---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Amit Bhatt <misterbh...@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 13:38:41 +0530 Subject: (Fusion) Siddharth Sharma, 1st blind self-employed Entrepreneur of Asia in program Ek Mulakat! To: sayeverything <sayeveryth...@sayeverything.org> Cc: radioudaan <radioud...@googlegroups.com>, fusion-silver-linings <fusion-silver-lini...@googlegroups.com>
Listen an exclusive talk with Siddharth Sharma in today's episode of program Ek Mulakat to be on air tonight at 9 PM on Radio Udaan, www.radioudaan.com The repeat broadcast will be available on the same online radio station at 4 PM, on Saturday, November 1st, 2014. On December 28, 1990, Siddharth was 24-and-a-half-years old. Enthusiastic about a fast paced environment at Fascination India, he was enjoying every moment. His life changed forever that night in a motorcycle accident. He lost vision in both eyes. However, he did not let that come in the way of his growth as an individual. He realised that "things weren't going to work out in a hurry". He continued to "go out with friends and do ordinary things that others do so easily and unconsciously." In 1992, he joined the N.I.V.H. in Dehradun to "figure out how others survive." The experience, he declares, was "great; it was fun to meet so many new people and learn basic mobility, Braille and other important tools to help carry on with life." He became aware of a mountaineering exhibition in Sikkim that year, to climb Dzongri peak (14,000 ft). On a team of 20 visually impaired persons and as the first one to scale the height it dawned upon him that " things were doable and that life wasn't going to be all that bad." His plunge into the Public Relations sector was quite by chance. Siddharth was on the Organising Committee of the 1998 World Cup Cricket Tournament for the Blind in India, painstakingly promoting the game to schools and colleges; his key responsibility lay in initiating media involvement. He then joined Connexions (part of the Rs. 1,200 crore Dalmia Group), where within a month he was into hardcore marketing, securing clients and bringing in new business. He has been invited on many occasions to speak as a motivational speaker at various forums. On 26th January, 2006 Siddharth along with a few visually impaired achievers was invited to meet The Hon. President Of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, in his office at the Rashtrapati Bhawan, for a one-on-one interaction. In January 2009, Siddharth was awarded the National Award for Entrepreneur of the year by National Association for the Blind (India) Siddharth was conferred the NIVH Excellence Award at the National Institute for Visually Handicapped, Dehradun, by the Governor of Uttarakhand on 3rd December 2012. Happy listening! Warm regards, Amit Bhatt Sr. Software Accessibility QA Engineer QA Infotech Pvt. Ltd. www.qainfotech.net RJ - Radio Udaan: www.radioudaan.com Moderator - SayEverything, an international mailing list dedicated to people with disabilities www.sayeverything.org "A player that makes a team great is more valuable than a great player" -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Fusion Silver Linings" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to fusion-silver-linings+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. Clean India Campaign: Let us also chip in! Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
