Students of Manovikas Kendra perform at a programme to mark 40 years of the organisation, at Science City auditorium on Thursday.

From tiny tots to students of vocational units, some of them on wheelchairs, everyone joined the celebration.

Sharada Fatehpuria, the founder- director of Manovikas Kendra, turned nostalgic as she remembered the first day of the institute. “It was January 28, 1974, and Saraswati Puja was being celebrated in the foyer of Gyan Manch at Abhinav Bharati High School.

The journey began with two children in one room and today Manovikas Kendra is spread over an acre and it is full of wonderful children who are studying and playing with 160 dedicated personnel,” she said.

Education minister (below) Partha Chatterjee was the chief guest on the occasion.

source: http://www.telegraphindia.com / The Telegraph, Calcutta / Front Page> Calcutta> Story / Friday – September 05th, 2014