Dipendra Manocha

Passion & keenness to achieve greatness can take a person to the helm of success. Standing as a testament to this statement, Dipendra Manocha has set a paradigm for millions to follow. The battle for survival started in his early childhood days as Dipendra coped with the loss of his vision. But this did not limit Dipendra from achieving his dreams. He overcame all obstacles on his way and graduated as a merit student. He further went on to complete his M Phil in Indian Classical music.

Determined to overcome the hurdles that came with the loss of vision, Dipendra strove relentlessly to develop a technology which would aid visually impaired people in reading and writing, and consequently developed SAFA, a Hindi screen reading software.

Madhukar Vishwanath Shirdhonkar

Defying all the obstacles that life presented him with, Madhukar fought his way and became the first visually impaired physiotherapist. Ensuring the welfare of many visually impaired people, Madhukar has set up several associations and federations for the rehabilitation and empowerment of these individuals.

Madhukar’s fight for the visually impaired and his determination led him to work towards the benefit of these people. Today, Madhukar supports the education of visually impaired children till high-school, runs a rehabilitation and vocational training centre, a low vision care centre for many children with similar problems, a placement service for the specially-abled and is also simultaneously working towards getting support for his physiotherapy centre.