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Annual Report

National Institute for the Mentally HandicappedDepartment of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities,

Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India(An ISO 9001:2008 Institution)

Manovikas Nagar, Secunderabad -500 009, Andhra Pradesh, INDIA.Ph: 040-27751741- 745 Fax: 040-27750198 E-mail : [email protected]

Website : www.nimhindia.org; www.nimhindia.gov.inR e g i s t e r e d

Mr. Neeraj Sharma with National Award

NIMH | ANNUAL REPORT - 2013-141

30thAnnual Report

2013-2014

National Institute for the Mentally HandicappedDepartment of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities,

Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment,Government of India

(An ISO 9001:2008 Institution)

Manovikas Nagar, Secunderabad -500 009, Andhra Pradesh, INDIA.Phone : 040-27751741- 745 Fax: 040-27750198

E-mail : [email protected] : www.nimhindia.org; www.nimhindia.gov.in

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ANNUAL REPORT 2013-14 – SUMMARY 5

1. INTRODUCTION 101.1 About the Institute1.2 Mental Retardation and its Prevalence

2. OBJECTIVES 112.1 NIMH Objectives2.2 Organizational Setup2.3 Functioning of Regional Centres

3. HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT 143.1 Long term Courses3.2 Description of the Academic Programmes3.2.1 M.Phil in Rehabilitation Psychology3.2.2 Master in Disability Rehabilitation Administration3.2.3 M.Ed. Special Education (Mental Retardation)3.2.4 M.Sc. Disability Studies (Early Intervention)3.2.5 Post Graduate Diploma in Early Intervention3.2.6 B.Ed. in Special Education (Mental Retardation)3.2.7 Diploma in Early Childhood Special Education (Mental Retardation)3.2.8 D.Ed. Special Education (Mental Retardation)3.2.9 Diploma in Vocational Rehabilitation (Mental Retardation)3.2.10 Diploma in Community Based Rehabilitation3.3 Certificate Courses3.4 Short Term Courses

4. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 194.1 Research Projects (2013-14)4.2 Research Publications4.3 Seminars/ Conferences attended

5. NIMH PUBLICATIONS 255.1 Publications5.2 Distribution of Publications5.3 Digitalization of NIMH Publications

6. SERVICES 266.1 Services6.2 General Services6.3 Special Services6.4 Family Cottage Services6.5 Special Education Centre6.6 Parent Training Programmes6.7 Respite Care Services6.8 Feedback from the Clients on NIMH General Services


7. NIMH MODEL SPECIAL EDUCATION CENTRE 397.1 School activities7.2 Educational tours and picnics7.3 Other events

8. CONSULTANCY AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT 428.1 Technical Appraisal of NGO Applications for Grant in-Aid

from Government of India, MSJ&E8.2 Rehabilitation Council of India8.3 Special Employment Cell

9. DOCUMENTATION AND DISSEMINATION 439.1 Posters and Flip charts9.2 Website Digitization

10. EXTENSION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMMES 4410.1 Assistance to Disabled Persons for purchase/fitting of

Aids/Appliances (ADIP) Scheme10.2 Programmes in North East Region10.3 Community Based Programmes10.4 Orientation Programmes10.5 Exhibitions10.6 Composite Awareness Disability Camps

11. NATIONAL PROGRAMMES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES 5211.1 National/Regional/State level programmes11.2 Celebrations of International Day of Persons with Disabilities11.3 Annual Day Celebration of NIMH11.4 Internship11.5 Participation in Republic Day Parade11.6. VIP visits11.7 National Awards

12. ADMINISTRATION 6412.1 Staff strength12.2 Appointments/ Retirements12.3 Activities and achievements of vigilance unit12.4 Hindi implementation12.5 Staff training12.6 Council meetings12.7 Right to Information Act 200512.8 Institute Committees

13. ACCOUNTS AND FINANCE 68

APPENDICES 78-951. NIMH orgonogram2. Short-term Training Programmes3. Details of ADIP Scheme Inspections4. Programmes in North East5. Community Based Programmes6. List of Members of General Council7. List of Members of Executive Council8. List of Members of Academic Committee

PHOTOGRAPHS 96


SUMMARYNIMH, established in the year 1984, had projected multifarious activities to enhance the quality of lifeof persons with mental retardation. Accordingly, the aims and objectives of the have been formulatedas follows:

1. To conduct, sponsor, coordinate or subsidize research in all aspects of the education andrehabilitation of persons with mental retardation.

2. To undertake, sponsor, coordinate or subsidize research into bio-medical engineering leadingto the effective evaluation of aids/ suitable surgical or medical procedure or the development ofnew aids.

3. To undertake or sponsor the training of trainees and teachers, employment of officers,psychologists, vocational counselors and such other personnel as may be deemed necessaryby the Institute for promoting the education, training or rehabilitation of persons with mentalretardation.

4. To distribute or promote or subsidize the manufacture of proto-types and distribution of any orall aids designed to promote any aspects of the education, rehabilitation of therapy of personswith mental retardation.

From the above aims and objectives, the following functional objectives are evolved:

• To create manpower and develop human resources for delivery of services to persons withmental handicap.

• To identify, conduct and coordinate research in the area of mental retardation in the country.

• To develop appropriate models of care and habilitation for the mentally retarded persons suitableto Indian culture.

• To provide consultancy services to voluntary organizations in the area of mental retardation.

• To serve as a documentation and information centre in the area of mental retardation.

• To develop community based rehabilitation services in the rural and low income needy population.

• To undertake extension and outreach programmes in the field of mental retardation.

Human Resource Development

Manpower development is one of the prime objectives of NIMH since there is a wide gap between theneed for the professionals and the personnel with that of the actual availability to extend services forpersons with mental retardation. Keeping this in view, NIMH has designed and developed 13 longterm academic programmes till date. NIMH has been conducting long term academic programmesstarting from Diploma level to meet the grass-root level requirements and post postgraduateprogrammes to conduct research studies. In addition to this, Certificate and Short Term Courses areconducted to update the in-service candidates with the latest developments. While the long termprogrammes are approved by the Rehabilitation Council of India and are affiliated to various Universitiesin the country, the Certificate Courses and the Short Term Courses are approved by RehabilitationCouncil of India as a criterion for renewal of registration with RCI.


During the year 2013-14 NIMH conducted 6 long term training programmes. (3 Diploma courses, 1Graduate and 2 Post Graduate courses, which include 1 M.Phil programme). A total of 265 professionals/personnel enrolled/trained through these 6 long term academic programmes. Four courses at NIMHHeadquarters were not taken up as the intake of candidates was below 25% for these courses.

• The Institute conducted two certificate courses, each lasting for one month duration benefiting37 professionals from various disciplines such as special educators, psychologists, speechtherapists, occupational therapists, vocational instructors, etc. from various parts of the country.

• NIMH conducted 45 short - term courses up to 5 days duration on various aspects of mentalretardation benefiting 1130 professionals.

Research and Development

Research and development is one of the important objectives of NIMH. Research data on mentalretardation with respect to the psycho-physiological and socio-demographic features of Indianbackground still requires emphatic attention. The research avenues on basic and applied areas havealso wide scope for enhancing the therapeutic intervention to persons with mental retardation.

• During the year 2013-14, two projects were completed and ten projects are ongoing, of whichtwo projects are in collaboration with other agencies.

• During the year, four research articles were published in various National and InternationalJournals.

• Eighteen scientific conferences / seminars / workshops were attended by NIMH staff during theyear 2013-14.

Services

Persons with Mental Retardation require comprehensive multidisciplinary rehabilitation services. Theseservices will enable them to become as independent as possible and improve their quality of life.NIMH has been providing wide range of services based on life cycle approach starting from infancy toadulthood.

• During 2013-14, a total of 9217 new clients were registered and provided comprehensiveassessment, management and intervention programmes at NIMH headquarters and its regionalcentres.

• A total of 37,528 follow up clients were seen in the year 2013-14.

• A total of 1,21,784 Special Services were provided to the clients during their follow-up visits atNIMH headquarters and its Regional Centres.

• NIMH has a facility of ‘Family Cottage Services’ for the families coming from far-off places.During their stay, they receive professional training services based on the need assessment.During the year, 396 clients along with their families utilized the Family Cottage facilities.

• NIMH provided Vocational Training to 76 Adult Persons with Mental Retardation through 19different Work Station activities during 2013-14.

• 133 children enrolled in Special Education Centre at NIMH Headquarters in the age group of 3to 18 years including, children with varying degrees of mental retardation ranging from mild toprofound levels.


• Parent training programmes numbering 145 were conducted benefiting 2330 parents.

• Respite Care Centre, a short term care facility for children with mental retardation to relievethemselves and their family from daily routine schedule at home, had registered 290 beneficiariesduring the year.

• During the year 2013-14, NIMH MSEC, New Delhi enrolled 110 special children, of which 20were residential and 90 were non-residential.

Consultancy & Technical Support

• The Institute undertook technical evaluation of programmes implemented by nine NGOs duringthe reporting year and submitted the reports to the Ministry.

• The faculty of NIMH at the request of RCI had conducted four RCI inspections of NGOs duringthe year.

Community & Outreach Programmes

NIMH provides various models of rehabilitation services such as Centre based, home based, communitybased etc. To reach the un-reached communities, Institute undertakes many Community and Outreachprogrammes for persons with mental retardation and other disabilities.

• During the year, 2,438 persons with disabilities were assessed and 915 Aids and Applianceswere distributed through ADIP Scheme.

• Various training/orientation programmes were conducted at North East Region benefiting 6,558persons.

• 9,357 persons benefited through various community programmes during the year.

• NIMH and its Regional Centres provide orientation to the visiting professionals every year. Atotal of 2172 visitors from 112 institutions benefited through this programme during the year.

• NIMH conducted and participated in nine Exhibitions benefiting 9,335 persons on awareness ofdisabilities.

• NIMH in collaboration with Department of Disabilities Affairs had participated in two CompositeAwareness Camps held at Mahaboobabad, Warangal on 8th September, 2013 and at Gulbargaon 22nd February, 2014. During the camps NIMH distributed Awareness material on IntellectualDisability and distributed Aids and Appliances for persons with disabilities.

Documentation & Dissemination

Documentation and dissemination is another important objective of NIMH. The Institute has a wellequipped resource centre with adequate collection of Books and Journals in the area of mentalretardation and allied fields.

• NIMH has published 98 publications till date. A total of 7,962 copies of these publications weresold during the year. In addition to the above 227 video films and 47 software programmes ondisabilities were sold during the year.

• A total of 16,000 professionals/students have utilized the library facilities during the year.


Other Activities/Programmes/ Events

As part of the implementation of the objective based programmes, NIMH is also engaged in multifariousactivities in order to augment rehabilitation of persons with mental retardation. These activities involvefacilitation of visits of high level policy making committees and dignitaries, organizing Regional andNational level conferences/workshops/seminars, celebration of important events related to DisabilityRehabilitation, etc. Summary of the activities carried out by NIMH during the year 2013-14 is presentedbelow:

• The 21st National Parents Meet was held on 11-12 November 2013, Govt. of Medical Collegeand Hospital, Chandigarh in collaboration with the Parents’ Association of Mentally Handicapped,Sahyadri, Thane and organized by Parivaar – National confederation of Parents’ Organizations.A total of 76 parents attended the Meet from all over the country.

• In order to strengthen and facilitate the regional cooperation among the parents, Ten RegionalParents meet were held during the year across the country. A total of 1052 delegates attendedthese meets.

• The 19th Special Employees National Meet was organized by National Institute for the MentallyHandicapped (NIMH) on 30-31 October, 2013. 130 Special Employees participated along withtheir escorts on both the days from 30 organizations across the country.

• The National Conference on Intellectual Disability has been jointly organised by Department ofDisability Affairs, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India and NationalInstitute for the Mentally Handicapped, Secunderabad from 7-8 November 2013 at VigyanBhavan, New Delhi.

• A National Workshop on Incheon Strategy-Effective Implementation in Indian Context wasorganized on 20th and 21st February, 2014 in collaboration with Thakur Hari Prasad Institute ofRehabilitation Sciences, Hyderabad.

• A National meet on curriculum validation for persons with Intellectual Disabilities was organisedby NIMH at its Headquarters on 23rd February, 2014 with the view to consider proposedcurriculum guidelines by Expert Group Working for Persons with ID in the Country.

• A National Conference on Employment Leads to Independent Living of Persons with IntellectualDisability was organised at NIMH, Secunderabad from 25th to 27th February, 2014. The maintheme of the Conference was “Bridge employment to independent living of PWID” and subthemeswere Transition services, Breaking barriers of employment and Independent Living.

• A two-day Southern Regional Workshop on “Rights and Entitlements of Persons with Disabilities”was jointly organized by Department of Disability Affairs, Ministry of Social Justice &Empowerment, Government of India and National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped at itsheadquarters on 12 & 13 June 2013.

• International Day of Persons with Disabilities was celebrated by NIMH on 03-12-2013 by declaringan “Open Day” for the general public. Many NGOs showcased the skills and talents of childrenwith mental retardation through their counters provided by NIMH.

• 30th Annual day was celebrated by NIMH and its Regional Centres.

• As part of internship programme, 17 students from various institutes were placed in differentdepartments of NIMH and its Regional Centres.


• Hindi Fortnight was celebrated from 13-27 September, 2013.

• Vigilance awareness week was conducted from 28.10.2013 to 02.11.2013.

• Three meetings of the Executive Council and the Annual General Council meetings wereconducted during the year.

• NIMH has been implementing the Right to Information Act 2005. During the year 2013-14, theinstitute received 63 applications and 39 were disposed off.

• Children from Special Education Centre had participated in 65th Republic Day Parade celebrationsof Govt. of Andhra Pradesh held at Parade Grounds, Secunderabad. NIMH displayed its tableauon this occasion.

• Shri Porika Balaram Naik, Hon’ble Minister of State, Ms.Stuti Kacker, Secretary DDA, Shri.Awanish K Awasthi (IAS), JS(DD) DDA, of MSJ&E, Govt. of India visited NIMH, Secunderabadon 12 June, 2013 during the Southern Regional Workshop on “Rights and Entitlements of Personswith Disabilities”.

• Shri. Awanish K Awasthi, JS(DD), DDA, MSJ&E visited RC-NIMH Lajpat Nagar-II, New Delhion 01.06.2013 and 26.08.2013.

• Ms.Kumari Shelja, Hon’ble Cabinet Minister, Ministry of Social Justice And Empowerment, Govt.of India was chief guest for the 21st National Parents Meet held on 11-12 November 2013 atGovt. Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh occasion.

• Ms.Stuti Kacker, Secretary, DDA, MSJ&E had visited Noida Building on 3rd January, 2014.

• Shri P. Sammaiah, Rehabilitation Officer & Shri K. Ramesh, Vocational Instructor of NIMH receivedthe National Award from his Excellency, the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee for theyear 2013-14 on 3rd December 2013 for Development of new Cost-effective product underBest Applied Research/Innovation/Development Aimed at Improving the life of Persons withDisabilities

• Mr.Neeraj Sharma Ex student of the NIMH MSEC received the National Award for Empowermentof persons with Disability (Best Employee) from his Excellency, the President of India, ShriPranab Mukherjee for the year 2013-14 on 3rd December, 2013. He has made his family andMSEC very proud of his achievements.


CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION1.1 About the Institute

The National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped is a registered society established in theyear 1984 as an autonomous body under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment,Government of India. The institute is an apex body having tripartite functions of training, researchand services in the field of mental retardation in the country. For 30 years, the Institute hasbeen making significant advances in building capacities to empower persons with mentalretardation.

Based on the latest developments and recent trends in the field, the Institute strives to organizenew programmes and make innovations through research and development. National andInternational collaborations entered into by the Institute in its various activities reflect the globalcharacteristics of the organization. The activities of NIMH are planned in accordance with themandates of United Nation’s Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD),the Legislative Acts and the National Policy promulgated for the Persons with Disabilities.

NIMH strives to be an Institute of excellence focusing on high standards in every aspect of itsfunctioning to bring equality and dignity in the lives of persons with mental retardation which isendorsed by ISO 9001-2008 certification.

NIMH has made noticeable progress in Human Resource Development, Research andDevelopment and Direct Therapeutic Services in its efforts to improve the quality of life of personswith mental retardation

1.2 Mental Retardation and its Prevalence

Mental retardation ranks among the world’s most complex and challenging problems. It is amulti-dimensional phenomenon involving bio-psycho-social factors.

It is a condition of arrested or incomplete development of the mind, which is especiallycharacterized by impairment of skills manifested during the developmental period, skills whichcontribute to the overall level of intelligence, i.e., cognitive, language, motor and social abilities.

Prevalence of Mental Retardation

According to Census of India, 2011, the number of differently abled persons in the country is2.68 crores. It is also estimated that the number of persons with mental retardation is 1,505,624.It means in every one lakh persons in our total population, 124 persons are having mentalretardation. The number of persons with disability and mental retardation as estimated by CensusIndia 2011 is given in Table 1.

Table 1: Census of India 2011: Data on Disability

Disabled Population by Type of Disability India : 2011

Type of Disability Persons Males Females

Total Disability 26,810,557 14,986,202 11,824,355

Mental Retardation 1,505,624 870,708 634,916


CHAPTER 2

OBJECTIVESNIMH, at its inception itself projected multifarious activities to enhance the quality of life of personswith mental retardation. Accordingly, the aims and objectives of the have been spelt out as follows:

1. To conduct, sponsor, coordinate or subsidize research in to all aspects of the education andrehabilitation of persons with mental retardation.

2. To undertake, sponsor, coordinate or subsidize research into bio-medical engineering leadingto the effective evaluation of aids/ suitable surgical or medical procedure or the development ofnew aids.

3. To undertake or sponsor the training of trainees and teachers, employment of officers,psychologists, vocational counsellors and such other personnel as may be deemed necessaryby the Institute for promoting the education, training or rehabilitation of persons with mentalretardation.

4. To distribute or promote or subsidize the manufacture of proto-types and distribution of any orall aids designed to promote any aspects of the education, rehabilitation or therapy of personswith mental retardation.

From the above aims and objectives, the following functional objectives are evolved:

2.1 NIMH Objectives

• To create manpower and develop human resources for delivery of services to persons withmental handicap.

• To identify, conduct and coordinate research in the area of mental retardation in the country.

• To develop appropriate models of care and habilitation for the mentally retarded persons suitableto Indian culture.

• To provide consultancy services to voluntary organizations in the area of mental retardation.

• To serve as a documentation and information centre in the area of mental retardation.

• To develop community-based rehabilitation services in the rural and low income, needypopulation.

• To undertake extension and outreach programmes in the field of mental retardation.

2.2 Organizational setup

National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped (NIMH) has its headquarters at Secunderabad, AndhraPradesh. The Institute has six departments, namely Adult Independent Living, CommunityRehabilitation and Project Management, Library and Information Services, Medical Sciences,Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education. There are three Regional Centres each located atNew Delhi, Kolkata and Navi Mumbai. NIMH has a Model Special Education Centre in New Delhi.


The core activities of the Institute are supported by the administrative section. The organizationalchart depicting the overall functioning of NIMH is shown in Appendix 1 (Page 78).

