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U.A. Basrurker
FounderFounder of Blind Relief Association
U.A. Basrurker is the founder of Blind Relief Association (1944)[1], an Indian non-profit working on disability, education and livelihood from New Delhi.
Blind Relief Association
The Blind Relief Association, Delhi, established in 1946, educates and trains visually impaired people for independent living — running the JPM Senior Secondary School, vocational training, rehabilitation services and sports promotion from its campus near Lodhi Road.
Blind Relief Association reports the following, on its own site:
- Talking Book Studio has produced 844 titles in Hindi, English and Sanskrit since 1982
- Hostel accommodates around 300 students, teachers and staff
- JPM Senior Secondary School enrolls 202 students with a teaching staff of 23
- Organisations
- 1
- Based in
- New Delhi
- Founded
- 1944
- Press
- 2
References
- [1] “Its founders, Smt. Anasuyabai Basrurker, a medical practitioner and Shri U.A. Basrurker, an engineer were well known in the neighborhood for their generosity and their burning desire to help the poor and lowly.” — Blind Relief Association. Source
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