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Shivaji Mitra

Project Management, Website Accessibility at Anblik

@anblik Kolkata, India joined Jan 2011

ananyoo.com
    Teams Accessibility

    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
    high35
    medium2
    score107
    Last 90 days
    69contributions
    high67
    medium2
    score203
    Last 12 months
    69contributions
    high67
    medium2
    score203

    Team focus

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

    Contributions

    Type
    August 2026
    Aug 06 Thu · 06:35
    Plugins high
    Committed [3636174] to Plugins SVN:
    Re-trigger stable release 1.6.1
    Aug 06 Thu · 06:23
    Plugins high
    Committed [3636163] to Plugins SVN:
    Release 1.6.1: default items per listing and per page changed from 6 to 10, matching the blog and events listings. Applied to both the shortcode/server default and the block editor default. No other behaviour change.
    Aug 04 Tue · 16:25
    Plugins high
    Committed [3634385] to Plugins SVN:
    Tag 1.1.2. Stable tag set to 1.1.2.
    Aug 04 Tue · 16:19
    Plugins high
    Committed [3634382] to Plugins SVN:
    Tag 1.1.2. Stable tag set to 1.1.2.
    Aug 04 Tue · 06:11
    Plugins high
    Committed [3633759] to Plugins SVN:
    Release 1.9.5 — record the source page of each submission (Submitted-from link in the notification email, a Page column in Entries, and a source line in the entry view; URL validated to the site host). Also: seed the Advanced Contact Form on activation for reliable Deactivate/Reactivate recovery, and give the standalone preview page a <main> landmark and an H1 for a clean axe/Lighthouse pass. Stable tag 1.9.5.
    Aug 04 Tue · 06:02
    Plugins high
    Committed [3633750] to Plugins SVN:
    Release 1.9.4 — record the source page of each submission (Submitted-from link in the email, Page column in Entries, source line in the entry view; URL validated to the site host); seed the Advanced Contact Form on activation for reliable Deactivate/Reactivate recovery; give the standalone preview page a <main> landmark and an H1 for a clean axe/Lighthouse pass; readme documents the accessible email feature and screenshots 8-12. Stable tag 1.9.4.
    Aug 04 Tue · 05:22
    Plugins high
    Committed [3633718] to Plugins SVN:
    Release 1.9.4 — seed the Advanced Contact Form on activation (reliable Deactivate/Reactivate recovery); readme: add the Accessible email feature and screenshot captions 8-12. Stable tag 1.9.4.
    Aug 03 Mon · 17:13
    Plugins high
    Committed [3633265] to Plugins SVN:
    Plugin Check is clean.
    Aug 03 Mon · 08:57
    Plugins high
    Committed [3632565] to Plugins SVN:
    No breaking changes.
    Aug 03 Mon · 08:52
    Plugins high
    Committed [3632555] to Plugins SVN:
    No breaking changes.