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MAJOR D P SINGH

Maj Devender Pal Singh (D P Singh), 45 yrs old is Maj Singh also works in the field of brining respect
a proud, Kargil war, veteran. Injured badly in war to towards Soldiers, Veterans, and their families. He
the tune of being declared dead, Maj Singh survived was member of a committee constituted by the then
to shine as India’s 1st amputee marathon runner, Defence Minister of India, Mr Mannohar Parrikar, to
famous as Indian Blade runner, he has successfully reduce grievances and litigation of all departments
completed 26 half marathons till date including 3 in under Ministry of Defence. Despite being 100%
extreme high altitude conditions. Recently he created disabled, Maj Singh has pledged his left-out body
another history by being 1st amputee of India to do parts for donation including Bone Marrow.
solo skydiving from 12500 ft (1st ever amputee in
whole Asia). Maj Singh is now a freelance motivational speaker
& a regular TEDx speaker, apart from being regular
In 2019, he was conferred with coveted CavinKare speaker at various educational & defence academies
ability Mastery award for excellence achieved against in India & abroad.
all odds, the most respected civilian award for Persons
with Disabilities. In 2018, Govt of India, conferred him Maj Singh is a live example of how the biggest
with National Award for 2018 in Role Model category. shortcoming in one’s life can be converted into the
He was Brand Ambassador for Indian Army as the toughest strength, how our mind plays a big role in
year 2018 was dedicated to “Year of disabled soldier” accepting the change and making best out of it and
Major D P Singh is a quadruple Limca record holder, how ‘service towards others’ or ‘giving’ plays the
including Limca ‘People of the year’ award 2016. most important role in life to stay happy and bring
prosperity.
Maj Singh runs a group, an NGO “The Challenging
Ones” (TCO). TCO is a group of Indian amputees,
where he shapes up the Attitude to convert, physically
challenged into The Challengers, which at present
has nearly 2000 amputees.