Commemorating The Achievements Of "Disabled Professionals"

In today's fast-paced world, it is important for workplaces to focus on hiring based on talent and qualifications rather than physical abilities. By doing so, they can ensure that they are hiring the best candidates for the job and creating a more inclusive and diverse workplace. 

Today, the need of the hour is for organisations to promote a culture where every employee feels abled, respected and valuable to a comppany.

Believing in this initiative, BW People and Ask Insights together devised a forum with the name Disability Positive Summit & Awards, with an aim to provide a platform to discuss and promote awareness in the field of disability. The aim of creating such a platform is to honour achievers, outstanding professionals, government and non-government organisations, and enterprises that have made remarkable contributions to the quality of life for persons with disabilities as well as the initiatives that have helped facilitate it.

The awards honoured and showcased the extraordinary efforts of persons, groups, teams and organisations, fostering an inclusive society where people with disabilities are not only accepted but cherished, celebrated and given equal opportunity to contribute to society.

The award ceremony preceded a day-long conference involving industry heads and experts like CEO, CHROs, Chief People Officers,and more, from various industries. 

The awarding procedure was as transparent as possible. It was a thoughtfully discussed decision of awarding these winners, screening their work, achievements and the determination with which they never considered their disability as a hindrance in their success. 

The list of decision-makers included Jury Chair as Satish Pai, Managing Director, Aditya Birla Hindalco. The other Jury members, without whose keen participation we couldn't have come up with the awardees list were; Dr.Annurag Batra, Chairman & Editor-in-Chief, BW Businessworld & Founder, exchange4media; Dr.Niru Kumar, Padma Shri, CEO, Ask Insights, National Icon & Board member Election Commission of India: Aman Lal, Chief People Officer, KFC India; Ira Singhal, Deputy Commissioner, Office of Divisional Commissioner Delhi, All India Rank 1 IAS 2015; Dr.Anil Jain, Head & Director Jaipur Foot, Santokba Durlabhji Memorial Hospital; Raman Kumar Singh, CHRO & Country HR Manager, ABB South Asia; Dr.Kakoli Sen, Dean & Head Business School, Woxsen University; Pavitra Singh, CHRO, PepsiCo India; Talees Rizvi, Director, BW People & BW CFO World, BW Businessworld; and lastly, Dr.Akshay Kumar, Senior Fellow Indian Council of Medical Research, Director, Ask Insights.