
Anita Narayan Iyer: D & I Consultant, Access Auditor [CAE, UK]
Founder & Managing Trustee. A double graduate in Law and Psychology/Sociology, her prime focus is an inclusive society where People with Disabilities are empowered. After many years of volunteering with NGOs around the country and working with people with different disabilities, she founded EKansh and works personally on every project from conception to conclusion.She ensures that EKansh has a holistic approach to disabilities and related issues.
Anita Narayan is guest lecturer at MIT - College of Design, Loni. She has organized/conducted several workshops/sessions as resource expert at BNCA, IIT Rourkee, NASA [Arch]- North, West and South zone conventions, NICMAR, NIASA, Symbiosis Institutes, MICA, SPA- Vijaywada, etc.
She has also mentored students interested in Barrier Free/Disabled Friendly Architecture/Design. She leads the team in sensitization sessions for companies/corporate houses that are [or are looking to be] equal opportunity employers.
She has designed and conducted a course in Disability Awarenss & Inclusion in collaboration with St. Mira's College for Girls, Pune. She has also conducted a day long session for professors from all streams from the well known Symbiosis Group of Institutes in Pune on Disability and related issues. EKansh Trust also ran a 2 day workshop in collaboration with SNDT WU Dept of Special Education, Mumbai on the basics of Shadow Teaching. From 2007 till date, she has been at the helm of each project undertaken by her trust.
A staunch advocate of inclusion in Education and Employment, she ensures that EKansh collaborates with those who have a similar vision.
She is a qualified, experienced and independent accessibility consultant and EKansh Trust was one of the first to be empanelled by the Government of India as access auditors of Government and Public Buildings under her expertise. She was also empanelled for training access auditors.
Founder & Managing Trustee. A double graduate in Law and Psychology/Sociology, her prime focus is an inclusive society where People with Disabilities are empowered. After many years of volunteering with NGOs around the country and working with people with different disabilities, she founded EKansh and works personally on every project from conception to conclusion.She ensures that EKansh has a holistic approach to disabilities and related issues.
Anita Narayan is guest lecturer at MIT - College of Design, Loni. She has organized/conducted several workshops/sessions as resource expert at BNCA, IIT Rourkee, NASA [Arch]- North, West and South zone conventions, NICMAR, NIASA, Symbiosis Institutes, MICA, SPA- Vijaywada, etc.
She has also mentored students interested in Barrier Free/Disabled Friendly Architecture/Design. She leads the team in sensitization sessions for companies/corporate houses that are [or are looking to be] equal opportunity employers.
She has designed and conducted a course in Disability Awarenss & Inclusion in collaboration with St. Mira's College for Girls, Pune. She has also conducted a day long session for professors from all streams from the well known Symbiosis Group of Institutes in Pune on Disability and related issues. EKansh Trust also ran a 2 day workshop in collaboration with SNDT WU Dept of Special Education, Mumbai on the basics of Shadow Teaching. From 2007 till date, she has been at the helm of each project undertaken by her trust.
A staunch advocate of inclusion in Education and Employment, she ensures that EKansh collaborates with those who have a similar vision.
She is a qualified, experienced and independent accessibility consultant and EKansh Trust was one of the first to be empanelled by the Government of India as access auditors of Government and Public Buildings under her expertise. She was also empanelled for training access auditors.
As a "Not for Profit Organization", we keep our team really small. However, we have had, and continue to have the good fortune of the support of several esteemed volunteers.
We thank
Dr. Madhuri Sheth
Ms. Ramona Parsani
Ms. Aparna Pradhan
Ms. Nandita Paul
Mr. Sumangal Bhatawdekar
Mr. M. Narayan
Mr. Santosh Wable
Mr. Sachin Sawant
Ms. Vrushali Kaul
And many others who have gifted us their time and effort.
We thank
Dr. Madhuri Sheth
Ms. Ramona Parsani
Ms. Aparna Pradhan
Ms. Nandita Paul
Mr. Sumangal Bhatawdekar
Mr. M. Narayan
Mr. Santosh Wable
Mr. Sachin Sawant
Ms. Vrushali Kaul
And many others who have gifted us their time and effort.