Mahantesh GK, Founder Managing Trustee at Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled, and Vice-President-World Blind Cricket Council, spoke on ‘Give a lever and a place to stand, and I can move the earth’, and shared instances where people with visual disability excelled in their chosen fields when provided with an enabling environment. Social change agent, disability leader, and role model, through his efforts over the last 20 years, positively impacted the lives of thousands of persons with disabilities. Overcoming challenges presented by his visual impairment, he has leveraged his determined academic accomplishments, an MA MPhil in English Literature. Founder Managing Trustee of Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled, the president of World Blind Cricket and, President Cricket Association for the Blind in India, The Aryabhatta International Award in 2009 and the National Award from the President of India for Child Welfare in 2010 and 2014, he and his team have successfully hosted the first ever T20 world cup cricket for the blind in 2012 and 2nd T20 World cup in 2017. Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled a National award winning NGO is a registered Trust working for the empowerment of persons with disabilities, especially persons with visual and physical impairments and underserved people since 1997.
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