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Vision

To empower and equip families of people with intellectual and development disabilities with information and knowledge to support their children in achieving their true potential.

Mission

  • To provide verified and quality information in an easily accessible manner
  • To build a supportive ecosystem of service providers, non-governmental organizations, and other families
  • To form a strong community of families

Value

We are committed to:

Families First Openness Privacy Transparency

  • We value the trust you put in us and our approach is always families first, come what may.
  • Always be respectful of your needs and your experiences as a family member.
  • Provide scientifically accurate and easy to understand information.
  • Listen to your feedback and incorporate it so that our services remain relevant to your needs.
  • We believe in open source information.
  • We value the power of one and create strong communities where you can share your triumphs, trials and experiences with other parents like you.
  • Do our best to ensure your privacy is protected.

Coming together of all stakeholders have evolved into a thriving ecosystem towards supporting families affected by intellectual and developmental disabilities. We are humbled by the participation and collaborations with physicians, therapists, educators, other NGOs and especially families in this effort. We salute the power of families and communities we serve

reach-impact
Hindi Major Language
Hindi Primary Language
125K+ People Reached
6000 Visitors Monthly
60% Repeat Visitors
14 Support Groups
35 Parent Champions

  • Dr. Ajay Sharma
    Dr Ajay Sharma

    Neuro-developmental Paediatrician

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    Dr Ram Kairam

    Paediatric Neurologist

    lokesh-lingappa@2x-1
    Dr Lokesh Lingappa

    Paediatric and Adolescent Neurologist

  • jo@2x-1
    Jo Chopra

    Executive Director at Latika Roy Foundation

    hari@2x-1
    Hari Subramanian

    Head India operations, Colruyt Group

    kashyap@2x-1
    Kashyap Mody

    Senior Vice President, Reliance Treasury

    Mask-Group-44@2x
    Prachi Deo (Founder)

    Executive Director, Nayi Disha

    reema@2x-1
    Reema Gupta (Co-founder)

    CLMP Head, ISB

    sudarshana-@2x
    Sudarshana Kundu (Co-founder)

    Executive Director, Gen..

    vivek@2x-1
    Vivek Subramanian

    Executive Director. Fourth Partner Energy

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    Prachi Deo (Founder)

    Executive Director, Nayi Disha

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    Nidhi Srivastava

    Sr. Manager Human Resource & Partnerships

    team-Jagdish
    Jagdish Jalanila

    Accounts & Admin

    team-suhani
    Suhani Tanna

    Manager – Parent Services

    team- saujanya
    Saujanya Tata

    Chat Helpline Counselor/Special Educator

    team-Chitra
    Chitra Chaurasia

    Outreach Specialist

    team-shikha mundra
    Shikha Mundra

    Outreach Specialist

    team-anjana
    Anjana U

    WordPress Developer

    team-somhrita
    Somhrita Bhattacharjee

    Content Editor

    team-aditya
    Aditya Ranalkar

    Outreach Executive

    team-muskan
    Muskan Gupta

    Social Media Executive

    team-hima
    Hima Bindu

    Finance/Accounts Executive

    team-keshav
    Keshav Bishnoi

    Outreach Executive

  • Partner1
    Special ChildAssistance Network(SCAN)

    Organizational Partner

    Partner3
    Latika Roy MemorialFoundation

    Organizational Partner

    Partner2
    Ummeed ChildDevelopment Center

    Organizational Partner

    Partner4
    Avaz

    Organizational Partner

    Partner5
    Jai Vakeel Foundation

    Organizational Partner

    Partner6
    Toothbudies

    Organizational Partner

    Partner7-1
    Oyster

    Organizational Partner

    Partner8
    Special Moms

    Organizational Partner

    Partner9
    PACTA

    Organizational Partner

    MHI_Logo
    MHI

    Organizational Partner

    YTC-
    YCT

    Organizational Partner

    Akhila Vaidyanathan
    Akila Vaidyanathan
    Sana Smriti
    Dr.Sana Smriti
    Neena Vaidya-new
    Dr.Nina Vaidya
    Jitendra Solanki
    Jitendra Solanki
    Anjana Sathyabodha is a Speech Therapist from Bengaluru.
    Anjana Sathyabodha
  • KS Lavanya_ Parent Champions
    K S Lavanya