2.3 Functioning of Regional Centres

2.3.1 Regional Centre, New Delhi (RC, New Delhi)

NIMH Regional Centre, New Delhi was established in February, 1986 at Kasturba Niketan,Lajpat Nagar -II, New Delhi – 110024, to provide the best educational climate where each andevery professional can develop their maximum potential in the field of mental retardation. Thecentre runs two long-term courses approved by RCI namely:

• A one-year B.Ed. Special Education (Mental Retardation)

• A two-year Diploma in Education (Special Education)

It also conducts short-term programmes for professionals working in the field of mental retardationevery year. In addition to this, the centre provides services to the clients having delayeddevelopment/mental retardation. The centre conducts awareness camps and screening campsas part of its extension and outreach activity. The centre also provides technical support to localNGOs working in the field of mental retardation. The centre had set up "ANKUR", an EarlyIntervention Centre in 1990 for providing services to children below 5 yrs of age. RC, New Delhialso extends its support to students from different professional colleges for their internship.

2.3.2 Regional Centre, Kolkata (RC, Kolkata)

NIMH Regional Centre, Kolkata was established in March, 1986 in the campus of NationalInstitute for the Orthopedically Handicapped, Bonhooghly, B.T.Road, Kolkata- 700 090. Thecentre runs 3 long-term courses approved by RCI namely:

• A one-year Degree in B.Ed. Special Education (MR)• A two-year Diploma in Education (Special Education)• A one-year Diploma in Vocational Rehabilitation (MR)

The centre conducts short term training programmes for professionals and parents every year.There is a special clinic for early identification and intervention for overall development of thechild at risk of mental retardation. Services in the areas of special education, vocational trainingand early intervention are provided in the centre. Placement of students is allowed forundergraduate and postgraduate students from the areas related to the field of mental retardation.The centre conducts awareness camps and screening camps as a part of its extension andoutreach activity. The centre also provides technical support to NGOs working in the field ofmental retardation.

2.3.3 Regional Centre, Navi Mumbai (RC, Navi Mumbai)

This Regional Centre of the NIMH was started in the campus of Ali Yavar Jung National Institutefor the Hearing Handicapped, Mumbai, in the year 1987. This centre was initiated to cater to theneeds of the Western Region covering the states of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, MadhyaPradesh, Goa, Lakshadweep and Daman & Diu. With a view ensuring expansion of activities,the Centre was shifted to Navi Mumbai in the year 2004. At present, the Centre works from tworental premises viz. Belapur and Kharghar. The Administrative office, Library and Long-termand short-term training programmes are conducted at the Belapur premises and General andspecial services are provided at the Kharghar premises. The centre conducts three long-termcourses namely:


• B.Ed. Special Education (MR)

• Diploma in Early Childhood Special Education

• Diploma in Vocational Rehabilitation

The centre offers services in the area of Special Education, Psychology & BehaviourManagement, Speech & Language and Occupational Therapy to the persons with mentalretardation. Short-term programmes, Parent Training Programmes, Awareness programmesand Camps are being conducted through this centre. The RC, Navi Mumbai is now lookingforward to construct its own premises with State-of-art facilities for Human Resource Developmentand for providing services for persons with mental retardation.

2.3.4 NIMH Model Special Education Centre, New Delhi (NIMH MSEC, New Delhi)

NIMH Model Special Education Centre (MSEC) was established in 1964 by Govt. of India atKasturba Niketan, Lajpat Nagar-II, New Delhi - 110024. The centre was initiated with an intentionto provide specialized and comprehensive services to the persons with mental retardation. Thecentre has been functioning under NIMH since 1986. The school is equipped with qualifiedprofessionals providing quality services to the persons with mental retardation. The centre extendsits support in providing education and training to empower persons with mental retardation. Ithas a strength of 110 (90 nonresidential and 20 residential). The service activities includepsychological assessment, parent counseling, home-based training, short-term trainingprogrammes for professionals and parent and sibling training programmes and placement ofoutside students for training. The centre also conducts regular curricular and co-curricular activitiesfor the children enrolled at the centre.

DVR trainees on expedition to a weaving house


CHAPTER 3

HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENTHuman Resource Development aims to achieve the most important objective of competencydevelopment and capacity building at all levels. As one of its prime objectives, NIMH is engaged in acontinuous process of competency development in people and creation of trained manpower throughits HRD programmes to enhance the growth of individuals with disabilities. The policies and programmesof the institute are designed to support and sustain opportunities for continuing acquisition of knowledge,skills, attitudes and competencies which are beneficial to the individual and the society.

In human resource development, the major activities are to conduct long-term and short-term courses,training, workshops and continuing education programmes for professional enculturation. NIMHorganizes national level programmes for professionals, parents and persons with mental retardationon important relevant themes to build awareness and penetrative thinking in the field of intellectualdisability.

An important priority area of HRD is manpower development and training facilities for teacher trainingprogrammes in rehabilitation of persons with mental retardation. It is estimated that a classroomteacher (special educator) can handle not more than 10 children with mild mental retardation. Morethan 70% of the children with mental retardation fall under this category. This would require morethan 1,00,000 classroom teachers. Since management of mental retardation needs a multi-disciplinaryteam, there is requirement of other professionals. The number of trained teachers available in ourcountry is less than 7000, and similar is the status of other rehabilitation professionals. To reduce thiswide gap, human resource development in this sector is of paramount importance.

3.1 Long-term Courses

In order to promote human resource development, NIMH conducted 6 long-term training programmes(3 Diploma courses, 1 Graduate and 2 Post Graduate courses, which include 1 M.Phil programme)approved by Rehabilitation Council of India in the Institute’s headquarters and regional centres. Thesecourses are identified and developed as per the need felt in this area. A total of 265 candidatesagainst the strength of 407 were enrolled for the year 2013-14 in different courses and the details ofenrollment (course-wise) is presented in Table 2.

HRD-Class room activity


Year Courses Intake Capacity Enrollment

2012-13 10 415 325 (78.3%)

2013-14 10* 407 265 (65.1%)

*- Four courses at NIMH Headquarters were not taken up as the enrollment was below 25%.

Table 2: Enrollment of Students in Long-term Courses during 2013-14

Sl. Course Centers Duration University 2013-14No. (years) Affiliation Intake

capacity Enrolment

1 M.Phil in RehabilitationPsychology NIMH HQ 2 OU 14 11 (78.6%)

2 Master in DisabilityRehabilitation Administration NIMH HQ 2 JNTU 20 --

3 M.Ed Special Education(Mental Retardation) NIMH HQ 1 OU 31 30 (96.8%)

4 M.Sc Disability Studies(Early Intervention) NIMH HQ 2 OU 10 --

5 Postgraduate Diploma inEarly Intervention NIMH HQ 1 OU 20 --

6 B.Ed in Special Education(Mental Retardation) NIMH HQ, 1 OU 25 21 (84.0%)

Navi Mumbai, MBU 25 18 (72.0%)Kolkata WBSU 25 25 (100.0%)Delhi GGIPU 25 23 (92.0%)

7 Diploma in Early Childhood NIMH HQ, 1 NIMH 25 23(92.0%)Special Education Navi Mumbai 25 9 (36.0%)(Mental Retardation)

8 D.Ed. Special Education Delhi 2 NIMH 31 31 (100.0%)(Mental Retardation) Kolkata 31 31 (100.0%)

9 Diploma in Vocational NIMH HQ, 1 NIMH 25 14 (56.0%)Rehabilitation Navi Mumbai, 25 9 (36.0%)(Mental Retardation) Kolkata 25 20 (80.0%)

10 Diploma in Community- NIMH HQ, 1 NIMH 25 --Based Rehabilitation

Total 13* 407 265 (65.1%)

OU : Osmania University, HyderabadJNTU : Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, HyderabadGGIPU : Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, DelhiWBSU : West Bengal State UniversityMBU : Mumbai University; KU: Kolkata UniversityNIMH : National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped, Secunderabad.

* All together, NIMH conducted 6 Long-term Courses in 13 centres.


3.2. Description of the Academic Programmes

3.2.1 M.Phil in Rehabilitation Psychology

This is a two-year academic course affiliated to Osmania University, Hyderabad. This course is designedto create rehabilitation psychologists of highest cadre who will be capable of training master trainersand conduct research in psychological aspects to provide comprehensive services to persons withmental retardation and other disabilities. The course has inputs in neurobiology, psychology, specialeducation, speech-language pathology, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and community-basedrehabilitation.

3.2.2 Master in Disability Rehabilitation Administration

This two-year course has been under MoU with Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabadsince the academic year 2004-05. This four-semester mode of training program is designed to preparequalified and competent disability rehabilitation administrators for successfully managing the disabilityrehabilitation and research organizations in the country.

3.2.3 M.Ed. Special Education (Mental Retardation)

M.Ed. Special Education (Mental Retardation) course of one year duration, affiliated to OsmaniaUniversity, Hyderabad, aims at developing professionals at faculty level in special education.

3.2.4 M.Sc. Disability Studies (Early Intervention)

This two-year course affiliated to Osmania University, Hyderabad, was introduced during 2009 -10.The main objective of the course is to prepare a cadre of training professionals capable of transferringthe required skills and technology to implement programmes in early identification and early interventionfor at-risk and disabled infants and toddlers.

3.2.5 Postgraduate Diploma in Early Intervention

Children with developmental delays will show significant improvement if they are detected early andprofessional services rendered at an early age. These services are trans-disciplinary in nature andholistic in approach covering child development, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapyand family intervention. This course is affiliated to Osmania University, Hyderabad.

3.2.6 B.Ed. in Special Education (Mental Retardation)

Keeping in view the need for special teachers at various levels, NIMH conducts one-year B.Ed. inSpecial Education (Mental Retardation) at its headquarters affiliated to Osmania University, RegionalCentre, Kolkata affiliated to West Bengal State University, Regional Centre, Navi Mumbai affiliated toMumbai University and Regional Centre, New Delhi affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh IndraprasthaUniversity, Delhi.

3.2.7 Diploma in Early Childhood Special Education (Mental Retardation)

Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) focuses on children below 6 years of age and has variousmodes and approaches in imparting training, based on the ability of the target group. This demandstraining of human resource to reach out to the families by being a home visitor or itinerant teacher, tomanage children with disabilities in regular or special pre-schools. Diploma in Early Childhood SpecialEducation course is offered at NIMH, Secunderabad, Regional Centre, Navi Mumbai.


3.2.8 D.Ed. Special Education (Mental Retardation)

This two-year diploma course aims at preparing special teachers, who are competent in screening,assessment, education and training of children with mental retardation and associated disabilities.The conduct of examination, nominated by RCI, has been handed over to NIMH, Secunderabad.

3.2.9 Diploma in Vocational Rehabilitation (Mental Retardation)

This one-year course prepares vocational instructors in the field of mental retardation, and is offeredat NIMH, Secunderabad and at Regional Centres in Kolkata and Navi Mumbai.

3.2.10 Diploma in Community Based Rehabilitation

This one-year course focuses on development of Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) managementprogrammes, human resource development, training, education, rehabilitation, employment and socialdevelopment of persons with disabilities. It aims at developing trans-disciplinary models and strategiesfor social rehabilitation to meet the needs of diverse groups of people with disabilities.

3.3 Certificate Courses

Feedback from the field indicated that there is a need for intensive training on assessment, therapeuticsand job placement to special educators and allied professionals working for rehabilitation of personswith mental retardation. To achieve this objective, NIMH conducts certificate courses of one monthduration in 2013-14. Two such programmes were conducted benefiting 37 professionals. The detailsare presented in Table 3.

Table 3: Certificate courses conducted during 2013-14

Sl. No. Training programme Conducted by Days Duration Professionals

1 Certificate Course inPsychological Assessment NIMH, Secunderabad 29 02-31 Dec, 2013 13

2 Certificate Course onInclusive Education NIMH, RC Kolkata 20 03-28 Feb, 2014 24

Total 37

3.4 Short-term Training Programmes

The short-term training programmes (STP) are essentially designed as in-service training forprofessionals and personnel working in the field of rehabilitation for persons with mental retardation.During the year 2013-14, the Institute conducted 45 short-term training programmes covering 1130professionals. The programme vs professionals ratio is as follows:

Year Programmes Target Professionals Ratio

2012-13 45 950 1293 1:29

2013-14 45 1000 1130 1:25

Short term programmes, usually conducted for one week or more for professionals registered withRCI, are equivalent to Continuing Rehabilitation Education (CRE) programme of Rehabilitation Councilof India. The details of short-term courses are given in Appendix - 2 (Page No. 79).


CRE Program on Behaviour Modification


CHAPTER 4

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Research and Development is one of the important objectives of NIMH. An analysis of the R & DProjects completed at NIMH during the last 30 years reveals that major focus of the R & D has beenin the area of Applied Research. Considering the research requirement in the field, proposals arepresented and approved by designated committees such as the Academic Council and EthicsCommittee of the Institute before initiating the project. The proposals are initially discussed atDepartmental level and at regular Faculty Meet level before submitting them to the Academic Council.Further, all the R&D projects are submitted for the approval of the Ethics Committee of NIMH. So far,65 research projects have been completed in collaboration with various national and internationalagencies such as US-India Rupee Fund, UNICEF, UNDP, ICSSR and S&T Mission Mode, in additionto the Projects funded by the Institute. The outcome of the completed Research Projects are asfollows:

Sl.No. Outcome Number

1. Books published 48

2. Pamphlets/Booklets 24

3. Posters 16

4. Software CDs 12

5. Screening Tools 11

6. Radio Spots 11

7. Service Models 5

8. Video Films 3

Research Project Completed (1984-2014) I – Awareness (3)

II – Early Intervention (8)

III – Psychology (9)

IV – Special Education (12)

V – Therapeutics (13)

VI – Vocational & Independent Living (7)

VII – Community Based Rehabilitation (8)

VIII – Information & Communication Technology (2)

IX – Management (3)

Total Projects = 65


4.1 Research projects (2013-14)

During the year 2013-14, two projects were completed & ten projects are ongoing, of whichtwo projects are in collaboration with other agencies and 3 new projects were approved byacademic committee in its meeting held on 4 February 2014.

4.1.1 Description of the completed Research Projects:

1. A Study on Dental Problems in Persons with Mental retardation

This project was taken up by Dr.V.Krishna Priya, MDS, Consultant Dental Surgeon incollaboration with NIMH to study the Dental problems in persons with mental retardation.Dental Care is consistently reported as one of the top medical needs of persons with mentalretardation. Children and adults with mental retardation have poor oral health when comparedto the general population. They require assistance or support from caregivers to maintaintheir oral health. This study was initiated to find out the dental problems that are visible inpersons with mental retardation attending services at NIMH. This study had enabled us todocument the frequency of different dental problems seen in our clientele and plan to providebetter dental services for them.

2. Molecular Genetic Study of Beta Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP) in differentNeurological Disorders including Autism

This is an ICMR approved and funded project for Vasavi Medical and Research Centre(VSRC), Hyderabad and NIMH collaborated with it for testing hypothesis that in the fourneurological conditions namely: Alzheimer’s disease, Downs Syndrome, Fragile X Syndromeand Autism Spectrum Disorders, the basic defect may lie in the manner the Amyloid PrecursorProtein (APP) gene is inherited and metabolized. The work would examine the mutations inhotspots of APP gene in individuals having these conditions. The DNA repair capacity will beexamined for each of these four conditions. The individuals with Down’s Syndrome, Fragile Xsyndrome and Autism attending NIMH have been recruited into this study. As the incidenceof autism has been reported to be on the increase and its cause is unclear till date, this studyhad highlighted the role of APP and DNA repair in the pathogenesis of Autism.

4.1.2 Description of the ongoing Research Projects:

4.1.2.1 Institute funded Projects (5):

1. Effectiveness of sensory integration therapy on sensory processing & adaptivebehaviour of children diagnosed as Autism with or without Mental retardation (Acomparative study):

The primary objective of the study is to develop an assessment tool to evaluate the sensoryprocessing dysfunctions in children with autism spectrum disorders and to investigate thecorrelation between sensory processing dysfunctions and occupational performance of thesample. It also aims to develop a sensory integration therapy module for children with autismspectrum disorders. A manual on sensory integration therapy for parents and professionalsis also intended to come out of this study.

2. Cluster-based placement service:

Cluster-based placement service enables persons with mental retardation and their parents/families be in touch with the community resources, which are identified and generated fortheir rehabilitation. Very often, services tend to be concentrated in well-to-do urban localities.To overcome this lopsided approach, a community orientation is necessary, so that services


are available to large section of society in their own vicinity. With this background the cluster-based placement service program is proposed.

3. Development of toolkits for assessing work competencies among post-secondaryand prevocational students

The purpose of the study is to develop a comprehensive toolkit for assessing workcompetencies of children with mental retardation in a systematic manner. Attempts are madeto ease the process of assessment and make it more appropriate. The developed toolkit willcome in handy for the teachers working in the field. It serves as a good reference for thetrainees in preparing their assessment kits and gives direction for the TLM preparation. Theobjectives of the study are: a) to develop a work competency checklist for secondary andprevocational students with Mental Retardation and b) to develop a toolkit for assessingwork competencies of secondary and prevocational students with Mental retardation. TheOutcome of the study will be: 1) Checklist for work competency assessment and 2) Acomprehensive toolkit.

4. Development of an Indian Test of Intelligence

There is a plethora of tests and tools available for assessment of intelligence suitable forIndian conditions. Most of these tests are complex, time-consuming and need highly trainedspecialists. There is a dearth of such specialists in large numbers in our country; hencemany persons with mental retardation have not been able to access government concessionsand social benefits. The aim of this study, therefore, is to develop an Indian Test of Intelligence.The test so developed will be useful for assessment of intellectual level of persons withmental retardation so that they can avail government concessions and social benefits. Thetest can also be used for planning intervention programs based on strengths and weaknessesfound in an individual.

5. Development of a CBR model for persons with disabilities

Community-Based Rehabilitation focuses on enhancing the quality of life of persons withdisabilities and their families by meeting their basic needs and ensuring their inclusion andequal participation in the community. CBR activities were initiated in the 80’s and evolvedsince then to become a multi-sectoral strategy empowering persons with disabilities andtheir families. However, it was noticed that there was a lack of accurate database at theGram Panchayat level. The purpose of this study is to identify the persons with disability,severity of disability, economic status of the family and services available at the GramPanchayat level. This would be used for developing a uniform model for CBR activities acrossthe regional and cultural diversities in the country.

4.1.2.2 Projects in Collaboration with Other Agencies (2):

6. Adaptable e–Learning Accessibility Model for the Disabled

E-learning has been perceived as one of the most comfortable mode of learning for thechildren with mental retardation. But the issues of outline, content and accessibility have notbeen addressed effectively and it remained an elusive asset for the children with mentalretardation. Accessibility, specifically in the domain of e-learning has its own demands whichhave to be specifically addressed through proper implementation strategies and AccessibilityModels. This study is committed to provide e-learning, environment and a model that isaccessible to the individuals with mental retardation concentrating on the cognitive and learningdeficiencies of individuals with mild mental retardation and Autism Spectrum Disorders. The


project aims at working closely with educators and the organizations working for personswith mental retardation to produce effective e-learning environment for them.

NIMH is collaborating with Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), anR&D organization of the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY),Ministry of Communications & Information Technology (MCIT), Govt. of India. NIMH iscollaborating with Vasavi Medical and Research Centre, Hyderabad.

7. School Readiness Package for Early Childhood Inclusive Education

Completed item endorsement for pre-school curriculum with reference to existing Aarambhpackage and revised the package from 1st to 8th month in package. The project is funded byUNICEF.

4.1.2.3 New projects approved by Academic Committee on 04-Feb-2014:

8. Usage pattern of Social Capital by Service Seekers on Neighborhood Support SystemRespond towards Service Seekers

Community is a basic unit to meet the needs of individuals and families which is a complexsystem interwoven with social relationships and economic activities. When compared withtheir normal peer group, persons with mental retardation get fewer opportunities in acquiringthe social skills. This situation results in deficit in social skills in addition to the condition ofmental retardation. Keeping in view the limitations of these subjects, the study is undertakento equip the service providers to deal with the needs of service seekers for optimum utilizationof social capital. The present research aims to study the leverage of social capital by serviceseekers with respect to neighborhood support system.

