"Abhilasha has so completely identified herself with the cause of social empowerment of the disabled and the amelioration of their physical condition by equipping them with artificial limbs that her name is synonymous with Manav Seva.

She made the modest beginning with the involvement of Dr. I. G. Patel, doyen of economists and myself as co-trustees. That modest beginning has now grown into a mighty stream of humanitarian service that has shown a consistent, passionate and rare commitment to the cause of the disabled and limbless. Abhilasha is the heart and soul of that initiative. The countless cases in which she has provided artificial limbs and calipers is an epic story of sharing sorrow and suffering with empathy and with a resolve to make a difference in the lives of those who have lost their limbs owing to various situations and circumstances.

Abhilasha's camps are distinctive because they are not impersonally institutional but because she personally bonds with every single patient. The pioneering aspect about her camp is that it is the previous beneficiaries who have received limbs & calipers in prior camps, that form the motivating volunteer force.

Abhilasha has adopted for herself the ascetic and austere compassionate commitment to the cause of the disabled who have been marginalised. The beneficiaries of the camps are the poorest of the poor who are underprivileged and disadvantaged. Her camps are profoundly secular, multi-religious and without any distinction of caste and creed.

Abhilasha lives with the patients, eats with the patients and personally trains and teaches everyone to walk with confidence. They perform garba together, they celebrate the overcoming of sorrow together, they have satsang together.

Abhilasha is a trained lawyer, born into a distinguished family of lawyers. She finds the fulfillment of her life's mission in the work of Manav Seva Sannidhi with which she has become synonymous in the remote areas of Gujarat, distant mountainous regions in Uttarakhand, in urban Delhi, Chandigarh, Meerut, Rishikesh and Haridwar. Her camps have acquired a charismatic renown. Here, patients are assisted and motivated to use their new limbs and calipers and resume their livelihood. In Uttarakhand, Indian soldiers from the Sino-Indian war who had lost their limbs on account of frostbite were provided the artificial limbs for the first time successfully after a time gap of almost 43 years. MSS has now acquired a pan Indian presence with camps held across the country."