Disability

Renowned ENT surgeon Dr Jayant Gandhi and Dr Devangi Dalal have helped underprivileged children between the ages of 1 and 20 gain access to high-quality digital hearing aids, training and support, all free of cost.

Kiran Bavadekar from Kolhapur contracted polio at 3 but still went on to pursue wrestling and bodybuilding professionally. Today, he is a fitness trainer, where 300 of his students have joined the Indian Army or police force.

After becoming a paraplegic in the 2006 Mumbai blasts, CA Chirag Chauhan shares tips to help aspirants prepare for the Chartered Accountancy (CA) course.

Launched in Himachal by Samphia Foundation, Therapy on Wheels is a mobile therapy clinic that supports children with special needs. This was launched to help them carry on with their therapy sessions despite the COVID-19 lockdown. Physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy services are provided to children as young as 14 months.

Undaunted by the challenges that came her way, IRAS officer Dr Surya Lakshmi Chellapilla from Vikshakhapatnam cleared UPSC Civil Service examination in her first attempt without any coaching.

The 53-year-old Pramit Bhargava runs Visioapps, a Gurugram-based startup, which developed the Louie Voice Control app, a “virtual friend” for the visually impaired.

The LV Prasad Eye Institute was chosen for the Greenberg Prize - End Blindness 2020, and the Outstanding Achievement award will be presented to its founder, Dr Gullapalli Nageswara Rao.

In 2020, Tajinder Mehra, a resident of Delhi, started his own food stall to help his family financially during the pandemic

Currently riding from Kashmir to Kanyakumari, Aditya Mehta, a below-knee amputee, is also working with the Border Security Force (BSF) to scout talented youngsters with physical disabilities who will represent India in the 2024 and 2028 Paralympic Games.

Bhairappa and Roopa, employees of Mitti Cafe in Bengaluru, have dwarfism and motor challenges. This is their story of love.