VOSAP Highlights of July – September 2026
Read inspiring Impact stories here to get a glimpse of the impact we’ve achieved and the lives we’ve transformed through various enablement initiatives
🎉 100,000 Lives Changed
August 2026 marked a major milestone in VOSAP’s impact journey. VOSAP has changed 100,000+ lives in the last ten years, giving us the confidence to think BIG and be BOLD with the next goal of reaching 1 million+ beneficiaries in the next decade.
👨🦽VOSAP Sahay Zone at Ability Expo, New Delhi
VOSAP partnered with IDEA to power the Ability Expo, sponsoring 15 booths and creating a platform(VOSAP Sahay Zone) for entrepreneurs with disabilities and innovative products built for persons with disabilities to shine.
VOSAP started empowering blind people with Assistive Technology Products in the US
VOSAP’s support for AT products in the US started in Q3 and has beneficiaries now in 7 states, who received the Orbit Reader at a subsidized rate.
📌VOSAP’s project HITARTH shortlisted for ZERO PROJECT awards 2027 at the UN in Vienna
Selected from 615 nominations across 94 countries. The shortlisted initiatives will be presented at the Zero Project Conference, February 10–12, 2027.
👥 Ten Years of Impact
- 75,000 IDD persons supported through Project HITARTH
- 15,000+ Assistive devices and kits given to beneficiaries: 15,000+
- 19,500+ People who received the Gift of Vision
- 38 -Scholarships awarded to students with hearing impairment in the US
- 9 – Number of times VOSAP presented its thought leadership at UN forums
- 28,000+ Public places rated for wheelchair accessibility on the VOSAP app
- 12,500+ Volunteers around the world.
- Beneficiaries in 28 states in India and 7 US states
100,000 LIVES. ONE DECADE. A MOVEMENT THAT IS GAINING MOMENTUM…
MILESTONE · AUGUST 2026 · TEN YEARS OF VOSAP
SMART GLASSES PROVIDED TO VISUALLY IMPAIRED PwDs IN MEGHALAYA
ENABLEMENT · AUGUST 10, 2026 · LOK BHAVAN, SHILLONG, MEGHALAYA
VOSAP held its first-ever enablement event in India’s Northeast, distributing AI-enabled Sunbots smart glasses to visually impaired beneficiaries, each carefully evaluated and selected. The Hon’ble Governor of Meghalaya, Shri Chandrashekhar H. Vijayashankar, was Chief Guest, with VOSAP Advisor Dr. Uttam Ojha as Guest of Honour. Founder Pranav Desai joined virtually from Los Angeles to interact and encourage scaling up the empowerment of PwDs.
Meghalaya’s economy, the fastest-growing at 13%, and Divyangjan are getting included with visible support from the state government, Governorshri, and aspiring Divyangjan.
VOSAP Sahay Zone at Ability Expo 2026
ENTREPRENEURSHIP & INCLUSION · AUGUST 12–15, 2026 · NEW DELHI
Accessibility and inclusion took centre stage at Bhartiya Vyapar Mahotsav 2026, which drew over 10 lakh visitors across four days. VOSAP partnered with IDEA to power the Ability Expo, sponsoring 15 booths and creating the VOSAP Sahay Zone, a platform for entrepreneurs with disabilities and for innovations built for persons with disabilities. The initiative directly supports VOSAP’s Vision 2047 for Divyangjan.
SAHAYATHA WHEELCHAIRS: REDEFINING DIGNITY
ENABLEMENT · SEPTEMBER 10, 2026 · PUDUKKOTTAI DISTRICT, TAMIL NADU
Under the VOSAP Subsidy Programme, 13 selected beneficiaries with severe mobility limitations received Sahayatha Toileting & Self-Cleansing Wheelchairs, designed to improve dignity, independence, basic mobility.
ANNUAL GALA 2026 IN DALLAS
FUNDRAISING & COMMUNITY · SEPTEMBER 12, 2026 · DALLAS, TEXAS
VOSAP’s Annual Gala 2026 in Dallas, hosted with Bhartiya Nivas, a senior living community, celebrated the 100,000 lives empowered milestone.
Longtime philanthropists Shri Ashok and Madhu Patel were the Guests of Honor, and VOSAP Youth Ambassador Sparsh Shah electrified the gathering with songs, with Shabnam Modgil of RJ FunAsia as Emcee. Founder Pranav Desai shared the goal of reaching one million lives over the next ten years.
The event was a great success due to the teamwork of Sneha Shah, Sandeep Motewar, Tejas Shroff, Khiro Mishra, Tushar Joshi, Nanda Tiwari, and the Bhartiya Nivas team. Special thanks to Shri Bharat Bhakta, founder of Bhartiya Nivas (the 1st senior living facility in Texas for the Indian community), for inspiring fellow philanthropists to join him in making the VOSAP fundraiser a huge success.