9. Sexuality Education for Persons with ID-An instructional Manual for Parents, CareGivers and Individuals with ID

Persons with Intellectual Disabilities are sexual beings deserving empowerment throughaccurate knowledge and skills to assist them in their natural gender and sexual developmentand to avoid sexual victimization and exploitation. There is dearth of simplified information toeducate Parents, Care takers, Teachers of the Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) andPersons with ID on this subject. The aim of the project is to develop Instructional Manual onSexuality Education for Persons with Intellectual Disability.

The expected outcomes of the project area) Three Assessment Checklists for Need Analysisb) An Instructional Manual for Parents , Care Takers and PWID andc) Parent and Care Taker Workshop Module in two segments

10. Empowerment of PWD Parent through “Parent to Parent Approach”

“Parent to Parent Approach” is a program that provides information to promote emotionalsupport to parents of children with special needs. The program operates very simply bymatching carefully trained and experienced parents in groups or one-to-one relationshipswith other parents who are new to the experience of rearing child with disability. This matchingprocess is based upon similarities in disability condition and family backgrounds. One suchdisability condition is Mental Retardation / Intellectual Disability. It is found that most of theparents having children with Mental Retardation adhere based on level of awareness, trust,training orientation and emotional and moral support required by their children when theyseek help from an experienced parent. The purpose of the study is to develop training packageand resource handbook for parent training programme through “Parent to Parent Approach”.


Expected outcome of the project are - Books and CDs as instructional material for parentshaving children with Intellectual disability.

4.2 Research Publications

The research papers published by NIMH faculty during the year 2013-14 are presented inTable 4.

Table 4: List of Papers published by NIMH Faculty

Title of the paper Journal / Publisher Year of Name of thepublication author

Development and persistence of Internal Research 2013 Author –Independent Living Skills in an Journal of Humanities Dr. Nibedita Patnaikadult with mental retardation: and EnvironmentalA Longitudinal Study Issues (IRJHEI)

Peer tutoring at work – Children LAP LAMBERT 2013 Co-Authorwith mental retardation teaching Academic publishing - Dr. Nibeditanumber skills to their peers (Book) Patnaik

Prenatal, Perinatal and neonatal Research in 2013 Co-Author -risk factors of Autism spectrum Development Dr. Om Sai RameshDisorder: A comprehensive Disabilitiesepidemiological assessmentfrom India

Scope of Management Research RCI Journal, Vol.7, 2013 Co-Authorin Disability Rehabilitation, No 1& 2, Jan-Dec 2011, T.C.Sivakumar

Published in 2013

4.3 Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops

During the year the NIMH faculty attended/participated as resource persons in various scientificconferences/ Seminars/Workshops. The details are given in Table 5.

Table 5: Scientific Conferences/Seminars/Workshops attended by NIMH Faculty

Sl.No. Name of the faculty Date Title Place

1 Dr.Binapani Mohapatra 02.04.2013 World Autism NIMH, SecunderabadAwareness Day

2 Dr. Usha Grover 29.04.13 Important issues in India International Center,autism management Lodhi Road, New Delhi, India

3 Mrs. Meena Pahwa 29.04.13 Important issues in India International Center,autism management Lodhi

4 T.C.Sivakumar* 11-12 Southern Regional NIMH, SecunderabadJune 2013 Workshop on Rights

and Entitlements ofPersons withDisabilities

5 V.R.P. Sheilaja Rao* 15.6.13 Standardizing of TLM National& 26.6.13 for Persons with Intell- Trust, New Delhi

ectually Disabilities


6 Dr.Binapani Mohapatra* 30th - 31st Workshop for “Creating Cuttack. OdishaAug., 2013 Awareness on

Disability Issues forEastern Region”

7 Dr. Usha Grover 6-7 Workshop for creating NIVH, Dehra DunSept. 2013 awareness on disability

issues for northern region

8 Dr.Nibedita Patnaik* 11-13 Exampler materials on BangaluruSept. 2013 curriculum adaptations

from the perspectivesof inclusive educationby NCERT

9 Shri T.C.Sivakumar* 27 Sep, NE conference on Guwahati2013 empowerment of

persons with multipledisabilities by NIEPMD

10 Dr.Om Sai Ramesh* 27 Sep, NE conference on Guwahati2013 empowerment of

persons with multipledisabilities by NIEPMD

11 Dr.Om Sai Ramesh* 19 Sep, Workshop on Acts & Disability Welfare,2013 Policies for the Welfare Govt. of AP, Hyderabad

PWDs andSenior Citizens

12 Dr.G.Sri Krishna* 14 Dec, Seminar on Awareness Kurnool, A.P.2013 of Laws Legislation in

Field of Disability

13 Dr.Om Sai Ramesh 18-19 Indo-Irish Dialogue on Centre for DisabilityJan, 2014 Disability Rights studies, NALSAR,

Hyderabad

14 Dr.Om Sai Ramesh* 23 Jan, Visual Assessment and L.V.Prasad Eye2014 Intervention for Children Institute, Hyderabad

with Multiple Disabilities

15 Dr. Usha Grover 7-8 Feb Summit of Mind, USI Auditorium,2014 New Delhi New Delhi

16 Dr. Usha Grover 12.02.14 National Consultation WHO, New Delhion Inclusion of Personswith DevelopmentalProcesses

17 Dr.Nibedita Patnaik* 29-31 National Conference Disability Foundation,Mar, 2014 on RTE 2009 Amity University, New Delhi

18 Smt.V.R.P.Sheilaja Rao* 16 April, Workshop on Best Pondicherry University2014 Practices and Current

Trends in the Field ofSpecial Needs

*- presented papers/ attended as resource persons


CHAPTER 5

NIMH PUBLICATIONS5.1 Publications

NIMH, from its inception itself, upheld the practice of publishing its findings from clinical studies andR&D activities in the form of printed books, video films and CDs. In addition to this, informationcollected from authentic sources have been printed as pamphlets and leaflets.

• The total number of original publications was 98 as on 31st March 2014. The trend of increasein the number of NIMH publications is illustrated in Graph 1.

5.2 Distribution of Publications

Every year NIMH gets requests from various sources for the books and other materials which arepublished by the Institute. These materials are distributed by levying a nominal charge on printingand handling. The distribution of NIMH publications during the year 2013-14 is given in Table 6.

Table 6: Distribution of NIMH Publications

Sl.No. Title 2012-13 2013-14

1 Publications (98 titles) 20747 7962

2 Video films (VHS/ CD format) 228 227

3 Software programs 435 47

5.3 Digitalization of NIMH publications

The printed books of NIMH have been uploaded in the website of NIMH so that they can be accessedby the users.


CHAPTER 6

SERVICES6.1 Services

Persons with mental retardation generally need a plethora of services to make them functionally asindependent as possible and improve their quality of life. NIMH provides a spectrum of service deliverysystems for the rehabilitation of persons with mental retardation. It is common practice to use aneclectic approach incorporating a combination of service models best suited to individual needs.

NIMH has evolved its extension of services based on life cycle approach encompassing infants,children, youth and adults as indicated below:

• Early identification, early intervention and prevention of disabilities

• Minimization of adverse effect of developmental delays and acceleration of rate of developmentof children

• Preschool education

• Special education programmes

• Vocational training and job placement

• Independent living skills

The services are also focused on severely and profoundly affected persons with mental retardation inthe unit termed as 'Manoranjanam' and a Multi-Sensory Unit which offers intense sensory stimulationsfor children with multiple disabilities.

6.2 General Services

The Institute provides assessment andevaluation services through case historytaking, physical and medical examinations,intellectual and developmental assessment,special educational assessment, therapeuticneeds assessment, vocational assessmentand basic biochemical screening andexamination. After a comprehensiveassessment, management plan andintervention packages are developed.Parental counseling is done in order toprovide emotional support by explaining thenature of child's condition and his/ her levelof functioning. A home- based training programme and demonstration for the same are given toparents for management and rehabilitation. During 2013-14, a total of 9217 clients were seen atNIMH, Secunderabad and at its Regional Centres located in New Delhi, Kolkata and Navi Mumbai.The details of services provided to new clients during the year 2013-14 are shown in Table 7 andGraph 2 & 3. The total number of new clients registered for the year 2013-14 is more than (6%) thatfor the year 2012-13.


Registration of New Clients

Year Target Achieved

2012-13 7738 8704

2013-14 8000 9217

Table 7: Services provided to new clients during the year 2013-14

2012-13 2013-14Sl. (N=8704) (N=9217)

No Activities Number % Number %

1 General Services 8704 100.0 9217 100.0

2 Medical/Psychiatry 5943 68.3 6117 66.4

3 EIS/Pediatrics 1503 17.3 1617 17.5

4 Physiotherapy 1943 22.3 3081 33.4

5 Biochemistry 2092 24.0 1996 21.7

6 Speech Therapy 3307 38.0 2670 29.0

7 EEG(Electroencephalogram) 278 3.2 333 3.6

8 Multiple disability 941 10.8 1020 11.12

9 Nutrition 218 2.8 185 2.0

10 Hydrotherapy 18 0.2 26 0.3

11 Special Education 6341 72.9 5572 60.5

12 Autism/LD 408 4.7 360 3.9

13 Multi sensory 433 5.0 305 3.3

14 Computer Assisted Instruction 109 1.3 131 1.4

15 Group activity 221 2.5 133 1.4

16 Mobile/ HBT 131 1.5 175 1.9

17 Psychological Assessment 7951 91.3 8691 94.3

18 Behavior Modification 5031 57.8 4882 53.0

19 Parent counseling 8704 100.0 8689 94.3

20 Vocational Asst, Guidance & Counseling 616 7.1 609 6.6

21 Vocational Guidance & Information 159 1.8 156 1.7

22 Workstation (VT) 110 1.3 269 2.9

23 Occupational Therapy 2511 28.8 2688 29.2

24 Resource room(VA)/(Slow learners) 126 1.4 69 0.7

25 Family Cottages 133 1.5 137 1.5

27 *Others 1284 14.8 1135 9.1

*Respite Care, Orthopedics, ADHD, Low vision, slow learners, Orientation to parents


Graph 3: Highlights of General Services during 2013-14(N=9217)

Legend:EIS: Early Intervention ServicesVA: Vocational AssessmentOT: Occupational TherapyFC: Family Cottages

6.3 Special services

Special services are aimed at augmenting home-based training by developing management plans forimplementation at home. For persons coming from outstation, family cottage facility is made available.Wherever necessary, appropriate referrals are provided to the clients to seek services from the localinstitutions, while the periodic consultation at NIMH continues. The back-up support to special servicesis provided through direct training, supply of folders, posters and books published by the Institute forinformation and guidance of parents and family members at a nominal cost. During the year 37,528follow up clients were seen and a total of 1,21,784 special services were provided to these follow upclients compared to 1,32,475 special services provided in the year 2012-13 as shown in the Table 8.

Number of Special Services provided to Follow-up clients

Year Target Achieved

2012-13 1,00,000 1,32,475

2013-14 1,00,000 1,21,784


Table 8: Follow up clients seen in special services during the year 2013-14

2012-13 2013-14Sl. (N=41831) (N=37528)

No Service Activity Number % Number %

1 Medical/Psychiatry 15773 37.7 17331 46.2

2 EIS/Pediatrics 17029 40.7 17443 46.5

3 Physiotherapy 5536 13.2 5000 13.3

4 Speech Therapy 4348 10.4 3554 9.5

5 Multiple disability 6125 14.6 3785 10.1

6 Hydrotherapy 62 0.1 61 0.2

7 Special Education 15814 37.8 11539 30.7

8 PMR 2 0.0 0 0.0

9 Autism/LD 3138 7.5 2335 6.2

10 Multi sensory 3393 8.1 1243 3.3

11 Computer Assisted Instruction 3259 7.8 4409 11.7

12 Group activity 9078 21.7 9814 26.2

13 Mobile/ HBT 1154 2.8 503 1.3

14 Psychological Assessment 5237 12.5 5296 14.1

15 Behavior Modification 5526 13.2 8453 22.2

16 Parent counseling 7944 19.0 9016 24.0

17 Voc Asst & Guidance & Counseling 65 0.2 10 0.0

18 Workstation (VT) 17222 41.2 12693 33.8

19 Occupational Therapy 6790 16.2 5321 14.2

20 Resource room(VA)/(Slow learners) 2028 4.8 1129 3.0

21 Family Cottages 446 1.1 620 1.7

22 *Others 2506 6.0 2229 5.9

Total 1,32,475 - 1,21,784 -

*Orthopedics, Neurology Endocrinology, ADHD, Dental, Low vision.

6.3.1 Medical Services

Clients registered at NIMH are taken up for detailed case history and clinical examination for thepurpose of general health assessment and diagnosis. Medical management is individualized andneed-based and include imparting information and treatment for comorbid conditions like epilepsy,hyperkinetic behaviour, nutritional deficiencies, infections, hormonal deficiencies and mental illnesses.Drugs are provided for epilepsy, hyperkinesis and mental illnesses free of cost to clients belonging tofamilies of low income. Consultancies such as Neurology, Orthopedic, endocrinology and Pediatricservices are outsourced. Appropriate referrals are also made wherever necessary.


6.3.2 Physiotherapy Services

This unit caters to persons with mental retardation with associated motor problems such as cerebralpalsy, abnormal motor patterns, movement disorders, loco-motor abnormalities and congenitalabnormalities. After detailed assessment, intervention programmes are planned to meet individualizedneeds. Therapeutic interventions are of eclectic nature that includes exercises, hydrotherapy, correctionof postures and movement disorders, gait training, motor training and enhancement for overalldevelopment are extended.

6.3.3 Early Intervention Services

Early Intervention Services cater to children of 0-3years who are at risk or have developmental delays.These services focus on prevention, remediation andtreatment to foster all-round development. The servicesoffered are child-centered and family-oriented andprovided by a multi-disciplinary team of experts. Thechild receives individualized intervention consisting ofphysiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech andlanguage therapy, child development, medical, psycho-social and family interventions. Early interventionservices also offer parent training programmes, grouptherapy, play therapy, guidance and counseling.

6.3.4 Biochemistry Services

At NIMH, medical services are supported by the facility of a Biochemistry Laboratory to carry outbiochemical investigations (Metabolic screening) to identify biochemical or metabolic disorders relatedto mental retardation such as aminoacidopathies, glycogen storage disorders andmucopolysaccharidoses and routine biochemical tests to check general health that can supportdiagnosis, treatment, counselling and monitoring.

6.3.5 Speech Pathology and Audiology Services

Delayed development of speech and language is one of the major features of mental retardation.Many children also have hearing defects of various natures. Those clients requiring services aretaken up for detailed assessment. A speech and language intervention package is developed to meetthe individual needs. Parents are guided to carry out the intervention at home under the advice of theprofessionals.

6.3.6 Electromyelography

The Electro-myelography (EMG) records the electrical changes in the nerve potentials. It givesinformation about the functioning of sensory and motor nerve status of persons with mental retardation.It helps to find out if the reflex mechanism is intact or interrupted and to identify the functioning of thenerves, spinal cord and brain. Based on the result of the EMG, the therapy programme is designed onwhich the nerve sensation, functioning of muscles and joint movement is identified.

Accordingly, therapy can be given by exciting of sensation activity of nerves. Repetition of sensorymechanism will help to regain sensation if there is a loss and reduced sensation. If there is damageat the motor nerve spinal levels, muscle contraction can be enhanced by repeating the reflexmechanism. Repeated muscle contraction helps to develop muscle power, which in turn will assist indeveloping joint stability.

Early Intervention Services


6.3.7 Electroencephalogram

The Electroencephalogram (EEG) is a basic procedureused for understanding the physiology of the brain. Itis helpful in identifying the pathological changes seenin the structure and function of different areas of thebrain. The main objective of the procedure is todiagnose the types of seizures and various epilepticsyndromes. EEG is an essential procedure of acomprehensive diagnostic workup of the persons withmental retardation having neurological deficits. EEG is also used to assess or monitor the effectivenessof the treatment. It helps in deciding the type and duration of the medication to be used for epilepsy.The prevalence of epilepsy among the persons with mental retardation is high (30%) in comparisonwith that of the normal population (1%).

6.3.8 Services for Persons with Multiple Disabilities

Children with mental retardation having additional problems such as hearing impairment, visualimpairment and physical impairment are provided special attention through this service. A team ofmultidisciplinary professionals provide comprehensive services. Special clinic for orthopaedic servicesis available once a week.

6.3.9 Nutrition

All cases registered at NIMH are assessed for nutritional status using anthropometric measurements(height and weight). Those cases identified as 'undernourished' are provided nutritional advice.

6.3.10 Hydrotherapy Services

Hydrotherapy is a mode of treatment for persons with mental retardation, particularly those sufferingfrom joint pains, swelling, stiffness, muscle weakness, and spasticity. The Institute provideshydrotherapy services to the persons with mental retardation having various physical problems.

6.3.11 Special Education Services

Children with mental retardation are assessed for current level of functioning in various skill areassuch as self-help skills, gross and fine motor skills, functional reading and writing skills, time, moneyand related cognitive skills. Parents are involved throughout the process of special education servicessuch as assessment, planning of an Individualized Educational Program (IEP) and in the implementationof IEP. Various teaching learning materials and adaptive materials appropriate to Indian context areutilized during the training. Computer-assisted training modules are also utilized for children withspecial needs to enhance their learning.

6.3.12 "MANORANJANAM" - Resource room for Persons with Profound Mental Retardation

Though the service programmes for persons with mental retardation have increased over the years,very few organizations offer services to persons with profound mental retardation. Persons withprofound mental retardation require more specialized services and personnel to train them becausemajority of them suffer from associated physical disability and some even suffer from epilepsy. However,research studies on education of children with profound mental retardation indicate that a systematictraining can make them capable of learning basic skills. This reduces their dependency on others tosome extent. In view of this, the Institute has started a unit called "Manoranjanam" to train childrenwith profound mental retardation. This is an outcome of one of the institute’s research project.

Child attending EEG services


6.3.13 Autism and Mental Retardation

It is estimated that 75% of persons with autism have low levels of intelligence. As the children withmental retardation and autism are found in schools for children with mental retardation, it is essentialthat appropriate educational services are provided to them. Staff trained in managing children withautism is engaged to provide individualized as well as small group instruction to children with mentalretardation and autism. In addition, the staff provide consultancy support to the teachers in the regularschools and special schools.

6.3.14 Mental Retardation and Sensory Impairments

Children with mental retardation having sensory impairment in vision and/or hearing require specialeducation in addition to group training. When both the senses of vision and hearing are impaired inthem, the training methods and materials require adaptations. Keeping this in view, exclusive servicesfor such children have been initiated. These children get individualized attention from the trainedteachers in addition to their classroom experience. Environmental modifications are made to meettheir unique needs. Considering the need of services for children with mental retardation havingsensory impairments, a manual for deaf blindness was developed by NIMH in collaboration with Voiceand Vision Taskforce, which can be used as a guide for teachers/ service providers.

6.3.15 Computer-Assisted Instruction

Computer-assisted instruction aims at enhancing the academic learning skills of children with mentalretardation as well as to teach the children the techniques of computer operation so as to enablethem to use developed software for self learning.

The Department of Special Education has so far developed six software packages suitable for personswith mental retardation. Regular services are being offered to students of special education centreand adults with mental retardation from department of adult independent living in order to orient themto use computers for learning. Multisensory input received through computer assisted instructionhelp in sustaining attention and motivation of the children and as a result expedite their learning. Inview of neuro-motor problem associated with mental retardation, computer software packages havebeen developed with adaptations and hardware peripherals to help children with mental retardation.

