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About Paripurnata

In the late eighties, social activists in India started raising public awareness about the plight of the mentally ill persons, who because of paucity of accommodation in the mental hospitals, were consigned to the prisons, ostensibly for their own safety. They were termed Non Criminal Lunatics (NCLs), but were treated like criminals in appalling and subhuman conditions without treatment and without any hope to ever recover from their ailments and to reunite with their near and dear ones.

A few right thinking persons in Calcutta formed a group to go deep into the matter. They deliberated on various options and decided on a model of rehabilitation process, known as Halfway Home, as was suggested by Dr. Joyce Siromoni, who was associated with a somewhat similar organisation in Bangalore. The model envisages a residential psychosocial rehabilitation process involving pharmacotherapy, counselling, occupational therapy and socio-cultural therapy.

On 20th April 1991, in the 1st formal meeting of the group, which later morphed as Paripurnata, Ms. Juthica Stangl on behalf of Shadhika Foundation, a USA based non-profit organization offered financial assistance as seed money. Soon after, Bread for the World of Germany pledged support. Both these organizations have continued to provide support to Paripurnata for its activities. On 8th August 1991 Paripurnata Registered with the Registrar of Societies, GoWB, under the Societies Registration Act XXVI of 1961.

Subsequently in 1992, Paripurnata launched the first Halfway Home in Eastern India with a six-bed facility in a dilapidated building belonging to the Department of Prisons....

In late 1992 a Commission, constituted by the Supreme Court of India in response to a Public Interest Litigation on the conditions of the mentally ill persons, visited Paripurnata and examined its process of psychosocial rehabilitation. The Commission in its report titled "Unlock the Padlock-Mental Health Care in West Bengal (Jan. 1993)" recommended that, the process and the method followed by Paripurnata should be replicated in every district of the State.

Growth

Paripurnata in 2006 moved to its present building, built on a land leased by the Govt. of West Bengal. The construction cost of the building came from individual and institutional donors, both Indian and foreign, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India and also from its own reserve fund.

During the intervening period the available infrastructure was developed, new facilities and amenities were added to accommodate 30 beds, with potential for further expansion. Paripurnata now is a trusted name in the field of mental health care for women.