    Champion Of Hyderabad

    Deepa Desai _ Parent Champion
    Deepa Desai

    Champion Of Hyderabad

    Prashanthi Vankamamidi
    Prashanthi Vankamamidi

    Champion Of Hyderabad

    Rajalakshmi ND Parent Champion
    Rajalakshmi

    Champion Of Hyderabad

    Jaya Balaji ND Parent Champion
    Jaya Balaji

    Champion Of Hyderabad

    Jaya Sudhakar ND Parent Champion
    Jaya Sudhakar

    Champion Of Hyderabad

    Triveni Goswami Vernal. ND Parent Champion
    Triveni Goswami Vernal

    Champion Of Hyderabad

    Aparna Srinivasan ND Parent Champion
    Aparna Srinivasan

    Champion Of Hyderabad

    Jiji Sunil ND Parent Champion
    Jiji Sunil

    Champion Of Hyderabad

    Chitra Paul ND Champion
    Chitra Paul

    Champions Of  Bangalore

    Suja Pisharody ND Champion
    Suja Pisharody

    Champion Of  Bangalore

    Feeji Bijoy ND Champion
    Feeji Bijoy

    Champion Of  Bangalore

    Prachi_withRudra1 - Prachi Puranik
    Prachi Puranik

    Champion Of  Pune

    Jyotsna ND Champion
    Jyotsna

    Champion Of  Pune

    Priyanka Gupta ND Champion
    Priyanka Gupta

    Champion Of  Nagpur

    Manjushree-
    Manjushree Sakhare

    Champion Of  Nagpur

    Kreeti Mitra Bhatia ND Parent Champion
    Kreeti Mitra Bhatia

    Champions Of Delhi

  • Volunteers (Friends of Nayi Disha)

    The best part of our work is the many wonderful people we meet during our journey. We take this opportunity to sincerely thank all the friends, volunteers and well-wishers for being a part of Nayi Disha in many different ways

    Tehnaz Ragi (Lead for creating the community is Pune.)

    Sailaja Tadimeti,
    Krishnaji Devlakar,
    Prerana Chouk,
    Hemanta,
    Geetu Subramanian,
    Sunita Ponnapureddy,
    Smita Kadam

    Past Volunteers

    Anil Kumar (fourth Partner energy)

    Ms. Sharmeen and her students of Psychology from St. Mira’s College for Girls.

    Chonbeni ShitiriRoseleen Aind, Souptik Garai from UoH Mass communication

    Simran Chhabria from Indore, Sudheendra Herkal of IITM, Students and

    Dr. Sonia Sawhney, faculty at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad

    Ms Afshan Jabeen (of Ripples Learning Centre)

    Dr. Usha Naik and Dr. Kanakalatha

    Mrs. Jayashree Ramesh of ASHA School, Bangalore

    Ms. Vasanthalakshmi Pendlijeevi and Sumita Shastry of IRC, Bangalore,

    Ms Hima Bindu,
    Ms. Madhavi Adimulam,
    Ms. Suruchi Bharagava,
    Ms. V. Sindhu
    Rinny Naik,
    Aneesha Sharma,
    Anvita Mathur,
    Prasad Khose & Rahul Mohan,
    Satyanarayana Nagula
    Ankita Agrawal,
    Archana Voleti,
    Bhooma Venkatdesan,
    Devashish Chandra,
    Jayashree Vasudevan,
    Juhi Choudhury,
    Kavita Pereira,
    Maitree Mishra,
    Parvathy Ramakrishnan,
    Rasika Venkataraman,

    Susmita Sinha, and Usha Ramachandran for volunteering in the early days

    Arun Pillai,

    Sivakumar Vondivillu and P.R. Ranjith, for guiding us on various aspects of the website.

    Mr. Anil JoshiDeepa Garwa, Savithri Selvaraja and Rahul & Parul Vipparthi for their valuable feedback

Financials

Nayi Disha Resource Centre is registered as Public Society with Registration no: 1319 of year 2015 under the Andhra Pradesh Societies Registration Act., 2001.

  • Certified by Charities Aid Foundation (India)
  • Onboard with United Way – Mumbai
  • Onboard with United Way – Hyderabad

Annual Reports

Annual Report 2023-2024

2023 - 2024

Annual Reports (2023 – 2024)

Annual-report(2022-2023)

2022 -2023

Annual Reports (2022 – 2023)

Anual-report(2021-2022)

2021 - 2022

Annual Reports (2021 – 2022)

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2020 - 2021

Annual Reports (2020 – 2021)

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2019 - 2020

Annual Reports (2019 -2020)

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2018 - 2019

Annual Report (2018 – 2019)

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2017 -2018

Annual Report (2017 -2018)

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2015 -2017

Annual Report (2015 -2017)

eNGO Challenge Award Nayi Disha

eNGO Challenge Award Winner 2019

Zero Project Award 2020 Nayi Disha

Zero Project Award Winner

DSFI(Down Syndrome Federation of India) Excellence Award

DSFI(Down Syndrome Federation of India) – Excellence Award

India Inclusion Fellow - 2018

India Inclusion Fellow – 2018

The Orange Flower for Social Impact

The Orange Flower for Social Impact

e2open Logo
State Street Logo
mhi
Bajaj
Divis-lab-logo
United Way logo
Kotak-mutual
hdfc-foundation
OrigoLogo
dspmf_logo
SBI_Mutual_Fund
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About Us

Nayi Disha Resource Centre is a non-profit organization, that provides information, peer-support and hope to families affected by intellectual and developmental disabilities such as Down Syndrome, Autism.

Vision

To empower and equip families of people with intellectual and development disabilities with information and knowledge to support their children in achieving their true potential.

Mission

  • To provide verified and quality information in an easily accessible manner
  • To build a supportive ecosystem of service providers, non-governmental organizations, and other families
  • To form a strong community of families

Value

We are committed to:

Families First Openness Privacy Transparency

  • We value the trust you put in us and our approach is always families first, come what may.
  • Always be respectful of your needs and your experiences as a family member.
  • Provide scientifically accurate and easy to understand information.
  • Listen to your feedback and incorporate it so that our services remain relevant to your needs.
  • We believe in open source information.
  • We value the power of one and create strong communities where you can share your triumphs, trials and experiences with other parents like you.
  • Do our best to ensure your privacy is protected.

Coming together of all stakeholders have evolved into a thriving ecosystem towards supporting families affected by intellectual and developmental disabilities. We are humbled by the participation and collaborations with physicians, therapists, educators, other NGOs and especially families in this effort. We salute the power of families and communities we serve

reach-impact
Hindi Major Language
Hindi Primary Language
125K+ People Reached
6000 Visitors Monthly
60% Repeat Visitors
14 Support Groups
35 Parent Champions
  • Dr. Ajay Sharma
    Dr Ajay Sharma

    Neuro-developmental Paediatrician

    ram kairam@2x
    Dr Ram Kairam

    Paediatric Neurologist

    lokesh-lingappa@2x-1
    Dr Lokesh Lingappa

    Paediatric and Adolescent Neurologist

  • jo@2x-1
    Jo Chopra

    Executive Director at Latika Roy Foundation

    hari@2x-1
    Hari Subramanian

    Head India operations, Colruyt Group

    kashyap@2x-1
    Kashyap Mody

    Senior Vice President, Reliance Treasury

    Mask-Group-44@2x
    Prachi Deo (Founder)

    Executive Director, Nayi Disha

    reema@2x-1
    Reema Gupta (Co-founder)

    CLMP Head, ISB

    sudarshana-@2x
    Sudarshana Kundu (Co-founder)

    Executive Director, Gen..

    vivek@2x-1
    Vivek Subramanian

    Executive Director. Fourth Partner Energy

  • prachi-new
    Prachi Deo (Founder)

    Executive Director, Nayi Disha

    team-nidhi
    Nidhi Srivastava

    Sr. Manager Human Resource & Partnerships

    team-Jagdish
    Jagdish Jalanila

    Accounts & Admin

    team-suhani
    Suhani Tanna

    Manager – Parent Services

    team- saujanya
    Saujanya Tata

    Chat Helpline Counselor/Special Educator

    team-Chitra
    Chitra Chaurasia

    Outreach Specialist

    team-shikha mundra
    Shikha Mundra

    Outreach Specialist

    team-anjana
    Anjana U

    WordPress Developer

    team-somhrita
    Somhrita Bhattacharjee

    Content Editor

    team-aditya
    Aditya Ranalkar

    Outreach Executive

    team-muskan
    Muskan Gupta

    Social Media Executive

    team-hima
    Hima Bindu

    Finance/Accounts Executive

    team-keshav
    Keshav Bishnoi

    Outreach Executive

  • Partner1
    Special ChildAssistance Network(SCAN)

    Organizational Partner

    Partner3
    Latika Roy MemorialFoundation

    Organizational Partner

    Partner2
    Ummeed ChildDevelopment Center

    Organizational Partner

    Partner4
    Avaz

    Organizational Partner

    Partner5
    Jai Vakeel Foundation

    Organizational Partner

    Partner6
    Toothbudies

    Organizational Partner

    Partner7-1
    Oyster

    Organizational Partner

    Partner8
    Special Moms

    Organizational Partner

    Partner9
    PACTA

    Organizational Partner

    MHI_Logo
    MHI

    Organizational Partner

    YTC-
    YCT

    Organizational Partner

    Akhila Vaidyanathan
    Akila Vaidyanathan
    Sana Smriti
    Dr.Sana Smriti
    Neena Vaidya-new
    Dr.Nina Vaidya
    Jitendra Solanki
    Jitendra Solanki
    Anjana Sathyabodha is a Speech Therapist from Bengaluru.
    Anjana Sathyabodha
  • KS Lavanya_ Parent Champions
    K S Lavanya

    Champion Of Hyderabad

    Deepa Desai _ Parent Champion
    Deepa Desai

    Champion Of Hyderabad

    Prashanthi Vankamamidi
    Prashanthi Vankamamidi

    Champion Of Hyderabad

    Rajalakshmi ND Parent Champion
    Rajalakshmi

    Champion Of Hyderabad

    Jaya Balaji ND Parent Champion
    Jaya Balaji

    Champion Of Hyderabad

    Jaya Sudhakar ND Parent Champion
    Jaya Sudhakar

    Champion Of Hyderabad

    Triveni Goswami Vernal. ND Parent Champion
    Triveni Goswami Vernal

    Champion Of Hyderabad

    Aparna Srinivasan ND Parent Champion
    Aparna Srinivasan

    Champion Of Hyderabad

    Jiji Sunil ND Parent Champion
    Jiji Sunil

    Champion Of Hyderabad

    Chitra Paul ND Champion
    Chitra Paul

    Champions Of  Bangalore

    Suja Pisharody ND Champion
    Suja Pisharody

    Champion Of  Bangalore

    Feeji Bijoy ND Champion
    Feeji Bijoy

    Champion Of  Bangalore

    Prachi_withRudra1 - Prachi Puranik
    Prachi Puranik

    Champion Of  Pune

    Jyotsna ND Champion
    Jyotsna

    Champion Of  Pune

    Priyanka Gupta ND Champion
    Priyanka Gupta

    Champion Of  Nagpur

    Manjushree-
    Manjushree Sakhare

    Champion Of  Nagpur

    Kreeti Mitra Bhatia ND Parent Champion
    Kreeti Mitra Bhatia

    Champions Of Delhi

  • Volunteers (Friends of Nayi Disha)

    The best part of our work is the many wonderful people we meet during our journey. We take this opportunity to sincerely thank all the friends, volunteers and well-wishers for being a part of Nayi Disha in many different ways

    Tehnaz Ragi (Lead for creating the community is Pune.)

    Sailaja Tadimeti,
    Krishnaji Devlakar,
    Prerana Chouk,
    Hemanta,
    Geetu Subramanian,
    Sunita Ponnapureddy,
    Smita Kadam

    Past Volunteers

    Anil Kumar (fourth Partner energy)

    Ms. Sharmeen and her students of Psychology from St. Mira’s College for Girls.

    Chonbeni ShitiriRoseleen Aind, Souptik Garai from UoH Mass communication

    Simran Chhabria from Indore, Sudheendra Herkal of IITM, Students and

    Dr. Sonia Sawhney, faculty at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad

    Ms Afshan Jabeen (of Ripples Learning Centre)

    Dr. Usha Naik and Dr. Kanakalatha

    Mrs. Jayashree Ramesh of ASHA School, Bangalore

    Ms. Vasanthalakshmi Pendlijeevi and Sumita Shastry of IRC, Bangalore,

    Ms Hima Bindu,
    Ms. Madhavi Adimulam,
    Ms. Suruchi Bharagava,
    Ms. V. Sindhu
    Rinny Naik,
    Aneesha Sharma,
    Anvita Mathur,
    Prasad Khose & Rahul Mohan,
    Satyanarayana Nagula
    Ankita Agrawal,
    Archana Voleti,
    Bhooma Venkatdesan,
    Devashish Chandra,
    Jayashree Vasudevan,
    Juhi Choudhury,
    Kavita Pereira,
    Maitree Mishra,
    Parvathy Ramakrishnan,
    Rasika Venkataraman,

    Susmita Sinha, and Usha Ramachandran for volunteering in the early days

    Arun Pillai,

    Sivakumar Vondivillu and P.R. Ranjith, for guiding us on various aspects of the website.

    Mr. Anil JoshiDeepa Garwa, Savithri Selvaraja and Rahul & Parul Vipparthi for their valuable feedback

Financials

Nayi Disha Resource Centre is registered as Public Society with Registration no: 1319 of year 2015 under the Andhra Pradesh Societies Registration Act., 2001.

  • Certified by Charities Aid Foundation (India)
  • Onboard with United Way – Mumbai
  • Onboard with United Way – Hyderabad

Annual Reports

eNGO Challenge Award Nayi Disha

eNGO Challenge Award Winner 2019

Zero Project Award 2020 Nayi Disha

Zero Project Award Winner

DSFI(Down Syndrome Federation of India) Excellence Award

DSFI(Down Syndrome Federation of India) – Excellence Award

India Inclusion Fellow - 2018

India Inclusion Fellow – 2018

The Orange Flower for Social Impact

The Orange Flower for Social Impact

e2open Logo
State Street Logo
mhi
Bajaj
Divis-lab-logo
United Way logo
Kotak-mutual
hdfc-foundation
OrigoLogo
dspmf_logo
SBI_Mutual_Fund
Screen-Shot-2022-01-24-at-7.07.55-PM
HDFCMutualFund@2x
FourthPartner@2x
synchrony_logo_RGB_positive@2x
ColruytIndia@2x
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