MUMBAI:
Rio Paralympics
silver medalist
Deepa Malik will be honoured with the 'M G Mehta Human Spirit' award, at a ceremony to be held here next month.
The award, which has been previously won by Padma Shri awardee
Arunima Sinha
, the first Indian woman amputee to scale Mount Everest in 2013, and paralympic cyclist
Aditya Mehta
, has been instituted by the
Ratna Nidhi Trust
.
"I look forward to receiving this award. Ratna Nidhi's work for persons with disabilities has been massive and at a global scale. Their founder Mahendrabhai Mehta was a beacon of light. This award, in his memory is absolutely priceless," Malik said in a statement issued here.
Malik was honoured with the Padma Shri earlier this year and Arjuna Award in 2012.
"We chose Deepa Malik for the 'M G Mehta Human Spirit' award, for her exemplary achievements. We confer this every year around World Disability Day (observed on December 3) to a deserving individual who is a role model to persons with disabilities in India," trustee of Ratna Nidhi Trust, Rajiv Mehta said.
The award will consists of a cash award of Rs 1 lakh and a citation.
The award ceremony will be held on November 21 at the Y B Chavan Auditorium in south Mumbai.
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