Credentials :-

  • SOCIETIES REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE (MEMORANDUM & RULES & REGULATION) N.O. : SO068279 of 1991-92, August 08, 1991
  • NGO Darpan Registered with Darpan portal of Niti Aayog, GoI : VO/NGO April 19, 2012 Unique ID No. WB/2012/0050194
  • 12A REGISTRATION OF INCOME TAX Director of Income Tax (Exemption) 12AB(1) Provisional Registration No. : AACAP6688A25KL01, Dt. 12.03.2026 (AY 2027-28 to AY 2036-37)
  • 80G EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE OF THE INCOME TAX Provisional Approval No. : AACAP6688A25KL02, Dt. 12.03.2026/Director of Income Tax (Exemption) (AY 2027-28 to AY 2036-37)
  • Income Tax PAN No. AACCP5842L
  • Income Tax TAN No. P-3362-C(C) CAL
  • F.C.R.A. No. from Ministry of Government of India, F.C.R.A. No. – 147120439 on 28.11.1994
  • FCRA Renewal. (Valid for Five Years) Ministry of Home Affairs No. 0300076932021 Date : 02.01. 2023 (01.04.2023 to 31.03.2028)
  • MENTAL HEALTH LICENSE, License From Adhs (Mental) W.B. / License for Maintenance of Rehabilitation Centre-cum-OPD, 14th September 2016 to 13th September 2021 (Applied for renewal Process in progress)
  • Hostel License Renewal Licence from Dte of Social Welfare, u/s 3(2) of WB Women’s and Children’s Institutions Licensing Rules, 1958. No. 3089/1092/SWD, December 4th July,2022, 01.04.2022 to 31.03.2024 (Applied for renewal Process in progress)
  • DISABILITY CERTIFICATE (Person with Disability-PWD) WB PWD Rules, 2018. / 10th May 2019 to 10th May 2024 /No. 356(R)/1920 /December 10th May 2019 The Commissioner, Office of the Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, Under - Social Welfare Dept. Govt. of W.B.) (Applied for renewal Process in progress)
  • N.O.C. POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD NOC No. 89894 / Memo No. 327-2N/ZD/R127-11 – 26.09.2011
  • LAND LEASE AGREEMENT, (From Govt. of WB) Treasury Building, Alipur, South 24 Pgs., (Annually) Rs. 6,113/- (Lease Rent Every Year month of December) (plot leased to Paripurnata for 30 years (1999 to 2029)
  • PROPERTY TAX, Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) (Exemption for consideration and approved) Exemption approved on 14.07.2018 by the Mayor in Council (KMC) Valid up to 31st March 2031
  • COMPLETION CERTIFICATE FROM KMC FOR NEW BUILDING, Dt. 23.08.2007
  • MUTATION CERTIFICATE - From KMC For New Building, Dt. 29.05.2001
  • Trade License /CE (Certificate for Enlistment) No. 013806100394 / 2022-2023 TO 2026-2027 (up to 31st March 2027)
  • NOC from WB Fire & Emergency Services for occupancy of the Institutional Building, vide WBFES/8357/24 Pgs-B/5/2002(384), July 24, 2006. Renewal of Fire Safety Certificate / N.O.C. Renewed on 11.07.2023 / (Applied for renewal Process in progress)
  • Waste Disposal agreement M/S. MEDICARE ENVTRONMENTAT MANAGEMENT PW. LIMITED (01.04.2025 TO 31.03.2027)
  • STATE BANK OF INDIA NEW BALLYGUNGE (KASBA) BRANCH (KOLKATA), 28/9, New Ballygunge Road, Kolkata – 700 039. Favour of PARIPURNATA / Account No. – 10433834779 / IFSC NO. - SBIN0008277 MICR NO. -700002161 / SWIFT CODE NO. – SBIMINBB106 / BRANCH, CODE NO. 8277
  • SUPREME COURT COMMISSION REPORT
  • CSR-1 REGISTRATION / Ministry of Corporate Affairs / Government of India Registration No. : CSR00019629 / Date of Registration : 23.12.2021
  • GST Registration Certificate (Exemption from GST, issued by a CA) Exemption from GST, issued by a CA
  • Travel / Financial Policy / Purchase & Sale Policy
  • Insurance of Building Policy-100400112510000427-8800260107934733-1 By National Insurance Company (8th January 2026 to 7th January 2027)
  • POSH POLICY Paripurnata
  • Clinical Establishment (C.E. License / Certificate by Health Dept. GoWB / CE License by Health Dept. No. 34255859 / (will be renewed on 06.03.2027)
  • No objection Certificate from Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) by Councillor

Meet Our Team

Sailen Ray

Dr. Jayasree Maiti

President

Jayasree Maiti

Shri B. C. Chakrabarti

Hony Secretary

MOUMITA RAY

MOUMITA RAY

Vice President

SANJIT K. SEAL

SANJIT K. SEAL

Hony Treasurer

Testimonials

"My admiration and my faith (25.03.2008)."
H.E Shri Gopal Krishna Gandhi, Governor of West Bengal

"This is an incredible experience of what love and care can do (30.04.2009)."
Prof. Nabanita Dev Sen, eminent scholar and author

"Thank you for the inspiration. May God richly bless the work (25.01.2010)"
The Very Revd. Dr.John R. Hall, Dean, Westminster Abbey, London, UK

"Many thanks for your help for these ill people to include them in our society (25.01.2010)"
Dr. Wolfgang Schuster, The Lord Mayor of Stuttgart, Germany

"The efforts of highly public-spirited individuals of the halfway home who run half-way homes like Paripurnata to ensure their rehabilitation. These public spirited individuals are our real heroes and society and the nation must recognize their valiant efforts (29.12.2010)"
H.E Shri M. K. Narayanan, Governor of West Bengal