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Indian social activist (born 1989)

Malvika Iyer (born 18 February 1989) is a social worker and disability rights activist having lost both her hands as a child when she picked up a grenade.^{[2][3][4][5][6]} She is also a model for accessible fashion.^[7][8][9] Iyer obtained her Doctorate in Social Work from Madras School of Social Work in 2017.^[10][11] Her doctoral thesis is on the stigmatization of people with disabilities.^[12][13][14]

Early life and injury

Iyer was born on 18 February 1989 in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu^[15] to B.

Krishnan and Hema Krishnan.^[16][17] She grew up in Bikaner, Rajasthan, where her father worked as an engineer at the Water Works Department.^[17] On 26 May 2002, at the age of 13, Iyer lost both her hands when she accidentally picked up a grenade that exploded in her hands a