We believe that people with Challenges must have the right to experience a meaningful life.

                 SMARANA offers comfortable residential facilities for individuals with moderate to severe mental and developmental disabilities, including Microcephaly and Autism in children and adults. SMARANA is a non-profit organization created in USA with facilities in Indian to offer comprehensive community based group homes for children and adults with mental and developmental disabilities. Mr. Shashi Airi and his wife, Mrs. Sowmini Airi, the founders of SMARANA, initiated and gave life to the organization and continue to nurture and dedicated themselves to providing services to those in need.

SMARANA is led by a dedicated Board of Trustees, and once the facility is ready, will include a Professional Advisory Board, consisting of the most experienced Psychiatrists and Social Workers. SMARANA’s vision is to emerge as one of the leading group home and in-home service providers in India by expanding all over the country.

The past few decades have witnessed a change in the awareness, understanding, and the care of individuals with mental and developmental disabilities in India, especially individuals with Microcephaly and Autism. During this period, community based organizations have emerged to help enhance the functional competence of mentally and developmentally challenged individuals by facilitating the acquisition of social and vocational skills through training. However, it is still difficult for many families to take care of children and adults with these disabilities due to financial strains. The idea of community based group homes came into existence due to the constant fear of guardians who have been feeling the pain but had nowhere to go for help.

Currently, SMARANA is working on building its first residential care facility which will house 200 residents and 30 transitional residents. SMARANA will generate employment to more than 100 people that include trained mental health care professionals, nursing aides, social works, psychiatrists, general physicians, psychologists, occupational therapists, and trained psychiatric nurses.