ABOUT ANJLEE AGARWAL

Anjlee is an award-winning disability advocate & social entrepreneur who was diagnosed with limb girdle muscular dystrophy when she was 18 years old. Determined to channel her adversity into opportunity, she sees her challenges as a unique chance for creativity and has become the ultimate agent for change.

AWARDS

For her exemplary work in the field of Universal Accessibility and Disability Inclusion, Anjlee is recipient of several awards

ACHIEVEMENTS

Accomplished major projects in fostering ‘Enabling and Disability Inclusive Environment’

INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATION

She is regularly nominated by the Indian and UN agencies as a subject expert to advice on inclusive design, program and policies’

MEMBER

Promoting sustainable and livable societies is her mission and she is passionate about people-friendly spaces

PUBLICATIONS

Promoting sustainable and livable societies is her mission and she is passionate about people-friendly spaces

IN THE NEWS

Since 1993, for her action-oriented approach, she has been widely covered by print and electronic media

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TESTIMONIALS

Anjlee did an amazing job in her advocacy. She took part in a discussion on follow up strategies with those Indian NGOs. She is working to ensure that once the recommendations are out that the disability movement together with the women’s rights movement can join forces to use them to their optimum in effecting change

Victoria Lee

Human Rights Officer, International Disability Alliance

…following the CEDAW discussion and the concluding recommendations. Your interventions have made history, this is great news

Michele Weldon

Strategic Partnerships Coordinator, UN Women

So gratifying to know that persistent advocacy by a talented disabled woman, Anjlee Agarwal in India, succeeded in removing barriers for personal assistants under restricted mobility in India in response to the Covid19 crisis!!"

Aiko Akiyama

Social Affairs Officer, United Nations ESCAP

Samarthyam is a pioneer in promoting “Mobility for All” i.e. Accessible Transportation System for Persons with Disability and Elderly. It continues to march under the inspiring leadership of Anjlee Agarwal in making Indian cities inclusive in the true sense of the word. I am proud to have been closely associated with Anjlee and her colleagues. I look forward to many more years of meaningful collaboration with her team and researchers at TRIPP, IIT Delhi.

Geetam Tiwari

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

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