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Employment > Awards > N.C.P.E.D.P. - Shell Helen Keller Awards 1999

Dr. A.K. Banerjee Choudhury: Looking ahead

A manager in finance who writes poetry.A social worker who advocates music therapy. A wheelchair user who believes in marching ahead-57-year-old Ashesh kanta is especially concerned with the rehabilitation and social integration of disabled people.

Dr Bhushan Punani: Man with a vision

What is an Indian Institue of Management (I.I.M.) graduate doing at the Blind Peoples Association? Well, plenty-if the man happens to be 45-year-old Bhushan Punani, who has dedicated his life to developmental issues.

Georgkutty Kareparampil: Leading from the front

Looks can be deceptive. Gentle and compassionate, the 56-year-old Georgkutty Kareparampil has fought many though and aggressive battles for the rights of disabled persons, especially of the blind.

Niseeth P. Mehta: Sense and sensitivity

Fifty-year-old Nisheeth Mehta, Chief Executive, Microsign products has made sure that his company operates on a 50-50 basis. Half his employees are persons with disabilities-a figure that he wants to increase to 70 per cent in the years to come.

Ramesh Mohan Gupta: Breaking the barriers

Being hearing impaired doesn’t seem to have come in the way of 58-year-old Ramesh Mohan Gupta’s life. He uses his extraordinary persuasive skills to ensure that others with a hearing difficulty can make the most of their lives.

Rashmi Paliwal: Threads of commitment

The company we keep of course, knows us. But we are also known by the company we run. Weaving her vision into her business is 47-year-old Rashmi Paliwal, a partner at Balloons, an export house that manufactures garments and home furnishings.

Dr Uma Tuli: Leading light

She is bright and versatile, like Amar Jyoti, the organisations she has founded. There is no looking back for 56-year-old Uma Tuli, whose contribution to the progress of disabled persons is like a light that never fades.

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd: In good company

It is part of the corporate philosophy of B.P.C.L. to give equal opportunities to people with disabilities; taking it as a challenge to ensure that they are given positions that are suitable for them.

Infar (India) Ltd: Corporate care

Infar (India) Limited seems to have the write prescription. Every employee lives up to its socially accountable image of integrative with the physically disabled and being a responsible corporate citizen.

Titan Industries Ltd: Need of the hour

A Titan is a leader. A Titan has immense strength. A Titan is gigantic. That and much more is what Titan industries Limited is all about.

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