About Helen Keller Institute for Deaf & Deafblind, Mumbai in Helen Keller Institute for Deaf & Deafblind, Municipal Secondary School, Near S Bridge, N M Joshi Marg, Byculla (W), Mumbai

HKIDB is recognized by the State and Central government and many international organizations as a premier institute for the development of children with disabilities, especially Deafblindness. We have assisted many NGOs in starting services for Deafblind in India & other countries like Singapore and Malaysia.

(Late) Mrs. Beroz Vacha founded the institute with two other teachers in 1977 with the strong belief that no one is incapable of being taught.

From a room with 2 children to a school of 200 students, the journey has been long but the work undertaken extremely satisfying.

Amongst the numerous awards to the institute, the one that stands out the most is the National Award for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities by the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment in public recognition of the institute's outstanding performance.

Objectives:
•Education, training and rehabilitation for the Deaf, Deafblind and Deafblind with additional disabilities
•Ensure that Persons with Disability (PwD) are independent and self-reliant
•Ensure that PwD integrate seamlessly into mainstream society
•Guidance and instruction to parents and guardians of PwD to help them understand and communicate with their ward better
•To be the best institution in India to provide excellent academic and practical teacher training
•To highlight, to the public, the problems faced by PwD and offer solutions to authorities in power, government or otherwise, to make the environment disabled-friendly

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