Crowne Plaza Greater Noida hosts National Abilympics for specially-abled

26 July 2019, Greater Noida: Crowne Plaza Greater Noida played host to regional culinary competitions for specially-abled organized by National Abilympics Association of India (NAAI), under the aegis of Sarthak Educational Trust.

As part of the hotel’s Corporate Social Responsibility, Crowne Plaza Greater Noida fully supported the event with the venue and all related culinary arrangements. This was the 19th edition of India’s Regional Abilympic skill competitions for persons with disabilities in the hospitality category - cooking. Held on 4 July 2019, the event saw 13 specially-abled participants displaying their culinary skills.

Abilympics (Olympics of Abilities) are vocational skills competitions specifically designed for disabled individuals with disabilities to enable them to expose their unique talents.

On hotel’s association with NAAI and Sarthak Educational Trust, Ashwani Nayar, General Manager says, ‘We are proud to be hosting this event at Crowne Plaza Greater Noida. As a responsible organization that stands for inclusivity, we believe in giving back to society in every small and big way we can. We’ll be happy to extend our support to NAAI and Sarthak Educational Trust for more such events in the future.’

The culinary competitions, held at Crowne Plaza Greater Noida, were judged by Executive Chef Subroto Goswami and Executive Sous Chef Sumit Sabharwal, who also gave away prizes to the winners.

About National Abilympic Association Of India (NAAI)

NAAI primarily organizes vocational skill competitions to discover and nurture the talent of persons with disabilities and create awareness in the society at large about their productive skills. The headquarters of NAAI are located at Sarthak Educational Trust, Mohammadpur, Near Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi. www.abilympicsindia.org

About Sarthak Educational Trust

Sarthak Educational Trust was started in the year 2008. In 2004 while practicing as a dentist, Dr. Aggarwal started losing his vision due to Macular Degeneration of Retina, a non-treatable concern. During this period he realized the agony with which a PwD's goes through due to constraints such as non-inclusive environment and limited access to resources and opportunities. With God’s grace and support from various relevant persons he first got himself trained in screen readers and other software to manage and execute his daily activities through Computers, and gradually started with skilling and employment of visually impaired candidates in Medical Transcription in Delhi.

Thus, he envisioned a platform where this dependency can be cured. With this thought, in 2008 Dr. Aggarwal started with one centre in Delhi and gradually expanded to 17 centers across the nation. Through its presence in Delhi(3), Chandigarh, Gurugram, Ludhiana, Lucknow, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune, Ambala, Bhopal, Kolkata, Ghaziabad, Faridabad,Thane, Chennai and Vishakapatnam with the support of National Skill Development Corporation, Capgemini India Private Limited, Mahindra Finance and various other agencies. www.sarthakindia.org