evidence: Madan Vasishta is a scholar of Deaf Education who splits his time between Washington, DC and Delhi, India. Born and brought up in northern India, Madan became deaf at age 11 and had not met another deaf person until he was 20! After moving to the US and dedicating a career to improving Deaf Education in the US, he has also worked tirelessly to improve Deaf Education in India. Currently he serves as the Director of the Indian Sign Language Research & Training Centre (ISLRTC) at the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). The Center’s goals are to develop programs in Indian Sign Language, Interpreting, Deaf Education and Sign Language Teaching. [...] In this video, Madan talks about the movements that need to occur before we can hope to see revolutionary changes for deaf people in India. He talks about mandating that the Indian government recognize Indian Sign Language as one of the official languages of India, requiring professors at IGNOU to be fluent in ISL and use it in the classroom, and advocate for more professional opportunities for deaf Indians. He talks more about this in this segment of the interview. [...] At present, Vasishta divides his time between teaching at Gallaudet and working on various deafness-related projects in India. He is working as the Chief Advisor of Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre in New Delhi.