Meera Mahadevan

Founder

Founder of Mumbai Mobile Creches · Mobile Creches · Tara Mobile Creches Pune

Meera Mahadevan is the founder of Mumbai Mobile Creches [1], Mobile Creches (1969)[2] and Tara Mobile Creches Pune (1969)[3], Indian non-profits working on women & children, education, hunger and healthcare from Mumbai.

Mumbai Mobile Creches

Mumbai Mobile Creches, working since 1972, runs day-care centres on construction sites across Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Thane, giving children of migrant workers education, nutrition and healthcare. It reports reaching over 100,000 children across 270 sites since inception.

Mumbai Mobile Creches reports the following, on its own site:

Reached over 100,000 children since 1972
Worked across 270 construction sites in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Thane

Mobile Creches

Mobile Creches, founded in 1969 in Delhi, champions early childhood development for children of working parents in marginalised communities — running childcare centres, training childcare workers and shaping policy. It reports reaching 1 million children and training 20,000+ childcare workers.

Mobile Creches reports the following, on its own site:

1 million children reached since 1969
20,000+ childcare workers trained
5,000+ childcare centres run
500+ industry partners and 100+ NGO partners

Tara Mobile Creches Pune

Tara Mobile Creches runs daycare centres at construction sites in Pune for children of migrant workers, feeding more than 3,000 children freshly cooked meals three times a day, six days a week, alongside health monitoring and age-appropriate learning. The centres also free over 2,500 mothers annually to earn with their children in safe hands, and the organisation works to move girls into mainstream education.

Tara Mobile Creches Pune reports the following, on its own site:

( April 2025 to March-2026 ) 7,83,876+ Meals provided to children at 23 day care centres located at construction sites across Pune and PCMC.
3,455+ Children received a safe and nurturing environment.