Dr. Anupriya Chadha worked as a Chief Consultant for Inclusive Education for the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) programme under the Ministry of Education, Government of India. She worked in this capacity for nearly two decades. The goal of SSA is to universalize Elementary Education. Towards this end, Dr. Chadha was instrumental in planning and policy-making, preparing modules and material and training teachers and parents on Inclusive Education.
Dr. Chadha has a Doctorate degree from in the area of children with attention problems. Dr. Chadha completed her master’s degree in Psychology and Special Education at the University of Wisconsin – U.S.A. She has expertise in dealing with children with different kinds of special needs and conducts regular workshops for teachers and parents on inclusive pedagogy with a aim to inform them about the subject and to create awareness on how to deal with this group of children.
Dr. Chadha has authored many books on education of children with special needs. Some of these include Learning Through Games; You and Your Special Child and A Guide to Educating Children with Learning Disabilities. Her articles are regularly featured in National Dailies and in many national and international journals. She has also presented on numerous occasions at national and international seminars and conferences.
Dr. Chadha has also worked as a National Level Consultant on a WHO assignment for the National Programme for the Control of Blindness and has evaluated many programmes on inclusive education throughout the country. Besides, she has also undertaken assignments for UNDP, World Bank, UNESCO, UNICEF, KPMG, various Ministries Govt. of India, and State Governments Plan India, etc. She was bestowed with the National Award in 2007 for her work in the area of inclusive education and the Founder Award by National association of the Blind in January 2014. She received an International Award for her services to persons with disabilities in the country in 2017 and Dr. Helical National Award in 2018 for her organization Sankalp Society, which she is currently heading. She was facilitated by New Delhi Institute of Management, Delhi. In 2019 and by Rotary in 2022 Currently she is working as the Consultant for Inclusive Education for various organizations.