6.3.16 Group Activity

Group activity services are provided to children with mental retardation referred from general servicestill they get regular admission in Special Education Centre. These services are provided in the afternoonfor three different age groups.

6.3.17 Psychological Assessment

All clients registered at NIMH are taken up for psychological assessment, which include developmentalassessment, intellectual assessment, and assessment of adaptive behaviour. Batteries of tests areadministrated to ascertain the level of retardation. Based on the assessment, individualized interventionprogrammes are formulated. Psychological assessment reports are provided for educational andtraining purposes and to obtain the disability certificate to avail benefits and concessions given topersons with mental retardation by the Government from time to time.

6.3.18 Behaviour Modification Services

Persons with mental retardation having problem behaviors like head banging, self-biting, self-injuriousbehaviour, excessive crying etc., are offered services of behavior modification. After a detailedassessment, information on frequency, severity of behaviour problems, functional analysis is done to


find out the factors leading to such behaviors. Subsequent to this, appropriate behavioural managementprogrammes are developed and parents are given instructions on suitable interventions in the eventof occurrence of the problem. Follow-up is done at regular intervals to ensure the progress.

In order to augment the behaviour modification programme, the institute has acquired a polyphysiograph (generally termed as ‘lie detector’) through which bio-feedback (knowledge result)techniques can be successfully used for assessment of various central and auditory nervous functions(neuro-biofeedback) and offer therapy for controlling them.

6.3.19 Parent Counseling Services

Parent counseling is offered by providing emotional support and empathetic understanding to dealwith their distress and guilt feelings arising due to presence of the child having mental retardation.Apart from tackling misconceptions of parents, guidance is also given to understand the nature ofmental retardation and the needs of the children at different stages of life so as to promote harmoniousdevelopment of the child in the family setting.

6.3.20 Vocational Training

Socio-economic rehabilitation of persons with mental retardation is promoted through services ofvocational training and job placement. Adults with mental retardation are given training in genericskills, specific skills followed by on-the-job training. On-the-job training varies from one client toanother depending upon the job opportunities available to the client in the locality / community whereshe/he lives. Follow-up support is provided to the client till she/he is able to carry on the job independentlyat the job site.

6.3.21 Workstations for Vocational Training of Persons with Mental Retardation

There are about 1,000 organizations imparting specialeducation to persons with mental retardation in thecountry. These organizations provide educationalservices to persons with mental retardation in the agerange of 5-18 years. Post-school programmes aimedat vocational training are comparatively less in number.As such, no prescribed norms are available for asystematic and regularized pattern of vocationaltraining programmes. To streamline the process ofvocational training, NIMH has initiated workstationsto have a phase wise training programme for personswith mental retardation. After the assessment of theclients, a management plan is made to stimulate thecognitive, motor, communication and social functioning and then place them in different workstations.At the workstations, initially, the person with mental retardation is given exposure to varied settings todevelop work skills and work behaviour (Generic skill training). After the successful completion oftraining for a period of six months in generic skill training, Specific Skill Training and Independent SkillTraining are provided. The trainees are then placed in open/supportive/self-supportive/shelteredemployment after conducting a ‘job analysis’ which matches the skills acquired by the client with thatof the skills required/ identified for the job. While on training, efforts are made to identify jobs andintimate the parents or to pursue for further follow-up.

Vocational training services were provided in terms of vocational assessment, guidance and counselingand workstations. A total of 162 adults with mental retardation received various services in theDepartment of Adult Independent Living and the distribution of these cases according to Gender ispresented in Table 9.

Vocational training activity at DAIL


Table 9: Vocational Training Services provided in DAIL by Gender

Gender Vocational Assessment, Vocational TrainingGuidance & Counseling (Workstations)

No. of Male cases 67 66

No. of Female cases 19 10

Total 86 76

As a part of the third phase of vocational training (Independent Skill Training) trainee clients areplaced at various departments of NIMH on rotation for support services, augmenting the departmentalrequirements. The trainee clients are also engaged in supporting the vegetable cutting requirementsin the students’ mess hitherto done by contract staff. This has helped to divert the man power ofcontract staff to other essential work whereas the trainee clients get systematic exposure in a specificwork.

In order to accommodate all the clients registered in the department, the generic skill phase has beendivided as generic skill I, II & III.

The by-products of the workstation training such as screen printing, photocopying, stationery products(writing pads, file pads etc.) and offset printing are used by the institute for its internal use.

The other by-products such as greeting cards, glass paintings, soft toys, craft work etc. are beingpurchased by visitors and staff members and also used by the Institute for its requirements such asmementos to visiting guests, wall decorations etc. A portion of the income generated through thesetransactions is returned to the trainee clients as reinforcements to their efforts.

6.3.22 Programme for Transaction Training

The Department of Adult Independent Living has initiated an innovative training programme termedas ‘transaction training’. As part of this programme, a portable counter (demo-tent) has been placedoutside the campus of NIMH facing the main road and adult persons with mental retardation with thesupport of trained vocational instructors carry out various activities of promoting the by-products ofthe vocational training such as soft toys, chocolates, art and craft items, greeting cards etc. Throughthis activity, they are being exposed on the basic requirements for marketing, socialization, cashtransactions, social skills, communication skills etc.

6.3.23 Occupational Therapy

The Occupational Therapy unit caters to the needs of persons with mental retardation, associatedconditions and other pervasive developmental disorders. This service mainly addresses issues suchas developing performance components, improving specific sensory, motor, cognitive perceptual skillsand promoting independent living. Clients requiring services are taken up for a detailed evaluationand a specific intervention programme is developed according to the individual needs. Those in needof assistive and adaptive devices are guided to appropriate centres. Necessary guidance and supportis provided for the caretakers to continue the intervention at home.

6.3.24 Genetic Clinic

Parents seeking expert advice regarding the probability of occurrence of genetic or birth defects inthe future offspring are offered services of genetic counselling. For biochemical, chromosomal andcytogenetic investigations, the clients are referred to collaborating institutions such as Institute ofGenetics and Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology located in Hyderabad. A team of medical andgenetic experts offer counselling services.


6.3.25 Resource Room for Open Basic Education coaching for NIOS Examination

The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) has started "Open Basic Education Programmethrough Distance Education Mode" and has accredited centres throughout the country. Many childrenwith mild mental retardation and borderline intelligence do not have access to education facility asthey do not fit into the special school system and face difficulty to cope with regular educationaldemands. These children benefit from "Open Basic Education" programme under NIOS because ofthe simplified, phased-out system of learning. This also bridges the gap between special school andregular school systems. With this in view, the Institute started services to train children with borderlineintelligence and mild mental retardation to appear for the Open Basic Education programme underNIOS.

NIMH provided special coaching classes for primary level students with learning problems and mentalretardation. During 2013-14, various children benefited through this programme.

6.4 Family Cottage Services

The facility of family cottage is available for the familiescoming from far-off places to avail themselves ofservices at NIMH. There are 12 units of family cottagesavailable at NIMH, Secunderabad. Each unit canaccommodate a family of at least 6 members. Everyunit has an attached kitchenette and a washroom.While the occupants of family cottage can opt theNIMH canteen facilities being run by parents of aperson with mental retardation, facilities such as utensiland cooking gas are also provided in each unit of thefamily cottage for self cooking if required by theoccupant. The clients occupying the family cottagecan stay for a period of two weeks and receiveprofessional services and training such as skill training, individual family counseling, and managementof problem behaviors, speech-language therapy, medical advice, physiotherapy, recreational activitiesand other help. During their stay at these cottages, parents have the opportunity to concentrate on theneeds of the child while being away from their daily routine chores.

The number of occupants of the family cottage during the year 2013-14 was 396. The averageduration of the stay was 5 days per family. The details of services provided in family cottages areprovided in Table 10.

Table 10: Occupancy of family cottage by age and gender of the clients

Age in years Total Clients % Male % Female %

0-3 59 14.9 29 11.1 30 22.2

4-6 88 22.2 63 24.1 25 18.5

7-9 81 20.5 54 20.7 27 20.0

10-14 101 25.5 75 28.7 26 19.3

15-18 33 8.3 20 7.7 13 9.6

>18 34 8.6 20 7.7 14 10.4

Total 396 100.0 261 100.0 135 100.0

Family Cottages at HQs


6.5 Special Education Centre

Special Education Centre (SEC) serves as a laboratoryfor the training programmes of human resourcedevelopment of the Institute.

The centre has an enrollment of 133 children in theage range of 3 years to 18 years including childrenwith varying degrees of mental retardation rangingfrom mild to profound levels. There are ten class-roomfacilities ranging from early childhood special educationto pre-vocational training. In addition to this, fourexclusive service units for education of children withadditional disabilities such as autism and multi-sensory impairment, profound mental retardation andopen basic education programmes have been established to see that children with all levels andcombinations of mental retardation are admitted to the school and the students undergoing variouslong-term academic programmes will have an opportunity to deal with various problems of mentalretardation.

In addition to regular classes, group activity services are provided for the new clients referred by thegeneral services. Such clients cannot get admission for regular services in SEC. These students willattend the services on appointment given by the classroom teacher as per the child’s need andparent’s convenience. The service activities provided in SEC are given in Table 11.

Table 11: Service activities at Special Education Centre, NIMH, Secunderabad

S. Services New Follow-up GrandNo M F Total M F Total Total

1 Group activity 104 57 161 3731 1620 5351 5512

2 Autism Unit 17 4 21 590 55 645 666

3 Multi Sensory Unit - - - - - - -

4 Computer Assisted Instruction - - - - - 3011 3011

Other Activities of SEC

• SEC students participated in the Art Activities on the occasion of National Epilepsy day 18thNov 2013.

• Fifty students participated in a Inclusive sports organized by CHAI, secunderabad on 8th February2014.

• SEC students participated in the cultural programme on the occasion of National Seminar onINCHEON strategies on 20th & 21st Feb 2014.

• SEC students participated in the drawing competitions organized by 365 NIRMAN and SpecialOlympics Bharath, Secunderabad on 11th July 2014.

• Inclusive sports were conducted on 22nd February, 2014 on the occasion of Institute day. Threeregular schools took part in Inclusive games along with special children.

• SEC conducted Annual Sport for the Students in the month of February. All the studentsparticipated in the sports and received the prizes.

Training activity at SEC


• NIMH organized a march on 3rd December 2013 from NIMH to Hasmathpet and a culturalprogramme was also organized

• Organized educational tours to Warangal on 6th to 7th February, 2014 as well as to Goa onfrom 19th to 24th March, 2014 for the students of SEC.

6.6 Parent Training Programmes

The objective of this program is to involve parents in care, management and training of their childrenwith mental retardation. The program also encourages mutual support among parents and exchangeof ideas and information. During this year, 145 parent training programmes were conducted benefiting2330 parents. This also includes parents trained during the master trainers' programme conducted bythe Institute.

6.7 Respite Care Services

Respite care is a short-term care that helps families having children with mental retardation to take abreak from the daily routine and stress. Respite Care also provides an opportunity for persons withmental retardation to stay away from the family for a short period which may enhance the skills ofindependent living. NIMH started the respite care services from October 2010 with the followingobjectives:

• To provide an opportunity to parents/family members to get respite time in order to fulfill otherresponsibilities.

• To create an opportunity for parents to get relief from the stress of routine care of persons withmental retardation.

• To provide a short stay from home for persons with mental retardation.

• To serve as a demonstration centre for practical exposure for the students undergoing variousacademic training programmes at NIMH.

Separate facilities are provided for male and female individuals with mental retardation with zerorejection as the norm to be admitted in the respite care centre. Each facility is supported by a trainedspecial educator during day-time and services of ayahs are provided round-the-clock. Certain addedfacilities for leisure, food and medicines are taken care of. The parents/family members of personswith mental retardation are utilizing these services for their children for a short stay lasting up to 5days, which is extended in exceptional cases. 290 beneficiaries have utilized the services of RespiteCare Centre during the year (Table 12).

Table 12: Registration of New Clients at Respite Care Services (N=290)

Month Beneficiaries Month Beneficiaries

April 2013 24 October 28

May 25 November 26

June 25 December 24

July 25 January 2014 24

August 27 February 35

September 22 March 5


6.8 Feedback from the Clients on NIMH General Services

As part of the efforts to refine the quality of the services offered, NIMH obtains feedback from itsclients. An analysis of the feedback received from clients/Parents during the year revealed that 78%of the clients are satisfied with the services offered at NIMH and the details are given in Table 13. Thesatisfactory level of services provided by the professionals (Sl.No.1-19) is 82%, whereas the satisfactorylevel of services provided to the clients by students attending various long-term training programmesunder the supervision of faculty and guest faculty is found to be 66% (Sl.No.20-a-f). Apart from thefeedback format given below, suggestion boxes and complaint registers are also maintained at theservice providing areas. Suitable actions are taken to provide required comforts to the clients inrelation to NIMH services.

Table 13: Feedback of the Client/Parents on General Services at NIMH (N=97)

No. Item Satisfaction (%)1 Explaining the details of the conditions of the individual by

the professionals 91.8

2 Dates given for appointments 86.6

3 Explaining the rationale for the management plan 90.7

4 Guidance & training in working on management plan at home (HBT) 86.6

5 Improvement in the individual after the intervention 85.6

6 Attitude of the professional staff and assisting staff towards their work 76.3

7 Giving information on services available at NIMH 84.5

8 The extent of cooperation extended by them in helpingthe client and care givers 76.3

9 Time spent by the service providers/ Professional staff with the client 87.6

10 Time spent in waiting to see the professional / service providers 91.8

11 Competence / expertise of the service providers / professional staff 85.6

12 Reasons given for doing assessments and explanationsgiven about the results 73.2

13 Provision of counselling services 83.5

14 Information being given about concessions and benefits 82.5

15 Availability of amenities such as water rest rooms,wheel chairs, Canteen services etc 81.4

16 Availability of reading material and literature about various disabilities 66.0

17 Punctuality / Availability of service providers in keeping appointments 76.3

18 Referrals made by the professional staff when required 75.3

19 Contribution of staff towards creating friendly environment in the Services 77.3

20 About Services provided:

a Medical 78.4

b Behaviour modification 73.2

c Parental Counselling 68.0

d Special education 63.9

e Physiotherapy 57.7

f Speech & language Therapy 56.7

Overall 78.3


CHAPTER 7

NIMH MODEL SPECIAL EDUCATIONCENTRE, NEW DELHI

NIMH Model Special Education Centre (NIMH-MSEC) established in 1964 by the Ministry of SocialJustice and Empowerment was brought under the administrative control of NIMH, Secunderabad in1986. The school functions with the objective of helping persons with mental retardation to developtheir potentials to the fullest extent. The number of children on roll was 110, of which 20 were residentialand 90 were Day Care learners (Table14).

In addition to school activities NIMH MSEC conducted three short term training programmes, sixparent training programmes. It also provided rehabilitation services to children with mental retardationwhich includes Psychological Assessment, Behaviour Modification, Parent Counseling, Mobile/Homebased training during the reporting year. NIMH MSEC extended its support in providing consultancyand technical support to various NGOs across the country. It also participated in various trainingprogrammes in north east under extension and outreach activity.

Table 14: Enrolment by Gender

Gender Day Care Residential Total

Boys 58 12 70 (64%)

Girls 32 8 40 (36%)

Total 90 (82%) 20 (18%) 110

7.1 School Activities

Community Awareness and Social Skills

Children were taken to various community setup to give them an exposure. All major festivals werecelebrated in the school to instill respect for one’s history and culture. Celebration of National Festivalsalso formed an integral part of the school’s curriculum.

• NIMH MSEC celebrated National Festivals such as the Independence Day and the Republicday.

• Religious festivals such as Raksha Bandhan, Diwali, Christmas were celebrated by the studentsand staff of NIMH MSEC.

7.2 Educational tours & picnics

• On the occasion of Children’s Day students of the center were treated to the film “My friendGanesha” organized in the center itself.

• Students of the center were invited to witness the Annual Theatre festival put together by theprestigious National School of Drama featuring plays in regional Languages of Madhya Pradeshand West Bengal. About 39 children accompanied by 5 teachers witnessed the plays.

• A group gathering of children of the center attended a VVIP Christmas Get together organizedby the Delhi Commonwealth Women’s Association on 10.12.2013.

• All students of the center attended a Magic Show organized by Impresario India at LTGAuditorium, Copernicus Marg, New Delhi on 19.12.2013 conducted by Sh. Kamesh a renownedMagician.


• Students of Primary, Secondary, Pre vocational and Vocational groups were taken out for anEducational Tours to the Delhi Metro, Police station. Post Office, McDonalds, Film show at aCineplex

7.3 Other events

7.3.1 Inter school Competitions:

• A team of girl students of NIMH-MSEC (11 participants) put up a commendable performance atthe Delhi State Women’s Athletics Championship (organized by the Delhi chapter of SpecialOlympics Bharat) at Tyagaraja Stadium on 29th and 30th April 2013. Participants won Prizes inHigher ability and lower ability groups.

• Ten students participated and won Prizes in Fun games in an Inter school Sports Meet organizedby the Child Guidance Center (Jamia Milia Islamia) Special School in Oct 2013. In all the teamwon 5 gold medals, 2 Silver medals, 7 bronze medals.

• A team of 16 students (12 boys and 4 girls) of NIMH-MSEC participated and won one GoldMedal, one Silver Medal and five Bronze medals in Fun Games and events organized by theDelhi Center for the Welfare of the Special Children (Okhla Center) in Dec 2013 Events included50m Run, 100mtr Run, 100m Relay and other Fun events.

• Two students, Nitin Mishra and Manish Jataparticipated in training and selection camporganized by Special Olympics Bharat-Delhi atTyagaraj Stadium New Delhi in which ManishJata was selected for participation in the NationalChampionship in Athletics organized by SpecialOlympics Bharat-Delhi. In National AthleticsChampionship, which was held at JawaharlalNehru Stadium, New Delhi from 12-15 March,2014 Manish bagged 2nd position in 100m raceand 6th position in running long jump.

7.3.2 Art, Craft, Dance, Drama, and Music:

Music, Art and craft activities formed a regular part of classroom activity and students were guidedaccording to their respective abilities. To motivate them further Competitions were organized at interclass level. Students were also taken out of school to participate in competitions organized by differentorganization.

• Master Lucky Arora was selected for the First Prize in a Painting Competition organized byBuilding Materials & Technology Promotion Council (Min. of Housing and Urban povertyAlleviation, GOI) on the occasion of World Habitat Day 2013. He received a cash Prize of Rs7500/- from the Minister of Housing and Urban poverty Alleviation, Smt. Girija Vyas.

• Four students, Sumit, Kiran, Upasna and Nikita bagged I, II, III and Consolation Prizes respectivelyin an On-the-spot Painting Competition organized by National Zoological Park on the occasionof Wildlife week 2013.

• Two students Gayatri and Kiran of the center who sent in their entries for the 19th National levelAnnual Art competition organized by the Very Special Arts of India in March 2013 were awardedConsolation prizes and got cash prizes of Rs1000/- and Rs 500/- from the Very Special Arts ofIndia, Seven entries made by students were sent in for the 20th Art Competition 2014 organizedby the Very Special Arts of India.

MSEC: Basket ball team- Special Olympics


• In Feb 2014 MSEC Students participated in Mask Making and in Clay Modeling in a programfor special children, organized by the National Museum of Natural history at Bal Bhavan. Twostudents won Merit Cash Prizes as under: Ram Prakash –I Prize of Rs 1000/- and Musakir – IIPrize of Rs 800/- .

