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Bio

Web Accessibility Consultant based in Kolkata, India. Since 2003 I have audited and remediated websites and mobile apps to WCAG 2.2 AA, Section 508 and ADA. DHS Trusted Tester on Accessibility. My team includes IAAP-certified colleagues (CPACC, WAS). Founder of M/S. Anblik and Ananyoo — building accessible WordPress themes and plugins, tested with JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver and TalkBack before every release.

Interests

Web Accessibility. I would like to deliver more WCAG compliant plugins to WordPress., WCAG 2.2 AA and Section 508 conformance, Screen-reader testing, JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, TalkBack, Accessible-by-default WordPress themes and plugins

WordPress Origin Story

It all started when I was auditing government websites in India in the early 2000s. The same accessibility gaps came up on project after project. WordPress was already the common choice for the sites I was reviewing, but very few themes shipped as accessible-ready. I decided to build one myself, so consultants and site owners could start from a conformant foundation instead of retrofitting every time. That is how Ariade began.

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Current Job

Project Management, Website Accessibility
Feb 2003 – Present
Anblik
As founder of Anblik, I lead web and mobile accessibility projects end to end — from audit through remediation to validated conformance. I help teams across education, government, e-commerce, healthcare and non-profits meet WCAG 2.2 AA and Section 508, auditing with JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, TalkBack,the Color Contrast Analyzer, Deque AXE, Google Lighthouse and WAVE, then guiding fixes through to certification. Anblik offers both consulting and site auditing as well as full in-house remediation — including accessibility validation and VPAT/conformance documentation — for clients with or without an existing development vendor.

Job History

Accessibility Consultant
Dec 2023 – Present
MIR Digital Solutions
Senior Accessibility Consultant delivering accessibility across client platforms. Key responsibilities:

- Audit wireframes, visual designs and live pages against WCAG 2.2 AA and Section 508, and scope remediation effort and timelines.
- Document findings with recommended solutions, conformance statements and VPATs.
- Perform QA and post-fix validation, and lead expert calls to walk clients through reported issues.
- Provide technical guidance to developers and verify remediation across platforms including React, Node, Angular, CodeIgniter, CakePHP, Laravel, WordPress and BigCommerce.

Key Accomplishments

Wikipedia contributor on web accessibility and digital-accessibility policy — with edits to the Web accessibility article and to India-focused topics including the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (Guidelines for Indian Government Websites), Standardisation Testing and Quality Certification (STQC), and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

Recent impact

Score weights high-impact work (commits, releases, approved translations, props) at 3x routine activity.

Last 30 days
37contributions
high28
medium9
score93
Last 90 days
112contributions
high97
medium15
score306
Last 12 months
140contributions
high125
medium15
score390

Team focus

Across 1 team, with no team-attributable contributions in the last 365 days

Contributions

Type
September 2026
Sep 26 Sat · 11:17
Plugins high
Committed [3714164] to Plugins SVN:
Add plugin icon and banner
Sep 26 Sat · 11:08
Plugins high
Committed [3714156] to Plugins SVN:
Tagging version 1.5.2
Sep 26 Sat · 11:04
Plugins high
Committed [3714149] to Plugins SVN:
Version 1.5.2 - first release
Sep 25 Fri · 16:46
Themes med
Created ticket #292929 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Ariade – 1.7.31
Sep 25 Fri · 10:10
Forums med
Posted a reply to Focus search, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I think @readonly24 means keyboard focus, not the mouse cursor. That is, after the search…
Sep 25 Fri · 09:53
Plugins high
Committed [3712793] to Plugins SVN:
Release 1.2.6: house style hyphens, Unix line endings
Sep 25 Fri · 04:09
Plugins high
Committed [3712323] to Plugins SVN:
House style: en and em dashes in plugin text replaced with hyphens.
Sep 25 Fri · 02:09
Themes med
Created ticket #292886 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Ariade – 1.7.27
Sep 24 Thu · 15:09
Plugins high
Committed [3711561] to Plugins SVN:
Release 1.6.8: card image focus point, keyboard accessible, with live preview
Sep 24 Thu · 14:28
Plugins high
Committed [3711505] to Plugins SVN:
Release 1.6.6: card tags move below the image, capped at three with a "+N" chip