Our Story
THE INSTITUTE IS BROADLY DIVIDED INTO THREE DEPARTMENTS. THE COLLEGE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION, SPECIAL SCHOOL AND THERAPY DEPARTMENT.
THE vision of Aakansha is kaleidoscopic, providing need based intervention and training to the persons with disabilities by reaching to the unreached.
Established in the year 1994, conceptualized and initiated by Mr K.K Nayak (Managing Editor, Dainik Bhasker), the institute strives to develop the innate potential in individuals with intellectual disabilities empowering them towards better futures.
WHAT WE DO
DAY CARE SCHOOL
The Aakansha School is a day care school for the differently abled children. The Institute currently holds over 100 students. The children are placed into classes as per the guidelines of National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities (NIEPMD)) formerly known as NIMH trained in various aspects, which ...
OPD THERAPY CENTRE
The therapy centre caters to a variety of children, with parents coming from far-flung areas for therapeutic services. It caters to children who need wide range of services starting from early intervention to rehabilitation. The therapists monitor the improvement closely and stress on weaker areas of improvement to ensure ...
Diploma in Special Education
We run a certified course in training teachers and guides to take care of individuals in care giving for the specially able children. Our trainees are provided project work where they must work with our teachers and learn the ways of caring for the children. They are given tasks where they must find ways to teach the children ...
Rural Centres
Services provided in Outreach Centres
Persons with special needs (PWSN) in rural areas generally do not have access to appropriate facilities. As a result, optimum development of their inherent potential becomes difficult and they themselves as well as their families suffer. Aakanksha perceived this ...