{"id":70428,"date":"2026-03-13T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idronline.org\/?post_type=feature&#038;p=70428"},"modified":"2026-03-13T18:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T12:35:12","slug":"idr-interviews-dr-carmo-noronha","status":"publish","type":"feature","link":"https:\/\/idronline.org\/kn-in\/features\/diversity-inclusion\/idr-interviews-dr-carmo-noronha\/","title":{"rendered":"IDR Interviews | Dr Carmo Noronha"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"IDR Interviews | Dr Carmo Noronha\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IaEZB-5eWEc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Dr Carmo Noronha is the secretary of Bethany Society, a nonprofit based in Meghalaya. For almost three decades, he served as the executive director of the organisation, championing inclusive education for people with disabilities; digital literacy programmes; sustainable livelihoods initiatives; and rural development projects.<\/p><p>For his efforts, Dr Carmo has been recognised with the Social Work Excellence Award conferred by the University of Science and Technology Meghalaya (USTM) in 2025 and the National Award for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities by the President of India in 2018.<\/p><p>In this interview, Dr Carmo speaks about the evolving nonprofit landscape in Meghalaya and the importance of collaborating with the state government to increase impact. He also highlights the need for including disabled people in designing programmes for them and explains why 19th-century teaching methods won&rsquo;t meet the demands of the education system in the age of artificial intelligence.<\/p><div class=\"idron-article-in-content\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\" id=\"idron-963321590\"><a href=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/what-is-idr-answers\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"What is IDR Answers Page Banner\"><img src=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/What-is-IDR-Answers-Page-Banner-1.png\" alt=\"What is IDR Answers Page Banner\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/What-is-IDR-Answers-Page-Banner-1.png 1250w, https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/What-is-IDR-Answers-Page-Banner-1-300x60.png 300w, https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/What-is-IDR-Answers-Page-Banner-1-1024x205.png 1024w, https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/What-is-IDR-Answers-Page-Banner-1-150x30.png 150w, https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/What-is-IDR-Answers-Page-Banner-1-768x154.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1250px) 100vw, 1250px\" width=\"1250\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p>&mdash;<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-know-more\">Know more<\/h3><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Watch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1P_4bGPqMg0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this video<\/a> to learn about the life of a Deaf student who advocates for an inclusive environment for his community.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Watch Dr Carmo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SzeVrcGwwfU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">speak about<\/a> the need for integrating students with disabilities into the mainstream education system.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"idron-troublemakers-placement\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\" id=\"idron-3263666021\"><a href=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"donate banner\"><img src=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Donate-banner-1.jpg\" alt=\"donate banner\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Donate-banner-1.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Donate-banner-1-300x60.jpg 300w, https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Donate-banner-1-1024x205.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Donate-banner-1-150x30.jpg 150w, https:\/\/idronline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Donate-banner-1-768x154.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1250px) 100vw, 1250px\" width=\"1250\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":70430,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[20,7,26,582,2892],"tags":[3612,3662,3682,3702],"series":[],"meta-filter":[],"schema-filter":[743],"no-display":[],"class_list":["post-70428","feature","type-feature","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diversity-inclusion","category-education","category-idr-interviews","category-instagram","category-ne-media-fellowship","tag-digital-inclusion","tag-livelihoods","tag-northeast-india","tag-rural-india","contributor-samme-massar","states-meghalaya","schema-filter-article"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dr Carmo Noronha on the long road to disability inclusion in Meghalaya | IDR<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Nonprofit veteran and disability rights champion Dr Carmo Noronha explains the importance of collaboration in designing inclusive learning environments in Meghalaya.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/features\/diversity-inclusion\/idr-interviews-dr-carmo-noronha\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"kn_IN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IDR Interviews | Dr Carmo Noronha\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IaEZB-5eWEc Dr Carmo Noronha is the secretary of Bethany Society, a nonprofit based in Meghalaya. 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