• Two students Sahil and Sumit participated in solo category and won II and III Prizes at theAnnual Sangeet Baithak, a music competition organized by the Very Special Arts of India on23.08.2013.

• A team of 14 students participated and won Prizes in the Perfect Health Mela organized byMahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited on 26.10.2013 at the Constitution Club, Rafi Marg, NewDelhi. They won Prizes in Diya Decoration (I Prize), Solo Song (II Prize and consolation Prizes),Group Dance (III Prize) and Group Yoga (II Prize).

• NIMH-MSEC participated in a National Level event, SAMARTH organized by the MOSJ&E toenable special persons to show case their abilities. Students of the center participated in a Solosong and group dance Competition, on 15th Jan 2014 at Siri Fort Auditorium. Staff members,students and parents of beneficiaries of the center attended the event on both the days.

7.3.3 Annual Day Celebrations

• As part of the Annual Day Celebrations, Sports competitions for the students were held on 15thFeb 2014. In this 7 Fun games were organized, in which the children of different group participatedand enjoyed thoroughly. The events were carefully designed to suit the different abilities, severityand functional levels of the students. Participants received Merit Prizes for their performance.

• Staff and parents of the students enrolled in MSEC also participated in an Musical Chairs andFun games.

• A fancy dress Competition was put together on 21st Feb 2014 which also formed part of theCultural Program. The Cultural Program put up together by NIMH-MSEC and RC-NIMH, NewDelhi on 21st Feb, 2014. The children of NIMH-MSEC put up a colorful Cultural program featuringContemporary Film songs which had the parents enthralled. Efforts of the teachers wereappreciated. Care was taken to ensure that all students got opportunity to participate in at leastone event.

7.3.4 Republic Day/ Independence Day Celebrations

• Independence Day, junior children presented patriotic songs and senior children madepresentations on issues such as Corruption and communal harmony. Teachers also spoke tothe children about the freedom Movement and about the relevance of celebrating IndependenceDay.

• Republic Day function was held in which children presented small speeches and songs. Teacherseducated children on the importance of the Constitution of India, duties towards nation building,importance of Freedom Movement.


CHAPTER 8

CONSULTANCY ANDTECHNICAL SUPPORT

8.1 Technical Appraisal of NGO Applications for Grant-in-aid from Government of India, MSJ&E

Under this scheme, to promote voluntary action for the persons with disabilities, Ministry of SocialJustice & Empowerment gives grants-in-aid to the non-governmental organizations in the country. Atthe request of the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, the Institute undertook technical evaluationof programmes implemented by nine NGOs during the reporting year and submitted the reports tothe Ministry.

8.2 Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI)

During the year, the staff of the Institute participated in the meetings of Rehabilitation Council of Indiain developing and evaluating curricula for various courses. Faculty level staff members also conductinspections on behalf of RCI, of various teacher training institutes in the country. NIMH conductedfour such inspections during the year.

8.3 Special Employment Cell

The Special Employment Cell was set up at NIMH in the year 1995 for registering persons withdisabilities so as to nominate them for employment in various organisations. The number of personswith disabilities registered for sponsoring their names as per the eligibility criteria against the requisitionsreceived from various organizations is 95 till date.

Special Employee at NIMH


CHAPTER 9

DOCUMENTATION AND DISSEMINATIONDocumentation and Dissemination is one of the important objectives of NIMH. The Institute has awell-equipped library with adequate collection of books and journals in the area of mental retardationand allied fields. The Institute supplies photocopies of journal articles, distributes NIMH publications,video cassettes and floppies, provides routine library services, prepares reading lists and newspaperclippings and information services through the internet.

NIMH has a bimonthly publication "Mentard Bulletin" which contains abstracts on the articles ondisability is utilized by around 300 institutes in the country. Full text of the copies of the articles is alsosupplied on request.

The NIMH Library has more than 14,000 books (purchased, gratis, and gifted) as on 31-03-2014.During the year around 16,000 professionals and students have utilized the NIMH library services.

9.1 Posters and Flip charts

The Institute continues to undertake public awareness programmes such as printing of posters,publishing information materials and flip charts for the grassroots level workers to identify disabilities.

9.2 Website Digitalization

The complete website has been modified to a new look with flash images and it has been madedisabled-friendly. The Institute has developed the website in Hindi as well. The Security audit for thewebsite has been carried out and the process of seeking Standardization, Testing and QualityCertification (STQC) is in progress. The Institute has completed anomalies which are generated bySTQC. NIMH is waiting for STQC Cer tification. The website of the Institute (websitewww.nimhindia.gov.in) is hosted at NIC Hyderabad. One more website, www.nimhindia.org, is alsoaccessible.

NIMH Library


CHAPTER 10

EXTENSION ANDOUTREACH PROGRAMMES

10.1 Assistance to Disabled Persons for purchase/ fitting of Aids/ Appliances (ADIP) Scheme

The primary objective of this programme is to organize composite rehabilitation camps for distributionof Aids and Appliances to persons with disabilities in the country.

The procedure involves conducting the assessment first, followed by distribution of the aids andappliances to the persons with disabilities identified during the assessment camp.

The support of the Office of the District Magistrate/Collector is always ensured in conducting thecamps. For conducting the camp, appropriate technical staff is outsourced from District Hospital,NGOs and other organizations by paying suitable honorarium. The procedure involves the followingsteps:

Publicity

Before conducting the camps wide publicity is given through printed handouts and are distributed inthe regional language.

Professionals involved:

Generally, the professionals involved for conducting the camp are Psychologist, Special Educators(MR/HH/VH), Audiologist, Ophthalmologist, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Physiotherapist, P&O Engineer /Technician and Psychiatrist.

Data maintenance

Following data are maintained with respect to ADIP activities:

• Case registration form of each client covered in the camp

• Assessment forms

• Preparing the details of aids and appliances, category-wise

• Details of the distribution of aids and appliances

• Computerised documentation of the 19 column register

Financial Support

Financial support is extended by NIMH, Secunderabad for creation on awareness of the ADIP camp,conduct of identification and assessment camp, procurement of aids and appliances and theirdistribution. During assessment and distribution camps, the beneficiaries and escorts are providedfood and water.

Networking

Networking with local NGOs and establishing linkages with medical colleges/district hospitals / ruralhospitals /PHCs/ DDRCs / any other professionally competent agency for fitment/post-fitment care ofthe beneficiaries as well as aids/appliances is ensured.


Follow up:

Follow up services are organized in coordination with the existing NGOs to help the beneficiariesassisted under the scheme with regard to the use of aids and appliances supplied to them and otherrelated services required for the Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities.

10.1.1 Distribution of Aids and Appliances - ADIP Scheme

A total of 915 Aids and Appliances (914 through camps and 1 through centre based) were distributedto the persons with disabilities during the year 2013-14 under the ADIP scheme. The details of thedistribution of aids and appliances are given in Table 15 & 16.

Year ADIP-Beneficiaries

2012-13 1060

2013-14 915

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10.1.2 Inspection of organizations implementing ADIP Scheme

As per the Office Order No.4-2(39)/09-DD-I dated 29-09-2009, from the Ministry of Social Justice &Empowerment, NIMH conducted inspection of NGOs implementing ADIP Scheme in the States ofAndhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Accordingly, during the year 2013-14, NIMH conducted 36 inspectionsin these states. The details on ADIP Scheme Inspections are given in Appendix 3 (Page 82).

10.2 Programmes in the North-East Region

NIMH has initiated programmes for creatingawareness about mental retardation and facilitatingsupport to strengthen quality services through NGOsin the North-East Region since 2002. As a part of theNorth East activities for the year 2013-14, NIMHconducted awareness camps and trainingprogrammes for parents, professionals, personnel andpersons with mental retardation and other disabilitiesin the states of Sikkim, Mizoram and Tripura.

The details of the programme conducted are given in Table 17. Prior to the conduct of the aboveprogrammes in the North East States, two short term training programmes were conducted at NIMHin order to give an on-hand practical exposure utilizing the ongoing service activities and facilities atNIMH Headquarters.

Table 17: Programmes Conducted in the North East Region

Sl. No Name of the State No. of No. ofProgrammes beneficiaries

1. Gangtok, Sikkim 22 4876

2. Aizwal, Mizoram 1 42

3. Agartala, Tripura 11 1640

Total 34 6558

The beneficiaries for the above programme were 6,558 and the amount utilized was Rs.133.74 lakhsincluding the material. This expenditure was met from the carry forward balance of Rs.170.02 lakhs ofprevious year and current year budget.

The participants were paid full TA/DA for attending the above programmes. The comprehensive detailsof programmes conducted by NIMH in the North East Region (state-wise) are placed at Appendix 4(Page 85).

10.3 Community Based Programmes (CBP)

During the year 2013-14, a total of 9357 people were benefited through 68 programmes compared to3143 beneficiaries through 46 programmes during the year 2012-13. The Programmes/Activitiesconducted by NIMH during the year 2013-14 under CBP are presented in Table 18. The detailed listof programmes is presented in Appendix 5 (Page 87).

Special child at North East Region


Table 18: Community Based Programmes-2013-14(Awareness/Orientation/Sensitization programmes)

Centre No. of No. ofProgrammes Beneficiaries

Head Quarters 8 1115

RC, New Delhi 10 837

RC, Kolkata 8 3173

RC,Navi Mumbai 37 2865

MSEC 5 1367

Total 68 9357

10.4 Orientation Programmes

NIMH and its Regional Centres provide orientation to the visiting professionals every year. A total of2172 visitors from 112 institutions benefited through this programme during 2013-14 as against 2752visitors from 106 institutions during the year 2012-13 showing a 12% increase in the number ofvisitors.

10.5 Exhibitions

As a part of Awareness Programmes on Disability, NIMH conducted 09 exhibitions by putting up stallsand conducting rallies benefiting 9335 persons during the year and the details are presented in Table19.

Table 19: Participation in Exhibitions during the year

S.No. Title Target group Conducted by Place Date Beneficiaries

01. National General public, Dept of Disability Pragati 25-28 3000Trade Fair High School & College Affairs MSJ&E, Maidan, July, 2013

students & other Govt. of India New Delhiprofessionals etc,PWDs of all categories

02. Awareness General public, Dept of Disability Mahabubabad 7-8 1000Creation Camp PWDs, NGOs, High Affairs MSJ&E, , Warangal Sep, 2013

School & College Govt. of Indiastudents & otherprofessionals

03. Shilpotsav General Public & Dept of Disability Dilli Haat, 1-11 500Artisans with Disability Affairs MSJ&E, INA Market, Nov 2013Govt. of India New Delhi

04. Exhibition Professionals, Parents Dept of Disability Vigyan 7-8 675at NC on of MR persons, Affairs MSJ&E, Bhavan, Nov, 2013Intellectual Persons with Govt. of India New DelhiDisability Mental Retardation


05. Exhibition Professionals, Parents National Trust in Tirumalgiri, 27th Nov, 300on rights of of MR persons, collaboration with Secunderabad 2013persons with Persons with Mental Swayamkrushi.disabilities. Retardation & students

of HRD programmes.

06. Exhibition Vocational Aanchal Special Chanakyapuri, 19-20 125(Aanchal Rehabilitation School, New Delhi Dec, 2013.Abilities Mela): Professionals,

NGOs , Students ofspecial school,caregivers andgeneral public

07. Shilpa General Public, Vasavi Clubs High Tech 21-22 2000Kala Vedika Other Professionals, International City, Dec, 2013

Parents of MR persons, HyderabadPersons with MentalRetardation & studentsof Engineering & otherHRD programmes.

08. SAMARTH General Public, Dept of Disability Siri Fort, 14-16 1700Other Professionals, Affairs MSJ&E, New Delhi Jan. 2014PWDs, Artists, High Govt. of IndiaSchool Students,College & Engineering,field Professionals etc.

09. Sale & Persons with Intellectual Lions Club, Kolkata 2nd 35Exhibition Disabilities from Kolkata Feb, 2014

RC, Kolkata

Total 9335

10.6 Composite Awareness Disability Camps

• NIMH in collaboration with Department of Disability affairs, Ministry of Social Justice andEmpowerment, Govt. of India organized an awareness camp at Mahaboobadad, WarangalDistrict, Telangana State on 8th September 2013. Shri.P.Balram Naik, Minister of State, Ministryof Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India was the Chief guest for this occasion. Duringthe camp Aids and Appliances were distributed to persons with disabilities. On this occasionNIMH distributed awareness material on mental retardation to the participants.

• NIMH participated in the Composite Disability Awareness Camp organized by Department ofDisability Affairs, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India on 22 February,2014 at Gulbarga. Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, Hon’ble Minister for Railways, Govt. of India was theChief Guest for this occasion. The programme was attended by general public, professionals,persons with disabilities and their families benefiting 3000 persons. During the camp awarenessmaterial from NIMH including brochures, posters and booklets were distributed to the participants.


Composite Awareness Disability Camp at Mehaboobabad, Telangana


CHAPTER 11

NATIONAL PROGRAMMES ANDOTHER ACTIVITIES

11.1 National/Regional/State Level Programmes

11.1.1 21st National Parents Meet

NIMH facilitated the parents of children with mental retardation to come to a common platform todiscuss issues relating to the problems of their children as well as their own concerns. This eventuallyled to the formation of registered Parents’ Association. In order to provide a transparent and appropriateforum, NIMH organized the first Parents’ National Level Conference in the year 1990. The main aimof this conference was to provide a better linkage among the parents association to empower theparents and their children with mental retardation and to discuss different issues related to personswith mental retardation. So far NIMH has organized 21 National Parents’ Meets in collaboration withPARIVAAR, the National Federation of Parents’ Association at various parts of the country. ThisNational Parents’ Meet is unique in its conduct since parents themselves and professionals presentscientific papers which are discussed in detail. Road map for further development is generally drawnduring the meet.

The 21st National Parents Meet was organized by NIMH in collaboration with PARIVAAR – Nationalconfederation of Parents’ Organizations on 11-12 November 2013 at Govt. Medical College andHospital, Chandigarh. Ms.Kumari Shelja, Hon’ble Cabinet Minister, Ministry of Social Justice AndEmpowerment, Govt. of India was chief guest for this occasion. A total of 76 participants representingvarious parents associations from all over the country attended the programme.

The other dignitaries were present on Dias including Shri Awanish Awasthi , Joint Secretary, DDA,Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Ms. Poonam Natrajan, Chairperson, National Trust,Shri T C Siva Kumar, Director, NIMH, Ms. Kiran Bedi, former IPS officer, Dr. D K Menon, formerDirector NIMH, Dr. Colonel V K Gautam, president, Parivaar, Prof Atul Sachdev, Director, RIHM, Prof.B S Chauhan, Joint Director, RIHM.

• Mrs Premlata Peshawaria Award instituted by Dr. Reeta Peshawaria and Dr. D K Menon wasawarded to Dr. Diwakar Shah, an NGO at Indore for service provided to persons with MentalRetardation.

• Ms. Kumari Shelja, Minister, announced the enhancement of budget for RPM from 2 lacs to 4lacs and budget for NPM from 5 lacs to 7.5 lacs starting with next financial year.

• Shri Awanish Awasthi announced the book to be compiled on good practices done by parents.

Presentation of papers:

• Dr. D K Menon, former Director, NIMH has presented a paper on self determination.

• Mr. Ajin Kumar Sen has presented a paper on building grassroots network of parents andDPOs.

• Mr. Philip Simon has presented a paper on promoting self advocates participation in decisionmaking process.


• Pro. B S Chauhan presented a paper on health needs of PWIDDs.

• Mrs. Poonam Natajan has presented a paper on Incheon Strategy – its implementation in India.

• Mr. Anil Joshi presented a paper on improving quality of life of PWIDDs and their familiesthrough formation of SHGs.

11.1.2 Regional Parents Meet 2013-14

In addition to the National Parents’ Meet, NIMH also organizes Regional Parents’ Meet (RPM) withthe objective to provide focused attention to the concerns of parents at regional levels. These regionalparents’ meets are also organized in liaison with the National Federation of Parents Associations andin collaboration with one of the registered parents association from the selected region. It is alsoexpected that these regional parents’ meets facilitate the expansion of the network of parents associationto form more self help groups and to address the regional issues related to persons with mentalretardation.

In the year 2013-14, Ten Regional Parents Meets were held at the following regions (Table 20) withthe main theme of “Positive aspects of mental retardation” benefiting 1052 participants.

Table 20: List of Regional Parents Meets

S.No. Regional Parents Meet Dates

1 First Regional Parents Meet, Miraj, Maharashtra 28-29 September, 2013

2 Second Regional Parents Meet, at Darbhanga, Bihar 26-27 October, 2013

3 Third Regional Parents Meet, at Fathegadh Sahib, Punjab 21-22 December, 2013

4 Fourth Regional Parents Meet, at Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh 28-29 December, 2013

5 Fifth Regional Parents Meet, at Agartala, Tripura 08-09 January, 2014

6 Sixth Regional Parents Meet, at Rajgangpur, Orissa 17-18 January, 2014

7 Seventh Regional Parents Meet at Ramgarh, Jharkhand 15-16 February, 2014

8 Eighth Regional Parents Meet, at UNNAO, Uttar Pradesh 08-09 March, 2014

9 Ninth Regional Parents Meet, Udaipur, Rajasthan 22-23 March, 2014

10 Tenth Regional Parents Meet, at Aizwal, Mizoram 27-28 March, 2014

11.1.3 19th Special Employees National Meet

National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped hasbeen organizing Special Employees’ National Meetsince 1995. Special Employees’ Meet is a uniqueprogramme in which persons with mental retardationwho are on remunerative jobs are offered anopportunity to congregate at one platform to showcasethe vocational skills, communication abilities,socialization, marketing skills etc. This national levelmeet has been drawing attention of the targetpopulation as there is overwhelming responses duringthe last 19 years.

Exhibition during 19th Special Employees National Meet


The 19th Special Employees’ National Meet was organized on 30th & 31st October 2013 at NIMH,Secunderabad. This meet witnessed various activities depicting unique potentials of PWID in variousareas. 130 Special Employees participated along with their escorts on both the days and 30organizations represented from 8 states (AP, Kerala, Haryana, Assam, Karnataka, Gujarat, W.Bengal,and New Delhi) from across the country. The variety of trades & jobs of special employees that wereobserved during meet included car washing man, candle, file making, printing carpentry, tailoring,cooking, embroidery, glass painting, soft toy making, office boy etc.

The meet was inaugurated by the Chief Guest Sri S.Harikrishna, Zonal Commissioner, GHMC at 11am. The Guest of honour for the occasion was Sri Raja Ram, Divisional Manager, APSRTC, AndhraPradesh. Director NIMH presided over the function. The guests appreciated the commendable workof NIMH.

During the meet, special employees from 13 NGOs have demonstrated and displayed their vocationalskills and products during the “Ability Mela”. The dignitaries and others visited stalls and witnessedthe special employees displaying vocational potentials and products in stalls representing NGOsfrom various states.

The second day the events began with Self Advocacy Programme wherein 302 Special Employeesparticipated and they expressed that they should be paid equivalent to regular people, reservation ingovernment jobs, transport facility, regular pension and disability certificate etc.

The programme was concluded with the valedictory function at 3 pm on 31.1013. Shri DeepakBhattacharya, District Governor, Lions Club International was the chief guest and Director, NIMHpresided over the function. Chief Guest appreciated NGOs and special employees for representingdifferent states and actively participating in the meet. He also appreciated NIMH for excellent servicesand effective organization of this event and other programs for PWID and their families. The programconcluded with prize distribution and issue of participation of certificates to special employees.

11.1.4 National Conference on “Intellectual Disability”

The National Conference on Intellectual Disability was jointly organised by Department of DisabilityAffairs, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India and National Institute forthe Mentally Handicapped, Secunderabad from 7-8 November 2013 at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi.

