KS Rajanna[1][2] is a 64-year-old social worker from Bengaluru.

He lost the use of his hands and legs due to polio at the age of 11.

[3] President Droupadi Murmu presented Padma Awards 2024 at the second Civil Investiture Ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.

In the 2002 Paralympics, Rajanna won India a gold in discus throw and a silver in swimming.

He is also an entrepreneur, and employs over 350 people, many of them persons with disabilities.