HISTORY

THE DREAM OF ONE,

TODAY

A FAMILY OF MORE THAN 600 STUDENTS!

Late Shri Pranshankar Lallubhai Desai founded this institution in 1908 to educate his son, Late Shri Indurav Desai, who was a Person with Hearing Impairment. His second son, Late Shri Pandurav Desai, who was a lawyer professionally, was a constant support in the progress of this institute. The institute was initially managed by Shri Pranshakar himself, but a committee was later formed under the presidency of Sir Chinubhai Beronut. Eventually, this small group developed into a residential school of importance.

The school initially catered to the educational needs of Students with Hearing Impairment only. The School for the Blind was started in the year 1945, and was inaugurated by the then Chief Minister, Morarjibhai Desai in 1952. Eventually, Teacher Training Colleges were started for educating and training teachers as Special Educators along with setting up of vocational training centres for Persons with Disabilities as well. In the past 43 years, 1974 to 2017, a total number of 28,095 students have received education from our institute.

Today, our institute has a strength of more than 600 students, hailing from different parts of the state, and education, boarding and lodging facilities are provided free of cost.