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1 CENTRAL ADOPTION RESOURCE AUTHORITY Dil Se M i n i s t r y o f W o m e n & C h i l d D e v e l o p m e n t Volume 1, Issue 1 July-September 2015 ADOPTION CONNECT From the desk of secretary (cara) Adoption, whether do me stic or international, serves children's interests better than any form of state -sponsored care. However in India, it is perceived as a cumberso me and complicated procedure. At CARA, we are proactively working towards changing this perception and increasing awareness about adoption through proposed innovative initiatives: By amending our Guidelines Governing Adoption of Children w.e.f Use of IT to make adoption transparent and hassle-free through our upgraded CARINGS. Recently, we held one Master Training and also other regional meetings. We have initiated this Newsletter so that we are more in touch with each other and our readers have updated information on all our activities. Despite being a small organization we are striving hard to achieve our objectives in as transparent manner as possible. We request the help and co-operation of all our partners. Dr. Veerendra Mishra, Member Secretary, CARA Love, warmth, protection and care: Adoption is a joy to share CARA and adoption are number one on my priority list. I have zero tolerance for delays in the process of adoption and we are continuously working towards bringing down the time taken in the adoption process to four months. Soon, we will have fostering coming in. We also have revamped CARINGS to make it more interactive. District Child Protection Units (DCPUs) are going to play a crucial role in the new system as the supporting agency to all the adoption agencies. Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, Hon ble Minister, Women & Child Development Smt. Stuti Kacker, an Indian Administrative Service Officer of the 1978 batch (Uttar Pradesh cadre) joins as Chairperson, CARA.

2 ADOPTION CONNECT EVENTS & TRAININGS 2 Hon ble Minister Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi chairs National Familiarization for States/UTs on New Adoption Guidelines held on 18 th August 2015 The Union Minister for Women & Child Development, Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi addressing the National Familiarization for States/UTs on New Adoption Guidelines, in New Delhi on August 18, The Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Shri V. Somasundaran, the Addl. Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development Nutan Guha Biswas, the Chairperson of CARA, Smt. Stuti Kacker, and Secretary CARA Shri Veerendra Mishra are also seen. State Orientation s LEFT TO RIGHT 1) Veerendra Mishra, Secretary, CARA addresses State-Orientation in Chandigarh, Haryana; 2) Mr. B. K. Sahu, Deputy Director, Policy, Plan and In-country Adoption (CARA), lights a lamp as he inaugurates a training session for local Adoption Agencies in Kerala; 3) Mrs. C. Saraswathi, Deputy Director, Inter-country Adoption (CARA) with the officials of State Adoption Resource Authority (SARA), Madurai attended a training programme on CARINGS.

3 3 ADOPTION CONNECT 7 Steps to In-Country Adoption ADOPTION DIARY Adoption gave us a purpose to Live : Bharath C J and Mandakini S B CLICK Here to Read More TidBit - INTER-COUNTRY ADOPTION (Left to Right: 1). Tara shows-off her trophy and medal; 2). Tara with Mr. Simon Coveney Hon. Minister of Agriculture, Marine and Defence., Ireland. Tara was adopted from India at the age of 3.5 years under CARA s inter-country adoption programme. She arrived in Ireland on the memorable Valentines Day ten years ago. Since then she has brought immense joy to her parents. Tara recently made all of us proud with her stunning feat as she stood first in all Girls Youth at the Ocean to City River Rowing Race, a friendly race held as part of the Cork Harbour Festival, Ireland. A story shared by Tara s parents It was first week of January Baby looked at my wife with a deep sharp look without much blinking. She kept on looking. Tears of joy filled our eyes. That look changed our lives forever! She was nearly a four-month baby, wrapped from head to toe, brought in front of us by a social worker at the adoption agency. The first look of the baby gave us all the happiness we had ever longed for. Today she is growing with us as our proud daughter Ambhrini. We wish for nothing more in this life, from God. With the blessings of elders we got married in June Both of us are from middle class South Indian families. After few years of marriage, when my wife did not conceive, we consulted few fertility experts in Bangalore. We spent a fortune on procedures, which resulted in nothing but pain, suffering, huge body changes due to artificial injections of hormones and financial loss. Thanks to the support from our elders, family and friends we decided to adopt a baby. We registered for adoption with an agency in Bangalore. We were very anxious as there was no child to match with us. We were suggested to look for availability of baby from other agencies. When we contacted another agency, we got positive vibes. The Authorities asked us to send documents and within next few months we got information that a legally free baby was available for adoption. Our Home Study was done by a Bangalore based adoption agency. On completing the documentation part, we were asked to come and visit agency to take a look at the baby. We reached there in the first week of The team was very supportive and helped us to go through Medical Examination, Court procedures and rest of the formalities. In third week of January, we were given our dream, our baby on foster care and we travelled back to Bangalore with all the happiness in the world. In April 2012, we again travelled to complete adoption registration. Ambhrini is a very intelligent, sensitive and wonderful baby. She is very quick to learn and is very playful twenty four hours a day. We sincerely thank CARA and its entire team from the bottom of our hearts for giving us a purpose to live!

