NCPEDP MphasiS Universal Design Awards

The NCPEDP-Mphasis Universal Design Awards are given every year on the eve of Independence Day of India to honour individuals and organisations doing exemplary work towards the cause of accessibility and thus ensuring a life of equality and dignity for persons with disabilities.

[1] In order to spread awareness on Universal Design and to popularise this concept, National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP), with the support of Mphasis, instituted these award in 2010.

For latest details about the Universal Design Awards please visit the NCPEDP website Vidhya V, Vision Empower Soundarya Kumar Pradhan Teresa Antony Alappatt, Chetna Trust Robin Tommy, Inclusys Foundation Nilesh Panchal, Navjeevan Training Center Joe John George, Special Jury Award Diana Vincent, Special Jury Award Kerala School for the Blind Accenture Solutions Private Limited Neomotion Assistive Solutions The Department of Social Welfare, Women and Child Development, Chandigarh Administration Indian Spinal Injuries Center, Special Jury Award Merry Barua, Action for Autism Raghavendra Satish Peri, Product Manager at Deque, Founder, Digital A11y, Helloa11y Dr. Vikrant Sirohi, Haridwar, Uttarakhand Mr. Anupam Kumar Garg, Noida, Uttar Pradesh Mr. Sandeep D. Ranade, NaadSadhana Mr. Naveen Kumar M, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Developed child standing wheelchair Kidaura Innovations Pvt.

Ltd. Nekram Upadhyay, HOD, Assistive Technology, Indian Spinal Injuries Centre Rajesh Sharad Ketkar, indiandeaf.org Prashant Gade, Social Entrepreneur Kunaal Prasad and Dipti Prasad, created XL Cinema, AD MOVIES Ankita Gulati, Founder, TouchVision National Institute of Open Schooling(NIOS) Big Bazaar Robert Bosch Engineering & Business Solutions Private Limited BleeTech Innovations Private Limited Dhananjay Bhole, Academic Co-ordinator, Center for Inclusive Education and Accessibility, SavitribaiPhule Pune University Harish Kumar, Founder, Ability on Wheels Tigmanshu Bhatnagar, Guest Faculty, Department of Design, IIT - Delhi Vishal Kapoor, Chief Design Officer, Future Enterprise Limited EzyMov Solution Pvt.

Ltd. University of Hyderabad Ms Priti Shah Soni, CEO, Deaf Can Foundation (DCF) Mr Sandeep Kumar, Customer Service Officer, IndiGo Airlines

Ltd., Mumbai School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal Abhishek Syal, Founder, Managing Trustee, Act to Rise for Innovation in Special Education (ARISE)[6] Prof. Prabhat Ranjan, Professor, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of ICT, Gandhinagar, Gujarat[7] R. R. Joshi, Director, Modular Infotech Pvt.

Ltd., Pune Prof. Rachna Khare, Professor and Co-ordinator of Centre for Human Centric Research (CHCR), School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore Microsoft Corporation India Pvt.