Professionals

Professionals in India

As we all know that our children are the future citizens of the country, it is very important to provide them with better quality education. Be it of Disadvantage Group or a Disable Child. Education is their right.

The regular education system was not very beneficial to the children with Special need due to various disabilities they were with. This demanded changes in curricular decisions, classroom arrangements, provision of aids and appliances, arrangements for finances and above all, appropriate teacher preparation. The training of regular school teachers at various level is more or less streamlined in India, while the preparation of special teachers still faces problems related to the role of teachers in the different service programmes for people with disabilities, and the individuals competency level in terms of the ability to teach children with a single disability and those with multiple disabilities. These issues are further linked to teaching in integrated schools and special schools. The most important aspect of this situation is the economics of developing such a large task-force of personnel to meet the needs of persons with disabilities, whose prevalence is usually quoted as 'one in ten'. According to the National Policy on Education, 1992, the number of school going children with disabilities in India is reported to be about 12.59 million.

At present the constitution of the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) has brought about some changes in various aspects of teacher training programmes in the area of Special Education. RCI is currently making efforts to streamline the teacher training programmes in terms of syllabus, infrastructure and staff pattern, to assure the quality of training. It is now essential that higher level programmes also have uniformity in content and process, according to the directives of RCI in collaboration with Department of Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development.

Adding to it is an effort from us to work as a resource agent in the field. We are looking forward to act as link between the service provider and the service bearer of which professionals are a much needed part. So here is a comprehensive list of professionals available in India.

List of Professionals

Ami Shah- Rao

Specialisation: Multiple Disability (Neurological and/or Physical)
ami_n_shah@yahoo.com
Location: Connecticut - USA, Mumbai

Anumol C.A

Specialisation: Mental Retardation
anumol_mkd@yahoo.com
Contact number :+91 9947835616
Location: Kerala

Avik Banerjee

Specialistion: Locomotor & Neuromuscular Disorders
bavi2007@yahoo.co.in
Contact Number : +91 9836471765
Location: Kolkata,West Bengal

Atula Shirur

Specialisation: Learning Disability, Down Syndrome, Intellectual Impairment & Cerebral Palsy
atula_shirur@yahoo.co.in
Contact Number: 20332550

Aruna Sen

(Regd. with Rehabilitation Council of India)

Specialisation: Learning Disabilities (Special interest in Reading & Maths Disabilities)
arunassen@rediffmail.com
Location: Mumbai (Kandivali to Virar)

Balachandran

Specialisation: Hearing Impairment
bala6819@gmail.com
Location: Muscat,Oman

Deepak Krishna Sharma

Specialisation: Deafblind
Working: at RCI as Assitant Program Officer

Volunteerly involved with Multihandicapped unit and Defablin Unit of National Association for the Blind, R. K. Puram
daakukaka@gmail.com
Location: Delhi

Gargi Kundu (Dutta)

Specialisation: Psychotherapy & Counseling & Special Education
Working: As Special Educator in Goodricke, School for Special Education, Siliguri
Private practice at Kundu Bhawan,Bidhan Road and Satyam Medical Hall,Hillcart Road
Lecturer for psychology in B.Spl.Ed course gargi_kundu2000@yahoo.com
Location: Siliguri

Gracy Kingsley

(Regd. with Rehabilitation Council of India)

Specialisation: Autism Spectrum Disorder
gracykingsley@gmail.com
Location: Chennai

Harish Kumar

Specialisation: Mental Retardation
harish117@gmail.com
Contact Number: +91 9882221711, 01907264117
Location: Sunder Nagar (Himachal Pradesh)

Kalicharan Verma

Specialisation: Vocational/ Theraputic/ Educational Intervention for childern with MR, Neurological Conditions (CP) & Autisum Spectrum Disorders
kalicharanverma@gmail.com/ kalicharanverma@rediffmail.com
Contact Number: +91 9210777695
Location: New Delhi- 110030

Madan Vasishta (Ph.D.)

