ABOUT US
Akila Bharatha Mahila Seva Samaja (ABMSS) was set up in the year 1993 in Bangalore to promote the social causes of child and people welfare. Over the years, the organization has morphed from a catalyst, supporter, promoter, and sponsor for many causes. Since 2013, the organization went on to add Cleft India as the flagship programme.
Apart from cleft lip and palate, the organization also supports congenital facial deformities, other birth defects, awareness work in rural areas; education of doctors and medical personnel involved in supporting the charitable cause; speech and myo-functional therapy; and nutrition for under-nourished and malnourished children.
OUR VISION
Every child born with a deformity has the right to a dignified life and should be given a second chance at life
OUR MISSION
To provide children born with deformities the access to safe, well timed and quality surgery.
Cleft India is an initiative of ABMSS (Akila Bharatha Mahila Seva Samaja) and the German non profit organization, Deutsche Cleft Kinderhilfe e.V. to support underprivileged children born with cleft lip and palate and facial deformities.
In 2013, ABMSS partnered with Deutsche Cleft to provide needy children in India the access to safe and well timed comprehensive cleft care and surgery, completely free of cost.
From humble beginnings at 8 locations, the effort has grow into a pan India presence to over 30 locations covering 18 federal states, thanks to the generous support of many donors in India, Germany and the world over. In addition to the surgeries and ancillary care, the Cleft India Initiative supports awareness work in rural areas; education of doctors and medical personnel; speech and functional therapy; and provides supplemental vitamins and minerals to pregnant women and under nourished children.
Cleft India is part of THE
CLEFT GROUP, a global initiative for the treatment of clefts led by Deutsche
Cleft. The common goal is comprehensive care for cleft children at the highest
possible level. THE CLEFT GROUP is currently active in Bangladesh, Bolivia,
India, Peru, and Vietnam, and further co-operations are in the offing to extend
treatment to even more children.
AFFILIATIONS AND ACCREDITATIONS
Registered office: No 268, 6th cross, 1st block,Jayanagar, Bengaluru-560 011, Karnataka
• Registered under the Karnataka Societies Act, 1960 with Reg. No - 495 / 93-94
• Registered under the NITI Ayog, Government of India (Unique Darpan ID: KA/2017/0163612)
• Donations made to the Society are exempted u/s 80G of Income Tax Act., 1961
• Registered under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA Reg. No – 094420783 dated on 23.05.2016)
• PAN - AAAAA3304N
• TAN - BLRA18536A
THE STRUCTURE
The Society comprises of the Governing Council, an Advisory board, and the administration team. Members of the Governing Council are appointed on a rotation basis.
Resolutions of the last general meeting of members:
The last general meeting of the members of ABMSS was held in Bangalore on the 16th December 2019. The following important decisions were taken:
• Approval of previous meeting proceedings
• Approval of the annual financial statements for the year 2018-19
• Approval of the annual report for 2018-19
• Appointment of auditors for the year 2019-20
• Approval of the budget for 2019-20
• Ratification all human resource and project activities
• Determination of the next general meeting of the members: August 2020
GOVERNING COUNCIL & ADVISORY BOARD
Laxmi Ananda Rao
President Educationist, Kumarans
Dr Ashish Shetty
Vice President Partner, Aesthete Lifestyle Dentistry
Ameet Mirpuri Member (GC) Partner, Design Studio
Dr Chytra V Anand
Member (GC) CEO, Kosmoderma
Dr Dushyant Prasad
General Secretary Proprietor, Ueber Culture
Ajay Kumar P K
Treasurer Universal Hospitals, Abu Dhabi
Mahesh Shandilya Member (GC) Partner, Maitriyee Agro Forestry
Robin Singh
Former Indian cricketer
Prof. Dr. Paul C. Salins
Managing Trustee, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Foundation
Dr. Ulrike Lamle
Spouse of the Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany at Hongkong
Dr Hans Florian Zeilhofer
Associate Vice President Innovation, University of Basel, Switzerland
Prof Dr Lun Jo Lou
Prof Dr Akhter Husain
Principal, Yenepoya Dental College, Mangalore
Dr Jayanth B S
Director-Programmes & Medical Supervisor
Mithun Amin
Senior Manager-Programmes and Operations
Lakshmi Godavarthi
Project Head- Speech & CCC
Muyeen Pasha
Senior Executive-Operations
Prashanth G
Centre Coordinator-Bangalore CCC
Anis Fathima K
Centre Coordinator-Mysore CCC
Dr Debolina Pramanick
Centre Coordinator-Kolkata CCC
MD Afroz
Centre Coordinator-Hyderabad CCC
Kallesh K P K Coordinator-Outreach Bangalore CCC
German Embassy, New Delhi
German Consulate, Bengaluru
Schweizer Hilfe für Spaltkinder
Indian Society of Cleft Lip, Palate and Craniofacial Anomalies
CERTIFICATES
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Registration Certificate
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12A Certificate
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80G Certificate
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FCRA Certificate
