Blind achiever Ashwini in film, Socially relevant film
- IndiaGlitz, [Tuesday,June 27 2017]
In a socially relevant film with commercial angles this time from national award winning Nikil Manjoo is Shalini IAS'. The film had agrand launch on Saturday evening. Nikil Manjoo is roping in a blind achiever Ashwini Angadi, UN award winner from Bengaluru for the first
time in a Kannada film Shalini IAS'.
Ashwini Angadi has formed a trust in 2014 and set up Belaku Academy' for visually impaired children. Ashwini herself being visuallyimpaired by birth wanted to provide assistance to other visually impaired children like her and thus managed to convert her own home into a
residential school for the blind. Ashwini Angadi, 27-year-old girl from Bengaluru, was honored with the UN Special Envoy for GlobalEducation's Youth Courage Award, a part of the Malala Day Celebrations on July 12 2013 at the world body.
Ashwini Angadi has added another feather to her cap by receiving the Queen's Young Leader Award on June 22, 2015 in London and is one amongthe three people selected for this award from India. She was launched a book Limca Book of Records 'People of the Year' 2016.Recently, inDubai she attended a world class conference called Global Education Skills Forum' organized by Gems Education.