Specialisation: Deaf Education, Sing Language Linguistics, Bilingual Education Associate professor at Gallaudet University
madanv41@gmail.com
Location: Washington, DC, USA

Mansi Kapadia

Specialization: Learning Disability
mansikapadia@gmail.com
Location: Juhu (Mumbai)

Neha Thakur

Specialistion: Autism Spectrum Disorder
neha_thakur_25@yahoo.co.in
Location: Delhi

N.Sujatha

Specialisation: Hearing Impaired and Multiple Disabilities
sujatha.narayanaswami@gmail.com
Location: Noida

Poornima Rao

(Regd. with Rehabilitation Council of India)

Specialisation: Autism Spectrum Disorders
Consultant in Spl. Edn using cognitive therapy
budhi1@hotmail.com
Contact Details: Stepping Stones
Contact Number: +91 9855041992
Location: Bangalore

Pravin Kamble

Specialisation: Mental Retardation.
pravin209brs@gmail.com
Contact Number: +91 9905171825
Location: Ranchi

Raj Kumar Kaushik

(RCI registration awaited)
Specialisation: Mental Retardation
rajkaushik1112@gmail.com
Contact Number: +91 9212390774
Location: Delhi

Priyanka Joshi

Specialisation: Multiple Disability (Physical and Neurological)
rush2pingu@gmail.com
Location: Nairobi, Kenya/ East Africa

Ratan Jha

(Regd. with Rehabilitation Council of India)
Specialisation: M.Ed. Spl. (V.I.) from BHU, Varanasi
ratan.bju@gmail.com
Contact Number: +91 9471255190

Saheli Mukherjee

(RCI registration awaited)
Specialisation: Counselling and Psychotherapy, Rehabilitation Psychology and Psychometric test
mohorprit@gmail.com
Location: West Bengal, Kolkata

Saji Mohan

Working: As Special Educator (VI)
sajimohan123@gmail.com
Contact Number: +91 9413572945
Location: Jodhpur, Rajasthan

Santosh Kumar

Specialisation: Occupational Therapy
santosh_moth@rediffmail.com
Contact Number: 9831742626
Location: Kolkata

Shalini Kaushik

(Regd. with Rehabilitation Council of India)
Specialisation: Neurological and Multiple Disabilities
shal_kauhik@yahoo.co.in
Location: Mumbai

Seema Pillai

Working: As a special Educator(MR) at Asha School for Children with Special Need
sajimohan123@gmail.com

Sheetal Sood

Specialisation: Mild to Moderate Disabilities, Curriculum and Instruction, Inclusive Education, Mathematics and Reading
sheetal.sood@gmail.com
Location: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Sheetal Tammal

Specialisation: Mild-Moderate Intellectual Disabilities, Visual Impairment, Inclusive Education
sheetaltammal@gmail.com
Location: Atlanta, GA

Snigdha Shikha Pattajoshi

Specialisation: Multiple Disabilities

Working: with children with Autism
snigdha_l@yahoo.com
Location: Vasant Valley School, New Delhi

S Saradha Priyadarshini

(Regd. with Rehabilitation Council of India)
Specialisation: B.Sc., B.Ed., M.Ed (V course in Special Education, had worked in an Autism school for about 10 months
Pursuing M.Phil in Educational Technology
saradha_pry@yahoo.com
Location: Bharathiar University

Sunil Kumar

(Regd. with Rehabilitation Council of India)
Working as Asstt.Programme Officer in Rehabilitation Council of India(RCI)
Teaching experience(more than two years)as a Special Educator
Specialisation: Mental Retardation, Psychology, Learning Disabilities, ADHD,Guidance (B.Ed,M.Sc(Psy.)PGCMTLD,CIG)
spl.educator@yahoo.co.in
Contact Number: +91 9899418459
Location: Rohini, New Delhi

Sumita Kalra

Specialisation: Learning Disability

sumitakalra@rediffmail.com
Contact Number: +91 9899707919
Location: Delhi and Gurgaon

Suresh Gutta

Specialisation: Hearing Impaired, Community Based Rehabilitation suresg1@gmail.com
Location: Hyderabad

