Start-up incubated at IIT-M uses CSR funds to help persons with disabilities
The Hindu
Customised wheelchairs raise productivity, helps people earn livelihoods and support others like them, the start-up’s chief executive officer said
A start-up incubated at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras has helped provide, through CSR (corporate social responsibility) funds, wheelchairs to 163 persons with disabilities.
The start-up NeoMotion, received funds under three corporate social responsibility projects, which it used to develop customised wheelchairs. Neomotion aims to impact 1 lakh lives annually by 2025. It has proposed to impact the lives of 1,000 beneficiaries with a total support of ₹10 crore in the next year.
The institute developed Neobolt, the country’s first indigenous motorised wheelchair. NeoMotion has also launched it commercially besides a personalised wheelchair designed to enhance health and lifestyle of the disabled.
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