Dr. Vibha Krishnamurthy is the Founder and Medical Director of Ummeed. After her post-graduation in pediatrics from Delhi she moved to the US where she trained at Mass General and Children’s Hospital, Harvard University. The idea of Ummeed was born while she was working at Children’s Hospital as a Developmental Pediatrician. The resources available at the hospital and community in Boston brought home to her the paucity of facilities available for children with developmental disabilities in India. She relocated to India in 1998 and worked with a number of non-profit organizations as well as Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai, while she reflected on how best to provide the range of specialized services required for children with special needs. Helped by her husband, Ashish Karamchandani, a partner of the Monitor Group (a leading global management consultancy firm), she initiated Ummeed on November 5, 2001.