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HI Major HPS Ahluwalia
Late Major HPS Ahluwalia was a war hero from the 1965 India-Pakistan war in which he sustained a spinal cord injury. A few months earlier he had scaled Mount Everest. Subsequently, he founded Indian Spinal Injuries Centre in the late 1990s, and was a leading advocate for the SCI community. He was the Patron-in-Chief of The Spinal Foundation and served as its first President until his sad demise on January 14, 2022 (New Delhi).
Nazeema Hurzuk
Dr. Naseema Hurzuk took over as the President, TSF, with effect from February 21, 2022. She became a paraplegic at the tender age of 16 years. Dr Hurzuk has received more than 80 local, state, and national level awards for her contribution to the rehabilitation of PwDs. She penned her autobiography called “Chakachi Khurchi” (The Wheelchair) in Marathi in 1999 that was translated in English (Naseema – The Incredible Story), Gujarati, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, and Urdu.
She founded “Helpers of the Handicapped, Kolhapur” (HoH) in 1984 and led it as President for more than 36 years; HOH helped more than 13,000 Persons with Disabilities (PwD) with education, vocational training, medical aid, appliances, and employment. Dr Hurzuk resigned as President, HoH in July 2020 and formed a new organization, “Saahas Disability Research and Care Foundation, Kolhapur” (Saahas); it strives for comprehensive rehabilitation of PwDs. Saahas has collaborated with Shirol Taluka of Kolhapur District and started a residential vocational training cum rehabilitation center (Kolhapur)
S Ramakrishnan
S Ramakrishnan sustained a cervical spinal cord injury during naval officer selection. Facing the most acute challenges, he forged ahead founding Amar Seva Sangam in Ayikudy, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. His organisation offers vocational training, schools, in-patient facility for spinal injured and works in 600 nearby villages. He pioneered networking spinal cord injured people in India. (Tamil Nadu)
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