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Report by Team Diversity
Staff of Renigunta Mother’s Grace Bhavitha Centre along with the SAS Staff and District officials
Bhavitha Centres were a project started in 2011 as part of a special education program to support children with disabilities. Later the project has taken a new image of Inclusive Education, but still standing as a special education, that labelling disabilities and work on a deficit model in the divided States Andhra Pradesh and Telengana. In Andhra Pradesh there are 679 Bhavitha Centres are running in mainstream primary schools one each in every Mandal. But lack therapists, quality staff and missing maintenance keep majority of the centres into mere asylum than its built purpose.
Three years ago, a modest, underused building on a school campus in Renigunta were the Renigunta Bhavitha Centre in Tirupati stood awaiting a purpose. At the time, parents of differently abled children in the Tirupati region had nowhere to turn for multidisciplinary therapy and education support. Today, that same space houses the Mother’s Grace - Bhavitha Multidisciplinary Centre, a state-recognized Model Centre of Excellence operated by Sri Aurobindo Society. In just 26 months of operation, it has provided over 7,500 therapy sessions and trained 300 educators to identify and support differently abled children, catching the attention of the Andhra Pradesh government as a blueprint for state-wide replication.
Government alone can’t do the good works, it need professional handholding from experienced NGOs and CSRs from corporates.
Before the centre's inauguration in February 2024 by the Sri Aurobindo Society, supported by Malladi Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Ltd, the region lacked a structured, professional intervention pathway. Families navigating developmental delays, cerebral palsy, or autism had no access to a centralized facility where physiotherapists, inclusive educators, and speech-language therapists could work collaboratively under one roof.
The initial 14 months of operation of this centre focused heavily on foundational growth: assembling a five-member clinical team, establishing individualized intervention protocols, and conducting baseline assessments for 45 children. By April 2025, the centre had logged 2,896 therapy sessions and quietly built vital partnerships with local schools and Anganwadi centres to lay the groundwork for full operation.
Physiotherapy session
Mother’s Grace Bhavitha’s distinction lies in its ability to build a sustainable system rather than just delivering isolated therapy. Sustaining services for up to 58 children monthly, the centre's consistent, evidence-based care prompted a formal review by senior state officials in January 2026. Recognising the Centre’s success, the State is now actively studying the Renigunta Bhavitha approach for replication across Andhra Pradesh. It transitioned from a donor-funded initiative to a working proof of concept, demonstrating that community-embedded, inclusive education models can scale within public systems.
The centre was completey renovated as a modern rehabilitation facility and equiped with therapy equipments and staffed 5 professionals besided the Government staff of the centre
Creating an Inclusive Ecosystems with the schools through teacher training
Direct therapy is only a portion of the centre's mission; creating a grassroots ecosystem of early identification is equally vital. The centre's multiplier effect includes:
The true measure of Renigunta Mother’s Grace Bhavitha’s impact is found in the individual milestones of the children it serves.
Yashashri, diagnosed with cerebral palsy, once struggled to walk without falling; through dedicated physiotherapy, she rebuilt her balance and recently enrolled in a mainstream school.
Nikileshwar, who could not sit unsupported at age six due to severe cerebral palsy, now sits independently and stands with support after targeted trunk and balance training.
Yashwitha, who has autism spectrum disorder, transitioned from avoiding eye contact to engaging with peers, smiling, and feeding herself through one-on-one occupational therapy.
Three crucial elements differentiate Renigunta Mother’s Grace Bhavitha’s journey from standard service-delivery projects:
Furthermore, this Bhavitha Centre benefited significantly from the online knowledge-sharing network of Mother's Grace centres across India. This virtual peer support allowed the centre to access specialized expertise—such as detailed speech and articulation case presentations—standardize progress tracking, and benchmark assessment protocols, reinforcing a robust, inclusive practice even when specific specialists were not on-site.
By June 2026, with its sustainability plan finalized under a state-supported operational model, the Mother's Grace - Bhavitha Centre had evolved into a genuinely replicable system. The investment made in Renigunta is poised to reshape how public infrastructure supports with the help of specialised NGOs and CSR can change the lives of differently abled children across India, proving that meaningful, evidence-based inclusion is both achievable and ready for scale.
Parents empowerment sessions