CBM is committed to improving the quality of lives of persons with disabilities and other disadvantaged communities without any discrimination.
We promote inclusive, sustainable development to break the vicious cycle of poverty and disability.
We promote enabling environments for the empowerment of persons with disabilities as vibrant, contributing members of society.
CBM India’s Story

CBM India’s strategic goals are to:
- Strengthen the voice and autonomy of people with disabilities.
- Build inclusive, resilient communities; with equal opportunities for economic empowerment, education and health for persons with disabilities.
- Build inclusive and sustainable local and national systems and services.
- Minimise the conditions which lead to disability and reduce the prevalence of diseases which cause impairments.
- Ensure that populations affected by disasters have access to inclusive humanitarian assistance and protection
We work with people with disabilities, their representative organisations, community-based organisations, institutions, and local, state & central government.
“Nothing about us without us”
Programme Milestones


Governance
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Advisors
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Senior management
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Dr. Sara Varughese
Dr. Sara Varughese, an ophthalmologist and public health specialist, is the Managing Trustee of CBM. She earlier worked with the World Health

Dr. Vinod Shah
Dr. Vinod Shah is the Chief Executive Officer at the International Christian Medical and Dental Association.

Mr. George Abraham
Mr. Abraham is the Chief Executive Officer of Score Foundation, an NGO working with persons with visual impairment

Mr. Varghese Chandy
Mr. Varghese Chandy is the Chief General Manager, Marketing, Advertising and Sales of Malayalam Manorama a daily newspaper

Dr. Francis Joseph Stanley
Dr. Francis Joseph Stanley is the General Secretary and Executive Director, Skills for Progress (SKIP) Bengaluru.
Senior Management

Sara Varughese
Managing Trustee
Dr. Sara Varughese graduated from CMC Vellore, India and is a fellow of the Royal College

Bineesh Mathai
Director – Resource Generation and Communication
Bineesh is a strategic not-for profit professional with 15 years’ experience in roles of progressive

Melanie Pereira
Head – Human Resources
Head Human Resource and Admin : MBA, Human Resources. Certified as a Lead Auditor

Umesh Baurai
Head – Community Inclusive Development
Umesh is a high achiever in the not-for-profit sector. He is a thorough professional with 20 years of experience in the social sector

Ravi Ranganathan
Head – Health and Disaster Response
Ravi Ranganathan has 18 plus years of experience in the development sector in managing the programme and operation

Fairlene Soji
Head – Impact and Learning
Fairlene has done her masters in sociology and post-graduation diploma in community based rehabilitation from the Bangalore University

John Peter
Head – Finance and Compliance
John has an MBA in International project management and a post-graduate degree in rural development, also holds certificate in management from IIMB
CBM India promotes enabling environments for the empowerment of persons with disabilities as vibrant, contributing members of society.