ANNUAL GALA 2026 IN LOS ANGELES: The “NEW DEFINITION OF ROI” = Return on Inclusion
FUNDRAISING & COMMUNITY · SEPTEMBER 20, 2026 · ORANGE, CALIFORNIA
MSI Events Center, an extraordinary venue, was buzzing with enthusiasm and a sense of achievement on Sept 20, 2026. VOSAP’s Chief patrons, Shri Manubhai and Rikaben Shah, graced the event with their extremely endearing presence and insightful guidance for the next phase of VOSAP’s impact journey.
The key takeaway from his speech was that for the VOSAP ecosystem, ROI means Return on Inclusion, and all the efforts and contributions lead to empowered human lives. This shift in perspective makes the Goal of 1 million-plus beneficiaries more urgent.
Special guest Hoby Wedler, Ph.D., scientist and sensory expert, shared insightful perspectives about human sensory experience through his life story and advocacy work. Dr. Dhiren Buch, an anesthesiologist and versatile singer, performed evergreen songs that the guests danced to and immersed themselves in nostalgia.
VOSAP’s Return on Inclusion means Opportunity instead of sympathy, Dignity instead of pity, and Independence for PwDs. Founder Pranav Desai presented the roadmap and execution plan to reach 1 million-plus beneficiaries, which will require VOSAP to raise upwards of $55 million in the coming years to fuel growth.
PROJECT HITARTH, A VOSAP INITIATIVE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PARIVAAR, SHORTLISTED FOR THE ZERO PROJECT AWARDS
GLOBAL RECOGNITION · OCTOBER 2026 · UNITED NATIONS, VIENNA
Zero Project of the Essl Foundation of Austria has the mission to work for a world with Zero barriers. The Zero Project finds and shares solutions from across the world that improve Daily lives and legal rights of all PwDs. The Zero Project conference is a unique meeting place for Disability Innovation held every year in partnership with UN CRPD in Vienna.
Project HITARTH, conceived by VOSAP and executed in partnership with PARIVAAR – NCPO, has been shortlisted for the Zero Project Awards 2027, selected from 615 nominations across 94 countries. HITARTH is India’s first Community Navigator Model, in which trained HITARTH Sahayaks help persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities access healthcare benefits under the Niramaya Health Insurance Scheme.
The Zero Project Conference will present the shortlisted initiatives on February 10–12, 2027, at the United Nations Office in Vienna.
FEATURED STORY: HITARTH SAHAYAKS IN THE KASHMIR VALLEY
GRASSROOTS IMPACT · GANDERBAL, JAMMU & KASHMIR
In Ganderbal, Kashmir, HITARTH Sahayaks have to bring support to the families in scattered small villages in rugged terrain rather than waiting for the family to find it. Project HITARTH closes the last-mile gap in the NIRAMAYA Health Insurance Scheme, which offers eligible persons with disabilities up to ₹1 lakh a year in health-related reimbursements. Sahayaks are trained community facilitators who help families of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities with registration, renewals, documentation and claims, and follow-up until the benefit arrives, covering services such as physiotherapy, speech therapy, dental care and outpatient treatment.
Hitarth Sahayak, Aquib, has helped process more than 200 claims. The project also gives Sahayaks a way to earn a living, and with partner PARIVAAR-NCPO, VOSAP is building a network of Sahayaks to take this model across India
BENEFICIARY STORY: KRASHANVEER SINGH, FROM A RAILWAY TRACK IN KANPUR TO THE KEDARNATH TEMPLE
INSPIRATIONAL STORY · PROSTHETIC SUBSIDY · KANPUR TO DELHI
Krashanveer Singh, then a second-year BSc student, was travelling from Kanpur to Delhi in May 2015 when robbers snatched his belongings and pushed him off the train. He lost his leg. Within six months, he was back at work, first in marketing and then delivering for Domino’s, though his early prosthetic strapped tightly, chafed, and needed constant adjusting.
He found VOSAP through an Instagram post and travelled to Gurgaon to meet the team. Today he is a Rapido bike partner in Delhi, and his monthly income has grown from roughly ₹15,000–16,000 to ₹25,000–30,000. He has also walked the full 32 km Kedarnath route. Krashanveer paid ₹8,000 for a ₹40,000 prosthetic leg through VOSAP’s subsidy, with a year of free follow-ups!
LOOKING AHEAD
📱 VOSAP Mobile App 2.0
The next version of the VOSAP Mobile App launches in Q4 2026. Stay tuned for details.
📅 Upcoming Events
- VOSAP global virtual Annual event on Dec 5, 2026.
- VOSAP Gala in Bay Area, California on Nov 21, 2026.
- Instalimb Event in Hyderabad.
- Distribution of Saksharta Kits for the education of Blind students in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Bengal with Ek Kadam Aur Foundation.
- Cataract Surgery Camps in Gujarat and Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh.