4 ADOPTION CONNECT 4 CONTACT: West Block 8, Wing 2, 2nd Floor, R.K. Puram, New Delhi (India) Telephone Number: carahdesk.wcd@nic.in Toll-Free No: We re on the Web! See us at: Connect with us through: If you wish to give a feedback or have a story to share, please write to us at feedback-cara@nic.in.

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6 Invitees for The (TOT) on Adoption Training of Trainers CARINGS at CARA S. No Name Designation Organization Address Phone/ / Andhra Pradesh 1 Ms. Sreedevi Officer, SARA SARA, Andhra Pradesh 2nd Floor, Swarnajayanthi Complex, Ameerpet, Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh adoptionandhra@gmail.com 2 Mr. Vijay Kumar DCPO DCPO, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh # 40-9/1-31, Swetcha Plaza, 1 st Floor,, near Benz Circle, Vijaywada dcpukrishna@gmail.com Assam 3 Ms. Archana Shanti Verma Manager, Sara SARA, Assam O/o. State Child Protection Society 1 st Floor, House No. 46, Survey Bus Stop, Beltola, Guwahati Assam scpsassam@gmail.com, sarascps10@gmail.com 4. Mr. SavioLakra Manger Training SCPS, Assam #46, State, Child Protection society, Beltola, Bus stop, survey, Beltola Guwahati saviolakra@gmail.com 5 Ms. Anamika Das Coordinator Indian Council for Child Welfare, Assam State Branch, Assam GNB Road, Ambari, Pin Code Assam iccwasb@rediffmail.com Bihar 6. Mr. Brajesh Kumar Program Manager SARA, Bihar 2 Floor, ApanaGharBhawan, Punaichak, Bailey Road, Patna , Bihar Chattisgarh biharsara@gmail.com; Brajesh1098@gmail.com 7. Sh. Asim Dutta PM(CNP) Officer In-Charge in the Department of WCD, Government of Chattisgarh SCPS sunilicps@yahoo.com

7 8 RamsharanCho uksey Program Officer DWCD Department Of Women & child IInd floor, IndrawatiBawan,Raipur( C.G) Ms. Bisman Ahuja Chandigarh Program Manager SARA UT Child Protection Society, sector 19-B, 1048 Chandigarh Delhi / Ms. Lakshmi Mehandiratta Manager SARA o/o Dept. of W&CD Govt. of NCT of delhi, 1, canning lane, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi SeemaKhandelk ar Executive Director Children Of World ( RIPA) Plot No-5 PSP Pocket, Sec-8, Dwarka, New Delhi saraarcdelhi@gmail.com, cwd@cwdindia.onmicrosoft.c cwd.children@gmail.com 12 Shivani Chauhan Program Officer SARA- Delhi, Deptt. Of Women & Child Development. Deptt of WCD, Govt of NCT Of Delhi, 1 Canning lane, K.G May, New Delhi saraarcdelhi@gmail.com, shivani.rathour@gmail.com Gujarat 13 Mr. Yugnesh Patel r Officer SARA Gujarat Gujarat Gujarat State Child Protection Society, Block 19/3rd floor,dr. JivrajMehta Bhavan Sector : 10/A Gandhinagar , Gujarat sara.gujrat@gmail.com 14. Mr. Sandeep Parmar Superintendent Mathru Chaya, Nadiad,Gujarat, SAA Matrichhaya Orphanage, vaishali Road, Nadiad matru_28dec@yahoo.co.in Haryana 15 Ms. Shelly Mittal Program Manager SARA SARA, Haryana, Sugar Fed Building, Bays no , 2 nd floor, sector-2, Panchkula, Haryana Sara.icps@gmail.com 16 Mr. Sudhir Kant Sharma Project Officer Haryana State Council for child Welfare, Haryana Directorate of Woman & Child Development, Himachal Pradesh, Shimla poonamsood45@yahoo.co.in Himachal Pradesh 16. H.S Dhatwalia Program Manager SARA O/o. Directorate of Women & Child Development

