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Ms. Abha Mistry, a student at Columbia University in New York, pursuing her Masters in International Education Development, with a particular focus on special education and curriculum and teaching.  She plans to write a research project on topic of -education of children with  disabilities-including children who are raised in poverty that may not have access to related services. Abha was with us from June 2006 for three months.

Ms. Anna Heese, finished a Diploma in Psychology (equivalent to a Graduate degree) from Regensburg University in Germany and spent between 12 to 15 weeks from June 2006 working on behaviour modification work and in the Centre for Autism. She also conducted HR activities and helped us code the data for the research study.

Mr. Adam Szymanski, MBA (Marketing and Management), University of Wroclaw, Poland spent one year with the organization from November 2004 to October 2005, setting up accountancy systems, creating a database, looking after finances, marketing and daily administrative jobs as well as developing modules for HR training. He also worked on the research study.

Ms. Poornima Devanahalli, School of Social Work, St. Louis University, USA spent nearly 12 weeks with the organization from August 2005 working in coordination with Ms. Ami Pathak to develop a questionnaire on the impact of early intervention and field test it within the parent group of children attending the early intervention unit.

Mr. Rishi Doshi, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, USA spent 6 months working on developing a culture specific screening tool for pre-school children with Autism and field testing it an urban setup.

Tabita Kurien, National Institute of Design (NID) , Ahmedbad, spent 3 months working on developing a sensory integration learning kit, she fondly named " Tink Tank" for the children in the centre as part of her graduate study internship.