The President of India presented the “National Award for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) 2017” on the occasion of International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
On International Day of Persons with Disabilities i.e. 3rd December, the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment presents National Awards to Individuals, Institutions, Organisations, State/District etc for their outstanding achievements and work done towards empowerment of Persons with Disabilities.
The National Awards were presented in 14 main categories.
According to Census 2011, there are 2.68 crore persons with disabilities in our country who exhibit great diversity in terms of quantum of disability as well as types of disabilities.
LIST OF AWARDEES FOR NATIONAL AWARD FOR DIVYANGJA, 2017
| I. | BEST EMPLOYEE/ SELF EMPLOYED WITH DISABILITIES
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| No. | Sub-category & No. of awards | Male/ Female | Name | |||||||
| 1. | Blindness
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Male
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Mr. N.K.Chokalingam | |||||||
| Female
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Dr. Shruti Hora
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| 2. | Low Vision
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Male
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Mr. R. Bijumon | |||||||
| Female | No application was received | |||||||||
| 3. | Leprosy Cured
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Male | Mr. A. Arokiya Royan | |||||||
| Female | No application was received | |||||||||
| 4. D | Hearing Impairment
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Male
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Mr. Rakesh Agarwal | |||||||
| Female | Ms. Priyanka | |||||||||
| 5. | Locomotor Disability
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Male
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Mr. Vijay Kumar Rajsoni | |||||||
| Mr. Samir Surenderakumar Kakkad | ||||||||||
| Female | Ms. Chumki Data
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| 6. | Cerebral Palsy
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Male | Mr. Rohit Jain | |||||||
| Female | No application was received | |||||||||
| 1. | Mental
Retardation
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Male | Mr. Chathraju Saikrishan | |||||||
| Female | Nil | |||||||||
| 2. | Mental illness | Male | Nil | |||||||
| Female | Nil | |||||||||
| 3. | Autism
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Male | Nil | |||||||
| Female | Nil | |||||||||
| 4. | Multiple Disabilities
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Male
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No one was selected | |||||||
| Female | Ms. K V Sirisha | |||||||||
| Female | Ms. Yasmeen Mansuree | |||||||||
| II | AWARD FOR BEST EMPLOYERS AND PLACEMENT OFFICER/ AGENCY
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| No. | Sub-category | |||||||||
| 1. | Best Employer | (i) Government organization | ||||||||
| (ii) Public Sector Undertaking/ Autonomous / Local Government Body | ||||||||||
| (iii) Private/ Non Governmental Organization | ||||||||||
| Best Placement Officer/ Agency | (i) Autonomous Government Organization/ Public Sector Undertaking | |||||||||
| (ii) Private/ Non-Governmental Organization/ Office
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| III. | AWARD FOR BEST INDIVIDUAL & INSTITUTION WORKING FOR THE CAUSE OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
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| No. | Sub-category | |||||||||
| 1. | Best Individual | Professional
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| Non Professional
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| 2. | Best Institution | (i) An organization providing holistic comprehensive services to the persons with disabilities in a comprehensive manner | ||||||||
| (ii) An organization promoting inclusive education to the children/persons with disabilities | ||||||||||
| IV | ROLE MODEL AWARDS
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| No. | Sub-category | Name | ||||||||
| 1. | Blindness/ low vision
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Male | Mr. S.K. Paul Kumar | |||||||
| Female | Ms. Tiffany Brar | |||||||||
| Female | Dr. Jyothsnaphanija Bolla | |||||||||
| 2. | Leprosy cured
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Male
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No Application was received | |||||||
| 3. | Hearing impairment | Male
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Mr. Apoorav Om
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| Mr. K. Seshagiri Rao | ||||||||||
| Female
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Ms. Swetha Kulkarni
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| Ms. Rachna Dushy Antkumar Shah | ||||||||||
| 4. | Locomotor Disability / Cerebral Palsy
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Male
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Mr. Bhavani Shankar Ravindera | |||||||
| Female | Dr. Rajalakshmi. S.J | |||||||||
| 5. | Mental Retardation/ Mental Illness / Autism | Male
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Mr. Pranay Purushottam Burde | |||||||
| Mr. Akula Rohith | ||||||||||
| Female | Ms.Gauri Shekhar Gadgil | |||||||||
| V | AWARDS FOR BEST APPLIED RESEARCH/ INNOVATION/ PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AIMED AT IMPROVING THE LIFE OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
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| No. | Sub-category | Awardee | ||||||||
| 1. | Best Applied Research/ Technological Innovation
Aimed at Improving the life of Persons with Disabilities |
Balaji. V, # No-24 Gopal Chetty Street, Periya kalapet, Puducherry-605014 | ||||||||
| 2. | Development of new
Cost-effective product for manufacture Aimed at Improving the life of Persons with Disabilities. |
Biswajit Roy, Asha Dass & Vijay Kumar Alisha.
