Vishwas K.S. is an international para-swimming champion, motivational speaker, dancer and martial artist. He has represented India in prestigious para-swimming competitions and has secured numerous medals. In 2016, he won two silver and one bronze at the Speedo Can Am Para-Swimming Championships held in Ottawa, Canada. He followed this successful streak by landing another bronze at the IDM Berlin Para Swimming German Open in 2017 and 2018. At the National Para Swimming Competition in Udaipur, he won a gold and two silver. He then took the count higher by winning five gold medals at the Indian Open Swimming Competition, Bengaluru, in 2018.
Vishwas has been conferred several prestigious state, national and international awards – most notably the Special Golden Achiever Award by AUGP, US; National Role Model Award by the former vice president of India (2018); Kempegowda Award; the Vishweshwariah Ratna Award; and the Shoorveer Award by Ample Mission, Mumbai. He hopes to live a life of dignity, self-reliance, and financial independence. It is his deep desire to initiate public dialogue around disability and bring substantial change in the world. He currently lives in Bengaluru with his wife, Lakshmi, and his daughter, Prashasti. The royalties from the sale of this book will go to his family.
(Email: vishwasks303@gmail.com; Instagram: @vishwasksvishu; Mobile: +91 9972530303)
