Telecasted on Republic TV on Saturday 27 February 2021<\/p>\n
Jury:<\/strong> The event\u2026<\/strong> Selected from across diverse fields, the recipients of this year\u2019s edition were handpicked by an eminent panel of jury with the aim to recognize their zeal and verve in achieving significant milestones.<\/p>\n The glittering award ceremony was graced by Grammy and Academy Award winning Indian musician, Shri. AR Rahman<\/strong> as the Chief Guest. Actor & Trustee of Ability Foundation, Revathy, was the host for the evening. Enthralling the audience with their confidence the outstanding awardees shared their life journey vividly through their videos and speeches. The programme ended on a high-note with the recipients of the awards leaving each and every viewer inspired and empowered individuals.<\/p>\n The ceremony\u2019s cultural component was a scintillating musical celebration by Shankar Mahadevan.<\/p>\n Commenting on the occasion, Shri. CK Ranganathan, Chairman and Managing Director, CavinKare Pvt. Ltd.<\/strong> said, \u201cEvery time I hand over the trophy to the most deserving person of the year, for their fight against all odds, their excellence and eminence gets redefined. I am so happy to be part of it. Every single moment of the award function, over the last 18 years, has been so inspiring. To witness their journey and the strength with which they have overcome hurdles, is encouraging and motivating. We have been able to harness all of this positive energy into a magnificent, grand event and showcase it to a large segment of audience this year through a virtual platform. By amplifying their achievements, we urge the world to celebrate all the recipients of this award and comply themselves to get inspired.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n Said Smt. Jayshree Raveendran, Founder & Hon. Executive Director, Ability Foundation,<\/strong> \u201cIndia has a huge population of people with disabilities. And yet, the strength, potentials, talents and capabilities of most persons with disabilities, by and large, tend to be overlooked or side-lined. By bringing to the fore the extent to which people with disabilities can shine and stand out\u2026 given the right opportunities at the right time and an unbiased mind, these Awards stand out from the rest. To say that we have been able to change mindsets and dispel stereotypes these 18 years of the Awards and now this 19th<\/sup> year, would be an understatement.<\/p>\n I am so proud that our country can boast as such persons as have been showcased here, year after year. Ability Foundation has been steadfastly working towards bridging the divide between persons with and without disabilities and through these Awards, we hope to reach out to each and every one of you and march ahead towards an equal society for every citizen of the country, be they disabled or non-disabled.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n This one-of-its kind national level award comprise two categories: the CavinKare Ability Award for Eminence & the CavinKare Ability Mastery Awards.<\/strong> This year, due to the difficulties and restrictions imposed by the pandemic situation in our Country, the nominees were carefully selected by an expert committee from the previous years\u2019 nominees, based on the same criteria and difficulty level as always.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Telecasted on Republic TV on Saturday 27 February 2021 Jury: Shankar Mahadevan, Singer & Composer N K Ranganath, Grundfos Water Ambassador, Grundfos Pumps India Private Ltd Madhan Karky, Lyricist & … CavinKare ABILITY Awards 2021<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":190,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"event":[43],"class_list":["post-269","past-event","type-past-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event-cavinkare"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilityfoundation.org\/2024-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/past-event\/269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilityfoundation.org\/2024-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/past-event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilityfoundation.org\/2024-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/past-event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilityfoundation.org\/2024-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilityfoundation.org\/2024-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilityfoundation.org\/2024-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event?post=269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nShankar Mahadevan<\/strong>, Singer & Composer
\nN K Ranganath<\/strong>, Grundfos Water Ambassador, Grundfos Pumps India Private Ltd
\nMadhan Karky<\/strong>, Lyricist & Screenwriter
\nLatha Pandiarajan<\/strong>, Director, Ma Foi Strategic Consultants Pvt Ltd
\nB Shankar<\/strong>, CEO, Fourth Dimension Media Solutions Private Ltd<\/p>\n
\n27th<\/sup> February 2021: Diversified FMCG Conglomerate, CavinKare Pvt Ltd and National NGO Ability Foundation, today honoured 4 remarkable achievers with disabilities at the 19th<\/sup> Edition of Cavinkare Ability Awards 2021. Relentless in its efforts to spotlight the exemplary array of achievers with disabilities from across the country, CavinKare and Ability Foundation jointly organized this year\u2019s awards in a contactless manner this time.<\/p>\n