Tiffany Brar
NGO founder
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Digitisation , Media , Education , Technology
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Kerala (India)
Tiffany Brar is a motivational speaker, a special educator and a social activist, raising her voice for her community as well as for other disabilities. She became blind soon after birth due to the negligence of a doctor. She strongly believes that it is for a reason that she is visually challenged and her disability is a way to create possibilities for others like her.
Brar completed her degree in English Literature from Kerala University and then her Bachelor’s in Special Education from Rama Krishna Mission Vivekananda University, Coimbatore. She has a good command over six Indian languages. Brar started a mobile school for blind persons, which follows the motto that “if blind can’t go to school, let the school go to them”. She has provided training in mobility, confidence, communication, daily living skills, Braille, access technology and more. The NGO Jyothirgamaya, which she has founded, aims to empower blind people and especially blind women. She sensitizes companies to make web content accessible according to the web content accessibility guidelines.
Brar has inter alia delivered several Ted talks and a speech at the EU parliament. She has received the Indian National Award for the Best Role Model, the Indian Real Hero Award, the Kerala State Award for the Best Institution for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, the Spindle NOW-Us! (NOthing about us Without Us) Award, the Spirit Award from World Pulse as well as the Make a Difference Award and the Vocational Excellence Award from Rotary International. She was selected to be an INK fellow in 2019, and Jyothirgamaya has been attributed consultative status by the UN ECOSOC.
Brar completed her degree in English Literature from Kerala University and then her Bachelor’s in Special Education from Rama Krishna Mission Vivekananda University, Coimbatore. She has a good command over six Indian languages. Brar started a mobile school for blind persons, which follows the motto that “if blind can’t go to school, let the school go to them”. She has provided training in mobility, confidence, communication, daily living skills, Braille, access technology and more. The NGO Jyothirgamaya, which she has founded, aims to empower blind people and especially blind women. She sensitizes companies to make web content accessible according to the web content accessibility guidelines.
Brar has inter alia delivered several Ted talks and a speech at the EU parliament. She has received the Indian National Award for the Best Role Model, the Indian Real Hero Award, the Kerala State Award for the Best Institution for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, the Spindle NOW-Us! (NOthing about us Without Us) Award, the Spirit Award from World Pulse as well as the Make a Difference Award and the Vocational Excellence Award from Rotary International. She was selected to be an INK fellow in 2019, and Jyothirgamaya has been attributed consultative status by the UN ECOSOC.