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{{Infobox person
| name = S. Ramakrishnan
|native_name=ச.ராமகிருஷ்ணன்
| image = RK MVAward.jpg
| caption = Ramakrishnan receiving Dr. Mary Verghese award for excellence in Empowering Ability, at Mary Verghese Trust, Vellore, 18 February 2012
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1954|05|06}}
| birth_place = [[Salem, Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| nationality = Indian
| known for = Amar Seva Sangam
| spouse = Chitra
| parents = Sivasubramanian, Saraswathi
| awards = Amazing Indians Award 2016, Dr.Mary Verghese award for excellence in Empowering Ability 2012, IBN7 Lifetime Achievement award 2007, Padma Shri 2020
}}

'''S. Ramakrishnan''' ({{lang-ta|ச.ராமகிருஷ்ணன்}}; born 6 May 1954) is the founder president of Amar Seva Sangam, [[Aygudi|Ayikudi]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].<ref name="official">{{cite web|title=Official website of Amar Seva Sangam|url=http://www.amarseva.org/|access-date=28 October 2012}}</ref> He is known for his contributions to the field of [[Physical medicine and rehabilitation|rehabilitation]] for persons with [[disabilities]]. Ramakrishnan was awarded the civilian honour, [[Padma Shri]], by Government of India for the year 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=Padma Awards 2020 Announced |url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=197647 |website=pib.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=The Hindu Net Desk |title=Full list of 2020 Padma awardees |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/full-list-of-2020-padma-awardees/article30656841.ece |work=The Hindu |date=26 January 2020 |language=en-IN}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite news |author=TNM Staff |title=Padmashri for S Ramakrishnan, the man who helps hundreds of people with disabilities in TN |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/padmashri-s-ramakrishnan-man-who-helps-hundreds-people-disabilities-tn-116829 | work =The NewsMinute |date=25 January 2020 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

== Early years and injury ==
Ramakrishnan was born in [[Salem, Tamil Nadu|Salem]]. He has three brothers and one sister. He started his schooling at [[Thanjavur]] and later moved to Ayikudi.<ref name="Madurai messenger">{{cite web|title=A Life Reinvented|url=http://www.maduraimessenger.org/printed-version/2008/july/people/|access-date=28 October 2012}}</ref> In early 1970s, he joined the [[mechanical engineering]] course at the [[Government College of Technology, Coimbatore]]. On 10 January 1975, while he was in his fourth year of engineering, he attended a selection interview for naval officers held in Bangalore.<ref name="realhero">{{cite news|title=The Real Hero|url=http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article3332072.ece|access-date=4 November 2012|newspaper=The Hindu|date=19 April 2012}}</ref> During a physical test, he injured his neck following a fall and incurred [[cervical spine injury]] that resulted in complete loss of sensations and muscle power below his neck, along with impaired [[bladder]] and [[bowel]] control. He was initially managed at the airforce command hospital, [[Bangalore]], for about three months. He was then shifted to the Military Hospital, [[Khadki]], [[Pune]].<ref name="Rediff article">{{cite web|title=Handicapped by life, he provides hope|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/oct/19heroes.htm|access-date=28 October 2012}}</ref>

== Rehabilitation and later years ==
Ramakrishnan underwent a course of rehabilitation over the next 10 months in Pune. It was here that he was motivated by his orthopedic physician and mentor Air Marshall Dr. Amarjit Singh Chahal, after whom Ramakrishnan named the organization he founded six years later.<ref name="official" />

=== Amar Seva Sangam ===
In 1981, Ramakrishnan started a school for children with disabilities at Ayikudi. The institute was registered as Amar Seva Sangam and was situated in a small piece of land donated by Ramakrishnan's parents. Sankara Raman, an [[auditor]], who has [[muscular dystrophy]], joined the Sangam in 1992. He is the honorary secretary of the Sangam.<ref name="official" /> It started with a handful of children and involved in a few activities related to [[polio]] prevention and rehabilitation, and is now spread over 30 acres of land and houses diverse activities including:
* Daycare center for children with [[cerebral palsy]] and [[mental retardation]]
* Siva Saraswathi Vidyala, an integrated high school named after the parents of Ramakrishnan
* Rehabilitation center for persons with physical disabilities
* Vocational training center
* Special study center for [[Indira Gandhi National Open University]]
* Hostel for trainees
* Early Intervention Centre for the toddlers between 0–5 years
* Medical Testing Unit

Schooling for children with disabilities and vocational training for persons with disabilities are being provided free of cost.<ref name=maduraimessenger>{{cite news|last=Paresh|first=Rakesh|title=Mirror of heaven|url=http://www.maduraimessenger.org/printed-version/2008/july/cover-story/|access-date=4 November 2012|date=July 2008}}</ref>

https://www.amarseva.org/index.php

=== Personal life ===
Ramakrishnan lives in Ayikudi with his wife Chitra whom he married in 1994.<ref name="realhero" />

== Awards ==
*[[IBN7]] Super Idols, Lifetime Achievement Award, 2007.<ref name="IBN website">{{cite web|title = IBN7 Super Idols 2007|url = http://www.ibnlive.com/photogallery/movies/salman-khan-charms-guests-at-the-ibn7-super-idols-awards-830996.html|publisher = ibnlive}}</ref>
*[[Mary P. Verghese|Dr. Mary Verghese]] Award for excellence in empowering ability, 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title=Amar Seva Sangam founder-president honored|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article2908011.ece|access-date=28 October 2012|newspaper=The Hindu|date=19 February 2012}}</ref>
*Rotary Club of Madras, Life Time Achiever Award 2015
*[[Times of India]] Amazing Indians award in the category 'Unstoppable Indians', 2016 <ref>{{Cite web|title = PM Narendra Modi felicitates the unsung heroes at Amazing Indians Awards - Times of India|url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/PM-Narendra-Modi-felicitates-the-unsung-heroes-at-Amazing-Indians-Awards/articleshow/50579610.cms|website = The Times of India|access-date = 2016-02-17}}</ref>
* [[Padma Shri]] (2020)

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Social Work}}

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