National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People
This year we celebrate the 23rd edition of the NCPEDP- Mindtree Helen Keller Awards. The story of the Helen Keller Awards started in 1999 as a result of the findings of a survey conducted of the Top 100 Companies of India by the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP). The results showed that the average percentage of employment of people with disabilities was as follows: in the public sector: 0.54%; in the private sector: 0.28%; and in the multinationals: 0.05%. While the situation has improved to some extent in the past decade and a half, we are still not even close to covering half the percentage of persons with disabilities living in the country.
The objective of the NCPEDP Helen Keller Awards was to start a discourse on equal opportunities for persons with disabilities in the area of employment at a time when no one was even thinking about it. Organisations and employees with disabilities would become brand ambassadors for the cause of employment of persons with disabilities and take the momentum forward and role models would be identified and celebrated in an attempt to motivate and encourage others. Over the past 20 years, these Awards have come to be recognized as the most prestigious Indian benchmark for honoring people and organizations which have been working towards promoting employment opportunities for people with disabilities.
This is the 7th year of The NCPEDP and Mindtree’s partnership for the Helen Keller Awards.
The Awards will be given away under the following 4 categories:
Category A: Role Model Persons with Disabilities:
Persons with Disabilities from within the disability sector and outside who have been active as ambassadors of the cause of employment for people with disabilities and are a positive role model for others.
Every year, Awards in this category are given out to 3 people across the country.
Category B: Role Model Supporter of Increased Employment Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities:
Individuals from within the disability sector or outside who have contributed substantially to the cause of promoting employment opportunities for people with disabilities over an extended period of time.
Every year, Awards in this category are given out to 3 people across the country.
Category C: Role Model Companies/NGOs/Institutions:
Organisations from the disability sector or outside who have shown their commitment towards promoting equal employment opportunities for people with disabilities.
Every year, Awards in this category are given out to 4 companies/organisations across the country.
Role Model Entrepreneurs with Disabilities:
Entrepreneurs with disabilities who have managed to set up businesses and sustained them over a period of time. The efforts of these individuals have positively impacted not only their lives but also the lives of others involved.
This category was added in 2021 and 3 awards are given under this category, across the country.
About The Partners
National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People
Registered in 1996, the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP) is the country’s premier cross disability, not-for-profit organisation working as an interface between Government, Industry, International Agencies and the Voluntary Sector towards empowerment of persons with disabilities. Its mandate is simple – to encourage employment of disabled people, increase public awareness on the issue of disability, empower disabled people with knowledge, information and opportunities and ensure easy and convenient access to all public places. NCPEDP works on six core principles, also called the six pillars of the organization, namely:
- Education;
- Employment;
- Accessibility;
- Legislation/Policy;
- Awareness/Communication; and
- Youth.
About MindTree
Mindtree 
[NSE: MINDTREE] is a global technology consulting and services company, helping enterprises marry scale with agility to achieve competitive advantage. “Born digital,” in 1999 and now a Larsen & Toubro Group Company, Mindtree applies its deep domain knowledge to 280+ enterprise client engagements to break down silos, make sense of digital complexity and bring new initiatives to market faster. We enable IT to move at the speed of business, leveraging emerging technologies and the efficiencies of Continuous Delivery to spur business innovation.
Operating in more than 15 countries across the world, we’re consistently regarded as one of the best places to work, embodied every day by our winning culture made up of over 21,000 entrepreneurial, collaborative and dedicated “Mindtree Minds”.
To learn more, visit www.mindtree.com or follow us @Mindtree_Ltd
[NSE: MINDTREE] is a global technology consulting and services company, helping enterprises marry scale with agility to achieve competitive advantage. “Born digital,” in 1999 and now a Larsen & Toubro Group Company, Mindtree applies its deep domain knowledge to 280+ enterprise client engagements to break down silos, make sense of digital complexity and bring new initiatives to market faster. We enable IT to move at the speed of business, leveraging emerging technologies and the efficiencies of Continuous Delivery to spur business innovation.
Operating in more than 15 countries across the world, we’re consistently regarded as one of the best places to work, embodied every day by our winning culture made up of over 21,000 entrepreneurial, collaborative and dedicated “Mindtree Minds”.
To learn more, visit www.mindtree.com or follow us @Mindtree_Ltd Nomination Forms
Google Forms for Nomination
Nomination Forms in Hindi
- विवरण – एनसिपिईडिपि हेलेन केलर अवार्ड्स २०२२
- नामांकन प्रपत्र एनसिपिईडिपि – माइंडट्री हेलेन केलर पुरस्कार २०२२ – श्रेणी ए और बी व्यक्तिगत
- नामांकन प्रपत्र एनसिपिईडिपि-माइंडट्री हेलेन केलर पुरस्कार २०२२ – कॉर्पोरेट, गैर सरकारी संगठन, संस्थान
- नामांकन फॉर्म एनसिपिईडिपि-माइंडट्री हेलेन केलर पुरस्कार २०२२ – विकलांग उद्यमी