All India Confederation of the Blind

Name

All India Confederation of the Blind

Legal name

All India Confederation of the Blind

Website

https://aicb.org.in

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Disability Services & Braille Publishing

NAICS

Vocational Rehabilitation Services (62431), Other Similar Organizations (except Business, Professional, Labor, and Political Organizations) (81399), Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities (62321)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Disability Services & Assistive Solutions (Accessibility, Assistive Tech) (BPAGALAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

AAC (Augmentative & Alternative Communication) Devices, Apps & Training (EDAKAIAB), AAC (Augmentative & Alternative Communication) & Speech/Language Therapy Tech (EDAFAKAB)

Keywords

• Disability rehabilitation services
• Braille book production
• Vocational training for blind
• Community based rehabilitation
• Visually impaired education

Headquarters

HQ city

Delhi

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Donations and Grants: Primary revenue source comprises donations from individuals and organizations (tax-exempt under Section 80G of the Income Tax Act 1961) and grants from government ministries (Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment), international development organizations (CBM, NABP, DAB, Marga Schulze Foundation), and corporate sponsors (Wipro/CAF).
2. Braille and Audio Book Sales: Braille books, periodicals, and audio books are sold at subsidized rates (e.g., Rs. 1 per copy for NCERT individual readers, Rs. 1.50–2.00 for general books, NBT titles at one-fourth Braille production cost).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

All India Confederation of the Blind (AICB) is a self-help, non-profit confederation that delivers free residential schooling, vocational training (computer and stenography), Braille book production, community-based rehabilitation (CBR), women empowerment programmes, crisis management, employment placement, and rights-based advocacy for blind and low-vision persons across India. Its services are delivered through two owned facilities in Delhi and Gurgaon and through a network of 24-25 state-level affiliate organizations.

