Latika Roy Foundation-Adhyan Foundation Fellowship
Announcing the first Latika Roy Foundation-Adhyan Foundation Fellowship in Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. Developmental and behavioral disorders are among the most common pediatric conditions. Here’s a great opportunity to develop competencies in providing care both independently and in the context of an interdisciplinary team, in close association with parents and families, schools and community. Apply […]
Inclusion Workshops at Two City Schools
The Foundation’s Wabi-Sabi inclusion program carried out workshops on ‘Classroom and Behavior Management’ for 25 teachers at Summerhill School and Himalayan Academy recently. In line with our efforts to promote neurodiversity in the classroom, the workshops focused on social and emotional curriculum, sense of community, positive language, interactive modelling and logical consequences. The teachers discussed […]
Legal Guardianship for Five LRF Families
Five families from the Latika Roy Foundation’s (LRF) Center for Vocational Training (CVT) received legal guardianship for their children this month. Praveen Kumar Sharma, father of Mudit, 30, and one of the parents who acquired legal guardianship said, “It’s very important for us to acquire legal guardianship of our children because it’s useful later on. […]
No country for the disabled? Activists share their views
Ekta Bhyan, Paralympian, Ira Singhal, IAS Officer, Dr. Uma Tuli, Social Activist and Educationist, Jeeja Ghosh, Disability Activist and Jo Chopra, Latika Roy Foundation’s Executive Director, Mukesh Jaiswal, Deputy Director at the National Power Training Institute, Ministry of Power, spoke about the attitudinal barriers that disabled people face and how inclusive education can be an […]
Corporate Philanthropy is Good for Business
A fantastic discussion with Arundhati Bhattacharya, CEO, Salesforce, India, and Jo Chopra, Executive Director, LRF, on why giving back to society is creating a paradigm shift in the way the world’s most successful corporations do business, and why the rest will have to follow suit.
Jo’s take on the Indigo incident and why inclusive education is important
A 13-year-old disabled boy was refused permission to fly Indigo Airlines recently despite massive support from his co-passengers. It’s very clear from video footage of the incident that he’d long since calmed down and posed no security threat whatsoever. This isn’t the first time a disabled person has been summarily bumped off, and at this […]
Event: Corporate Philanthropy is good for business
Latika Roy Foundation is organizing an exciting round table event in collaboration with Salesforce and Business World on May 18th, 2022 at 5pm. Leaders from both corporate and social development sectors will be attending this event. Book your seat now! To register, click the link:
Why Everyone Needs an Aadhaar
The Latika Roy Foundation Awareness Team is continuing to raise awareness about the importance of Aadhaar – an essential identification document for all Indian citizens – through virtual workshops for our parents. At the Foundation, we insist that every child enrolled with us has it. If they don’t, we help them get it through camps […]
Journey of 25 years – Short Video
The Foundation is now 25! Here’s a glimpse of our long and happy journey.
An Evening of Stories and Poems
On September 8, World Literacy Day, we were delighted to have Lovleen Misra in association with The Bookaroo Children’s Literature Festival, conduct an interactive poetry and storytelling session in Hindi for all our children, their families and anyone else wanted to join. Lovleen Misra is an actor, writer and storyteller Lovleen is an actor, screenplay […]