Special Education & Research

The National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Visual Disabilities (Divyangjan), is a premier Institute in the field of visual disability working under the administrative control of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India. The Institute is committed to promote rights and dignity of persons with visual impairments. In order to achieve this laudable objective, the Institute produces trained manpower for providing quality education, vocational training and rehabilitation services to the visually impaired persons.

Model School for the Visually Handicapped

The NIEPVD has its Headquarters at 116, Rajpur Road,Dehradun with one Regional Centre at Chennai (Tamil Nadu) established in 1988 and two Regional Chapters at Kolkata (W.B.) and Secunderabad (Andhra Pradesh) established in the year 1997. These Chapters provide peripheral services and are being served by a small component of Officers and Staff transferred from the Headquarters, whereas, Regional Centre at Chennai is a full-fledged Institute with staff strength of 30 headed by a Regional Director. The Institute also coordinates and supervises Composite Regional Centre for Persons with Disabilities, Sundernagar (H.P.) established in the year 2001.

Clinical & Rehabilitation Psychology and Research

The DCRPR is expert in conducting workshops on: Stress Management Time Management Anger Management Relationship Management Addiction Management Awareness and Promotion of Mental Health and Wellness Parenting School Mental Health Anxiety Management