Shilpa Society for the Mentally Handicapped

Shilpa Society was formally formed by a group of dedicated doctors, advocates, chartered accountants, teachers and parents of mentally handicapped in 1996 and registered under the Travancore Cochin Literary and Scientific Act of 1951. (Reg No :ER 97 / 97 ) . Under the activities of the society, about 100 mentally disabled children are directly benefitted, and many more are indirectly benefited by home management training, parent counselling and special coaching for the learning disability children.

Shilpa was the daughter of Dr.Harimohan & Dr. Premila. She was a beautiful child, soft gentle and graceful with long hair but unlike other children she was born mentally disabled. She was tiny and fragile and had recurrent attacks of fits, she also had a congenital ventricular septal defect (Hole in the heart) and so prone to many illnesses. She bore her sufferings patiently. Even though her heart problems was solved, she continued to be troubled by constant attacks of fits. When she was eleven years old after one such severe attack, she went into a coma from which she never recovered. Shilpa left this world on December 1st 1995 .It was a great loss for her parents as their life centered on her and it was difficult to fill the vacuum created by her loss.

It became clear to them that Shilpa’s memory can last forever only if sincere service is done to children like her and their rich experience in this field would benefit others. With the help of several friends, a Charitable Organisation called Shilpa Society for Mentally handicapped was formed on December 1st 1996, first death anniversary of Shilpa.The Shilpa Society is committed to selfless service to the mentally handicapped to improve their quality of life. All its activities are focused on this principle.