The National Aluminium Company limited (Nalco) has instituted a State-level award for the NGOs and other institutions working for rehabilitation and resettlement of the differently-abled children.
The award shall carry a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh and a citation, which will be handed over to the winner during the Nalco’s Foundation Day celebration on January 7. Nalco CMD TK Chand made this announcement while addressing the 20th Annual Day of the Institute for Helping the Disabled here on Saturday.
Gracing the occasion as chief guest, Chand said, “Disability is not inability. Rather, when one part of the body becomes disabled, other parts become more active. So, instead of pitying the lot of such differently-abled, one should nurture their potentials through guidance and creation of opportunities.”
Among others, former Odisha Chief Secretary Ramakant Rath, eminent educationists Prof Santanu Acharya and Pradyumna Mishra were present on the occasion.