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]

Winners of the NCPEDP MphasiS Universal Design Awards 2013 for exemplary work in the field of disability

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.[2]

Every year, these are given away in 3 categories: People with disabilities; Working Professionals' and Corporates or Organisations. For latest details about the Universal Design Awards please visit the NCPEDP website

NCPEDP-Mphasis Universal Design Awards,2016

Category Awardee
Persons with Disabilities Mr Danish Mahajan and Ms Divya Sharma, Radio Udaan

Dr. Nirmita Narasimhan, Policy Director with the Centre for Internet and Society

Mr Sathasivam Kannupayan, Co-Founder, Enabled.in

Working Professionals Mr Prem Nawaz Khan Maraikayar, front end Engineer, PayPal Inc

Dr. Sandeep Sankat, Associate Professor, School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal

Dr. Sujatha Srinivasan, Associate Professor, IIT Madras

Companies/Organisations IndiGo

National Informatics Centre (NIC)

NewzHook - A brand of Barrierbreak Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Planet Abled

SAP Labs India Pvt. Ltd.

University of Hyderabad

NCPEDP-Mphasis Universal Design Awards,2015

Category Awardee
Persons with Disabilities Ms Abha Khetarpal, Cross the Hurdles mobile application

Ms Priti Shah Soni, CEO, Deaf Can Foundation (DCF)

Mr Sandeep Kumar, Customer Service Officer, IndiGo Airlines

SPECIAL MENTION

Simon George, Founder-Chairman of Prathyasha Foundation

Working Professionals Ms Archana Konwar, Student

Prof. M. Balakrishnan, IIT Delhi

Companies/Organisations Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd.

D J Academy of Design

Indraprastha College for Women, University of Delhi

Mindtree Ltd.

Sightica Solutions

SPECIAL MENTION

H&R Johnson (India)

NCPEDP-Mphasis Universal Design Awards,2014

Category Awardee
Persons with Disabilities Mr Prashant Madhukar Naik, Assistant Manager, Union Bank of India
Working Professionals

Mr Arun C Rao, President, Welfare Association of Sign Language Interpreters in India

Mr G. Gopalakrishna, a specialist in the field of electro-chemistry, polymer-chemistry and a technologist

Prof. Kavita Murugkar, B.N. College of Architecture (B.N.C.A.), Pune

Companies/Organisations

CHILDLINE India Foundation

Cisco Systems India Pvt. Ltd.

Joseph Eye Hospital

Kickstart Services Pvt. Ltd.

Wipro Ltd.

Working Group for Disability Inclusive Microfinance

NCPEDP-Mphasis Universal Design Awards,2013[3]

Category Awardee
Persons with Disabilities Mr. Nekram Upadhyay, Rehabilitation Engineering Technologist & Head, Department of Assistive Technology, Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, Delhi

Dr. Satendra Singh, Assistant Professor, University College of Medical Sciences and Coordinator, Enabling Unit, Delhi

Mr. Srinivasu Chakravarthula, Senior Accessibility Program Lead, Consumer Quality & Engineering Services, PayPal

Working Professionals

Ms. Arathi Abraham, Principal Designer, 99 and 1 Design, Chennai

Dr. Arun Mehta, President, Bidirectional Access Promotion Society, Delhi

Mr. Bhushan Verma, CEO, GearCraftSolutions, Delhi

Companies/Organisations

HANDICARE - Indian Association of Persons with Disabilities, Lucknow

Kriyate Design Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Delhi

NCR Corporation India Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai

School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal

NCPEDP-Mphasis Universal Design Awards,2012

Category Awardee[4]
Persons with Disabilities Dipendra Manocha, Developing Countries Coordinator and Lead of Training and Tech. Support, DAISY Consortium and Managing Founder Trustee, Saksham Trust
Working Professionals

Abhishek Syal, Founder, Managing Trustee, Act to Rise for Innovation in Special Education (ARISE)[5]

Prof. Prabhat Ranjan, Professor, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of ICT, Gandhinagar, Gujarat[6]

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

Companies/Organisations

Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore

Microsoft Corporation India Pvt. Ltd

National Institute of Open Schooling

Sri Vishnu Educational Society

Travel Another India

NCPEDP-Mphasis Universal Design Awards,2011

Category Awardee
Persons with Disabilities Mr. Arvind Ramesh Prabhoo, Proprietor, Access4all, Mumbai

Mr. Prasant Ranjan Verma, Freelance Access Consultant and ICT Trainer for people with visual impairment, New Delhi

Mr. Shrirang Prakash Sahasrabudhe, Accessibility Specialist, Product Technical Lead, Infosys Limited, Pune

Working Professionals

Prof. Abir Mullick, Fulbright Nehru Scholar in Residence, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad and Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA.

Mr. Anupam Basu, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Kharagpur.

Mr. P.J. Mathew Martin, Extension Service Asst. (Mass Media), Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped, Mumbai.

Companies/Organisations

Accessible Systems, Mumbai.

Lemon Tree Hotels Pvt. Ltd.

Select Citywalk (Select Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd.), New Delhi.

TBox Apps (Therapy Box), U.K. & UniqMove, Indore.

NCPEDP-Mphasis Universal Design Awards,2010

Category Awardee
Persons with Disabilities Imtiyaz Ahmed Kachvi, Ranibennur, Karnataka

Dr. Sam Taraporevala, Director, Xavier’s Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged, Mumbai

Sunita I. Sancheti, NINA Foundation, Mumbai

Working Professionals

Ferdinand J. Rodricks

Gaurav Raheja, IIT Roorkee

M. S. Raju, Vision Aid Charitable Society

Companies/Organisations

ITC Royal Gardenia, Bengaluru

Sightsavers

Yahoo! India Research & Development

Wipro Ltd.

References

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