A life of meaningful achievement.

Apoorv has met 200+ different leaders, including world leaders, institutional heads and 11 Chief Justices in total, of whom 4 are abroad. His art has become a way to share ideas about deaf inclusion at the highest levels of public life.

His 50+ honours from governments and the United Nations include two national awards: the National Award conferred by President Ram Nath Kovind in 2017 and the National Youth Award presented in 2019. He has also received 10+ awards from private organisations.

Participation in 15+ UN and global summits has connected his inclusion advocacy with conversations at the United Nations, UNESCO and the International Court of Justice.

Across 15 years of artistic practice, Apoorv has developed his own visual voice through portraiture, painting and 2D/3D architectural models. His self-taught approach combines mixed media with careful observation of people and buildings.

He has presented 200+ artworks to world governments and institutions. Locations associated with these presentations include Buckingham Palace, United Nations Headquarters, UNESCO, Rashtrapati Bhavan and the Supreme Court of India.

His work has been presented in 5 exhibition and museum settings in India and abroad. The existing archive documents the architectural models at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris and the Supreme Court of India Museum, alongside artworks associated with the Peace Palace and the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Apoorv completed mainstream schooling as the only deaf student among 40 hearing peers. In 2015, he secured rank 77 in his category in the IIT-JEE Main examination. He gained admission to the School of Planning and Architecture following legal intervention after an admission barrier.

He has delivered 100+ motivational speeches at the India International Science Festival (IISF), IIT Kanpur, IIT Delhi, Delhi University, and other educational institutions in India and internationally. His talks bring together his experience of education, artistic self-expression and the possibilities of digital inclusion.

Apoorv has delivered 25+ training sessions for government, security and education personnel on communicating with deaf people. The sessions address digital tools, accessible interaction and practical ways to support inclusion.

One coordinated online conference connected personnel across 71+ airports and security units. This figure describes the reach of that single virtual event; the wider programme includes separate engagements with CISF, CRPF Special Duty Group, Sashastra Seema Bal and Delhi Police.

For 10 years, Apoorv’s inclusion awareness and social work have focused on empowering deaf people and widening participation in society. Through the Apoorv Om Artist Trust, he brings art, education and wellbeing into community settings.

A certified yoga practitioner who has completed two certificate courses in Yoga Science, he provides yoga training free of cost. He was invited by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the first International Day of Yoga in 2015 and performed yoga at the United Nations in 2018.

He performed yoga at the 2022 Yogotsav in Somnath, Gujarat, associated with the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying. The government report records his performance at the event attended by then Union Minister Parshottam Rupala.

His existing records also document 108 continuous Surya Namaskars, the Harvard and HMI world records, free art and yoga workshops for deaf children, and the DD News broadcast of the Yoga Day event at Sanjay Jheel.