Four-Time Noble Peace prize nominee. Dr Sharad Kumar Dick sheet,has been awarded the $100,000 Kellogg's Hannah Neil world of children award.

Dicksheet - who is himself partially disabled - has been awarded in recognition of his dedication to provide free corrective surgery to 57,000 of the poor children in India, Dicksheet 71, has survived a partially paralysing  car accident,terminal cancer of the larynx and two severe heart attacks that have left him with only  17 per cent residual heart capacity.

Born in Maharastra Dicksheet came to the US In 1958 to study surgical residency. Upon completing the International Medical Associaton traingi programme,he faced a hard decision.He was torn between permanently returning to his homeland, or continue to practice medicine in New York.After much deliberation, he decided to do both. He practiced plastic and reconstructive surgery in New York for part of the year and then travelled to the poorest regions of India to Dr. Sharadkumar Dicksheet fulfil the mission he began in 1968" 'India project  plastic surgery camp'.

Presenting the award, boxing legend Muhammad Ali, who is its honorary chairman along with CEO of Kellogg company Carlos Gutierrez, said , Dr. Dicksheet is determined to give physically scarred children in india a new start in life. The difference he makes in the lives of these children and their families is Immeasurable".

Speaking on the occasion, Dicksheet said he will put the entire prize money into his India project trust fund to provide medical drugs, equipment and supplies which will enable him to repair the faces of  more children. Each surgery costs about $150 in supplies and transportation and $100,000 would provide for 600 surgeries, he said

Dr. Dicksheet's plastic surgery camp sites are operational throughout India from october to march each year. Camps are held in Karnataka,Maharashtra,Gujarat, Rajasthan, Utter Pradesh ,Delhi , Madhya Pradesh,Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal  and Assam.

A total of 200 to 500 cases are treated in each camp, and approximately  4,000 operations are performed. The camp also functions as a teaching facility,where local plastic surgeons are invited for training.

Speaking of the occasion, Gutierrez said in India, thousands of babies are born with congenital facial defects.These infants are unable to drink or eat properly and many of them will starve to death because their parents cannot afford surgery. Other will be shunned, abandoned and even killed because of their deformities. Dr. Dicksheet's work has a profound impact on their lives, and "we are pleased to honour him with this award", Gutierrez added.

The Kellogg's Hannah Nell world of children award was established in 1998 to recognise the ordinary individuals who didicate their lives to serving them.

The concept for the award was developed by the Hannah Neil center foundation board, which governs and supports the Hannah Neil center foundation board, which governs and supports the Hannah Neil center for Children in Columbus, US, a non-profit organisation that serves children who suffer from severe behavioural and emotional difficulties. The award is managed by World of Children Inc, a non-profit corporation.