Inviting applications / nominations for the National Award for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, 2020

National Award 2020

Applications for the National Award for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, 2020 are invited from eligible candidates or establishments or institutions fulfilling the prescribed criteria under the Guidelines for the National Awards for the following category of National Awards:

• Best Employee/Self-employed with disabilities;
• Best Employer and Placement Officer or Agency;
• Best Individual and Institution working for the cause of persons with disabilities;
• Role Model;
• Best Applied Research/Innovation or Product Development aimed at improving the life of persons with disabilities;
• Outstanding Work in the Creation of Barrier-free Environment for the persons with disabilities;
• Best District in providing rehabilitation service;
• Best State Channelizing Agency of the National Handicapped Finance and Development Corporation;
• Outstanding Creative Adult persons with disabilities;
• Best Creative Child with disabilities;
• Best Braille Press;
• Best Accessible Website;
• Best State in (a) Promoting Empowerment of persons with disabilities and (b) Implementation of Accessible India Campaign;
• Best Sports person with disability.

For the purpose of National Awards, the broad categories covering all the 21 types of disabilities specified under the `The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 are as under:-

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• Locomotor Disability – (Locomotor Disability, Muscular Disability, Dwarfism Acid Attack Victims, Leprosy Cured, Cerebral Palsy)
• Visual Disability – (Blindness, Low Vision)
• Hearing Disability – (Deaf, Hard of Hearing)
• Speech and Language Disability – (Speech and Language Disability)
• Developmental Disorder – (Autism Spectrum Disorder, Specific Learning Disability
• Intellectual Disability – (Earlier Known As Mental Retardation)
• Mental Behavior – (Mental Illness)
• Disability caused due to blood disorder – (Hemophilia, Thalassemia Sickle Cell Disease)
• Chronic Neurological Conditions – (Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease)
• Multiple Disabilities – (Multiple Disabilities involving any two or more of the above 8 broad categories)

Applications should be sent in the prescribed format in Hindi or English only. The application format is available in advertisement hosted on the website of the Department. Criteria laid down for each of the above categories of awards, and the Guidelines of National Awards are also available on the website of the Department. (www.disabilityaffairs.gov.in). Application forms for National Award category No. 1 to XIV are given in Annexure II .

Applications received after the last date and/or without recommendation by the prescribed authority/persons, or incomplete or unsigned will not be entertained.

The applications of organizations/institutions and those employed in the Central/State Government/Union Territory Administrations/Public Sector Undertakings should be sent in the prescribed proforma (either in Hindi or in English only) through the Ministry/Department/State Government/ Union Territory Administration/Public Sector Undertaking concerned duly approved by the competent authority in such Govt./Administration/Undertaking.

Applications of those not covered under above mentioned category (including self-employed or employed in the private sector organizations/ unorganized sector), should be sent with recommendation of any one of the following:-

• Department of the concerned State Government/Union Territory Administration dealing with disability matters.
• Collector/District Magistrate of the concerned District.
• A National Institute under the administrative control of the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divangjan)
• A past recipient of National Award (in individual capacity) for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities.

Application not routed or recommended in the manner provided in paras 3 & 4 above will not be considered. No correspondence in this connection will be entertained.

Applications in the prescribed format should be accompanied by the following:-

• Two passport sized photographs (in the case of individuals).
• Bio-data along with summary of achievements and documents in support thereof; and
• Draft citation (not exceeding one page)

Application in the prescribed formal duly recommended and complete in all respect should be sent

1. Soft copy of the application duly signed & scanned with all the supporting documents should be sent through e-mail on the e-mail address: pwdnationalawards2020@gmail.com by 09^th September, 2020.
2. Hard copy of the application with documents to Shri Sitaram Yadav, Deputy Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Room No. 520, B-II, 5^th Floor, Pt. Deendayal Antyodaya Bhavan, C.G.O Complex New Delhi- 110 003, so as to reach him latest by 9^th September, 2020.