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.[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
| Category | Awardees[3] | |
|---|---|---|
| Persons with Disabilities | Lalit Kumar, Evara Foundation Vidhya V, Vision Empower Soundarya Kumar Pradhan | |
| Working Professionals | 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 | |
| Companies/Organisations | 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 | |
| Javed Abidi Public Policy Award | Merry Barua, Action for Autism |
| Category | Awardee | |
|---|---|---|
| Persons with Disabilities | Mr Ravindra Rambhan Singh, Radio UdaanRaghavendra Satish Peri, Product Manager at Deque, Founder, Digital A11y, Helloa11y Dr. Vikrant Sirohi, Haridwar, Uttarakhand | |
| Working Professionals | Mr. Adarsh Hasija, Bengaluru, Karnataka Mr. Anupam Kumar Garg, Noida, Uttar Pradesh Mr. Sandeep D. Ranade, NaadSadhana Mr. Naveen Kumar M, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Developed child standing wheelchair | |
| Companies/Organisations | Tactopus Learning Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Kidaura Innovations Pvt. Ltd. True Consulting Services Pvt Ltd Flexmotiv Technologies Pvt. Ltd. |
| Category | Awardee | |
|---|---|---|
| Persons with Disabilities | Mr. Aneesh Karma Nekram Upadhyay, HOD,Assistive Technology, Indian Spinal Injuries Centre Rajesh Sharad Ketkar, indiandeaf.org | |
| Working Professionals | Rajni Kant Singh, Physiotherapist Prashant Gade, Social Entrepreneur Kunaal Prasad and Dipti Prasad, created XL Cinema, AD MOVIES Ankita Gulati, Founder, TouchVision | |
| Companies/Organisations | SM Learning Skills Academy for Special Needs Private Limited National Institute of Open Schooling(NIOS) Big Bazaar Robert Bosch Engineering & Business Solutions Private Limited BleeTech Innovations Private Limited |
| Category | Awardee | |
|---|---|---|
| Persons with Disabilities | Dr. Alim Chandani, Associate Vice President, Centum GRO Initiative Dhananjay Bhole, Academic Co-ordinator, Center for Inclusive Education and Accessibility, SavitribaiPhule Pune University Harish Kumar, Founder, Ability on Wheels | |
| Working Professionals | Dr. JS Arora, General Secretary, National Thalassemia Welfare Society Tigmanshu Bhatnagar, Guest Faculty, Department of Design, IIT - Delhi Vishal Kapoor, Chief Design Officer, Future Enterprise Limited | |
| Companies/Organisations | Election Commission of India EzyMov Solution Pvt. Ltd. Humanity Welfare Organization Helpline ORKIDS Foundation |
| Category | Awardee | |
|---|---|---|
| Persons with Disabilities | Aqil Chinoy, Vice-Chairman of Yuva Association of the Deaf Dr. Homiyar Mobedji, Country Representative for Benetech Suvarna Raj from IGNOU Vivek Mehta, Founder, CEO of DeafEasy | |
| Working Professionals | Hemang Mistry, Architect and Urban Designer Parikipandla Narahari,n IAS officer of the 2001 batch (Madhya Pradesh Cadre) Dr. Ramesh C. Gaur University Librarian, Jawaharlal University (JNU). Siddhant Chetan Shah,founder of Access For ALL | |
| Companies/Organisations | GingerMind Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Kidaura Innovations Pvt. Ltd. Hear2Read Intuit |
| Category | Awardee | |
|---|---|---|
| Persons with Disabilities | Mr Danish Mahajan and Ms Divya Sharma, Radio UdaanDr. 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 IncDr. Sandeep Sankat, Associate Professor, School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal Dr. Sujatha Srinivasan, Associate Professor, IIT Madras | |
| Companies/Organisations | IndiGoNational Informatics Centre (NIC) NewzHook - A brand of Barrierbreak Solutions Pvt. Ltd. SAP Labs India Pvt. Ltd. University of Hyderabad |
| Category | Awardee | |
|---|---|---|
| Persons with Disabilities | Ms Abha Khetarpal, Cross the Hurdles mobile applicationMs 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, StudentProf. 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) |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| Category | Awardee[5] | |
|---|---|---|
| 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)[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 | |
| Companies/Organisations | Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore Microsoft Corporation India Pvt. Ltd National Institute of Open Schooling Sri Vishnu Educational Society Travel Another India |
| 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. |
| 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. |