General Council

List of Members of General Council in the institute

S. No.	Name	Designation	Address	Tenure
1	Secretary, DEPWD	President	Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), 5th Floor, Antyodaya Bhawan, CGO Complex, New Delhi 110003	Ex-officio
2	Sh. Girish Chandrashekhar Hosur (IFOS), Joint Secretary, DEPwD (dealing with National Institutes)	Member	Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan). 5th Floor, Antyodaya Bhawan, CGO Complex, New Delhi 110003	Ex-officio
3	Ms. Debolina Thakur, IAAS, Joint Secretary & Financial Advisor, DEPWD	Member	Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Room No. 610, A-Wing, ShastriBhawan, New Delhi 110001	Ex-officio
4	Ms. Richa Shankar, Deputy Director General, Employment and Training, Ministry of Labour, Government of India.	Member	3/10, Jam Nagar House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi 110011	Ex-officio
Six specialists/ representatives of Voluntary organisations/ social workers in the field (to be nominated by the Government of India) – at Sl. No. 5 to 10
5	Ms. Swati Dhare	Member	Prakriti 12-13 Vipra Nagar, Behind Mayur Hospital, Poorvi Ring Road, Indore 452016, Madhya Pradesh.	Two years until their successor is nominated
6	Dr. Yadvendra Singh	Member	Sangam Eye Hospital, Transport Nagar, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh 273016.	Two years until their successor is nominated
7	Shri Lalit Anand	Member	House No. 116, Shanti Apartment, Pocket 6, Rohini Sector-23, Delhi-110085.	Two years until their successor is nominated
8	Ms. Avanthi Mokireddi	Member	S-7, Pusapati Towers, Doctors Colony, Visakhapatnam-530007	Two years until their successor is nominated
9	Shri Anoop Kumar Pandey	Member	Jai Loknath Vihar, Beside Amba Park, Lingiyadih, Bilaspur, Post Office SECL 495006, Chattisgarh.	Two years until their successor is nominated
10	Shri Amit Singh	Member	29 Kailash Vihar, Khandari Byepass Behind St. Conrad’s School, Agra.	Two years until their successor is nominated
11	A nominee of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India	Member	Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi	Ex-officio
Two nominees from the Government of Uttarakhand (Secretary, Department of Social Welfare and Director, Medical Health Services, Government of Uttarakhand) – at.Sl. No. 12 and 13
12	Secretary, Department of Social Welfare, Government of Uttarakhand	Member	Dehradun, Uttarakhand	Ex-officio
13	Director, Medical Health Services, Government of Uttarakhand	Member	Dehradun, Uttarakhand	Ex-officio
14	A nominee of the Ministry of Education, Government of India	Member	Ministry of Education, Shastri Bhawan, Delhi	Ex-officio
15	Shri Pradeep A.,Director, National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Visual Disabilities (Divyangjan), Dehradun, Uttarakhand	Member-Secretary	116, Rajpur Road, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248001.	Ex-officio

ROLE AND FUNCTIONS OF GENERAL COUNCIL:

a.	To consider the Annual Report
b.	To consider the Balance Sheet and the Audited Accounts for the previous year
c.	Receipt and consideration of budget proposals for the following year
d.	Such other matter or matters as the President may direct
e.	The President, General Council presides over all meetings and moves the Executive Council to take into consideration his views in regard to any matter, which is required to be considered by it.

As per Rule 3 of the Rules and Regulations of the Institute, the General Council is responsible for the overall management of the Institute.