With an endeavour to secure employment for the visually impaired, he has worked for and educated them about their rights since the last 11 years . Lauding the NFB for helping him in the cause, the professor said: “NFB has provided employment to many, but we need help from the government as well. They have no time to listen to our demands.”

A lover of music, Rajesh Mohan, aims to instill the same in the children. He has been organising free music workshops for the last 10 years and has also opened a music school in his hometown, Faridkot, which provides free classes to the students.

“I derive great pleasure from teaching the little ones. Music, for me, is next to God. I want to spread the art of music among the masses,” he says.