Mobility India

Mobility India, (MI) a registered society based in Bengaluru was founded in 1994 to enable, empower, and include people with disabilities, and integrate rehabilitation and assistive device services within a rural community-based inclusive program in the southern and eastern parts of India and in the region. MI as an organisation is a progressive force in the disability, development, rehabilitation, and Assistive Technology (AT) sector committed to inclusive development and social inclusion.

The Rehabilitation Research and Training Centre in Bengaluru is a model for accessibility. MI has vast experience in community-based inclusive development approach which is person-centered, and disability-inclusive, which forms strong community structures. Rehabilitation and AT provisions with therapeutic interventions are carried out in rural and urban settings, product development. The Education and Research activities include certificates to university level in allied and health care personnel affiliated with the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences and recognised by the Rehabilitation Council of India. The Only Prosthetics & Orthotics training centre in India recognized by the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO). Gender, disability, and inclusion are mainstreamed in its staffing, services, and capacity development programs. MI Team is comprised of 117 (52% W, 43% PWDs). MI has also worked with 350 grassroots organizations by focusing on less resource settings. It also contributes to the healthcare strategies framed at the national, international, and global levels.

Mobility India is the recipient of the National Award for ‘Outstanding Work in the Creation of Barrier-Free environment for Persons with Disabilities by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, in 2014 and the State Award in recognition of its unique work in the field of disability from Department for Empowerment of Differently Abled and Senior Citizens, Government of Karnataka in 2017.

Our Priority
People with disabilities, the poor, particularly women, children, and elderly people