• The image is a group picture from project discovery award ceremony at Purple Fest 2023.the image has been taken inside a room. The winners of Project Discovery 2023 holding their certificates. People are both standing and sitting on floor. Few winners sitting on their wheelchairs. Project Discovery team and members of senior management team an EnAble India is also present.

Our aim is to empower grassroots innovators and make assistive solutions more accessible. By promoting innovation from the grassroots level, we seek to promote a solution eccentric approach in the disability sector.

21 Disabilities

Owned by Community

Driven by Volunteers

The meaning of the word ‘Solution’

…is to find an alternative method of overcoming a challenge by working around the problem, in order to live a life of dignity and independence. It could be a product, workflow, or a unique way of doing something that enables a person to perform the task they normally would have difficulty in accomplishing.Many of us use such simple yet innovative solutions in our day-to-day lives, sometimes without even realizing its importance. Persons with disabilities and their caregiver’s or family members are no exemption to this. However, such solutions mostly remain undocumented.

Project Discovery is a platform aimed at collating different solutions in the form of short videos and making them available to ALL.

Mission

Persons with disabilities and grassroots stakeholders invest significant time and energy in solving problems through creative, informal solutions. However, their efforts often go unnoticed due to the existing conditions and lengthy processes. The mission of Project Discovery is to recognise and support grassroots innovators in the global disability sector and make them feel valued for their contributions as buddies and innovators.
  • This picture is from a Project Discovery solution stall. One person with vision impairment is exploring the tactile map of India to know the states that Project Discovery has reached out. One project discovery team member is guiding him.
  • The image is of one of our innovators named Naman Patel. He is sitting and posing with his customized motorcycle and sidecar . The image is taken outside his house. The sidecar is wheelchair accessible and a folded wheelchair is visible in the sidecar.
  • This image is taken outdoor at Purple fest 2023 and in front of project discovery solution exhibition stall. Three people are visible in the image. Two men in wheelchairs, in front of the stall, facing each other, engaged in conversation or discussion. A man standing in the stall with table in front of him with some solutions displayed. Project Discovery banner is visible on the wall behind them

Vision

Inspiring inclusive, empathy and following our moto of “Nothing about us without us”, we drive a solution-oriented approach within the disability sector to address various challenges faced by people with disabilities for a more accessible world.

Testimonials

  • “It was a very powerful experience for me to attend the Purple Fest as a representative of Google’s Accessibility Team and to meet people with disabilities from all over India who are advocates, activists, athletes, educators, friends, innovators, parents, students, and much more! I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to conduct research in partnership with EnAble India and disability community members. I am excited for the future of Purple Fest!”
    Mandeep KaurAccessibility Researcher from Google
  • “My name is Sara Kotak and I have been interning at EnAble India with Project Discovery for about a year now. I started as a volunteer, and I am an intern now. I recently applied to a university in Pune and got a full tuition scholarship, thanks to this internship. I have learnt how to communicate effectively and how a project works end to end. My leadership skills also improved considerably! My association with Project Discovery helped me grow out of my shell and I would recommend everyone to sign up for this wonderful experience.”
    Sara KotakIntern
  • Project Discovery initiated its journey with a simple question to me in a meeting by Dipesh Sutariya, “How many solutions do you use?” During the discussion, we realized that ‘any alternative method that makes a person’s life easier and overcomes a barrier is a solution’.Project Discovery then started collecting solutions from the community members at the grassroots level. A brief discussion gave this project life and in just three years, we have gone international! I am hopeful for the world of innovation this project will lead to.”
    Sayomdeb MukherjeeSenior Manager, EnAble India
  • ”Participating in Project Discovery has been an incredible journey, providing valuable insights into simple yet impact solutions for the daily challenges faced by individuals with disabilities. Being a part of finding everyday solutions this time around has instilled a deep sense of pride.”
    Pragya Prasun SinghInnovator and Purple ambassador-2023
  • “I believe this project is not only about person with disabilities to come up and showcase their own innovations, It is also about encouraging everyone to be innovative and to see that solutions for one person can be solutions for many.”
    ArunUttar Pradesh, Hamari Vaani listener
  • “Necessity is the mother of all inventions and the fact that we Indians thrive on juggad/hacks to make day-to-day activities little easier could be transformed into a project ceases to amaze me to no end. It’s wonderful to see simple yet doable and effective hacks by each winner was just mind-boggling and out of the box. Thanks to EnAble India for coming up with a one-of-a-kind project and acknowledging the efforts with an award is the cherry on the cake.”
    Mitesh ShahMumbai, Innovator and National wheelchair Tennis Player

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States

160

Districts

4500

Video submissions received

Description of image
: Project Discovery represented in the winners’ list in both editions of the Discovery Awards.

In 2022 Kamalakanta Nayak from Odisha Won the Discovery Awards.

In 2023 Rigzin Tamchos from Leh won the Discovery Awards.

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