Address: Biswajit Roy, Asha Dass: 110, Srigiri Apartment, Sainik Enclave, Sainkpuri post, Secunderabad-500094 & Vijay Kumar Alisha, Shop No. 6-2-181/8, Akshaya Enclave, Shobana Colony, Bala Nagar, Hydrabad-500042 |
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| VI. | AWARD FOR THE OUTSTANDING WORK IN THE CREATION OF BARRIER-FREE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES | |||||||||
| No. | Sub-category | Awardee | ||||||||
| 1. | Government Department/ Offices/ PSUs / Autonomous Bodies | 1. Jabalpur District [Shri Mahesh Chandra Chaudhary, Collector & District Magistrate]
2. District Project Office, Sarva Siksha Abhiyan, Sana Street, DCCB Colony, Srikakulam 5320001 |
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| 2. | Local Bodies | Mahakaleshwar Mandir Samithi, Shri Mahakal Mandir Prabandh Samitee, Ujjain. | ||||||||
| 3. | Private Sector/NGOs | NIl | ||||||||
| VII. | AWARD FOR THE BEST DISTRICT IN PROVIDING REHABILITATION SERVICE | Madurai (T.N.), C/o Shri K.Veena Raghava Rao, IAS, District Collector, Madurai. | ||||||||
| VIII. | BEST STATE CHANNELIZING AGENCY OF NATIONAL HANDICAPPED FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION. |
Nil | ||||||||
| IX | AWARD FOR THE OUTSTANDING CREATIVE ADULT PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
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Male
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Gopal Chandra Pal, Ballymore, Kalitala. P.O.+Distt. Hooghly. -712102 (W.B.) | |||||||
| Female
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Sunitha Thrippanikkara Nuram, Niram, Kandamkulagara Kunnimangalam Po, Kannur Distt., Kerala. | |||||||||
| X | AWARD FOR THE BEST CREATIVE CHILD WITH DISABILITIES
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Boy
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Om Jiganesh Vyas, II, Ankit Society, Ramwadi, Isanpur, Ahmedabad, Gujarat-382443. | |||||||
| Girl
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Abhiramir R., Anthappillil (H) Thengode PO, Kakkanad, Cochin, PIN-682030 | |||||||||
| XI | BEST BRAILLE PRESS
(One award) |
National Association for the blind, India, 11-12, Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan Road, Worli Seaface, Mumbai-400030 | ||||||||
| XII | BEST ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE | |||||||||
| No. | Sub-category | |||||||||
| 1. | Govt. | Nil | ||||||||
| 2. | PSU/LB | Nil | ||||||||
| 3. | Pvt. Sector/Non Govt. | The Jalgaon People Co-Operative Bank Ltd, 152, Polanpeth, Danabajar, Jalgaon, Maharastra. | ||||||||
| XIII | BEST STATE IN PROMOTING EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES | Chhattisgarh | ||||||||
| XIV | BEST SPORTS PERSON WITH DISABILITY | Male
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Shekhan Naik, | |||||||
| Female | Patel Sonalben Manubhai, | |||||||||