8 Cedar House, Near Himachal Pradesh l, Shimla , 17 Ms. BabitaHambram Jharkhand Manger SARA Jharkhand Dept. of Social Welfare Women & Child Development O/o. Jharkhand State Child Protection Society Engineer s Hostel, 2nd Floor, Sector-3, Dhurwa, Ranchi-4 sara.jharkhand@rediffmail.com 18. Md. Altaf Khan Manger Sahyog Village, Jharkhand At- Dugdugia, Hutar, PU- Khunti , Dist- Khunti ( Jharkhand) Karnataka sahyog89@gmail.com 19. Smt.M.CShylaj a Manager SARA,ICPS DWCD, Govt. Of Karnataka O/o Directorate of Women Child Development Deptt. Govt. of Karnataka Ist Floor, M.S. Building, Dr. Ambedkar`, Veedhi Karnataka , Bangalore icpssarkar@gmail.com 20 Mrs. Malathi Mohan Social Worker Canara Bank Relief Welfare Society, 27 th cross, Banashankali, IInd stage, Bangalore-70, karnataka Canara Bank Relief and Welfare Society Sevakshetra Hospital Rd. 27th Cross Banashankari II Stage Bangalore Karnataka, , mathruchayam@gmail.com Kerala 21. Mr. Nijo Sebastian Program Manager SARA Manager, Kerala Rajagiri College of Social Sciences Rajagiri P.O., ErrakulamKalamassery Kerala keralasara@gmail.com 22 Ms. DivyaChandran. P Social Worker St.Joseph Foundling Home c/o St. Vincent, Home Convent road, Kozhikode-1 divyaanju16@gmail.com/st.josephfoundling@gmail.co Madhya Pradesh 23. Mr. Sourabh Mishra Manager Women & Child Development M.P, 2 nd block, 4 th floor, paryrvasbhawan, Arera hill, Bhopal O/o. Directorate of Women Empowerment, JawaharBhawan, jawahar Bal Bhawan Campus, 2 nd Stop, Tulsi Nagar, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh : icpsbhopal@gmail.com commwcd@map.nic.in 24 Mr. DeweshShrivast ava Social Worker MatrachhayaSevabharati, Jabalpur Atit Tiwari jabalpurmatrachhaya@gmail.com

9 Maharashtra 25 Mr. Sunil Arora Executive Director Bal Asha Trust, Mumbai Bala Asha Trust, AnandNiketan, Dr. E. Mozes road Mahalaxmi Road, Mumbai Ms. Betty Mathai Senior Coordinator Children of the World, Mumbai Children of the world (I) Trust, Bombay, Vishwabalak, Kendra, Sector-12, plot no.9 & 10, Nerul, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra 27 Ms. Maina Shetty Deputy Director BhartiyaSamajSeva Kendra, Pune BSSK, Berthavarada, North Main Road, 6 th Lane, Plot No 373, Koregaon Park,Pune , : mainas@bsskindia.org 28. Ms. MedhaPandlik Social Worker MatruSeva Sang Foundling, Nagpur North Ambazari Rd. Sitabuldi, Nagpur Maharashtra , : m_mssfhome@rediffmail.com matrruseva@yahoo.com 29. Neville Bilimuria Sr. Admin Officer Adoption MSW Asha Sadan Asha Sadan Mumbai Nitin Gaikwad Program Manager(CP) MSCPS, Pune, Maharasthra State, Child Protection Society) Arjun Building, Bunb Garden Rd. Koregaon Park, Pune mscps.state@gmail.com Meghalaya 31. Ms. Virginia Malngiang Manager SARA SARA, Meghalaya Department of Social Welfare, Government of Meghalaya, Lower lanchumiere, Hopkinson road, Shillong sara.shillong@gmail.com Mizoram 32. Ms. LalmuanpuiiCh hakchhuak Manager SARA, Mizoram Lalchhuma Building Near Directorate of Social Welfare Department, Laipuitlang, Aizawal, Mizoram saramzr@ymail.com Nagaland 33 Ms. RenchumiImiti Manager- SARA SARA, Nagaland O/o. State Child Protection Society Officers Hill, Near S.P. Office, Aier s Building Kohima, Nagaland scpsnagaland@gmail.com, renchumi@yahoo.com Odisha 34. Ms. Sucheta Das officer, SARA SARA, Odisha Image Campus, Siripur Square, Siripur, Unit -8, Bhubaneswar, Odisha /

