and the 'people of the year award' goes to

8/18/2019 And the 'People of the Year Award' goes to...

1/15

Akbar Khan

Achievements

Excelled in his studies and was the first visually

impaired candidate to qualify in the SSC Hindishorthand and stenography examination

Record if any in LBRPeople of the Year 20!

Short profile• He was the first visually impaired candidate to qualify in

the SSC Hindi shorthand and stenography examination

• Currently a Senior "anager with a national #an$% &han

is also a singer and composer with many stageperformances and over '0 music compositions

Awards won(ational )ward for the *elfare ofPersons with +isa#ilities in ,-,

Language of conversationEnglish and Hindi

Native city/state.i$aner% /aasthan

amily members! if achievers()

irst Noticed.orn visually impaired in a poor family% is now a Senior

"anager with a national #an$

Sphere of "nfluenceEducation


2/15

Arunima Sinha

Achievements

.ecame the first woman amputee in the world

to clim# "ount Everest on "ay 2% 201


Short profile

• ) national volley#all player who lost one of her

legs when some ro##ers pushed her out of amoving train in 20

• She did not lose hope and two years after the

accident% with a prosthetic leg on she #ecamethe first woman amputee in the world to clim#"ount Everest

• )runima went on to conquer the highest pea$s

on other continents too

Awards wonPadma Shri in 20'


Native city/stateuc$now% 3ttar Pradesh


irst Noticed)runima4s #oo$ titled .orn )gain on the "ountain

was launched in 205

Sphere of "nfluenceSports


3/15

#r Suresh Advani

Achievements

) prominent oncologist who introduced Hematopoietic

Stem Cell 6ransplantation in 7ndia with the first successful#one marrow transplant on a leu$emia patient

Record in LBRPeople of the Year 20!

Short profile

• +r Suresh is a *heelchair8#ound since eight years due topolio

• +espite #eing physically challenged% he rose to #ecome a

prominent oncologist and introduced Hematopoietic StemCell 6ransplantation in 7ndia with the first successful #onemarrow transplant on a leu$emia patient

Awards won

• Padma Shri in 2002• Padma .hushan in 202

• +hanvantari )ward


Native city/state"um#ai% "aharashtra


irst Noticed) prominent oncologist who introduced Hematopoietic Stem

Cell 6ransplantation in 7ndia

Sphere of "nfluenceHealthcare


4/15


5/15

Ramsurat &a'hi

Achievements

) polio victim with ,09 disa#ility% /amsurat of


6/15

Ashwini Angadi

Achievements

Significantly contri#uted #y wor$ing for

disa#led people% in spite of #eing visuallychallenged


Short profile

• .orn visually8challenged in a poor% rural family

in &arnata$a% )shwini experienceddiscrimination and physical and mental a#usesas a child due to her disa#ility

• +espite these odds% she graduated in 202 at

the top of her class

• )fter wor$ing as a (ational ?acilitator for the

Young Aoices Proect% she set up the )shwini)ngadi 6rust under which she runs .ela$u)cademy for young visually8challenged girls

Awards won3( Special Envoy for @lo#al Education4sYouth Courage )ward for Education in 201for her wor$ with disa#led people

Language of conversationEnglish

Native city/state

&arnata$a

amily members! if achievers

()

irst Noticed) visually challenged person who wor$ed

significantly for disa#led people



7/15

Aayushi (areeek

Achievements

6he first visually8challenged advocate enrolled at the

/aasthan High Court


Short profile

• +espite 009 permanent sight disa#ility% )ayushi

completed her . at , years and " at 2 yearsB

• She achieved the virtually impossi#le in (ovem#er 202% at

2 years% also #ecoming the youngest and first visually8challenged woman to #e admitted to the .ar Council of/aasthanB

Awards won ()


Native city/state/aasthan


irst NoticedYoungest and first 009 permanent sight disa#ility woman to

#e admitted to the .ar Council of /aasthanB



8/15

K S Ra'anna

Achievements

• ?irst differently8a#led Commissioner of the State

+epartment for +isa#led in &arnata$a in Septem#er201


Short profile

• /aanna who lost his lim#s to polio in his early

childhood #ecame the first differently8a#ledCommissioner of the State +epartment for +isa#led in&arnata$a in Septem#er 201

• )s a diploma holder in "echanical Engineering% he

also had started his own enterprise providingemployment to 1'0 persons% including the physically

challenged

Awards won

• @old medal +iscus 6hrow 2002

Paralympics

• Silver "edal Swimming 2002

Paralympics

•

Language of conversation

English and Hindi

Native city/state&arnata$a


irst Noticed) person who lost his lim#s to polio in his early childhoodand #ecame the first differently8a#led Commissioner of

the State +epartment for +isa#led in &arnata$a inSeptem#er 201

Sphere of "nfluenceSociety


9/15

&a'or #evender (al Singh )Retd*

Achievements

• 7nspite of losing his right leg in &argil war% "aor

+evender Pal Singh is running marathons with #ladeprosthetics since 200,


Short profile

• "aor + P Singh who lost his right leg during the &argil

war and suffered partial hearing loss and internalderangement of his left $nee% has #een finding oy inrunning marathons with #lade prosthetics since 200,B

