Blind People's Association (India)

The Blind People's AssociationIndia (BPA) is the largest development organization for persons with disabilities in the country. It is known for developing a variety of need based programmes for the comprehensive development of the persons with visual impairment as well as persons of all categories of disability, namely hearing impairment, orthopedic impairment as well as mental retardation. Its activities range from prevention of blindness and disability, education, professional and vocational training, and resource mobilization, production of mobility, educational and rehabilitation and assistive devices. Community based rehabilitation and research and development. It also mobilizes res... read more The Blind People's AssociationIndia (BPA) is the largest development organization for persons with disabilities in the country. It is known for developing a variety of need based programmes for the comprehensive development of the persons with visual impairment as well as persons of all categories of disability, namely hearing impairment, orthopedic impairment as well as mental retardation. Its activities range from prevention of blindness and disability, education, professional and vocational training, and resource mobilization, production of mobility, educational and rehabilitation and assistive devices. Community based rehabilitation and research and development. It also mobilizes resources, develops appropriate manpower, provides advisory services and influences state policies. The Blind People's Association is the most active, functional and progressive organization. It has initiated and developed a variety of services on promotion of education, community based rehabilitation and provision of support services to the persons with disabilities. Today, BPA's institutional services cover almost any kind of support that a differently abled person may need. They cover education, vocational training, professional training, educational services and rehabilitation services and also aids of all kinds to people who may require them. However, the administration is also involved in a lot of community based work all over Gujarat for ensuring that people with disabilities have access to education, employment and all rehabilitation services. BPA has 14 rehabilitation and intervention centers in Gujarat and one in Rajasthan, which help kids with problems ranging from autism to multiple problems such as deafness and blindness. BPA trains the differently abled in improving their soft skills so that they can become valuable assets for working in today's competitive world. The training, which BPA imparts, equips the differently abled to stand on their own feet and become intellectuals who can compete with their more able counterparts, thereby adding more meaning to their life. BPA helps those set goals and guides to achieve them. A good example of this is how BPA helped a partially blind boy get into the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore, which is amongst the most reputed institutes of the country and the world for business studies BPA has established links with local organizations in a number of States. These organizations are guided and counselled to perform similar services in their areas for the comprehensive development for children with disabilities: Legal Status of BPA: A Public Charitable Trust under Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950 with Registration No. F-112 Ahmedabad dated 21 October, 1950 A registered Society under Societies Registration Act, 1860 with Registration No. BOM/46/ABD dated 27 October, 1959 A Registration under section 12AB of Income Tax Act of 1961 vide Unique Registration Number AAAAB0440LE20167 dated 23-09-2021 with effect from Assessment Year 2022-23 to 2026-27 PAN No. AAAAB0440L Registered Under Section 80G of the Income Tax Act, 1961 which enables donor to avail 50% tax exemption from Income Tax vide Unique Registration Number AAAAB0440LF2015 dated 23-09-2021 with effect from Assessment Year 2022-23 to 2026-27 Registered under Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995 Registered under Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 1976 with Registration No. 041910002 dated 29 December, 1984.Valid till 2027 Permission to Open and operate Foreign Currency Accounts Abroad. Member: Eye Bank Association of India CSR Registration No: CSR00000936 The Blind People's AssociationIndia (BPA) is the largest development organization for persons with disabilities in the country. It is known for developing a variety of need based programmes for the comprehensive development of the persons with visual impairment as well as persons of all categories of disability, namely hearing impairment, orthopedic impairment as well as mental retardation. Its activities range from prevention of blindness and disability, education, professional and vocational training, and resource mobilization, production of mobility, educational and rehabilitation and assistive devices. Community based rehabilitation and research and development. It also mobilizes resources, develops appropriate manpower, provides advisory services and influences state policies. The Blind People's Association is the most active, functional and progressive organization. It has initiated and developed a variety of services on promotion of education, community based rehabilitation and provision of support services to the persons with disabilities. Today, BPA's institutional services cover almost any kind of support that a differently abled person may need. They cover education, vocational training, professional training, educational services and rehabilitation services and also aids of all kinds to people who may require them. However, the administration is also involved in a lot of community based work all over Gujarat for ensuring that people with disabilities have access to education, employment and all rehabilitation services. BPA has 14 rehabilitation and intervention centers in Gujarat and one in Rajasthan, which help kids with problems ranging from autism to multiple problems such as deafness and blindness. BPA trains the differently abled in improving their soft skills so that they can become valuable assets for working in today's competitive world. The training, which BPA imparts, equips the differently abled to stand on their own feet and become intellectuals who can compete with their more able counterparts, thereby adding more meaning to their life. BPA helps those set goals and guides to achieve them. A good example of this is how BPA helped a partially blind boy get into the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore, which is amongst the most reputed institutes of the country and the world for business studies BPA has established links with local organizations in a number of States. These organizations are guided and counselled to perform similar services in their areas for the comprehensive development for children with disabilities: Legal Status of BPA: A Public Charitable Trust under Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950 with Registration No. F-112 Ahmedabad dated 21 October, 1950 A registered Society under Societies Registration Act, 1860 with Registration No. BOM/46/ABD dated 27 October, 1959 A Registration under section 12AB of Income Tax Act of 1961 vide Unique Registration Number AAAAB0440LE20167 dated 23-09-2021 with effect from Assessment Year 2022-23 to 2026-27 PAN No. AAAAB0440L Registered Under Section 80G of the Income Tax Act, 1961 which enables donor to avail 50% tax exemption from Income Tax vide Unique Registration Number AAAAB0440LF2015 dated 23-09-2021 with effect from Assessment Year 2022-23 to 2026-27 Registered under Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995 Registered under Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 1976 with Registration No. 041910002 dated 29 December, 1984.Valid till 2027 Permission to Open and operate Foreign Currency Accounts Abroad. Member: Eye Bank Association of India CSR Registration No: CSR00000936 The BPA has been invited on a number of Central and International bodies like the Rehabilitation Council of India, Ministry of Welfare, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Sight Savers International (U.K), and International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment (ICEVI), etc. Today, BPA is one of the largest organization in India. This position has been achieved and maintained by its innovative approaches to Community Based Rehabilitation. Professional Training, Integrated Education, development of a variety of educational mobility devices etc.., Activity Centers of Blind People's Association (India) Porecha Eye Hospital, Bareja Gatorbhai Himmatlal Patel Orthopedic & General Hospital, Bareja Lioness Karnavati Hostel for the Blind & Disabled Women, Vastrapur, Ahmedabad Kutch Comprehensive Rehabilitation Centre (KCRC), Bhuj BPA, Nadiad Branch R.M.Parikh Educational Research Centre, Paldi, Ahmedabad Arvind Lalbhai & Niranjan Lalbhai AESBPA Education Research Development Centre MSM Naaz Sammilit Pathshala & Residential Centre, NAAZ Village. KLJB Early Intervention Centre, Vastrapur, Ahmedabad Jit Mehta Bal Shala,Usmanpura, Ahmedabad J.D.Naik Physiotherapy Center, Usmanpura, Ahmedabad Savinay Sammilit Pathshala for Inclusive Education, Bavla Khushio Nu Sarnamu, Deesa,Dist. Banaskantha Prayas Day Care Centre, Jodhpur, Rajasthan Bellaben Patel Eye Hospital, Vatrak, Dist Sabarkantha BPA is now one of the largest organizations in India that provides comprehensive services to people with disability for their holistic development. BPA has 17 Campuses in Gujarat, 2 eye Hospitals, and 1 campus in Rajasthan in India.