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Dr. P. Athiannan: A true hero

Dr. P. Athiannan is the owner of varied business like bus and lorry transports, in addition to a petrol station. A disabled person himself, he came up the hard way and was dismayed at the slowness of governmental schemes to provide disabled people with employment and equipment.

Deciding to take matters into his hands, he set up the Salem Physically Handicapped Welfare Association, of which he is currently the president. Here's a brief look at some milestones:

• He himself employs 10 disabled persons in his business concerns.
• Over the years, he has been instrumental in guiding and assisting more than 2,500 members of the Association in finding employment.
• He is one of the key office bearers of the Lorry Owners Association of Salem & Namekel districts and regularly provides employment to disabled persons through it.
• He distributes tricycles, artificial limbs, callipers and cruthes to disabled people.
• Dr. Athiannan is part of the Tamil Nadu Education Trust at Salem, which conducts vocational training for disabled students in dressmaking and hair dressing.
• He also actively coordinates with the District Collector, Salem, as well as District Employment Offices for getting disabled persons employed in the public sector.
• He has received an honourary doctorate from the Inter American University, the Udavikkaram Award from the Tamil Nadu Association for the Welfare of the Physically Handicapped, and the Best President Award from the Lions Club International.

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