Thirumurthy

Founder

Founder of Shree Ramana Maharishi Academy for the Blind

Thirumurthy is the founder of Shree Ramana Maharishi Academy for the Blind (1969)[1], an Indian non-profit working on disability and education from Bengaluru.

Shree Ramana Maharishi Academy for the Blind

Founded in 1969 in Bengaluru, Shree Ramana Maharishi Academy for the Blind (SRMAB) offers free special education, lodging, boarding and medical care to children with visual impairment at its J.P. Nagar campus, alongside vocational training at its Thirumurthy Rural Development Centre. Its community-based rehabilitation programmes span rural Karnataka, and its students are nationally celebrated — from synchronized Bharatanatyam troupes to blind cricket captains and Republic Day parade contingents.

Shree Ramana Maharishi Academy for the Blind reports the following, on its own site:

Services have reached over 16,000 persons with disabilities in four-plus decades
Community-based rehabilitation programmes cover 7 districts and about 1,800 villages of Karnataka