The students are typically between the ages 9 yrs to adults (no specific upper age limit), with mild to moderate multiple intellectual disabilities. We have children who have dropped out of mainstream schools and children with autism, ASD, Downs Syndrome, specific learning disability, slow learners and mild mental retardation.

The Vimarsha team helps students lead independent lives by giving them the necessary functional and life skills. Besides, we also help students complete schooling. After which, some students get on to the mainstream and continue their education or take up jobs. Otherwise, we prepare them for a vocation depending on their aptitude and interests. Students are trained to complete their board exams – both 10th and 12th grades in State syllabus and NIOS open schooling. Depending on the need of the child, students may also attend specific training as against a full time student.

Aside from academics, students are also engaged with Yoga, cooking, baking, gardening, computer skills and arts and crafts. When it comes to their yearly exhibition, entrepreneurial skills are out and booming with handmade products like painted diyas, paper bags, hair clips, and baked products such as cookies too!

Almost like a 9am-2pm school timings, students with special needs from across Bengaluru arrive with a hope to develop confidence and learn necessary skills to become self-reliant. The compact nature of the trust further enables focused and individualized attention to each and every student.

Students who undergo vocational training from Vimarsha over the years have successfully found their place in the employment arena. As a start, the trust has opened up a full-fledged library, MyMitra Children’s Library and training some students to work as library assistants. The students who intern will be given hands-on experience on all aspects including catalogue making, arranging, procuring, lending and client interface among other things. We have also planned to start other trainings specifically meant for employment, which is a project scheduled for the upcoming year. Besides, we also plan to set up a space for students to sell their hand-made crafts and products to wake the entrepreneurial skills in the children.

Academic achievement:

Over the years, more than a hundred students with IQ between have been a part of our organization. About 35% of them have appeared and passed the SSLC exams and 10% and 2% have appeared and passed the NIOS Secondary and Senior Secondary exams respectively, through Vimarsha.