Smt. Chandaben Mohanbhai
Patel Institute of Computer Applications; remaining buildings will be covered in due course
of time. The recommendations of the audit committee will be implemented in the new
buildings to be constructed on the campus in future and in the already existing buildings.

6. Problems Encountered & Resources Required :-
1. Availability of manpower to conduct the audit, and analyse the findings approximately.
2. Restructuring of the already existing structures.

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