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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 19 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 the 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. Since the past 18 years, the awards and recognition are being 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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Krishnakumar PS
CavinKare Ability Award for Eminence Kollam, Kerala

MinD( Mobility in Dystrophy) was founded in 2017 by Krishnakumar and his friends to change the lives of people with Spinal Muscular Atrophy and Muscular Dystrophy. MinD aims to bring a change through awareness, education, skill development, employment, rehabilitation, and research. Krishnakumar was six months old when he was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy, as a result of which he is completely paralyzed. To compensate for Krishnakumar’s lack of formal education, his father became his mentor, working hard to give Krishnakumar a well-rounded education. Krishnakumar lost his father and sister in an accident when he was 26 years old. In the years it took for him to recover from this trauma, he began to focus on others like himself. Today, Krishnakumar is involved in a range of activities to empower persons with Muscular Dystrophy and Spinal Muscular Atrophy to become active participants in society.
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Vidhyashri Ankush, Solapur
The CavinKare ABILITY Mastery Awards Maharashtra

Vidhyashri always wanted to help children with disabilities and has been a special educator for 14 years. Being born with low-vision and then losing her vision completely in 2017, did not deter her from pursuing her chosen career path. Physical, emotional, and financial struggles, did not stop her from working hard, learning technology with passion, and reaching out to others like herself strengthening her community. Vidhyashri along with her friends, has developed two mobile apps – Happy Learning and Blind Tech Hindi, to enable visually impaired persons to leverage technology.
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Manasi Joshi, Ahmedabad
CavinKare Ability Mastery Awards Gujarat

An engineer by training and a software development professional, Manasi’s world came completely changed when she met with a road accident in 2011 and acquired a disability. Manasi used badminton, a childhood passion, for rehabilitation. She started training using a prosthetic leg and soon she was back to work. Winning competitions organized at her company’s corporate events gave Manasi the confidence to participate in national and international para games. She left her corporate job to pursue professional para badminton. Since then, she has won 30 medals for the country. Manasi is currently ranked World No 1 in para badminton, a title she has held since 2019.
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Shrutilata Singh
CavinKare Ability Mastery Awards Himmat Nagar, Gujarat

An advocate for the rights of deafblind people at various national and international forums, Shrutilata today leads an independent, active life and has not only achieved personal recognition but is raising a voice for others like herself. Having lost both her vision and hearing while growing up, Shrutilata completed her graduation in English and then went on to complete her diploma in Physiotherapy, the first person with deaf blindness in India to do so. Shrutilata worked as a physiotherapist for a year and currently works as Specialist-Network Support at Sense International India.