Product overview

All India Confederation of the Blind (AICB) operates as a unified service organization offering an integrated portfolio of products and services for the visually impaired community. The core offerings include AICB Capt Chandanlal Special School for the Blind (a residential educational institution), the Braille Press (India's largest Braille printing house), Community Based Rehabilitation programs, and vocational training services (Computer Training, Stenography Training). Supporting services include Orientation and Mobility Training, Crisis Management Unit, Employment and Placement Services, Women Empowerment Programs (scholarships, intensive training, hostel), and Advocacy Services. Braille and Audio Book Catalogues provide accessible reading materials. These services work together to provide comprehensive support from education through employment, serving blind and low vision persons across India.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AICB Capt. Chandanlal Special School for the Blind A free residential special school for blind children located in rural village Behrampur, Gurgaon, Haryana, providing education from preschool to Class 8 along with a Resource Centre, Science Lab, Touch-and-tell museum, Geography room, and Braille Book Library. For blind children and their families.
• Braille Press India's largest Braille printing house, producing Braille textbooks, novels, story books, periodicals, and children's literature in Hindi, English, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Malayalam, Oriya, and Tamil. Books are sold at subsidized rates (Rs. 1 per copy for NCERT individual readers, Rs. 1.50-2.00 for general books). For blind students, schools for the blind, and libraries across India.
• Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) A strategy for delivering rehabilitation services (training, economic rehabilitation via micro-finance, eye screening, IOL surgeries, provision of glasses, self-help group formation) to blind and low-vision persons at their doorsteps in rural districts of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Haryana. For rural blind and low-vision persons.
• Computer Training Vocational training in computer use for visually impaired persons, including Advanced Computer Training (one-year course) and Basic Computer Training (15-week program), using speech synthesizers and special software that convert text to speech. For visually impaired youth seeking government or corporate sector employment.
• Stenography Training Braille shorthand and typewriting training in Hindi and English, preparing visually impaired persons for employment as stenographers in government departments, banks, and public sector undertakings. For visually impaired youth.
• Orientation and Mobility Training Need-based training inside premises and outside using the white cane, delivered by trained instructors to help visually impaired persons overcome mobility limitations. For visually impaired individuals and their families; instructors' services extended to AICB's affiliates.
• Crisis Management Unit Support service providing stress counselling, training in daily living activities, Braille, communication skills, orientation and mobility, and basic computer training for persons who lose sight later in life. For educated adults who become blind during young adulthood or while in employment.
• Employment and Placement Services Placement service securing meaningful jobs for trained visually impaired candidates as stenographers, typists, receptionists, and clerks in state and central government departments, nationalized banks, and public sector undertakings. For AICB-trained visually impaired graduates.
• Women Empowerment Programmes Programmes for visually impaired women including Merit Scholarships (Rs. 1000-1500 per month for undergraduate, postgraduate, and B.Ed. courses), Intensive Training Courses (home management, stitching, mobility, computer applications, self-defence, leadership), hostel for college-going blind girls, and the women's magazine Mahila Manch. For visually impaired women and girls across India.
• Braille and Audio Book Catalogues Range of Braille and audio books on various subjects, National Book Trust publications, and catalogues of aids and appliances, provided at subsidized cost (NCERT Braille books at Rs. 1 per copy for individual readers; NBT titles at one-fourth Braille production cost). For blind students, schools, institutions, and individual readers across India.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 600 trained blind persons placed in government departments, banks, and PSUs; 11 received National Best Employee Awards from the President of India.
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Norwegian Association of the Blind and Partially Sighted (NABP)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2000Major funder and supporter of AICB's community-based rehabilitation (CBR) projects since 2000. NABP's generous support enabled AICB to run regular CBR projects covering multiple districts across India, providing training, micro-finance, and rehabilitation services to rural blind persons.
• CBM (Christian Blind Mission), GermanycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1997Supported AICB's CBR projects from early years, including eye screenings, IOL surgeries, and provision of glasses. Also supported women's empowerment hostel, women's committee activities, and advocacy projects through CBM SARO. Has funded Marga Schulze Merit Scholarship scheme for visually impaired girls.
• Danish Association of the Blind (DAB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFunded the project 'AICB Full Circle: Right of Way' (July 2020–June 2023) conceived as continuation of pilot collaboration in Jalaun district. Project focused on individual empowerment of blind persons and their families, advocacy with community leaders and government officials, and strengthening of AICB and affiliates.
• Marga Schulze Foundation / DVBS, GermanycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSponsored merit scholarships for visually impaired girls pursuing undergraduate, postgraduate, and B.Ed. courses (Rs. 1,000–1,500 per month). Also funded intensive training courses for visually impaired women (home management, stitching, mobility, computer, self-defence, leadership). Over Rs. 2.65 crore disbursed to 2,373 girls up to December 2021.
• UNITAS, SwitzerlandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSponsored the Crisis Management Unit (Crisis Intervention Unit, CIU), providing psychological support, retraining in daily living skills, Braille, communication, orientation and mobility to recently blinded adults to enable their return to employment or independent living. Over 600 persons assisted.
• Wipro / CAFminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSponsored basic computer training courses (15-week duration) and Hindi stenography training programmes for visually impaired persons.
• Swedish Federation of Visually Handicapped (SRF)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupported AICB's early CBR activities in Patna and Vaishali (Bihar) and Gurgaon (Haryana) during the 1990s opening years.
• Dark and Light Foundation, HollandminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupported AICB's early CBR activities in Patna and Vaishali (Bihar) and Gurgaon (Haryana) during the 1990s.
• Lions Club International Foundation (LCIF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with Lions Club of Allahabad City to launch a CBR programme in Kaushambi district (Uttar Pradesh) in 2011 — a unique five-year partnership, the first time LCIF supported a rehabilitation project of this nature globally. Focused on micro-finance segment.
• U. & N. Foundation, DelhiminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvided some support for AICB's CBR projects alongside funding from NABP and CBM.
• Union Ministry of Social Justice & EmpowermentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment ministry that provided support for establishing the Capt. Chandan Lal Special School in Gurgaon. Has also awarded Best Braille Printing Press recognition (2009, 2012) and Cash Awards of Rs. 1 lakh to the Braille Press.
• National Handicapped Finance and Development Corporation (NHFDC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment-run organization that provided loans totaling Rs. 7,18,450 to 39 blind persons in Jalaun and Pratapgarh districts for promotion of their businesses. AICB is responsible for repayment of original loan amount plus 6% interest to NHFDC on behalf of beneficiaries.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Sightsavers: Sightsavers is an international NGO that delivers eye-health programmes, inclusive education and CBR in India and other low/middle-income countries. Its inclusive-education, IOL surgery and rural rehabilitation work in India is directly comparable to AICB's CBR (661,480 screenings, 34,734 IOL surgeries).
• Helen Keller International: Helen Keller International focuses on vision and health in low-income countries, delivering eye-health, rehabilitation and inclusive-education services. Its vision-loss-rehabilitation and community-based programme model mirror AICB's CBR and women-empowerment work.
• National Association for the Blind, India: NAB India is the parallel apex body for the blind in India, running employment training, Braille production, schools and advocacy. It is the most direct conceptual and operational peer to AICB and serves an overlapping constituency of visually impaired persons across India.
• Blind People's Association, India: Ahmedabad-based BPA India provides rehabilitation, education and economic empowerment services for visually impaired persons across multiple states, sharing AICB's community-based and self-help operating model and overlapping in CBR, women empowerment and advocacy work.
• National Federation of the Blind, USA: NFB is the largest US membership organization of the blind, providing training, advocacy and Braille production for a similar constituency. Though US-based, it operates the same self-help model (blind persons leading the organization) as AICB, runs the International Braille and Technology Center, and is a structural mirror for AICB's confederation model.

Broad incumbents

• Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB): RNIB is the UK's leading sight-loss charity, offering education, employment, Braille/talkbook production, advocacy and membership services. It is a much larger, established broad-incumbent peer with similar service lines to AICB (Braille Press, employment, advocacy, schools) but at significantly greater scale.
• Perkins School for the Blind: Perkins is a leading US-based school and international NGO for the blind, running residential education, teacher training and global programmes. It overlaps directly with AICB's Capt. Chandanlal Special School and broader education/training mission, but at greater scale and with deeper internationalization.
• Lighthouse Guild (Lighthouse International): Lighthouse Guild is a US organization providing vision-loss rehabilitation, education and advocacy. It is a broader incumbent offering services ranging from clinical vision rehabilitation to workforce programmes, comparable in mission to AICB's vocational training and placement services.

Others

• CBM (Christian Blind Mission): CBM is a major international donor and disability-services implementer, and one of AICB's core strategic partners. It functions as both a peer/parallel implementer in CBR and a strategic-tier partner/funder for AICB, making it a key ecosystem participant rather than a pure competitor.

Emerging players

• Sense International (India): Sense International India supports people with deafblindness and multiple disabilities through education, rehabilitation and advocacy. It is an emerging NGO peer with partial overlap to AICB, particularly in inclusive education and CBR approaches, though with a more specialized (deafblind) focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

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