NINA Foundation And WeSchool Join

Hands To Celebrate The 5th Spinal Cord

Injury Awareness Day

Salute the spirit of the bravehearts by giving RockStar and WillStar

awards

Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development

(WeSchool) along with NINA foundation, a 12 year old NGO

established for the rehabilitation of friends with spinal cord

injury celebrated the 5th Spinal Injury Awareness Day on June

25, 2013.

The ceremony was held at the WeSchool campus in Mumbai.

Shri Kiranbhai Jani from Ambaji, Gujarat was felicitated with

the ROCKSTAR AWARD and Smt. Padma Patil from Akola,

Maharashtra received the WILLSTAR AWARD. These awards

are a symbol of the will power and unrelenting spirit of people

with spinal cord injury who have carved their own path to

success in spite of endless physical hardships. It showcases the

strength, pride and fearlessness with which they have faced life to

become independent and provide a beacon of hope to others.

The evening was graced by the presence of Chief Guest

Padmbhushan Smt Rajashree Birla, Director, Aditya Birla

Group, Prof. Dr Uday Salunkhe, Group Director, WeSchool

and Dr Ketna Mehta, Editor and Associate Dean Research,

WeSchool and Trustee, NINA Foundation. WeSchool is the

academic partner of NINA Foundation.

While applauding the achievements of the awardees Mrs

Rajashree Birla, Director, Aditya Birla Group, said, I am

extremely happy to be present here today and take this

opportunity to thank NINA Foundation for their invaluable

support and contribution. You have all gone through and

perhaps continue to go through the most trying circumstances

physically and emotionally. What is truly inspiring is that after

the initial phase you have faced the challenges with equanimity

and fortitude. You have all found light, in what many would

have construed as darkness and you have not let darkness cloud

your spirit .The key lesson here is that life affirming thoughts

have a power to heal. Negative emotions can only be destructive

WeSchool creates an environment that embodies its core values

of: Passion, We Link & Care, Result Oriented Process Driven

Work Ethics and Breakthrough Thinking & Breakthrough

Execution. We look forward to nurturing the global Citizen

leader not only through our inventive academic programs but

also by changing their lenses so that they are able to recover the

trust deficit created by the economic crisis and work with

sensitivity and empathy for the benefit of all stakeholders in the

global society. With Diversity and inclusion becoming

buzzwords, our association with NINA Foundation is very

important to us as it is a manifestation of our beliefs and core

values said Prof Dr Uday Salunkhe, Group Director-

WeSchool, while saluting the will power and spirit of the friends

with spinal injury.

Apart from Kiranbhai Jani and Dr Padma Patil, two young

paraplegics, Sanika Shashane and Dinkle Shah were felicitated

and awarded educational scholarships at the hands of Dr Bhojraj

for getting good results in HSC, while Nisha Gupta (In absentia)

was gifted with an active wheelchair by NINA Foundation.

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