Ok. Sridhar Acharya, founder president of Navajeevan Blind Reduction Centre, Tirupati, obtained the ‘Nationwide award for the empowerment of individuals with disabilities (Divyangjan)’ for the 12 months 2020 from President Ram Nath Kovind at New Delhi on Friday.
The award is available in recognition of Mr. Acharya’s 44 years of selfless service to the reason for the visually-challenged folks.
Began as Navajeevan Blind Reduction Centre, it expanded into a number of charitable establishments like Navajeevan eye hospital, orphan house, house for senior residents, Veda Patashala, Goshala, that additionally began dealing with self employment schemes and starvation elimination programmes beneath ‘Navajeevan Annalakshmi Pathakam’ in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Odisha.
The ex-serviceman turned benefactor additionally performed widow re-marriages.
He believed imparting training will assist in the empowerment of the visually- challenged individuals.
