Draft:Subrata Pramanick
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Subrata Pramanick (6 June 1941 – 19 October 2021) was an Indian aviation technician and corporate training manager known for his disability rights activism.
Subrata Pramanick | |
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 Subrata in the 1990s | |
| Born | 6 June 1941 |
| Died | 19 October 2021 (aged 80) |
| Years active | 1960 - 2020 |
| Children | Sougata Pramanick |
| Father | Diptendu Pramanick |
Early life and education
Pramanick was educated at Ashutosh College, Kolkata, and completed a diploma in aircraft maintenance from SCM Air Technical Training Institute around 1958. He was the son of Diptendu Pramanick, founder secretary of the Eastern India Motion Pictures Association (EIMPA), and grandson of Sudhamoy Pramanick, an independence activist and advocate.
Career
Pramanick briefly worked with Air India before joining Metal Box India Limited, where he rose to the position of Training Manager. He attended several national training programs during his tenure there.
Disability rights activism
Subrata's most significant contribution to Indian law came during his association with VOSAP, when he turned his attention to the "poverty of access" in public transport. Challenging the "Wheelchair Tax" (an additional fee for wheelchairs that the airlines were charging as "extra service"), he filed a complaint (Case #3197/2006) against Deccan Aviation Limited under laws of Disability in India. He argued that charging a disabled person for a wheelchair was essentially a tax on their disability. His activism led to the Civil Aviation Requirements (CAR) being updated in India. Today, the fact that no airline in India can charge you for wheelchair assistance is a direct result of the legal groundwork laid by Pramanick and his contemporaries (like Javed Abidi).[1]
Personal life and death
The Pramanick family
| Gobindo Chandra | Radharani | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sudhamoy Pramanick | Swarnabala | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diptendu Pramanick | Niyoti | Nabendu | Suprabha | Subhendu | Anita | Sabita | Nikhilendu | Asita ... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Subrata Pramanick | Gouri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sougata Pramanick | Aditi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sharmila | Oindrila | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||