10 35. Mr. ManojTripathi Prog. Manager, I/C, SARA - Odhisha SGPS, Odhisa SARAo/o- Oscps, Image Campus, Siripur, Bhubaneshwar : Pmtia.oscps.od@nic.in Punjab 36. Mahinga Singh Kang Program Manager Social Security Women A Child Development Department, Punjab, Sco , Sector 34- A, Chandigarh , agmkang@gmail.com 37. Ramanjot Kaur Grew Al Adoption Coordinator Swami Ganga NandBhuri Wale DhamTalwandiKhundLudhaina sgofoundation@yahoo.co.in Rajasthan 38. Mr. GovindBeniwal Special Officer Dept of Child Rights State Govt. Rajasthan 31A, Vijay Nagar,NewSanganer Road, Near VT Road, Mansarovar, Jaipur govindbeniwal@gmail.com ccosjerajasthan@gmail.com Tamilnadu 39.. Mr. Radhakrishnan Program Manager SARA/SCPS Commissioner Of Social Welfare Thiru-Vi-KA Industrial Estate, Old Building Sidco, Guindy, Chennai saratndsw@gmail.com 40. Fr. D. MakizchiManna m CMF Director Claretion Mercy Home, Madurai, Tamil Nadu Azhgusirai, Ponnamangalam- TK, Madurai , Tamil nadu claretbabyhome@yahoo.com 41. Mr. R. Chezian Director Life Line Trust, 3 rd cross street, chadran Garden. Life Line Trust, 3 rd cross street, chadran Garden, ChinnaTirupathi, Salem-7 TamilNadu chezhian@tdhcore.in Telangana 42. Mr. M. Vinod Raj Manager( I/C) Telangana, Women Development& Child Welfare Dept C/o. Directorate of Women Adoption Development, and Child Welfare Department Dept., IInd Floor, Swarnajayanti Complex, Ameerpet, Hyderabad, Telangana tgadoption@gmail.com 43. Mr. P.RajeshPasum uri Data Entry Operator ShishuVihar, Telengana, SAA, Hyd H. No: 8, 3-222, ShishuVihar, Hyderabad, State Home, Behind Saradhi, Studios, vengalraonagar, Ameerpret, Hyderabad, Telangana pasunuri.rajesh@gmail.com

11 Uttar Pradesh 44. Vipin Kumar Yadav Program Assistant SARA(ICPS) U.P SARA U.P, NidesshalaymahilaKalya n HazratGanj, Ashok Marg, JawaharBhawan, U.P Vipiny568@gmail.com directormahilakalyan@gmail.com Uttarkhand 46. Arshid Ali Junior Clark/ Computer Operator Womens Welfare Uttarkhand C.P.O Office, Nageswati Hospital/1 st floor Haridwar Road Dehradun : ukchiefpo@gmail.com West Bengal 47 Mr. Supriya Sarkar Asstt Director, Directorate Of Child Rights, & Trafficking SARA, West Bengal O/o. ICMARD Building(9th Floor), Block-14/2 CI T Scheme,Ultadanga, Kolkata DIRECTOR C/o Directorate of Social Welfare Juvenile Court Buildings, Sector-1, : adoption.sarawb@gmail.com Salt Lake City Kolkata West Bengal 48 Ms. Sumedha Medora Adoption In charge, Society for Indian Children Welfare, West Bengal INDIAN SOCIETY FOR SPONSORSHIP AND ADOPTION, 1, Palace Court, 1, KYD Street, Kolkata , West Bengal, : adoption.issa@gmail.com, infoadop@cal3.vsnl.net.in 49 Ms. Sandhya Chetri Program officer, SARA, West Bengal O/o. ICMARD Building(9th Floor), Block- 14/2 CIT Scheme,Ultadanga, Kolkata DIRECTOR C/o Directorate of Social Welfare Juvenile Court Buildings, Sector-1, Salt Lake City Kolkata West Bengal : sandhyadhk@gmail.com Adoption.sarawb@gmail.com