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Dr. V. Nagarani

Founder

Founder of Hope Public Charitable Trust (Hope Chennai)

Dr. V. Nagarani is the founder of Hope Public Charitable Trust (Hope Chennai)[1], an Indian non-profit working on disability and education from Chennai.

Hope Public Charitable Trust (Hope Chennai)

Hope Public Charitable Trust, operating as Hope Chennai, is a Tamil Nadu-registered trust (Reg. No. 478/2013) based in Ambattur, working across Chennai, Tiruvallur and Kancheepuram districts since 2007. It provides special education, therapy, vocational training and rehabilitation for children and adults with intellectual disabilities and autism, alongside skill-training programmes for marginalised women. The Trust has been recognised with the Tamil Nadu State Best NGO award (2019-20) and its founder sits on the state's Disability Advisory Board.

Hope Public Charitable Trust (Hope Chennai) reports the following, on its own site:

  • Currently serves 380 children with intellectual disabilities across 3 districts