Introduction

National Institute for Locomotor Disabilities (Divyangjan) erstwhile the National Institute for Orthopaedically Handicapped (NIOH) was established in the year 1978 in Calcutta, West Bengal
under Ministry of Social Welfare, Govt. of India as an autonomous body under Societies Registration act 1961. NILD is a leading Central Government organization funded by the Department of
Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India. It is situated in the campus of the former Kumar P. N. Roy Group of Hospitals at Bon-Hooghly,Kolkata. It is an apex organization which is chiefly functioning in the area of locomotor disability (Divyangjan). The Institute supports and enables persons with locomotor disability (Divyangjan) to optimize their potential and to realize their right to live life on an equal basis with their non-disabled peers through rehabilitation management, education, training, research and human resource development. The institute also gave impetus to the rehabilitation related activities in North East Regions and Uttarakhand state through its Composite Regional Centres for Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Regional Centres, and Regional Chapters.

Major activities Department is responsible for:

To Develop Manpower in the feild of Locomotor Disabilties
To conduct and sponsor research in all aspects related to the rehabilitation
To provide services in the area of rehabilitation, restorative surgery, aids & appliances and vocational training