In the Conference the Joint Secretary informed aboutthe new initiatives and reforms undertaken by theMinistry such as evaluating the national institutes on100 point rating scale on a regular basis to monitorthe progress. He also announced that various NationalInstitutes under the Ministry are geared up to organisesimilar conferences with an objective to createplatforms to discuss about crucial issues related tothe welfare of persons with disabilities. He assured toprovide complete support to Non-governmentalorganisations working for the welfare of persons withdisabilities and requested them to forward theirproposals of any kind for immediate action fromMinistry’s end.

The conference was inaugurated by Hon’ble Minister Ms. Kumari Selja, Ministry of Social Justice &Empowerment, Government of India. The other dignitaries graced the inaugural session were SmtStuti Kacker, IAS, Secretary, DDA, MSJ&E, Lt. Col. Ian Cordoza, Chairperson, Rehabilitation Council

National Conference on Intellectual Disability atVigyan Bhavan, New Delhi


of India, Smt Poonam Natarajan, Chairperson, National Trust, Shri Awanish K Awasthi, Joint Secretary,DDA, MSJ&E, Shri T.C Sivakumar, Director, NIMH and Major B.V.Ramkumar, Deputy Director, NIMH.

Around 500 delegates from various parts of the country have attended the conference. Eminentprofessionals/field experts shared their experiences on different issues related to intellectual disability.16 scientific papers were presented in five sessions.

11.1.5 National workshop on Incheon Strategy-Effective Implementation in Indian Context

A National Workshop on Incheon Strategy-Effective Implementation in Indian Context was organizedon 20th and 21st February, 2014 in collaboration with Thakur Hari Prasad Institute of RehabilitationSciences, Hyderabad with the following objectives.

Objectives of the Workshop:

- To Understand the Incheon Strategy and Implementation in Indian Context.

- To Know the Effective Ways & Means of Modalities and Resources for Convergence of Servicesto Achieve the Incheon Goals in Indian Context.

- To Implicate Successfully the Guidelines of Incheon Strategy in Indian Context

The Workshop was inaugurated by Mrs. Ruth Leano, Chief of UNICEF, Andhra Pradesh and Karnatakaby lighting the lamp in the august presence of Sri Vijay Thakur, President, Thakur Hari Prasad Instituteof Rehabilitation Sciences, Hyderabad and Director, National Institute for the Mentally HandicappedSri T.C. Siva Kumar and other distinguished dignitaries.

200 participants have registered for the workshop. 10 key speakers were identified for each goal.Each key speaker had presented a paper for the identified goal and each presentation was followedby discussion and questions from the participants.

List of Presenters & their topics are given in the following Table 21.

Table 21: Papers presented in National workshop on Incheon Strategy

Goal Goal Description Presented by

1 Reduce poverty and enhance work and employment Dr K.Bala Bhaskar,prospects among persons with intellectual disabilities NIEPMD, Chennai

2 Promote participation in political process and Prof.V. Rajshekhar,decision making by person with intellectual disabilities: EFLU, Hyderabad

3 Enhance Access by Persons with Intellectual Disabilities Dr A.T Theressia Kutty,to the physical environment, public transportation, Consultant in Specialknowledge, information and communication Education and Vocational Training

4 Strengthen Social Protection for PWDs Dr.Sujata Guduru, Mission forElimination of Poverty in MunicipalAreas, Hyderabad

5 Expand Early Intervention and Education of Dr.Om sai Ramesh,Children with Disabilities HOD-DMS, NIMH

6 Ensure Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Mrs. Manjulaa Kalyaan,among Persons with Intellectual Disabilities’. Founder ‘Swayamkrushi’


7 Ensure Disability-Inclusive Disaster Risk V.R.P. Sheilaja Rao,Reduction & Management HOD – DSE, NIMH

8 Improve the reliability and comparability Dr. Saroj Arya, Former HODof disability data of Clinical Psychology, Retd.,

NIMH, Secunderabad.

9 Accelerate the ratification and implementation of the Dr. Jayanthi Narayan,Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Consultant, Specialand to harmonization of National Legislation Education, Secunderabad.

10 Advance Sub Regional, Regional and Inter- Dr.M.Thomas Kishore-Regional Cooperation for Rehabilitation of Persons Reader in Health Psychology,with Intellectual Disabilities Center for Health Psychology,

University of Hyderabad-Hyderabad.

The workshop concluded on 21st February, 2014 with a valedictory function.

11.1.6 National Meet on Curriculum Validation for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities

A National meet on curriculum validation for persons with Intellectual Disabilities was organised byNIMH at its Headquarters on 23rd February, 2014 with the view to consider proposed curriculumguidelines by Expert Group Working for Persons with ID in the Country. A total of 70 participants from35 organizations, 10 Experts, 6 Faculty from Dept of Special Education NIMH and 25 M.Ed. Traineesfrom NIMH attended this meet. The group included Principals/Directors of Special Schools, qualifiedand practicing Special Teachers whose qualifications ranged from Diploma in Special Education toPh.D, including B.Ed, M.Ed and M.Phil. The details of the participants who attended the NationalMeet are given in the following Table 22.

Table 22: State Wise Centres and Participants

S. No. State No. of Training Centres No. of Participants

1. Andhra Pradesh 12 37

2. Gujarat 1 1

3. Haryana 1 1

4. Jammu & Kashmir 1 1

5. Jharkand 1 1

6. Karnataka 1 2

7. Kerala 2 4

8. Madhya Pradesh 1 2

9. Maharashtra 5 10

10. New Delhi 2 2

11. Punjab 2 2

12. Rajasthan 1 1

13. Tamil Nadu 3 3

14. Uttar Pradesh 1 2

15. West Bengal 1 1

Total 35 70


As the first step, a questionnaire was sent to 332 organisations spread out all over the country seekingdetails on the curriculum that is in use in their organisation. Practicing special teachers were intentionallyincluded in considerable numbers as they are the ones who implement the curriculum directly inschools. A total of 61 organisations responded to this questionnaire.

The responses tabulated were analysed and presented to an Expert Group that consisted of SeniorSpecial Educators, Curriculum Experts and University Faculty. Based on the recommendations bythe Expert Group, the Curriculum Guidelines were developed.

After detailed discussion on the curriculum guidelines, the participants formed smaller groups anddiscussed the curricular contents at different levels, domains and presented the recommendations forfurther modifications to the larger group to consider. Based on the overall discussions, the suggestionswere incorporated and the curriculum was finalised.

Based on the curriculum guidelines, the Department of Special Education has developed handbooksfor teaching the listed activities for each level. Which, it is hoped will assist the teachers in effectiveteaching and managing of the behaviours of these children in the class room.

11.1.7 National Conference on “Employment Leads to Independent Living of Persons withIntellectual Disability”

A National Conference on Employment Leads toIndependent Living of Persons with IntellectualDisability was organised at NIMH, Secunderabad from25th to 27th February, 2014. The main theme of theConference was “Bridge employment to independentliving of PWID” and subthemes were Transitionservices, Breaking barriers of employment andIndependent Living. About 5 Invited senior expertsparticipated in panel discussion on ‘Breaking barriersof employment’. The conference received encouragingresponse from different parts of the country. Theparticipants were from various organizations involvedin vocational rehabilitation and independent living ofPWID. The target groups were Rehab professionals, NGO’s Representatives, Govt. Representatives,Experts in the disability rehabilitation, Research scholars, Staff & students (PG & Diploma) of NIMH.

Eminent experts in the field, Father Thomas Felix, Mrs. Manjula Kalyan, Mr. Vikram Dutt and Mr.Vengal Reddy were invited to grace the occasion. The key note address was delivered by Mr.T.C.Sivakumar, Director, NIMH focused on latest policies in line with UNCRPD, Incheon strategiesemphasizing on vocational rehabilitation.

Aims of the Conference:

• To bridge employment among persons with intellectual disability.

• To create network of members involved in vocational rehabilitation of persons with intellectualdisability.

• To derive a road map for planning and implementation of future services for persons withintellectual disability

A total of 19 papers were presented by the experts/eminent persons working in the field of vocationalrehabilitation of persons with disabilities. The details are given in the Table 23.

National Conference on Employment Leads toIndependent Living of PWID


Table 23: List of Papers Presented in the Conference

Sl.No. Title Of The Paper Presented By

1 Vocational Training, Curriculum and Certification Dr. Jayarajfor the Persons with Intellectual Disability

2 Need and Models for Transition from School to Mr. Alok BhuvanWork for the Persons with Intellectual Disability (ID)

3 Public Private Partnerships to Support Students Mr. Ashok Chakroborty, Secretary,with ID for Transition Shelter, West Bengal

4 Family and Community Responsibility In Placement Dr. B.P. Nirmala, Associateof Persons with Intellectual Disability Professor, Deptt. Of Psychiatric

Social Work, NIMHANS

5 Creating a Bridge Between Vocational Training and Vikram Dutt,Employment through Public Private Partnerships; Manovikas Charitablefrom Dependent to Independent Living Society, Delhi.

6 The Life Span Approach Training for the PWID In Ms. Abha KarnRelation To Muskaan Residential Facility

7 An Analysis on Legal Provisions for Job Placement J.S.Sudhir Markham, SpecialOpportunities for Person with ID in India Educator and Prithvi Raj. K,

M.Ed Trainee, NIMH

8 Training in Self Advocacy and Self T. Aruna, a Parent of a SpecialDetermination Skills Child and Working With Special

Trainees at NIMH, DepartmentOf Special Education

9 Participation of Persons With Intellectual Disabilities Dr K. Padmavathi and Maheshin Recreational / Leisure Activities Kumar Choudhary, Department of

Special Education, NIMH

10 Vocational Services Leading to Employment Mr. B. Ashok,and Independent Living HOD, DAIL, NIMH

11 A Study on the Views of Parents on Employment, Sampurna Guha, M.Ed Specialits Need and Impact on Persons with ID Education Trainee, NIMH

12 Self Advocacy and Self Determination N. Lakshmi Narayana, TechnicalSkills of PWID Advisor PARIVAAR- CCH,

Hyderabad

13 Standardization of Vocational Skills Training and Dr. A.T.Thressiakutty, SpecialPlacement Models Leading to Independent Educator and Guest Faculty,Living- Report of the Project NIMH

14 Impact of Vocational Training and Employment Mr.Sanjay Rao, , Special Employee,Towards Independent Living NIMH

15 A Model Programme for Support and Mrs. Poonam Natrajan, ChairpersonRehabilitation of Adult With Mentally Challenged Of National Trust, New Delhi

16 The Rights of People Bill and Curriculum Mrs. Rajul Padmanabhan Directorfor Prevocational Skills Of Vidyasagar, Chennai.

17 The Capacity to Create Bond between Persons Dr. Shanti Auluck, Director Ofwith Intellectual Disability Muskan Rehabilitation Centre,

Delhi.

18 The Effectiveness of Government Policies In Rural Mr. Vengal Reddy,Areas to Improve the Independent Living of PWID Andhra Pradesh

19 The Effectiveness of Professional’s Motivation Mr. Vikram Dutt, President Ofand their Needs Manovikas Charitable Society, Delhi.


The participants were divided into groups to deliberate various issues on the given topics as mentionedbelow;

• Transition of persons with ID from school to work: need, importance and guidelines forimplementation

• Strategies to overcome barriers for training and placement for persons with ID. How can wepromote the involvement of parents, cooperation of employers and community

• Suggest the components of Vocational Curriculum for Person with ID

• Work out guidelines for evaluation and Certification of modular employable skills mastered bypersons with ID

• Independent Living models for Person with ID: Prepare guidelines for Implementation

• List out the strategies to promote self advocacy and self determination by Person with ID

The outcome of the conference has shown a roadmap for planning vocational training and independentliving programmes through promoting employment to the persons with intellectual disability.

Many experts shared their practical experiences, challenges and lessons learned in the process ofevolving variety of models of Vocational Rehabilitation and Independent Living of PWID. The question& answers, comments and suggestions evoked new ideas, thoughts among participants to rededicatethemselves. On the whole the conference was a successful attempt to bring experienced professionalsand experts from across nation to share and derive a roadmap.

11.1.8 Southern Regional Workshop on “Rights and Entitlements of Persons with Disabilities”

A two-day Southern Regional Workshop on “Rights and Entitlements of Persons with Disabilities” wasjointly organized by Department of Disability Affairs, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment,Government of India and National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped at its headquarters on 12 &13 June 2013.

140 delegates from the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamilnadu, Pondicherry and UTLakshadweep attended the workshop. Each state was represented by senior officials from variousdepartments and prominent NGOs. In addition to this, around 50 postgraduate students and facultyfrom NIMH attended the workshop and got benefited. The heads of different organizations anddepartments/divisions in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment have been the resourcepersons during the workshop.

Special Employee presenting his experience Meeting of experts during National Conference


The workshop was inaugurated by Shri.P.Balram Naik, Minister of State, Ministry of Social Justice &Empowerment, Government of India. Other dignitaries present during the inaugural session were:

• Ms.Stuti Kacker, Secretary to Govt. , MSJ&E

• Shri P.K.Pincha, Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities

• Maj. Gen. Ian Cardozo, Chairperson, RCI

• Ms. Poonam Natarajan, Chairperson, National Trust

• Ms.Nilam Sawhney,Principal secretary to Govt. of AP

• Shri. Awanish K Awasthi (IAS), JS(DD)

• Shri T.D. Dhariyal, Dy. CCPD

• Shri. Prabhakar.C, Director of disabilities, Govt. of AP

• Shri T.C.Sivakumar, Director NIMH

Shri.Awanish Awasthi, Joint Secretary to Governmentof India welcomed the dignitaries / delegates of theworkshop. He informed that for the welfare of personswith disabilities an exclusive department, Departmentof Disability Affairs has been formulated in the Ministryof Social Justice and Empowerment, Government ofIndia. He also explained various measures taken upby the newly formulated department. Shri T.D.Dhariyal,Dy.Chief Commissioner of Persons with Disabilities,Govt. of India discussed the objectives of the workshop.He informed that the major objective of the workshopis to create Awareness about Dept of Disability Affairsand its various activities.

Shri.P.Balram Naik, Hon. Minister of State, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt of Indiawhile addressing the gathering assured that Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of Indiawill take all necessary steps for the welfare of Persons with Disabilities. In his encouraging talk heinvited NGOs of the Southern States to make use of schemes introduced by the Government of Indiafor the welfare as well as benefit of Persons with Disabilities in respective states. Shri.T.C. Sivakumar,Director, NIMH presented the vote of thanks.

Smt.Stuti Kacker Secretary to Government of India while addressing the house urged the States /stakeholders to converge in implementing various schemes of Ministry of Social Justice &Empowerment for the welfare of Persons with Disabilities.

The sessions were held as per the programme schedule and speakers highlighted on their organizations’objectives and roles in empowering Persons with Disabilities. At the end of each session interactionswith participants were held. The questions raised by the participants were answered by the respectivespeakers.

• While answering to a question about the welfare activity for Persons with Disabilities in ruralareas, Joint Secretary informed that efforts are on to create a programme/scheme similar toNRHM which will be catering to the needs of Persons with Disabilities in rural areas.

• While answering the queries Joint Secretary envisaged the need to bring out an umbrella schemeincorporating all schemes related to Persons with Disabilities.

• To a query, for inclusion of Behind the Ear (BTE) aid under ADIP scheme, ALIMCO replied thatgovt. of India has already included BTE for free distribution under ADIP scheme.

SRW workshop on ‘Rights and Entitlements of PwDs


Future focus areas identified:

• To set up a legal cell at NIMH

• To propose online programmes in the area of MR.

• Proposal to develop Vocational Placement models.

• Standardization of vocational skills training for persons with Mental Retardation.

• AYJNIHH to propose for a separate facility for training of persons with Hearing Impairmentagainst the existing inclusive model.

• It was proposed to write to the Medical Universities and Ministry of Health & Family welfare toinclude topics on Early Intervention of disabilities in their syllabi.

• Shri.N.D.Agarwal, Collector South Goa to send the details of steps taken in Creating barrierfree environment for Persons with disabilities in South Goa district to the MoSJ&E, GOI so thatthe same can be intimated to other district Collectors in India as a Model and guidance.

• It was discussed and proposed to request the concerned bodies to include legislations from thefield of Disability Rehabilitation in the curriculum for Administrators during their training period.

• It was discussed and proposed to include CEO of ZP in the process of Disability Rehabilitationat district level.

• It was requested to ease the process of obtaining the DDRS grant as the file has to passthrough several officers in the ministry.

• All the NGO representatives unanimously requested to make the application process of DDRSscheme online and also requested to maintain a database of the funds received previously forfaster process.

• State governments are requested to send the DDRS proposals early this year so that the grantcan be also released immediately.

• It is requested to include Rehabilitation Psychologist in the team to issue certificate for personswith Mental retardation.

• It was requested to provide 50% of the grant in aid as advance in DDRS scheme.

During the valedictory session, NIMH obtained feedback from all the delegates and Shri T.C.Sivakumar,Director NIMH, wrapped up the two day workshop. Shri T.D. Dhariyal, Dy. CCPD and Shri Harsh Bhal,CMD, NHFDC were the other dignitaries presided over the valedictory session. Director, NIMH thankedall the dignitaries and delegates for participating in the workshop.

Government of Andhra Pradesh has supported NIMH in the conduct of the workshop. NIMH hadconstituted different committees for smooth conduct of the workshop, namely: Reception Committee,Food & Accommodation Committee, Purchase Committee, Physical arrangements Committee andMedia Committee. The workshop was conducted with a collective effort of these committees and theadministrative heads.


11.2 Celebrations of International Day of Persons with Disabilities

NIMH Celebrated the International Day of Persons withDisabilities on 03-12-2013 by declaring an “Open Day”for the general public. Visitors were given awarenessinformation on causative factors, prevention, earlyidentification and prospects on disability in general andmental retardation in particular. Followed by this, thevisitors had direct observation of the various serviceactivities of NIMH.

Teaching-learning material was also distributed tochildren attending special education centre. Theprogramme concluded with a cultural programmeperformed by students and trainees of NIMH specialschool.

11.3 Annual Day Celebrations of NIMH

NIMH and its Regional Centres celebrated its 30thAnnual Day.

Annual Day celebration was held on 28 March 2014.Three students of the academic year 2013-14 werefelicitated with Citations and Merit Certificates for theiroutstanding achievement in their respective long-termprogrammes (Table 24) on this occasion.

During this occasion the children with mental retardation from the special education centre at NIMH,Secunderabad and their parents, the students who are pursuing various long-term training programmesand the staff members presented cultural activities.

Table 24: List of students of long-term academic programmes felicitatedwith Citations and Merit Certificates

Sl. No. Name of the student Name of the Citation & Merit Certificate

1. Ms.Shabnam Rahaman Rooplal Indravathi Seth Gold Medal, Citation and Merit Certificate

2. Mr.Sunil Kumar Maurya Narayans Opportunity Scholarship Citation

3. Mr.A.Raghava Raju Thula Anantha Saraswathi Gold Medal, Citation and Merit Certificate

11.4 Internship

NIMH and its Regional Centres offer Internship placement facilities for students from other educationalorganizations, who are pursuing professional level undergraduate and Master level programmes.During the year 2013-14, a total of 17 students from various institutes were placed in differentdepartments of NIMH.

11.5 Participation in the Republic Day Parade

The children with mental retardation from Special Education Centre and the trainees attendingvocational training of NIMH headquarters participated in the 65th Republic Day Parade hosted bythe Government of Andhra Pradesh on 26 January 2014.

