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Manovikas
Kendra Rehabilitation & Research Institute for the
Handicapped |
Add: 482, Mududah, Plot I-24, Sec. J
Metropolitan Bypass
Kolkata - 700 078
West Bengal
Tel: 91 33 24423137
Email: mvkendra@cal2.vsnl.net.in
Website: http://www.manovikas.org
Contact: Dr Sharada Fatehpuria
Purpose: Disability
Aim/Objective/Mission: We feel privileged in introducing
Manovikas Kendra Rehabilitation and Research Institute
for the Handicapped, as a premiere Institution of Eastern
India working for the identification, education, training,
rehabilitation and research of the intellectually challenged
children and young adults for the past 27 years. Established
in 1974, with only two children Manovikas Kendra now has
over 7,000 beneficiaries on its roll. Working towards
an aim to give the differently able children a better
tomorrow, our Institute is bestowed with acclamation not
only from all the corners of India, but also from overseas.
Manovikas Kendra operates from its main centre at Kolkata,
which was gracefully inaugurated by His Excellency the
President of India, Shri K.R. Narayanan, in 1999. The
institute also have rural and outreach branches, which
are mainly based in the districts of West Bengal, providing
specialised education and rehabilitation facilities to
the children coming from below poverty level. Every disabled
counts; and hence the motto of this institute is rehabilitation.
In order to make this possible, Manovikas Kendra devised
educational and vocational curriculum, which are implemented
on children and young adults with an aim to make them
a productive member of the society. With all the modern
equipment, team of specialists and dedicated faculty,
the Institute caters to children and young adults between
0 – 22 years. The Institute houses an outpatient
Department with the facility of therapeutic, psychometric
and home-based interventions for the special children
and their parents. The facility of toy library and hydrotherapy
which brings out the best in the children and serves as
a medium of modern therapeutic treatment. Manovikas Kendra
has recently started its Multi-Sensory Unit, exclusively
for the severely and profoundly challenged children, which
is one of the kinds in India. Here the children will be
imparted various sensory stimulation with the help of
highly specialised, imported equipment. In order to incorporate
the children back into the main stream of the society
the Institute provides the facility of National Open School
Examination for the Hearing impaired and slow learners,
while others, who are not so good in academics, receive
vocational training. A number of students of the Institute
are appearing for the national Open School Examination
every year, and passing out with flying colours. A handful
of them has also got distinction marks in various subjects
and are now pursuing a career. The Institute also houses
a Biomedical Research & Diagnostic Unit, where a team
of dedicated scientists is working on the genetic aspect
of Mental Retardation. |
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