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{{short description|Indian founder of NGO supporting survivors of acid attacks}}<br />
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| caption = Prasun receives the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] award<br />
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'''Pragya Prasun''' (born {{circa|1983|lk=no}}) is an Indian activist who survived an [[acid attack]] and set up the Atijeevan Foundation. The organisation has supported more than 250 other survivors and in 2019, she received the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] (lit. "Woman Power Award") awarded the [[Government of India]] in recognition of her work.<br />
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== Life ==<br />
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Pragya Prasun was born circa 1983 in [[Dhanbad]] in [[Jharkhand]], India, the eldest of four children.<ref name="Times-030419">{{cite news |last1=Chakravorty |first1=Joyeeta |title=Meet Bengaluru's acid attack survivor who is an inspiration to many |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/spotlight/meet-bengalurus-acid-attack-survivor-who-is-an-inspiration-to-many/articleshow/68686609.cms |access-date=14 November 2020 |work=The Times of India |date=3 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Bossgirl" /> Her father worked for [[Coal India]] and the family moved to [[Varanasi]].<ref name="Bossgirl">{{cite web |title=Pragya Prasun Singh – Acid Attack Ambassador |url=https://bossgirl.in/2020/02/24/pragya-prasun-singh-acid-attack-ambassador/ |website=Bossgirl |access-date=14 November 2020 |language=en |date=24 February 2020 |archive-date=14 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114191649/https://bossgirl.in/2020/02/24/pragya-prasun-singh-acid-attack-ambassador/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Prasun married her husband in Varanasi in 2006. Twelve days later when she was travelling to [[New Delhi]] by train, a jealous former suitor [[Acid attack|attacked]] her with acid as she was sleeping.<ref name="Nath">{{cite news |last1=Nath |first1=Sayantani |title=Attacked With Acid at 23, Mom of Two Gives 250+ Survivors a Fresh Start at Life! |url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/195366/bengaluru-woman-acid-attack-survivor-job-surgery-cost-inspiring-hero-india/ |access-date=14 November 2020 |work=The Better India |date=16 September 2019 |archive-date=14 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114191636/https://www.thebetterindia.com/195366/bengaluru-woman-acid-attack-survivor-job-surgery-cost-inspiring-hero-india/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Fellow passengers including a doctor helped to care for Prasun before she was taken to a hospital with 47% burns.<ref name="Hindu">{{cite news |last1=Kannadasan |first1=Akila |title=Looking at the face of courage |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/looking-at-the-face-of-courage/article6966410.ece |access-date=14 November 2020 |work=The Hindu |date=6 March 2015 |language=en-IN |archive-date=14 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114191635/https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/looking-at-the-face-of-courage/article6966410.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> The perpetrator was arrested when he tried to attack Prasun again the next day and was handed a prison sentence of four and a half years.<ref name="Times-240417">{{cite news |last1=Rao |first1=Sunitha |title=Acid attack survivor is a mentor: Acid attack survivor is a mentor, healer for others like her |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/acid-attack-survivor-is-a-mentor-healer-for-others-like-her/articleshow/58332170.cms |access-date=14 November 2020 |work=The Times of India |date=24 April 2017 |language=en}}</ref> After nine surgeries, Prasun built a family with two children and runs a catering business. She also began to help other survivors.<ref name="Hindu" /><br />
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== Atijeevan Foundation ==<br />
Prasun set up the Atijeevan Foundation in 2013. It is a [[Non-governmental organisations in India|non-governmental organisation]] which helps survivors of acid attacks, funding surgeries and other treatments for people recovering from an attack.<ref name="Nath" /> Every year in India there are more than 100 reported acid attacks, mainly on women, but Prasun believes the real figure exceeds 1,000.<ref name="Hindu" /><ref name="DW">{{cite news |title=Why acid attacks are on the rise in India |date=8 June 2016 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/why-acid-attacks-are-on-the-rise-in-india/a-19313750 |access-date=14 November 2020 |work=DW |archive-date=14 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114191635/https://www.dw.com/en/why-acid-attacks-are-on-the-rise-in-india/a-19313750 |url-status=live }}</ref> As of 2019, the foundation had supported more than 250 survivors.<ref name="Nath" /> Surgeries are carried out at hospitals in [[Bengaluru]], [[Chennai]], Delhi and [[Mumbai]].<ref name="Times-030419" /> The [[Stanley_Medical_College#Hospital|Stanley Medical College Hospital]] in Chennai pledged in 2018 to support the group by offering free hair transplants.<ref name="NIE-081218">{{cite news |title=Free hair transplants for acid attack, burn victims at Chennai's Stanley Medical College Hospital |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2018/dec/08/free-hair-transplants-for-acid-attack--burn-victims-1908688.html |access-date=14 November 2020 |work=The New Indian Express |date=8 December 2018}}</ref><br />
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== Awards and recognition ==<br />
President of India [[Ram Nath Kovind]] presented a 2018 [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] award to Prasun in 2019, in recognition of her work. This award is given by the [[Ministry of Women and Child Development]] of the [[Government of India]] to individual women or to institutions that work towards the cause of women empowerment.<ref name="TI">{{cite news |last1=Service |first1=Tribune News |title=President confers Nari Shakti awards on 44 women |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/nation/president-confers-nari-shakti-awards-on-44-women-739961 |access-date=14 November 2020 |work=Tribune India News Service |language=en |archive-date=14 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114191638/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/nation/president-confers-nari-shakti-awards-on-44-women-739961 |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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