PROFILE FOR ANURADHA MOHIT, DIRECTOR, NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE VISUALLY HANDICAPPED

Ms. Anuradha Mohit is the Director of the National Institute for the Visually Handicapped, Dehra Dun, Uttara Kant. Ms. Anuradha was the Special Rapporteur of the National Human Rights Commission of India. She has visual impairment since the
age of 10. Trained in special education and administration, research methodologies and music, she has served as Deputy Chief
Commissioner in the office of Chief Commissioner for persons with disabilities, Government of India, Executive Director of the National
Association for the Blind, India and Lecturer in Research Methodology in Fine Arts. Ms Mohit is well known as founder member of the
Disabled Rights Group and had worked for the bill of rights, implementation of the disabilities act 1995 and related media campaigns. She
held positions in several disability committees and commissions, among them, convener of the Asian and Pacific network of women with disabilities, national co-coordinator of Community Based Rehabilitation Network, member of the Drafting Committee of Persons with Disabilities Act 1995, member of the Steering Committee of the Ministry of Tourism (for barrier free tourism for persons with disabilities), and consultant for UNESCO on ICT and people with disabilities. Through these mechanisms, Ms. Mohit has contributed immensely to the cause of people with disabilities, in areas such as inclusive education, women with disabilities, community based rehabilitation, prevention of disability, etc. She has produced several publications on these issues. Ms. Mohit can be contacted at:
The National Institute for the Visually Handicapped, 116 Rajpur Road,
Dehra Dun - 248001, Uttara Kant;
Tel: +91-135-2744491;
E-mail:
anuradhamohit@gmail.com