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Jagdishbhai Patel

Jagdishbhai Patel

Founder

Founder of Blind People's Association (India)

Jagdishbhai Patel is the founder of Blind People's Association (India) (1954)[1], an Indian non-profit working on disability, healthcare and sports from Ahmedabad.

Blind People's Association (India)

The Blind People's Association provides services for people across all disability categories from its Ahmedabad base. Its work includes an eye hospital, skill development, hostels, sports programmes and a digital audio library.

Blind People's Association (India) reports the following, on its own site:

  • Runs 3 eye hospitals across Gujarat
  • 13 vision centres operating across Gujarat

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