More than a century ago, when light from electric bulb chased away the shadows of the 19^th Century, it was considered a miracle. A couple of decades later, when the first motor car made an appearance, the common man ascribed its power of location to "assistance from devil !! " Fire, Hunting Weapons, the wheel, paper, fabric, the printing press, the industrial revolution, aviation, penicillin, telecommunication, the conquest of space, information technology ........ all these and more punctuate humanity's story & accompany human evolution through the ages. Technology has become the mantra today ....... However technology is not everything. The human mind that invents these gadgets is by far more powerful.

Attitude & accessibility play a key role in enabling people with disabilities to participate fully in society. Despite several laws that have been passed to safeguard the rights of disabled people, the Disabled continue to be exiled from most mainstream activities of human life - be it education, employment, sports, recreation, travel or culture. The day this EXILE ends.... Disabled would be able to walk hand-in -hand with the rest of the world.

Ms Nilam Patel recognized this power of human mind, and dedicated her life to the empowerment of the lesser blessed children of God, the hearing impaired.

This organization, Nilam Patel Bahushrut Foundation, a public charitable trust, was founded on 2^nd Nov, 1993 & is dedicated to Late Shri Manubhai D. Shah father of Ms. Nilam Patel & Godess Saraswati.

What does Bahushrut mean? 'Bahushrut' means a learned scholar who has acquired knowledge through hearing. Hearing impaired students who study in normal educational setup, do have to listen to their teachers inspite of their handicap. Just as every child has a right to food, clothes & shelter, he also has a right to education. In India, this can be made possible for Hearing Impaired students only through integration & mainstream education. The reason being that special educational facility for them is limited to Secondary School level education. There are no colleges specially for Hearing Impaired. Thus the trust was founded to encourage mainstream education.