Devika Malik received National Youth Award

Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur confers the National Youth Awards to Devika Malik during a felicitation on International Youth Day at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi, India, on August 12, 2021. Devika Malik is the only woman from Haryana & the only divyang woman to the awarded among the 22 award winners this year. She was born with hemiplegia, which causes paralysis to one side of the body. She has overcome the challenges of her disability to become an international para-athlete (disability sports) with 8 national & 3 international medals at World Para Athletics Grand Prix competitions, a psychological counsellor, International Disability Inclusion Advocate & TEDx Speaker and social entrepreneur. She has established the Wheeling Happiness Foundation to empower people with disabilities and promote disability inclusion. Photo credit: Indian Photo Agency (InPA)