Prashant Karmakar, is from Vishwakarma community, from West Bengal Native Place. Having lost his right arm in an accident when he was 7, Karmakar took to swimming at 16. The 32-year-old from West Bengal overcame poverty, initially unhelpful parents and almost non-existent government support to win laurels for India in several international events. He ran away from home and went to Pune, where he trained at Balewadi. Ranked third in Asia, including a bronze at the International German Swimming Championship for the Disabled in June,and qualified for the 2010 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Swimming World Championships in Eindhoven,The Netherlands. He won The Bronze Medal Common Welth Games 2010 Delhi & Silver & Bronze Madel Guangzou (China) 2010. He won the 10 Internationa Gold Medals & 8 silver madals & 15 Bronze Madels Total 33 Internationals Madels & 52 Golds Medals In Nationals Champions In India With 3 time Asian Record Holder & 3 Time Nationals Records Holder. The high point of his career was winning India’s first Commonwealth Games medal in swimming by winning a bronze during its Delhi edition in 2010. Prashant Karmakar is International Swimmer & Arjuna Award 2011. Prashant Karmakar was recommended for Arjuna award 2011 in Physically Disabled Sports. Arjuna Awards were instituted in 1961 by the government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports. The award carries a cash prize of Indian Rupee symbol.svg 500,000, a bronze statuette of Arjuna and a scroll. Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda congratulated Prashant Karmakar for receiving the prestigious Arjuna Award. He was honoured with the award by the President on 30.08.2011. In Haryana such players are given a sum of Rs. 5000 per month as honorarium. According to Para Olympic swimmer and Arjuna award winner Prashant Karmakar, the sports policy of the state had gone a long way in boosting the moral of the players and inspiring them to work hard. Stating that he was probably the first physically challenged player who had been appointed in Police Department on the post of Sub Inspector in the State, he felt that this honour was equivalent to that of winning the Arjuna Award. The fact that Haryana government had made no discrimination in treating para-athletes at par with normal sports persons was a shining example in the entire country. The para swimmer, who was asked to report for a fitness test along with 25 others who had won medals for the country in the two quadrennial events, was in tears when Haryana Police Academy officials told him that he wouldn't be given a job as his right hand had been amputated. He had waited for two years for a job with Haryana after having represented the state from 2007. He was shocked when he was told that his disability had come in the way of a job.