Sunday, 25 March 2012
Ex-army major is first disabled Indian at UN agency
Former Indian Army officer who suffered severe visual impairment and survived two years in the hospital post an operation in Kashmir in 2000 becomes first disabled Indian to be appointed to UN agencyMajor Gopal Mitra (41) may desire to borrow vision for few moments to salute the Indian tricolour flying high at the UNICEF headquarters in New York on his first day of a new job tomorrow. A former Indian Army officer, Mitra is the first disabled person from India to be appointed at the headquarters of a major UN agency.Pic courtesy/
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