Composite Regional Centre for Persons with Disabilities (CRC) is a service modality set under the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India.

1. Composite Regional Centres
(CRCs)

2. The Department of Empowerment of
Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of
Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of
India has established National Institutes
in each major area of disability.

3. (i) National Institute for the Visually Handicapped(NIVH),
Dehradun,
(ii) National Institute for the Locomotor Disability(Divyangjan), Kolkata
(iii)Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped
(AYJNIHH), Mumbai
(iv)(iv) National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped (NIMH),
Secunderabad
(v) National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple
Disabilities (NIEPMD), Chennai
(vi)Pandit Deendayal Upadhayaya Institute for the Physically
Handicapped(Pt. DDUIPH), New Delhi
(vii) Swami Vivekanand National Institute of the Rehabilitation Training
and Research(SVNIRTAR), Cuttack
(viii)Indian Sign Language Research & Training Centre (ISLRTC), New
Delhi.

5. Sundernagar (H P) Srinagar (J & K),
Lucknow (U P) Guwahati (Assam),
Patna (Bihar) Bhopal (M P)
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) Kozhikode (Kerala)
Devengere (karnataka) Nellore (A P)
Nagpur (Maharastra) Rajnandan Gaon
(Chhattisgarh)
Tripura Ranchi (Jharkhand).

6. The Composite Regional Centre is an extension of the
National Institute for the Visually Handicapped (NIVH).
It was established in 2001 to extend services that cater to
multiple and diverse disabilities.
 Located at Sundernagar, 27 kms from Mandi distict amidst
the scenic backdrop of the Shivalik Ranges in Himachal
Pradesh (HP),
 CRC offers end-to-end solutions for the differently-abled in
HP and the neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana. With
services that range from the academic to clinical, it continues
to be committed to further the cause of the differently-abled.

7. Composite Regional Centre, Srinagar, Jammu
and Kashmir.
It has been established for the Rehabilitation of
Persons with Disabilities of Jammu & Kashmir
State, by the Ministry of Social Justice &
Empowerment.
under the Persons with Disabilities Act (Equal
Opportunities, Protection of Rights and full
participation ) .
in the Year , at Bemina, Bye-Pass, Srinagar.

8. CRC Lucknow under Administrative control of
PDUNIPPD(D) Dept. of empowerment persons
with disabilities
CRC Lucknow is located on Mohaan Road, and
became operational since November- 2005.

9. The centre is located at Guwahati Medical College &
Hospital (GMCH) Campus, Bhangagarh, Guwahati, Assam .
 The centre has been functioning since 19th March 2001.
 Under the administrative control of Swami Vivekananda
National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research
(SVNIRTAR), Odisha.

10. CRC Patna was established in 27th Feb, 2009
by the Department of Disability Affairs, Ministry of
Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India and
functioning
Under the administrative control of National Institute
for the Locomotor Disability(Divyangjan), Kolkata.

11. CRC for Persons with Disabilities, Bhopal is a service
initiative of the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment,
Govt. of India with the aim of creating resources and
infrastructure required for developing services for persons
with disabilities in the states of Madhya Pradesh and
Chhattisgarh.
 It became functional on 14 August 2000
It is functioning under the administrative control of Ali
Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped,
Mumbai

12. The Composite Regional Centre (CRC) Ahmedabad has
been established 16th August 2011.
 Under the administrative control of Ali Yavar Jung National
Institute for Hearing Handicapped, Mumbai,an autonomous
body under Department of Disability Affairs, Ministry of
Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India.

13. CRC for Persons with DisabilitiesCRC), Kozhikode
established with the aim of creating resources and
infrastructure required for developing services for
persons with disabilities in the state of Kerala.
 It became functional since November 2011 and is
functioning under the administrative control of National
Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple
Disabilities[NIEPMD], Chennai.

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