Tanu Chandna

Specialistion: Autism Spectrum Disorder and Mental Retardation
soul_exceptional@yahoo.com
Location: Delhi

V.Venkatesh

(Regd. with Rehabilitation Council of India)
Specialisation: Child Care & Education/ Psychology/ B.Ed/ DVTE
Consultant in Special Education
venkymdu@yahoo.co.in
Contact Number: +91 997679857
Location: Madurai (Tamilnadu)

Anil Sangwan

Specialisation: M.Phil in Rehabilitation Psychology (NIMH), M.Sc in Applied Psychology, B.Ed in Special Education, Certificate on Intervention and Management of Learning Disabled
Areas of Interest: School Counseling, Rehabilitation Psychology, Psychological and Educational Assessment, Behaviour Modification, Classroom Management, Special Education
anil.nimh@gmail.com
Contact Number: +91 9999669768
Location: Rohini, Delhi-85

Ashita Narang

Specialisation: Learning Disabilities
ashitanarang@yahoo.com
Location: Delhi

Arun Kumar Gupta

Specialisation: Hearing Impairment & Ph.D in Special Education registered (Sept.2008)at FDMSE of RKMVU, Coimbatore, TamilNadu

Current at Faculty of Education & Allied Sciences, MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly UP as Lecturer in Special Education (Guest Faculty)
arung0007@gmail.com
Contact Number: +91 9450540396, 9716053040
Location: Bareilly, U.P.

Bharti

Specialisation: Inclusion, Learning disability
tarubharti@yahoo.com
Location: NCERT, New Delhi

Bharti Shinde

Specialisation: Learning Disability
bhartishinde11@gmail.com
Contact Number: +91 9323046165
Location: Kandivali ( West) - Mumbai

Dr.HemanT Mittal

Consultant Psychiatrist

Specialisation: Depression, Schizoprenia, ADHD & Child Psychiatry
doctormittal@hotmail.com
Location: Nerul, Navi Mumbai

Dr. Shobha Shashidhara

Specialisation: Child Psychology

(Early Intervention for Children with Developmental Disability)
ankurafoundation@rediffmail.com
Contact Number: +91 9900272737
Location: V.V.Puram, Bangalore - 560004

Office At:
Ankura Foundation
81/2, Dr. A.N.Krishna Rao Road
V.V.Puram, Basawanagudi
Bangalore – 560 004
Karnataka, India
ankurafoundation@rediffmail.com
Contact Number: +9180 2660 2414, (M) +91 9900272737

Gokulalakshmi Sadhanantham

(Regd. with Rehabilitation Council of India)

Specialisation: Multi- Categorical Disability, Visual Impairment,
Working: in the field of Learning Disability & Autism
gokulalakshmi.sadhanantham@gmail.com
Location: Port St. Lucie , Florida - United States of America

Ketki Jaiswal

Specialisation: Visual Impairment

Working: For Multiple Handicapped Children
Pursuing course in Learning Disability
ketkijaiswal@gmail.com
Location: Delhi

Malavika Samnani

Specialisation: Certified Sensory Integration Therapist by University of Sothern California and licenced to administer Sensory Integration & Praxis Tests (SIPT)
malavika.mandal@rediffmail.com
Contact Number: +91 9868427927

Merlyn Condillac

Specialisation: Mental Retardation
merl.21c@gmail.com
Location: Mahim

Parul G.Shah

Specialisation: Mental Retardation, Cerebral Palsy, Learning Disabilities, ADHD & Autism Spectrum Disorder
pgshah77@hotmail.com/ pgshah77@gmail.com
Location: Mumbai, India

Pooja Dutta

Specialisation: Hearing Impairment
poosach@rediffmail.com
Contact Details: GC-146,Rishi Apartments,Vaishali Sec5,Gaziabad 201010
Contact Number: +91 9999994579
Location: Vaishali, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh 201010

Poonam Shetty

Specialisation: Autism Spectrum Disorder & Cerebral Palsy
4poonamshetty@gmail.com
Location: Bangalore

