Profile
Know who we are, why we started and the change we work for every day.
Gandepalli Manikanta
Born visually impaired, Gandepalli Manikanta completed his MBA from Osmania University, Hyderabad. For more than five years he served several NGOs as a volunteer and trainer for visually impaired students.
He then started TEZSRI Foundation for Disabled to overcome the challenges faced by underserved visually impaired students and by backward rural areas across India.
Empowering visually impaired and underserved children
TEZSRI Foundation for Disabled is an NGO established in 2022 by Founder Managing Trustee Manikanta Gandepalli, to ease the difficulties faced by visually impaired students and help them become self-supporting and lead independent lives.
Through tech-enabled initiatives, we provide quality education, accommodation, nutritious food, vocational training and placement-based rehabilitation, so persons with disabilities and the underserved can keep pace with the rest of society.
- Organisation
- TEZSRI Foundation for Disabled
- Established
- 2022
- Founder Managing Trustee
- Manikanta Gandepalli
- Focus
- Education, hostel, training & jobs
- Reach
- Rural areas across India
Numbers that show the change
What guides us
Our Vision
Spreading helping hands with involvement of society by taking tech-enabled initiatives to fill the gaps between society and the needy.
Our Mission
To create, find and support programs that directly improve the education of underserved children with various disabilities, and empower them to become independent.
Our programs
Every program is designed to move a child from learning, to living independently, to earning.
Education Resource Centre
Accessible books, talking-book library, Braille transcription and digital books for readers who cannot use printed text.
Free Hostel & Food
A safe hostel in Hyderabad with coaching, counselling and hygienic food three times a day for visually challenged students.
Digital Computer Lab
Basic and career-focused computer training using NVDA / JAWS screen readers, with food and stay provided.
Placement Cell
Grooming, soft skills, resume preparation and job support across IT, government and private sectors.
Sports for All
Blind cricket, goalball, athletics and more, building teamwork, confidence and joy.
Upcoming Projects
Medical camps, blood donation camps and cultural programs in rural areas across India.
Be part of the change
Your support gives a child education, shelter, food and a path to a job.