Keya Hatkar Email & Phone Number

13 year old Keya is a two time national award winning Author on BriBooks. BriBooks NYAF is the world's largest children book writing competition. Both her books are national and global best sellers. DANCING ON MY WHEELS won as rank #2 in NYAF 2022-23 & I M POSSIBLE! won as rank #1 in NYAF 2023-24. They are listed in the BriBooks Global Hall of Fame amongst best selling authors from 26 countries across the world. Keya won the People's choice and the best work in literature award in Global Kids Achievers Award (GKAA) 2023.Keya loves art and is a self trained Hand and Digital Artist. She has been learning coding with Mind Champ. She is a Motivational Speaker and helps to raise awareness about rare diseases. She is also a budding Podcaster. Follow her to stay tuned : https://www.youtube.com/@Keya.Hatkar At the tender age of 10 months, Keya was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is a rare, progressive genetic disease that affects the motor neurons responsible for muscle movement in our body. SMA has rendered Keya 80% immobile and left her wheelchair bound for life but failed to break her spirit.Keya calls herself SMA-ART, because she has learned to thrive with SMA with support from her family. Today Keya is helping spread AWARENESS (along with her Mom who runs a non profit initiative (https://i-m-possible-and-smaart.com/) and helps to enlighten those affected like her about their fundamental RIGHTS and how to live a better life using TECHNOLOGY. Keya's aim is to spread the message of Inclusion, and Empathy through her work. Keya firmly professes : 1. "We are all able in some ways and not able in some. What we need is to focus on our abilities and not get bogged down by our disabilities. " 2. "One has nothing to lose by being nice to another. Our world is for ALL. "3. " Each one of us is capable of making a difference in the life of another. For that to happen, change has to begin within us first”. SPEAKER EVENTS: 1. BriBooks Award Ceremony - 2023 & 20242. Economic Times - Financial Freedom Fraternity (FFF) - 20233. Adobe CSR Events 20234. India Inclusion Summit 20235. NASSCOM’s Nastech Mumbai Edition 2023ARTWORK:1. Exhibition Cum Sale at Adobe Noida - Create The Change Symposium Meet2. Artwork Gifted to Nobel Laureate Shree Kailash SatyarthiAPP & WEBSITESDeveloped and released an SMA awareness App called Keya Fights SMA.Available on Google Play Store. https://bit.ly/keyasmaKeya has built her own website : www.keyafightssma.inThrough these she has been fundraising for her SMA treatment for the past 3 years.