National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities¸ Secunderabad

PHONE No.: 040 27751741¸ 45, ,

EMAIL: [email protected]

WEB SITE: niepid.nic.in

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GENERAL HELPLINE NO.: 9899104337

COURSES:

D.ED.SE (MR)
DVR - Diploma in Vocational Rehabilitation (MR)
DECSE - Diploma in Early Childhood Special Education (MR)
DCBR - Diploma in Community Based Rehabilitation for Person with Disabled
B.ED (Spl. Ed. (MR)


PGDET - PG Diploma in Early Interventation
M.ED - Special Eduacation (MR)
M.PHIL - In Rehabilitation Psychology


MDRA - Master in Disability Rehabilitation Administration
Bachelor in Rehabilitation Theraphy
M.PHIL in Spl. Edn. (MR)



(Institute in Andhra Pradesh)

DESCRIPTION :

National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (Formerly National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped) established in the year 1984 at Manovikasnagar¸ Secunderabad (TS) is an Autonomous Body under the administrative control of Deparment of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan)¸ Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment¸ Government of India. NIEPID (Formely NIMH) is dedicated to provide quality services to Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (Divyangjan) in the National interest. 

NIEPID(Formerly NIMH) has three regional centers located at Noida/ New Delhi¸ Kolkata¸ & Mumbai¸ NIEPID(Formerly NIMH) Model Special Education Center located at Noida/New Delhi. The institute endeavors to excel in building capacities to empower Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (Divyangjan) .  Since the quality of life of every Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (Divyangjan) is equal to other citizens in the country¸ in that they live independently to the maximum extent possible and through constant professional endeavors¸ National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (Formerly National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped) empowers the Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (Divyangjan) to access the state of the art rehabilitation intervention viz.¸ educational¸ therapeutic¸ vocational¸ employment¸ leisure and social activities¸ sports¸ cultural programmes and full participation. The objectives for which NIEPID(Formerly NIMH) works are listed as under: