National Institute For Empowerment Of Persons With Multiple Disabilities NIEPMD, Chennai

 
National Institute For Empowerment Of Persons With Multiple Disabilities NIEPMD, Chennai
City Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Locality East Coast Road
Established 2005
Affiliated to University of Madras, Chennai
Address East Coast Road, Muttukadu, Kovalam Post Chennai - 603112,
Tamil Nadu, India.
Phone 044- 27472113, 27472046
Fax 044- 27472389
Email [email protected]
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National Institute For Empowerment Of Persons With Multiple Disabilities NIEPMD, Chennai was established in the year 2005, National Institute For Empowerment Of Persons With Multiple Disabilities NIEPMD, Chennai is affiliated to University of Madras, Chennai

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National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities (Divyangjan) established in the year 2005, on East Coast Road, Muttukadu, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, (about 30 km from Chennai Central railway station, Mofussil bus terminus and airport) Under Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India, to serve as a national resource center for empowerment of persons with Multiple Disabilities such as those with two or more disabilities in a person. The Disabilities enumerated as per RPWD Act (2016) are Blindness, Low-vision, Leprosy Cured persons, Hearing Impairment (deaf and hard of hearing), Locomotor Disability, Dwarfism, Intellectual Disability, Mental Illness, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Cerebral Palsy, Muscular Dystrophy, Chronic Neurological conditions, Specific Learning Disabilities, Multiple Sclerosis, Speech and Language disability, Thalassemia, Hemophilia, Sickle Cell disease, Multiple Disabilities including deafblindness, Acid Attack victim, Parkinson's disease and as per The National Trust (1999) Act, are Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities.

The Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Govt. of India is working and aiming for the empowerment of persons with disabilities since its commencement. This ministry is serving the disabled through its seven delivery models. These are conducting awareness, sensitization and HRD programs, undertaking research & development, providing assistive devices and livelihood for persons with disabilities (PwD) in the year 1980 which reinforces the idea of serving disabled. The United Nation declared decade for disabilities (1982-1992), which led to the advent of the most of the National Institutions. These Institutes started earlier, were working for the persons with Disabilities of different individual categories (single disabilities). The decade between 1993-2002 was declared as the Asia pacific decade of the disabled persons. Further extended as extension of Asia Pacific decade for the disabled 2003-2013.

This decade led to the emergence & proposal of the PwD (1995) Act and the National Trust (1999) Act in India. After the proposal of National Trust Act (1999), focus was given to Persons with Multiple Disabilities and there arose a need to start a National Institute exclusively for Empowerment of persons with Multiple Disabilities. To achieve the focus given above, National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities (NIEPMD) came in to an existence in the year 2005. The Institute is situated in a beautiful ambience on East coast road (ECR) Muttukadu, Chennai, which is 35 kilometers away from the Chennai Central station. Since the commencement in 2005 the services for Persons with Disabilities for single as well as Multiple disabilities as NIEPMD has been given on an outpatient basis through a multi-disciplinary team model, besides the cottage services and extension services.

The Census 2011, of India enumerated data on eight types of Disabilities, including first time entry of multiple disabilities. This data gave a picture of prevalence of multiple disabilities in the country and guide path to NIEPMD in planning various services of rehabilitation for this group of society, census data, 2011on disability shows that there are 2.68 crore persons are with disabilities in India, which constitute 2.21% of the total population, out of which 21.16 lakhs belong to the category of multiple disabilities. One of the objectives is to ensure all human rights to disabled persons especially to those who need more intensive support i.e. persons with multiple disabilities.

VISION
The persons with Multiple Disabilities have equal rights to lead a better quality of life. This may be enabled with committed professionalism, accessible environment, equal opportunities, positive attitudes and appropriate, affordable, acceptable and available technological interventions.

MISSION
To provide need based comprehensive rehabilitation through team approach facilitating inclusion, ensuring empowerment of persons with Multiple Disabilities and their families and by substantiating field based research and development of human resources.

National Institute For Empowerment Of Persons With Multiple Disabilities NIEPMD, Chennai offers various graduate courses as well as Post Graduate courses.

Masters Degree Courses

Master of Philosophy (MPhil)

National Institute For Empowerment Of Persons With Multiple Disabilities NIEPMD, Chennai offers 1 Year Full Time Masters Degree in Master of Philosophy (MPhil)

View Details Duration: 1 Year    Learning Mode: Full Time    Course Level: Masters Degree

Diploma / Certification Courses

Diploma in Special Education (Autism Spectrum Disorder)

National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities (NIEPMD), Chennai offers Full Time Diploma in Diploma in Special Education (Autism Spectrum Disorder)

View Details Duration: 2 Year    Learning Mode: Full Time    Course Level: Diploma / Certification

Certificate in ECSE- Enabling Inclusion Cerebral Palsy (IGNOU Distance Education)

National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities (NIEPMD), Chennai offers Full Time Professional Courses in Certificate in ECSE- Enabling Inclusion Cerebral Palsy (IGNOU Distance Education)

View Details Duration: 18 months    Learning Mode: Full Time    Course Level: Diploma / Certification

Diploma in Special Education (Deafblind)

National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities (NIEPMD), Chennai offers Full Time Diploma in Diploma in Special Education (Deafblind)

View Details Duration: 1 Year    Learning Mode: Full Time    Course Level: Diploma / Certification

Certificate in Prosthetic & Orthotic (CPO)

National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities (NIEPMD), Chennai offers Full Time Professional Courses in Certificate in Prosthetic & Orthotic (CPO)

View Details Duration: 2 Years    Learning Mode: Full Time    Course Level: Diploma / Certification

Diploma in Special Education (Cerebral Palsy)

National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities (NIEPMD), Chennai offers Full Time Diploma in Diploma in Special Education (Cerebral Palsy)

View Details Duration: 1 Year    Learning Mode: Full Time    Course Level: Diploma / Certification

Bachelors Degree Courses

Bachelor of Education (BEd Special Education Multiple Disabilities)

National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities (NIEPMD), Chennai offers Full Time Bachelors Degree in B.Ed-Special Education (Multiple Disabilities)

View Details Duration: 2 Years    Learning Mode: Full Time    Course Level: Bachelors Degree
 
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    Alumni
    Generations of past students, both male and female, are proud to be known and enjoy maintaining their connection with the college and each other. Please write to [email protected] with link of existing almuni group, or request for creation of group.