Exhibition of vocational productsby Special Employees

Annual Day Celebrations


11.6 VIP Visits

• Shri Porika Balaram Naik, Hon’ble Minister of State, Ms.Stuti Kacker, Secretary DDA, Shri.Awanish K Awasthi, JS(DD) DDA, of MSJ&E, Govt. of India had visited NIMH, Secunderabadon 12 June, 2013 for attending the Southern Regional Workshop on “Rights and Entitlements ofPersons with Disabilities”.

• Shri Awanish K Awasthi, JS(DD), DDA, and MSJ&E visited RC-NIMH Lajpat Nagar-Ii, NewDelhi on 1.06.2013 and 26.08.2013.

• Ms.Kumari Shelja, Hon’ble Cabinet Minister, Ministry of Social Justice And Empowerment, Govt.of India was chief guest for the 21st National Parents Meet heid on 11-12 November 2013 atGovt. Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh occasion.

• Ms.Stuti Kacker, Secretary, DDA, and MSJ&E had visited Noida Building on 3rd January, 2014.

11.7 National Award

• Shri P. Sammaiah, Rehabilitation Officer & Shri K. Ramesh, Vocational Instructor of NIMH receivedthe National Award from his Excellency, the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee for theyear 2013-14 on 3rd December 2013 for Development of new Cost-effective product underBest Applied Research/Innovation/Development Aimed at Improving the life of Persons withDisabilities

• Mr.Neeraj Sharma Ex student of the NIMH MSEC received the National Award for Empowermentof persons with Disability (Best Employee) from his Excellency, the President of India, ShriPranab Mukherjee for the year 2013-14 on 3rd December, 2013. He has made his family andMSEC very proud of his achievements.

NIMH Tableau during Republic day period at Secunderabad


CHAPTER 12

ADMINISTRATION12.1 Staff Strength

The revised post-based rosters as per Government of India, Ministry of Personnel & Training, Dept. ofPersonnel, Public Grievances and Pension contained in O.M.No.36012/2/96-Estt. (Res.), dated02.07.1997 was adopted and followed. As on 31 March 2014, the total number of posts is given inTables 25 & 26.

Table 25: Staff Strength - NIMH, Secunderabad & Regional Centres

Sl. No. Group Sanctioned Strength Total filled

1. A 26 17

2. B 19 13

3. C 48 39

4. D 14 10

Total 107 79

• Twenty-six faculty posts have been newly created and final approval of the Ministry is awaited inthis regard.

Table 26: Staff Strength - NIMH MSEC, New Delhi

Sl.No. Group Sanctioned Strength Total filled

1. A 01 01

2. B 15 12

3. C 08 06

4. D 09 05

Total 33 24

12.2 Appointments/ Retirements

Appointments: 1. Smt.K.Padmavathi, Junior Special Education Teacherwas promoted to the post of Special Education Teacherw.e.f.13.09.2013.

2. Mr.Hrushikesh Despande was selected to the post ofRehabilitation Therapist (tenable upto 02.08.2014) on23.10.2013.

3. Mr.Harish was selected to the post of RehabilitationTherapist (tenable upto 31.07.2014) on 13.11.2013at NIMH MSEC, New Delhi.


4. Ms.Jakkidi Prashanthi was selected to the post ofSpeech Pathologist on 18.11.2013.

5. Shri Anil Singh Bhora was selected to the post of LDC/Typist at NIMH MSEC, New Delhi on 28.11.2013.

Retirements: 1. Smt.Mangala Sivaraman, Office Superintendent of thisInstitute had taken voluntary retirement from servicew.e.f.03.07.2013

2. Shri V.S.Ramachandran, UDC was retired on31.08.2013 on attaining the age of superannuation

3. Shri N.K.Sharma, Craft Instructor, NIMH MSEC, NewDelhi was retired on 30.09.2013 on attaining the age ofsuperannuation.

4. Smt.Archana Prabhakar, Sr.Social Worker, NIMH RC,New Delhi was retired on 30.11.2013 on attaining theage of superannuation.

Death: 1. Shri D.Mukundam, LDC/Typist had expired on29.08.2013.

12.3 Activities and achievements of vigilance unit

The quarterly, half yearly and annual returns of vigilance cases were sent to various vigilance authoritiesas per Government of India instructions.

The Vigilance Awareness Week during the year 2013-14 was organized from 28.10.2013 to 02.11.2013.Messages/posters on Anti-Corruption were put in prominent places and a pledge was taken on28.10.2013. Various competitions viz., slogan writing, essay writing, posters with messages in English,Hindi, Elocution and skits were held.

12.4 Hindi implementation

The Institute is committed to implement the Official Language Act, Policy and rules of Government ofIndia at its Head Quarters as well as at its regional centres located at Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata andat MSEC, New Delhi. The Institute made all sincere efforts to propagate Hindi as Official Languageand to achieve the targets set by the Department of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt.of India, New Delhi by organizing various programmes throughout the year. As per the orders of Govt.of India, the staff members are sent for training in Hindi language, typing and stenography to theCentral Hindi Teaching Scheme.

1. Compliance of the rules:

The Annual Programme 2013-14 was discussed in the meeting of OLIC of the Institute and wascirculated among all the departments. Every effort was made to achieve the targets set in the AnnualProgramme. The letters received in Hindi were replied to in Hindi only and all the documents thatcome under Section 3(3) of the OL Act, viz., general orders, memoranda, etc., were issued bilingually.The letters that were sent to the places located in region A, B and to the central government offices inregion C were sent in bilingual to the possible extent.


2. Hindi Workshops:

Periodical workshops were organised on 19.3.2014, 6.9.2013 and 28.5.2013 in order to acquaint thestaff with the Official Languages Act, 1963, Official Language Rules, 1976. The staff members ofthe Institute benefitted through these workshops.

3. Official Language Implementation Committee:

The Rajbhasha Karyanvayan Samithi headed by the Director of the Institute consists of members ofall the Departments and sections of the Institute and Deputy Director (Admn.) who is the HindiImplementation Officer, besides Hindi staff. The committee meets quarterly to discuss various issuesrelating to implementation of Official Language and steps to be taken to propagate Hindi as OfficialLanguage. Three meetings of the OLIC were organised during the year under report on 12.3.2014,4.12.2013 and 25.4.2013.

4. Hindi Fortnight celebrations

With a view to propagate and encourage the staff members to work in Hindi, Hindi Fortnight wascelebrated in the Institute from 13-27 September, 2013. During the celebrations the staff wereacquainted with various rules of official language. In order to motivate the staff to work in Hindi andunderstand the simplicity of the language, following competitions were organised for the staff andstudents of the Institute. a) Hindi Reading, b) Aapbithi Ghatna ya dekha huva Sapna, c) Paribhashikshabdavali Aur Vakya, d) Hindi typing, e) Quiz programme, f) Noting and drafting. The winners of thecompetitions were given away prizes during the closing ceremony of fortnight celebrations. The totalbudget spent for the programmes was Rs.37, 873/-.

5. Periodical returns

The Institute submitted timely quarterly and annual returns with regard to usage of Hindi in theprescribed form to the Ministry. In addition, the Citizen Charter was prepared in bilingual while "Learna Hindi Word everyday" scheme is being continued in all the departments

12.5 Staff Training

As a part of staff development, the Institute recommended and provided staff training to four membersduring the academic year 2013-14.

12.6 Council Meetings

The details of the council meetings of the Institute held during 2013-14 are presented in Table 27. Thenames of the nominated members under each Council are presented at Appendices 6, 7 & 8. (Pg.No. 92, 94, 95)

Table 27: Details of the Council Meetings during the year

Sl. No. Meeting Number Date Place

1 General Council 34 20.11.2013 MSJ&E, New Delhi

2 Executive Council 99 13.06.2013 MSJ&E, New Delhi



5 Academic Committee --- 04.02.2014 NIMH, Secunderabad


12.7 Right to Information Act 2005

NIMH has been implementing the Right to Information Act 2005 since the year 2005. Under Section4(1)(b) of the Right to Information Act., 2005, the website of the institute has uploaded the relevantinformation about the institute in the separate provision given for RTI Act. The institute has the PublicInformation Officer (PIO) at a group A level officer, an Assistant Public Information Officer at group Blevel and an Appellate Authority at group A level. Apart from these officials, the Regional Centres ofNIMH at New Delhi, Kolkata and Navi Mumbai have the Officer Incharge as Assistant Public InformationOfficer. The NIMH MSEC has the Principal as the Assistant Public Information Officer. During theyear 2013-14, the institute received 63 applications under RTI and 39 were disposed off.

12.8 Institute Committees

The Bye-Laws of NIMH provides the following committees to transact its activities:

• General Council (Appendix-6, Page No.92)

• Executive Council (Appendix-7 Page No.94)

• Academic Committee (Appendix-8, Page No.95)

• Ethics Committee

• Internal Committees

• Purchase Committee

• Administrative Coordination Committee

• Cadre Review Committee

• Catering Committee

• Committee for Granting Study Leave

• Course Coordinators Committee

• Estate Committee

• Faculty Coordination Committee

• General Services Committee

• Hygiene Committee

• Internal Complaints Committee

• IT Committee

• Management Review Committee

• Staff Quarters Committee

• Students Committee

• Tender Opening Committee

• Anti Ragging Committee


CHAPTER 13

ACCOUNTS AND FINANCEThe financial position of the Institute for the year 2013-14 as compared to 2011-12 and 2012-13, is asgiven below.

Table 28: Financial Position of the Institute (Rs. in lakhs)

Description Description 2011-12 2012-13 2013-141. Opening Balances (a) Plan fund 551.57 374.85 --

(b) NE Activities 155.19 79.95 82.13(c) ADIP Activities 180.67 164.12 104.23(d) Pension Account 228.67 213.62 272.06(e) Others 183.01 285.09 268.08Total (a+b+c+d+e) 1,299.11 1,117.63 726.50

2. Grants from Ministry (a) Plan 657.80 270.00 1170.00(b) Non-Plan 431.31 433.50 482.00(c) NE Activities 96.00 121.00 90.00(d) ADIP -- -- 75.00Total (a+b+c+ d) 1,185.11 824.50 1,817.00

3. Receipts from other sources-Other loans & advances 56.51 245.56 291.384. Interest earned 58.82 65.85 24.355. Internal Receipts 89.72 102.36 86.04

Grand Total (1+2+3+4+5) 2,702.61 2,355.90 2,945.276. Expenditure (a) Plan 834.52 732.74 833.49

(b) NE Activities 171.24 30.93 134.37(c) Non-Plan 390.79 438.45 450.77(d) ADIP Activities 26.87 67.69 137.63(e) Pension Payments 110.30 149.09 166.79(f) Others 51.26 210.50 245.15Total (a+b+c+d+e+f) 1,584.98 1,630.25 1,968.20

7. Balance available (a) Plan fund 374.85 -- 248.62(b) NE Activities 79.95 82.13 125.65(c) ADIP Activities 164.12 104.23 45.68(d) Pension Account 213.62 272.06 268.56(e) Others 285.09 268.08 288.56Total (a+b+c+d+e) 1,117.63 726.50 977.07

During the year 2013-14, the Institute received an amount of Rs.2,945.27 lakhs as receipts includingthe opening balance, which were credited to the Institute’s Savings Bank accounts in Public SectorBanks. The Balance sheet as on 31.03.2014, Income and Expenditure Account for the year 2013-14,and the Receipts and Payments Account for the year 2013-14 of the Institute along with the auditcertificate are attached to this annual report.








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Appendix 1

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (EC)


Sl. Training Conducted Days Duration No. ofNo. Programme by Beneficiaries

1 Sibling Training NIMH RC, 5 20-24 May, 32Programme New Delhi 2013

2 Universal Design NIMH RC, 5 16-21 June, 2013 57on Learning New Delhi

3 Work shop on NIMH, 1 28-Jun-13 13Vocational Training Secunderabad

4 Specific Learning NIMH RC, 5 15-19 July, 2013 29Disability New Delhi

5 Training Program on NIMH, MSEC 3 25-27 July, 2013 17Behaviour Modificationfor Adults with MR

6 Training Program on NIMH RC, Kolkata 5 5-10 Aug, 2013 24Behaviour Modificationfor Psychologist andSpecial Educators

7 Training Programme on NIMH RC, Kolkata 5 19-23 Aug, 2013 29"Preschool Education:Different Aspects andrecent Trends"

8 Counseling in NIMH, 5 26-30 Aug, 2013 13Rehabilitation Secunderabad

9 Management of Children NIMH RC, 5 23-27 Sep, 2013 29with Cerebral Palsy New Delhi

10 Research Methods in NIMH, 5 23-27 Sep, 2013 23Special Education Secunderabad

11 Training Programme on NIMH, 5 16-20 Sep, 2013 21'Use of theatre arts in SecunderabadCommunication training ofpersons with disabilities'

12 Stress Management for NIMH, 5 07-11 Oct, 2013 38Professionals working in Secunderabadthe field of disability

13 Orientation towards NIMH RC, 5 21-25 Oct, 2013 15working with families New Delhihaving children withmental retardation

14 Training Programme on NIMH, 5 21-25 Oct, 2013 8Communication Aspects Secunderabadof Autism

Appendix 2

Short Term Training Programmes


15 Vocational Rehabilitation NIMH RC, Kolkata 5 18-22 Nov, 2013 30Concept and Execution

16 Training Programme NIMH, 5 04-08 Nov, 2013 26on Therapeutics Secunderabad

17 Development of Teaching NIMH RC, 5 02-06 Dec, 2013 19Learning Material for New DelhiChildren withMental Retardation

18 Community Based NIMH RC, Kolkata 5 09-13 Dec, 2013 30Rehabilitation

19 Computer Training NIMH, 20 16-20 Dec, 2013 30for Teachers Secunderabad

20 Training program on Early NIMH RC, 5 06-10 Jan, 2014 53Identification & interv- New Delhiention of children at risk/developmental delay

21 Assessment of NIMH RC, 5 27-31 Jan, 2014 27Development Disabilities New Delhiand its Management

22 Learning Disability NIMH RC, 5 27 Jan to 25Inclusive Technology Kolkata 1 Feb, 2014

23 Training Programme on NIMH RC, 5 13-17 Jan, 2014 22Psychological Assessment Navi Mumbai

24 Training programme on NIMH RC, 5 20-24 Jan, 2014 23"Enhancing cognitive and Navi Mumbaiperceptual skill forchildren withdevelopment delay

25 Training programme on NIMH RC, 5 27-31 Jan, 2014 25"Sensory Integration for Navi MumbaiDevelopmental delayedcondition."

26 Behaviour Modification NIMH, 5 20-24 Jan, 2014 24Secunderabad

27 Early Intervention for NIMH, 5 06-10 Jan, 2014 25Special Educators Secunderabad

28 Programme on work NIMH, 5 27-31 Jan, 2014 19Behaviour Secunderabad

29 Psychological evaluation NIMH RC, 5 17-21 Feb, 2014 25of children with Intellectual New DelhiDisability, AutismSpectrum Disorder andLearning Disability


Appendix 2



Appendix 2

30 Training programme on NIMH RC, 5 03-07 Feb, 2014 25"Capacity Building " Navi Mumbai

31 Training programme on NIMH RC, 5 10-14 Feb, 2014 30"Functional Academic" Navi Mumbai

32 Training programme on NIMH RC, 5 17-21 Feb, 2014 26"Learning Disability" Navi Mumbai

33 Training programme on NIMH RC, 5 24-28 Feb, 2014 21"Behaviour Modification" Navi Mumbai

34 Work Behaviour NIMH, MSEC 5 17-21 Feb, 2014 25

35 Assistive Technology and NIMH, 5 03-07 Feb, 2014 11Accessible Environment Secunderabad

36 Assistive Technology and NIMH, 5 24-28 Feb, 2014 11Accessible Environment Secunderabad

37 Training programme on NIMH RC, 5 03-07 Mar, 2014 29"Community Based Navi MumbaiRehabilitation for Personwith Mental Retardation"

38 Training programme on NIMH RC, 5 10-14 Mar, 2014 30"Assessment in Special Navi MumbaiEducation"

39 Training programme on NIMH RC, 5 17-21 Mar, 2014 23"Inclusive Education" Navi Mumbai

40 Training programme on NIMH RC, 5 24-28 Mar, 2014 30"Vocational Rehabilitation" Navi Mumbai

41 Parent Professional NIMH, MSEC 5 25-29 Mar, 2014 33Relationship

42 Training programme on NIMH, 5 26-28 Mar, 2014 26Behaviour Modification Secunderabad

43 Evidence Based NIMH, 5 24-28 Mar, 2014 16Documents in Special SecunderabadEducation

44 Vocational Rehabilitation NIMH, 5 10-14 Mar, 2014 28for Persons with SecunderabadMental Retardation

45 Vocational Training and NIMH, 5 24-28 Mar, 2014 15Employment Secunderabad

TOTAL 1130


Appendix 3

Details of ADIP Scheme InspectionsS. Name of the Organisation Date ofNo. Inspection

Andhra Pradesh

1 KIRANAM(Special School for MR), C-835, NGOs Colony,Vanasthalipuram,.-500 044 RR Dist. Andhra Pradesh 23.07.2012

2 District Disability Rehabilitation Centre(DDRC)Sharon House, D.No.1-15-1/1, Alakananda Colony,Near State Bank Learning Centre, Vizianagaram, , Andhra Pradesh 09.04.2013

3 Priyadarshini Service Organisation39-27-44/7, Madhavadhara Huda Colony,Vishakhapatnam – 18, Andhra Pradesh 10.04.2013

4 Omkar Lions Education Society for the DeafLawsons Bay colony,Vishakhapatnam – 500 017, Andhra Pradesh 09.04.2013

5 Mandala Vikalangula Samskhema SanghamAnakapally Road, Atchutapuram,Visakhapatnam– 530011 Andhra Pradesh 08.04.2013

6 Pavani Institute for Multiple Handicapped & SpasticsD.No.45-52-2/2, Abid Nagar, Akkayyapalem, Vishakhapatnam – 530016Andhra Pradesh 08.04.2013

7 Pragathi CharitiesPlot No. 62, wood complex, Near Ayyapaswamy Temple,Nellore, Andhra Pradesh – 524004 09.07.2013

8 Immaculate Heart of Mary SocietyCarmel Nagar, Gunadala, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh – 04 10.07.2013

9 Rashtriya Seva SamithiSeva Nilayam, Near Annamaiah Marg, AIR By Pass Road, 16.09.2013 &Tirupati, Chittoor Dist. Andhra Pradesh 17.09.2013

10 Child Guidance CentreH.No.7-6/2, Santosh Sadan, Peerzadigua Village & Panchayat,Ghatkesar Mandal, R.R. Dist. Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh 09.10.2013

11 Theressa Mentally Challenged Rehabilitation CentreD/108 to 111, NSP Quarters, Khammam, Andhra Pradesh 27.11.2013

12 Priyadarshini Service Organisation39-27-44/7, VUDA Layout, Madhavadhara, Visakhapatnam, AP 03.09.2013

13 Surya Kiran Parents Association for the Welfare of Mentally RetardedDoor No.11-3-16, Macherala-522426, Guntur Distt., A.P. 18.03.2014

KARNATAKA

14 Manovikas Institute of Training & Rehabilitation for MRResidential School for MR, Kadeoni, Devangpet,Hubli District – 580 023, Karnataka 02.04.2013


15 Sri Aroodha Educational Society for DisabledResidential School for the Blind, No.17, 2nd Cross, Magiji Kondi Layout,Siddharoddha Mutt Road, Old Hubli - 580 024, Karnataka 03.04.2013

16 Rotary Trust, N.K. Ganapaiah Rotary School for the Hearing Impaired 08.04.2013Kowdahalli, Anemahal, Sakalleshpur – 573 134 Hassan, Karnatka & 09.04.2013

17 Shri. Renuka Yellama Vidya Vardhak Sangh,Residential School for MRNear Govt. Hospital Soundathi – 591 126, Karnataka 10.04.2013

18 Shri Doodana Vikas Shikshan Sansthan 12.04.2013Residential School for MR, Hidkal Dam – 591 107 & 13.04.2013Belgaum, Karnataka

19 District Disability Rehabilitation Centre 18.04.2013SNR District Hospital, Kolar – 583 101 Karnataka. & 19.04.2013

20 Shri Shathashrunga Vidya Samasthe Shri Shirdi Sai Mandir Premises, 11.07.2013 &Behind Kamakshipalaya Police Station, Magadi Main Road, 12.07.2013Bangalore – 560079, Karnataka

21 Manju Education Society 12.07.2013 &Balaji Road, Rajput Street, Betgeri, 13.07.2013Gadag – 582102, Karnataka

22 Dakshin Bharat Dalit Education SocietyH.No.6, Sedam Road Colony, Gulbarga – 585105 Karnataka 16.07.2013

23 Uttar Kannada District Disabled Welfare Association(Special School for HH), Kurse Compound, Banavasi Road, Sirsi,Uttar Kannada, Karnataka – 581401 12.11.2013

24 Shree Kalmeshwar Grameen Vidya Samasthe, Haveri Karnataka(Residential School for PH) Sangameshwar Nagar, Byadgi – 581106 Karnataka 29.11.2013

25 Shree Shivalingeshwar Education Society (School for the Blind)Yakkundi Post, Sawadatti Taluk, Belgaum District.- Karnataka 11.12.2013

26 Shri Paramananda Jana Seva Shikshana Samithi 12.12.2013(Special School for Hearing Handicapped)Golageri Village, Sindagi Taluk, Bijapur District – 586128, Karnataka

27 Shri B.D. Tatti Annavaru Memorial Charitable Trust(Residential School for Deaf & Dumb)30, Annavaru Nagara, Laxmeshwara Tq,Shirahatti, Gadag – 582116, Karnataka 13.12.2013

28 Shri Ramana Maharishi Trust for the Disabled Persons 09.12.2013 &(Residential Rehabilitation Project for Leprosy Cured Persons(LCP) 10.12.2013and Old Age Home), Bangalore District, Karnataka

29 Jai Bharat Deaf Children’s Residential School & Rural Developmental Trust 10.12.2013 &(Residential School for Hearing Impaired), Srinivaspura Town, 11.12.2013Ramakrishna Extension, 1st main Road, Kolar District, Karnataka.

