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CavinKare Ability Awards

CavinKare Ability Awards For The Deserving Ones!

To recognize and reward the
achievements of differently-abled people

The awards have been organized for the past 22 years in succession

CavinKare Ability Awards

We believe in the saying “be the change you want to see in the world” and we are changing for the betterment of our human society. At CavinKare, as part of our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives, we are closely associated with Ability Foundation, an NGO that works toward promoting and supporting the empowerment, betterment, and rights of differently-abled people.

For the first time in the history of Indian awards, we launched the CavinKare Ability Awards to recognize and reward the differently-abled people who have always been shunning backward. The time has come to recognize and appreciate them for helping them rise and exhibit to the world that they are no lesser than others. For the past 22 years, awards and recognition have been handed over to the right ones honoring their achievements. The awards have grown in stature and recognition.

CavinKare Ability Awards have sparked a fire of achievement in the hearts of these differently abled individuals showing them the path to exhibit their excellence fight all odds and prove to the world that they can do beyond what they can.

It has helped the differently abled people to take up challenges and move ahead in life helping them realize that nothing can deter them when they can make it happen.

CavinKare Ability Award for Eminence

It is a single award, comprising a memento, a citation and a cash prize of Rs.2 Lakhs, awarded in recognition of exemplary achievement and service to a person with disability.
It is awarded to an achiever, who has demonstrated a commitment and service to others beyond his/her individual personal achievements in a particular area.

CavinKare Ability Award for Mastery

Three entitlements, comprising of a memento, a citation and cash prize of Rs.1 Lakh are awarded in recognition of exemplary achievement to three people with disability who have set a high standard for themselves and gone on to achieve it. This is awarded to people who are a source of inspiration to a whole generation in need of motivation.

CavinKare Ability Special Recognition Award

Over and above these awards, there is also a recently instituted “CavinKare Ability Special Recognition Award”, which is yet another category of the award given to a person with disability who is also an acknowledged leader in the disability sector with exceptional achievements – either on the personal or the organizational front – inspiring admiration and meriting a special mention at the Awards. This honorary award, carries a citation and a trophy.

Previous winners

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Dr. Ketna. L. Mehta
CavinKare Ability Special Recognition Award Mumbai, Maharashtra

Dr. Ketna. L. Mehta is a celebrated figure in disability circles, both for her contribution to changing the lives of those with spinal cord injury, as well as for her indomitable spirit of adventure. A paragliding accident in 1995 resulted in spinal injury and left her needing long term rehabilitation, but never dulled her inherent thirst for life and her academic bent of mind. In recognition of academic excellence, she was made a Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants of India in 1999 and went on to be awarded a PhD for her work on Healthcare Rehabilitation Management in 2009. Establishing the Nina Foundation in 2001 was born of the desire to enhance the quality of life in all aspects for those with spinal cord injury. From home-based and virtual rehabilitation services and mentorship to awareness drives and outbound programmes, Nina Foundation works to enable a life of dignity for everyone.
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Vidhya Y
CavinKare Ability Award for Eminence Bengaluru, Karnataka

Vidhya Y is the founder of Vision Empower, which works to equip and encourage children with visual impairment to pursue STEM education in school because this is an area where blind students are conspicuously absent. The organization works with partners to create accessible content, instruction kits, and technologies to assist the teaching and learning of STEM in schools. This initiative is the result of Vidhya’s personal journey. Despite math being a favorite subject in school, she was always discouraged on account of her blindness. Nevertheless, she persisted, and she went on to complete a BCA, dealing with the challenges of inaccessible material and insensitive environments along the way, finally topping her batch. When it came to getting a job, there was little success, with people frustratingly pointing her in the direction of ‘blind jobs’ such as a telephone operator. This was the moment when she decided that she would not look for jobs anymore. She would create them.
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Vinayana Khurana
CavinKare Ability Mastery Awards New Delhi

Vinayana Khurana is an author, poet, blogger, and research scholar. Her writings are effective messages aimed at removing stereotypes and creating inclusivity. Her intellectual bent of mind and the ability to concentrate have been the dominant aspects of her persona, more than the challenges of mobility and speech posed by cerebral palsy. Vinayana always wanted to express her thoughts, and her journey from being unable to write, to today, typing her poems, stories, blogs, and books, has been truly remarkable. Vinayana is currently working towards an MPhil degree. Her own educational journey, from a special school to mainstream institutions, has influenced the choice of subject for her dissertation– inclusive education. Her indomitable spirit and eternal optimism have held her in good stead and as she says, ‘I may be sitting in this wheelchair, but my mind is flying.’
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Aishwarya T V
CavinKare Ability Mastery Awards Secunderabad, Telengana

Aishwarya is a multi-faceted personality. Artist, scriptwriter, counsellor, and entrepreneur. When a brain tumor robbed her of her eyesight while studying for a degree in mass communication, she decided to give life her best shot and hit the ground running. Discovering screen readers was life-changing, and during her work in rehabilitation at L V Prasad Eye Institute, she worked on awareness audio and then directed video films. Rekindling her interest in art, Aishwarya focused on making it tactile and accessible. Having spent the first decade after acquiring a disability on rebuilding her life, she then sought to find solutions to problems faced by persons with visual impairment. This led to Spacefelt, an application that allows people with visual impairment to label anything according to their specific requirement needs. Aishwarya’s journey continues. Her story could very easily have been one of loss—a child who lost both her parents, her eyesight, and many of her dreams. Instead, she rewrote her script, and today, her story is one of potential.
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Chhonzin Angmo
CavinKare Ability Mastery Awards New Delhi

Chhonzin’s achievements are impressive and inspiring. Born in a small village in Himachal Pradesh, she gradually lost her vision over a four-month period. Navigating the challenges of moving away from home to complete her schooling, often in challenging circumstances, the world opened up when she entered university. From winning medals and performances at the state and national level in kabaddi, swimming, and marathon events to playing cricket and football, Chhonzin has made a mark everywhere. Her love for mountaineering stemmed from an inclusive course in which she excelled, and thereafter she scaled Mount Kanamo peak (19,635 ft) and Mount Kang Yatsae 2 (20,459 ft) in addition to the Siachen glacier. Her ambition in sports and mountaineering is limitless. Chhonzin has always chosen the more difficult route, not only for herself but also to give confidence to others like herself and to give society the understanding that visual impairment need not be as limiting as it is often thought to be.