Puja

Specialisation: Visual Impairment & Learning Disability
pujaprasad9@gmail.com
Location: NGO namely "Saksham Daksh" in Noida

Ram Shanker Saxena

(Regd. with Rehabilitation Council of India)

Specialisation: M.Sc.in Chemistry, Ph.D submitted in Chemistry & M.Ed in Spl.LD
Working: As lecturer in Education at Maharaja Agarsen Mahavidyalaya
gold_ram@rediffmail.com
Contact Number: +91 9219748801

Location: Bareilly

Rinku Shahani

Specialisation: MR, CP, Autism, Qualified in Makaton (UK) & ABA
rinkushahani@yahoo.com
Location: Manzil Center for Challenged Individuals, Sharjah

Salil Jandyl

(Regd. with Rehabilitation Council of India)

Specialisation: Rehabilitation Administration, have completed Bachelors of Physiotherapy and MBA in HRM & Marketing)

Working: As Programme Officer at National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped
(Regional Centre - Navi Mumbai), under Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India
jmcsalil@yahoo.co.in
Location: Kharghar, Navi Mumbai

Santhi prakash

(Regd. with Rehabilitation Council of India)
Working: As a lecturer Special Education at AYJNIHH,SRC, Secunderabad
Specialisation: M.Sc. (Bot), M.Sc(Psy), M.Ed (Gen), M.Ed.(HI), M.Phil (Edn), Pursuing Ph.D
santhiprakash5@gmail.com

Contact Number: +91 9491868735
Location: Secunderabad

Santosh Kumar

Specialisation: Sensory Integration Therapy especially with Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD and Children with Dyslexia
Professionally Occupational Therapist, M.O.Th. in Pediatrics
krsantosh12@rediffmail.com/ santosh@udaan.org
Contact Number: +91 9911338017

Sarabjit Narula

Specialisation: Lerning Disabilities, Autism, Cereberal Palsy & Mentaly Challanged
Working: Area of Inclusion
sarabjit6@yahoo.com
Location: Gurgaon

Shikhar

A Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Clinic and Special Education Centre
Contact Person:

Mr. Anil K. Sangwan

Specialisation: M.Sc (App Psy); M.Phil, (Rehab. Psy)-NIMH, B.Ed(Sp. Edu.)
Ms. Vishakha Gautam

Specialisation: Occ. Therapy (IPH), MDRA (NIMH)
shikhar.rohini@gmail.com
Contact Number: +91 11 27945852, 27948146
Mr. Anil - +91 9999669768
Ms. Vishakha - +91 9311305291, 9717441570
Location: Plot No. 4, Pocket: A-1, Sector-8, Rohini
Delhi-85

Shaloo

Specialisation: Career Training/ Art Therapy/ Training in Inclusive Education & Work Culture
shaloosharma@pallavan.com
Web page http://pallavanjali.wordpress.com/
Location: Gurgaon

Shehla Syed

Specialisation: Special Education, had worked with children with Cerbral Palsy and Autism
Work Address: Sol's Arc Parallel School
Bunglow No -121, Aram Nagar 2
Seven Bunglows
Contact Number: +91 9819919152
Location: Andheri (West) Mumbai - 61

Simran Sachdev

Specialisation: B.Ed in Multi category (Learning Disability, Mental Retardation & Cerebral Palsy), M.Ed in Learning Disability
vini.sachdev@gmail.com
Location: Mumbai

Sonam Mehta

Specialisation: Learning Disability (M.ED in Special Education)
sonammehta.20@gmail.com
Location: Mumbai

Suchismita Sarkar

Specialisation: Hearing Impaired & Multiple Disabilities
sujatha.narayanaswami@gmail.com
Location: Noida

Suchismita Sarkar

Specialisation: Mental Retardation

Working as HM in IAF Special School
Email: das.suchismita1408@gmail.com
Location:Bangalore

Tharini Thilak

Specialisation: Specific Learning Disability
thari15@hotmail.com
Contact Number: +919448392736
Location: Bangalore

Vasundhra Sharma

Specialisation: Mental Retardation
vasusharma10@gmail.com

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