Born in London on 31 October, 1958, George Abraham has been visually impaired since the age of 10 months thanks to a near fatal attack of meningitis. He Post Graduated in Operations Research and Graduated in Mathematics from St Stephen’s College, Delhi University.
He started his career in Advertising in 1982 working with Advertising & Sales Promotion Co and Ogilvy Benson & Mather. His professional life took a sharp turn when he visited a school for the blind in 1988.
He launched cricket for the blind in India in 1990. Setup the World Blind Cricket Council and was elected as its Founding Chairman in 1996. He conceived and organized the inaugural World Cup of Cricket for the blind in 1998 at New Delhi.
Responding to the realization that “Blindness was not the real problem but the mindset was”, George setup Score Foundation and launched Project Eyeway, a single stop knowledge resource on living a life with blindness. Eyeway shares information, connects people with resources and helps fight discrimination.
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