• Starting with his first half marathon in +elhi on (ov %

200,% he has participated in many such racesincluding the 1rd Himalayan /unning and iving DCmarathon 2 $mF at high altitudes -%G00 ftF in&innaur% HP on "ay 2% 205

• He has also achieved a feat #y tre$$ing up to 0%000 ft

from .atseri Aillage to "astrang 76.P Camp and #ac$in 1 hrF

Awards won()


Native city/state(ew +elhi


irst Noticed) person who ran over 20 marathons with an artificial leg



10/15

Saylee Nandkishor Agavane

Achievements

• ) person with mild mental retardation at #irth

completed her studies and trained herself forcontemporary art forms


Short profile

• Saylee had started learning &atha$ at the age of nineB

• ater she oined Shiama$ +avar4s dance institute in

200G and trained in contemporary dance forms

• She has #een performing in various dance

competitions% starting with )$hil .haratiya Sans$ruti$Sangh4s "ultilingual +ance and +rama Competition

Awards won

• *on .ron;e -th @lo#al :lympiad

+ance Competition in .ang$o$200F


Native city/statePune


irst Noticed) mentally retarded person who trains the physically andmentally challenged students in dance at four different

schools and at home

Sphere of "nfluence+ance


11/15

Ranveer Singh Saini

Achievements

• 6he 58year8old /anveer% autistic #y #irth% is one of the

youngest golfers at Special :lympics .harat


Short profile• /anveer Singh Saini% created history #y #ecoming the

first 7ndian to win a gold medal at the Special :lympics*orld @ames in os )ngeles

• His name and his feats at the Special :lympics @olf

"asters figured as a record in the imca #oo$ of/ecords for two consecutive years 205 and 20'

Awards won• 201 @old medal 8 Special

:lympics )sia8Pacific @olf "astersat "acau

• 205 8 @old medal 8 Special

:lympics )sia8Pacific @olf "astersat "acau

• 20' @old "edal along with his

3nified partner "onica


12/15

+amir #hale

Achievements

• Iamir is a deaf8#lind person who cannot see% hear or

tal$ #ut% through years of toil and #y sheer grit he hasovercome the disa#ilities to wor$ as effectively as anyother


Short profile

• Highly tech savvy% he communicates using a special

software on his laptopJmo#ile

• *or$ing as an )dvocacy :fficer with Sense

7nternational87ndiaF% he is actively involved in

developing and implementing advocacy plans• He also heads 3daan% a national networ$ for adult

deaf8#lind and multi8sensory impaired people in 7ndia

Awards won()


Native city/state)hmeda#ad


irst NoticedIamir +hale% who is deaf% #lind and speech8impaired%

heads 3daan% a national networ$ for adult deaf8#lind and

multi8sensory impaired people in 7ndiaB

Sphere of "nfluenceSocial


13/15

Ra'ive Raturi

Achievements

• /aive has a visual disa#ility and has #een wor$ing for

1 years with disa#ility rights as his core area of wor$B


Short profile• *hilst wor$ing in the corporate sector in &enya% he

suffered a #ullet inury which left him with a visualdisa#ility

• He reoined the corporate sector and then moved to

the disa#ility sector

• He has wor$ed towards #uilding legal $nowledge of

rights of persons with disa#ilities% supporting theiradvocacy #y providing legal services and aid

• He has challenged systemic violations #y filing P7s inHigh Courts and the Supreme CourtB He has authoreda compendium titled +isa#ility and the aw

• 7n 200 the "inistry of Social


14/15

K, -enkatesh

Achievements

• Aen$atesh is 5B2 inch tall and due to his short stature

had to face lot of difficulties #ut he #raved all anddecided to excel in sports and started off with chess in

schoolB


Short profile

• 7n 200' he #ecame the first 7ndian athlete to represent

7ndia at the 7A *orld +warf @ames

• He is also the secretary of the +warf Sports

)ssociation of 7ndia

Awards won20' 8 2 gold% silver and 1 #ron;e

medalssingles and dou#lesF at the 7A*orld +warf @ames


Native city/state.engaluru


irst Noticed) person #orn with dwarfism excelled in sports and did not

let his disa#ility come in the way



15/15

Radhika .hand

Achievements

• .orn with +own4s syndrome% /adhi$a studied in

special schools in +elhi% "um#ai% Hong &ong andSydney and contri#uted towards arts and craftsdepartment for special children in a senior school


Short profile

• 7n Sydney% she started painting using a com#ination of

water colours and acrylics

• She has had 0 solo exhi#itions since ,,2 and

participated in several group shows

• She has #een associated with the Aasant Aalley

School% +elhi for over 20 years ' years in the uniorart department and later in the arts and crafts

department for special children in the senior school

Awards won202 8 (CPE+P8Shell Helen &eller)ward for =helping to createopportunities for employment forpersons with disa#ilities4B


Native city/state(ew +elhi


irst Noticed) person with down syndrome contri#uted towards

providing arts and crafts education to special children

Sphere of "nfluence)rts and Crafts

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