
Ms. Samant is a Research Associate at the Burton Blatt Institute. Her research interests focus on social policy and civil society engagement for people with disabilities, program design for enhancing employment opportunities, and strategies to promote access and utilization of assistive technology in developing and under-developed countries. She is passionately interested in advancing the empowerment and independence of people with disabilities through social and attitudinal changes in India and other developing nations. Samant has earned a Master of Science in Rehabilitation Counseling (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (University of California–Irvine), and a Bachelor’s in Telecommunication Engineering (University of Mumbai). She has professional experience in the fields of vocational counseling, website accessibility, and independent living.
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