Appendix 3S. Name of the Organisation Date ofNo. Inspection


30 Vidyaranaya Education & Developmental Society (VEDS) 12.12.2013 &(Residential School for Mentally Retarded) 13.12.2013Mandur, (Vis) Virgonagar, Bangalore East, Bangalore – 560 049,Bangalore Urban District, Karnataka.

31 Mother Theressa Blind School 28.01.2014(Residential School for the Blind)Gandhi Nagar, Mangamoor Road, Ongole, Prakasam District (A.P.)

32 The Association for the Mentally Challenged, 06.02.2014(Multi Category workshop for the Mentally Retarded)Near Kidwai Cancer Hospital, Hosur Road, Bangaluru – 560 029.

33 Shree Ramana Maharshi Academy for the Blind 06.02.2014(Vocational Training Center for Orthopedically Handicapped,C-A, 1-B 3rd Phase, J.P. Nagar, Bangaluru– 560078.

34 Shree Ramana Maharshi Academy for the Blind 06.02.2014(School cum Vocational Training Center for Visually Handicapped)C-A, 1-B 3rd Phase, J.P. Nagar, Bangaluru– 560078

35 Shree Ramana Maharshi Academy for the Blind 06.02.2014(Diploma in Special Education (Visual Impairment)C-A, 1-B 3rd Phase, J.P. Nagar, Bangaluru– 560078

36 Sarvodaya Service Society 07.02.2014(Residential School for the Mentally Retarded)C-A, 1-B 3rd Phase, J.P. Nagar, Bangaluru– 560078

Appendix 3S. Name of the Organisation Date ofNo. Inspection


Appendix 4

Programmes in North East

Sl. State Place Name of the Dates No. ofNo. Programme Beneficiaries

1. Sikkim Gangtok Orientation programme 24.09.2013 32for parents

2. Sikkim Gangtok Orientation programme for 24.09.2013 5medical professionals

3. Sikkim Gangtok Orientation programme for 25.09.2013 58CDPOs & Supervisors

4. Sikkim Gangtok Awareness programme for 07.10.2013 2media people

5. Sikkim Gangtok Awareness programme for 08.10.2013 32Govt. Officials

6. Sikkim Gangtok Awareness programme for 09.10.2013 227Higher Secondary studentsand teachers

7. Sikkim Gangtok Awareness programme for 10.10.2013 24professionals in the fieldof disabilities

8. Sikkim Gangtok Awareness programme for 11.10.2013 58Anganwadi workers

9. Sikkim Gangtok Orientation of workbook in 27.11.2013 100special education

10. Sikkim Jorethang Orientation of workbook in 29.11.2013 150special education

11. West Tripura Agartala Sensitization programme 25.03.2014 125



14. West Tripura Agartala Orientation programme 26.03.2014 250








22. Sikkim Golai, Awareness Programme 24.03.2014 300Gangtok on Disabilities


23. Sikkim P.O.Tadong, Awareness Programme 25.03.2014 675Gangtok on Disabilities

24. Sikkim Deorali Awareness Programme 25.03.2014 560Gangtok on Disabilities

25. Sikkim Sichey East, Awareness Programme 25.03.2014 560Sikkim on Disabilities

26. Sikkim Secondary Awareness Programme 26.03.2014 454School, Gangtok on Disabilities

27. Sikkim Tadong, Awareness Programme 26.03.2014 68Sikkim on Disabilities

28. Sikkim Middle Sichey, Awareness Programme 26.03.2014 229Gangtok on Disabilities

29. Sikkim Gangtok Awareness Programme 26.03.2014 215on Disabilities





34. Mizoram Aizawl Regional Parents Meet 27-28 Mar, 2014 42

Total 34 6558

Appendix 4

Sl. State Place Name of the Dates No. ofNo. Programme Beneficiaries


APPENDIX 5

Community Based Programmes during 2013-14Sl. Target group Place Date No .ofNo. Beneficiaries

NIMH, Secunderabad

1 High School Teachers Malikarjuna Road, Samta 28.08.2013 9Nagar, Secunderabad

2 Parents of children with Mental Mahaboobabad, 08.09.2013 400Retardation, teachers & WarangalAnganwadi Workers

3 Parents of Children with Mental TTDC, Khammam 23-24 83Retardation (ADIP Camp) Sept, 2013

4 Sensitization Program on Bowenpally, 13.11.2013 12Disability for Mainstream SecunderabadSchool Teachers

5 Parents , Staff and teachers Khammam 28.12.13 11

6 Parents , & PWDS Bowanpalli check post, 01.08.2013 19Hyderabad

7. General Public & New Boinpally, Tadbund 26.01.2014 494school students Road, Secunderabad

8. WOMANs SHG Ashok Nagar, Hyderabad 28.01.2014 87

RC, New Delhi

1. General Public (World Autism Cental market, G-Block, 02.04.2013 67Awareness Day) Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi

2. House wives and Caretakes Asha Kiran Complex, 3 to 5 150Rohini, Delhi June 2013

3. House wives and Ayas Asha Kiran Complex, 10-12 110Rohini, Delhi June 2013

4. Dignitaries & General Public Pragati Maidan, New Delhi 18-21 July 2013 146

5. Dignitaries & General Public Panchkula, Haryana 22.07.2013 100

6. Students, Parents of special Lajpat Nagar- II, 01.12.2013 157needs children/ others Government schools,

New Delhi

7. Children With Special Needs Madan Mohan Malviya 19-20 42Hospital, New Delhi Feb, 2014

8. Children With Special Needs Guru Govind Singh 20-21 35Hospital, New Delhi Feb, 2014

9. Children With Special Needs Bhagwan Mahavir 25-26 13Hospital, New Delhi Feb, 2014

10. Children with Mental Deptt. of Social Welfare, 07.03.2014 17Retardation Delhi University, Delhi


RC, Kolkata

1. I.Q. Assessment camp Haldia, Purba 21.12.2013 58at Haldia Smaj Kalyan Parisad Midnapur, West Bengal

2. Anganwadi workers of District Purulia, 04.06.2013 371Jhalda -II, ICDS project, Purulia West Bengal

3. Anganwadi workers of District Purulia, 07.04.2013 183Jhalda -I, ICDS project, Purulia West Bengal

4. Anganwadi Workers of ICDS - Bhatpara –II, 06-07 225Project of Bhatpara –II West Bengal Feb, 2014

5. Anganwadi Workers of ICDS - Barasat, West Bengal 19-21 250Project of Bhatpara –II Feb, 2014

6. Anganwadi Workers of ICDS - Basirhat, West Bengal 14.03.2014 470Project of Bhatpara –II

7. Sensitization Programme for Makhalia F.P School, 08.03.14 72parents, teachers and students Bakrahat ,24pgs (S),in regular school. West Bengal

8. Sensitization Programme for Gopinath High school, 14.03.14 1544parents, teachers and students Samsad Gopinathpur,in regular school. Narayangarh Paschim

Medinipur , West Bengal

NIMH MSEC, New Delhi

1. Senior students of regular Shaheed Hemu Kalani Bal 04.05.13 200mainstream schools Sarovdaya Vidyalaya,

New Delhi

2. Senior students of regular Shaheed Hemu Kalani Bal 01 Sept. 13 200mainstream schools Sarovdaya Vidyalaya,

New Delhi

3. General population and Central Market Lajpat 03.12.2013 700traders of the market Nagar, New Delhi

4. Students of Govt School, Sarvodaya Vidyalaya MCD 03.12.2013 157Krishna Market, Lajpat nagar school, Krishna Market ,

Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi

5. Students of Sarvodaya Sarvodaya Vidyalaya MCD 28.02.2014 110Vidyalaya MCD school. school, Krishna Market ,Krishna Market, Lajpat nagar Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi

RC, Navi Mumbai

1. Children with Mental Retardation Purna, Thane 06.05.2013 15& Associated DevelopmentalDisabilities and their families

APPENDIX 5

Sl. Target group Place Date No .ofNo. Beneficiaries


2. Children with Mental Boriwali, Mumbai 06.08.2013 30Retardation & AssociatedDevelopmental Disabilitiesand their families

3. Children with Mental Kurla, Mumbai 06.12.2013 21Retardation & AssociatedDevelopmental Disabilitiesand their families


5. Children with Mental Kurla, Mumbai 22.06.2013 15Retardation & AssociatedDevelopmental Disabilitiesand their families


7. Children with Mental Kurla , Mumbai 13.07.2013 10Retardation & AssociatedDevelopmental Disabilitiesand their families


9. Children with Mental Bhiwandi , Mumbai 27.07.2013 13Retardation & AssociatedDevelopmental Disabilitiesand their families

10. Children with Mental Snehalaya Charitable 21-22 35Retardation & Associated Trust, Thane Oct, 2013Developmental Disabilitiesand their families

11. Children with Mental Khopoli, Mumbai 01.08.2013 30Retardation & AssociatedDevelopmental Disabilitiesand their families

APPENDIX 5




13. Children with Mental Pen, Maharashtra 10.01.2014 29Retardation & AssociatedDevelopmental Disabilitiesand their families

14. Children with Mental Karjat, Maharashtra 24.01.2014 27Retardation & AssociatedDevelopmental Disabilitiesand their families

15. Children with Mental Rabodi, Thane 27.01.2014 33Retardation & AssociatedDevelopmental Disabilitiesand their families

16. Children with Mental Pen, Maharashtra 29.01.2014 51Retardation & AssociatedDevelopmental Disabilitiesand their families

17. Children with Mental Kannamwar Nagar, 30.01.2014 97Retardation & Associated Vikhroli, MumbaiDevelopmental Disabilitiesand their families

18. Children with Mental NagdaMatimand School, 18.02.2014 44Retardation & Associated Bhiwandi, ThaneDevelopmental Disabilitiesand their families

19. Children with Mental Pali, Dist. Raigad 14.03.2014 125Retardation & AssociatedDevelopmental Disabilitiesand their families

20. Children with MentalRetardation & Associated Khalapur/ Halkhurd, 18.03.2014 87Developmental Disabilities Dist., Raigadand their families

21. Awareness about Disability SEO High School, 03.12.2013 376Kamotha, Navi Mumbai

22. Awareness about Disability ZP School, Kopra Gaon, 03.12.2013 396Navi Mumbai

23. Awareness about Disability NMMC School No. 4, 03.12.2013 60Navi Mumbai

APPENDIX 5



APPENDIX 5


24. Awareness about Disability NMMC School No. 1, 03.12.2013 83Diwale Gaon, Belapur,Navi Mumbai

25. Awareness about Disability Thaen, Belapur, Vashi, 04.12.2013 131Airoli, Panvel, Maharashtra

26. Awareness about Disability People Education Society, 05.12.2013 600Belapur, Navi Mumbai

27. Parent Training Programme Khopoli, Maharashtra 08.01.2014 30

28. Parent Training Programme Kurla, Mumbai 09.01.2014 28

29. Parent Training Programme Pen, Maharashtra 10.01.2014 29

30. Parent Training Programme Karjat , Maharashtra 24.01.2014 27

31. Parent Training Programme Pen , Maharashtra 29.01.2014 51

32. Parent Training Programme Rabodi, Thane 27.01.2014 33

33. Parent Training Programme Kannamwar Nagar, 30.01.2014 97Vikhroli, Mumbai

34. Parent Training Programme on Sanpada, Maharashtra 13.02.2014 43sexual and behavioural issues

35. Awareness and Parent Bhiwandi, Maharashtra 18.02.2014 44Training Programme

36. Awareness & Parents Chilkhle, Maharashtra 10.03.2014 47Training Programme

37. Awareness & Parents Thane, Maharashtra 27.03.2014 61Training Programme

Total (68 programs) 9357


APPENDIX 6

List of Members of General Council

1. Smt.Stuti Kacker, I.A.S., ..... PresidentSecretary to Govt of India andPresident, General Council-NIMH,Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment,Shastri Bhavan,New Delhi 110 001.

2. Shri Awanish Kumar Awasthi, IAS ….. MemberJoint SecretaryDept of Disability Affairs,Government of India ,Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment,Shastry Bhavan,New Delhi- 110 001.

3. Shri Yogender Tripathi, IAS, ….. MemberJoint Secretary & Financial Adviser,Ministry of Power,Government of India,Shram Shakti Bhavan,New Delhi 110 001.

4. Deputy Director General ….. Member(Planning Monitoring & Statistics)Dept. of EducationMinistry of Human Resource DevelopmentRoom No.203, C-Wing,Shastri Bhavan,New Delhi – 110 001.

5. Smt.Sujaya Krishnan, ….. MemberJoint Secretary (SK) (Admn.),Dept. of Health,Dept. of Health, Ministry of Health & Family WelfareGovt. of India. Nirman Bhavan, A-Wing4th Floor, New Delhi – 110 001.

6. Director General of Employment & Training, ….. MemberMinistry of Labour,Govt. of India,Room No. 111, First Floor, Shram Shakti Bhavan,New Delhi – 110 001.


7. Shri Ajay Sawhney, I.A.S., ….. MemberPrincipal Secretary to Govt. of A.P.Dept. of Medical & Health,A.P. Secretariat, ‘L’ Block, III floor,Room No.305Hyderabad – 500 022.

8. Smt Nilam Sawhney, I.A.S., ….. MemberPrincipal Secretary to Govt of A.P.Dept. of Women Development & Child Welfare,A.P. Secretariat, L-Block, Floor -2, Room No-210,Hyderabad – 500 022.

9. Mrs. Indumathi Rao ….. MemberRegional CoordinatorCBR, Network (South Asia)134, 1st Block, 6th Mainb,3rd Phase, III Stage, BSKBangalore – 560 085.

10. Dr. N.C.Pati, General Secretary ….. Member(Prof. of Psychology, Utkal University, Orissa)Jewels International(Chetana Institute for the Mentally Handicapped)A/3, Institutional Area,Near Hotel Swosti Plaza, PO:RRL CampusBhubaneswar – 751 013

11. Shri Anil Kumar Mehra ….. MemberC-5, Motia Khan Double StoreyPahar Ganj,New Delhi.

12. Shri Gaurav Arora ….. MemberX-52, West Patel NagarNew Delhi – 110 008.

13. Shri Rajeev Ranjan Kushwaha, ….. MemberC/o. Mr. P.K.Kushwaha,Flat No.101, Wing-1,Rajat Heights, Near Hotel HeavensManakapur, Shindwara Road,Nagpur, Maharashtra.

14. Shri T.C. Siva Kumar ….. Member SecretaryDirectorNational Institute for the Mentally Handicapped,Manovikas Nagar, Secunderabad – 500 009

APPENDIX 6


APPENDIX 7

List of Members of Executive Council

1. Shri Awanish K.Awasthi, I.A.S., … ChairpersonJoint Secretary,Department of Disability Affairs,Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment,Government of India,Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi-110 001

2. Shri Yogender Tripathi … MemberJoint Secretary & Financial Adviser,Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment,Government of India,Shastry Bhawan, New Delhi 110 001.

3. Shri T.C.Sivakumar … Member SecretaryDirector,National Institute for the Mentally HandicappedManovikasnagar,Secunderabad-500 009


APPENDIX 8

List of Members of Academic Committee

1. Dr.B.Rajashekar, M.Sc, Ph.D.Dean & Professor in Dept of Speech and HearingManipal College of Allied Health Sciences,Manipal University, Manipal.

2. Dr.Uma, H., M.Phil, Ph.DProfessor of Clinical PsychologyDept of Clinical PsychologyNIMHANS, Bangalore.

3. Prof. Anilkumar T.V.MBBS, DPM, DNB, M.Phil. PDF.Associate ProfessorDept of Psychiatry, Trivandrum Medical CollegeThiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

4. Dr.Radhakrishna, MBBS, D.C.H.,Asst. DirectorNational Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad.

5. Dr.A.Jyothi, M.Sc.,Ph.D.DirectorInstitute of Genetics and Hospital for Genetic DisordersBegumpet, Hyderabad.

6. Prof.S.P.K.Jena, M.Phil. Ph.D.Associate Professor in PsychologyUniversity of Delhi, New Delhi.

7. Dr.Neeraj JainM.Sc., Ph.D.Prof. & Scientist VINational Brain Research CentreHaryana.

8. Mr. T.C. Siva KumarDirector, NIMHManovikasnagar,Secunderabad-500 009.


ACTIVITIES AT NIMH HQs

NC on Employment Leading to Independent Living of PWID

Creation of Awareness during an outreach activity

Sensitization program at North East


ACTIVITIES AT REGIONAL CENTRE, NEW DELHI

Parent Training Program in progress

Short Term Training Program on EIS

Annual Day celebrations


ACTIVITIES AT REGIONAL CENTRE, NAVI MUMBAI

Participants during a CRE Program

Awareness program during an outreach activity

Orientation to Anganwadi workers


ACTIVITIES AT REGIONAL CENTRE, KOLKATA

CRE on behaviour modification program

PTP on low cost teaching learning material

Annual day celebrations


ACTIVITIES AT NIMH MODEL SPECIAL EDUCATION CENTRE

Annual day celebrations

MSEC students participating in a State level sports activity

MSEC students on an Educational tour to Metro Railway Station

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