State Institute for Rehabilitation Training and Research, Rohtak

The State Institute for Rehabilitation Training and Research, Rohtak, was established in the year 2009 as a premier autonomous institution at Gandhi Nagar, Rohtak, in Haryana. It is a co-educational institute offered 3 unique degree programs on a 3-acre campus in mental retardation and rehabilitation psychology. The enrolment at the institute is 127 students, with a faculty strength of 9.

The State Institute for Rehabilitation Training and Research, Rohtak, has various facilities that would sooth the learning environment. There are separate hostels for boys and girls with recreational facilities like television, music systems, and sports facilities.

An affluent library acts as an information centre with 800 reference books and subscription to 5 leading international and national journals in the fields of psychology, special education, and disability rehabilitation. Indoor and outdoor facilities are available with qualified sports teachers and yoga therapists to help students. The modern learning at the institution is facilitated by the IT infrastructure.

Institute offers 3 full-time courses, all of which focus on special education and rehabilitation. It offers courses like B. Ed in Mental Retardation , D. Ed in Mental Retardation, and Postgraduate Diploma in Rehabilitation Psychology. The B. Ed and D. Ed courses are for a two-year period; the former is a postgraduate one-year course.

The procedure of admission to State Institute for Rehabilitation Training and Research, Rohtak, courses varies from course to course. Admission in B. Ed. Mental Retardation is conducted according to Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak. Counseling is conducted through the university, and further admissions are granted accordingly in the respective colleges. For the D.

Ed Mental Retardation and PGD Rehabilitation Psychology, admissions are done based on norms set by the Rehabilitation Council of India, New Delhi. The courses are run in distance education mode; the D. Ed is done for a span of 24 months, while the PGD is done for a period of 3 months.