Chakshumathi is a nongovernmental, not for profit organization based in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, working for developing resources for the use of visually impaired people.
The organization is engaged in the following activities: In September 2011, Chakshumathi, a charitable trust constituted to empower blind people and those with visual impairments through the aid of latest technologies, inaugurated its Kochi centre.
[5] S. P. Balasubramaniam enthralled, inspired and energised in a three-hour inaugural concert attended by other important dignitaries at the Kerala Fine Arts Hall.
[5] In May 2020, as part of the global initiative—Lets FICE(Let's Flatten inaccessibility curve) — to cover the inaccessibility curve in the education of students with blindness, low vision and print disability, the NGO had launched a 60-day worldwide online training programme for students of visually impaired and several students from across the globe including Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Europe, Africa, Caribbean islands[3] and other continents have enrolled for the online programme launched with the support of engineers and developers working at Google, BookShare, University of Birmingham, Progressive Access, IIT Delhi and Daisy Forum of India.
[6] The basic objective of programme is to popularise the importance of assistive technologies in the education and everyday life of visually impaired and print disabled students and first batch has around 50 participants with sessions being planned in English and the participants should have basic knowledge of computer and mobile phones.