Sevasadanam (Home of Service) School, a non-profit day and residential school, helps and trains mentally retarded children and adults lead productive lives as accomplished, responsible individuals where self-help skills, vocational training and community integration is taught in a nurturing environment.

Sevasadanam School began in 1989 by Dr. G. Vasanthamma, a leading physician in the town of Madhira. Dr. Vasanthamma, a social entrepreneur, wanted to provide quality services for individuals with mental retardation since there were no special schools catering to their needs. She purchased land, built school buildings and worked tirelessly to combat the stigma that exists for this disability and helped integrate these individuals into the community. Dr. Vasanthamma wanted to emulate her experience with Sevasadanam and establish similar schools in the neighboring towns and expand services to the needy individuals.

Dr. Vasanthamma's long-held belief of the importance of humanity, empathy, and love and service to the disabled is both respected and manifested by each individual working at Sevasadanam. Teachers and special educators at the school are trained at the National Institute of Mentally Handicapped (NIMH) Secundrabad, and are fiercely committed to the principles of Sevasadanam School.

Teachers work closely with each individual overseeing extra-curricular activities, eating lunch together, offering a guiding hand or improving self-help skills and self-reliance - Sevasadanam teachers truly know their students.

It is precisely this bond that helps our faculty - in partnership with parents - gently move every individual's initial dependence on family and teachers toward a self-reliance that coincides with his level of maturity.

The Sevasadanam School was started in 1989 by Dr. Ganta Vasanthamma, a leading physician in the town of Madhira. The School’s origins are rooted in Dr. Vasanthamma’s desire to provide quality services for individuals with mental retardation and to combat the stigma that currently exists for this disability. To that effect, she purchased land in Madhira, constructed a school building, and hired trained staff from the National Institute for Mentally Handicapped (NIMH) Hyderabad, India.

Sevasadanam School started humbly with a strength of 3 students in a small room. Mr. Ravi and Mr. Raj Shekar, both from NIMH, assisted in the initial years of the School's development before returning back to NIMH to pursue research activities.

Mr. Salaam, assisted by Mr. Satyanarayana streamlined the administrative and functional activities of Sevasadanam. They improved the activities of the students, increased parents interaction, advocated for the starting of a hostel at Sevasadanam and increased the awareness of the activities of the School to the local population. Sevasadanam grew gradually over the years and additional buildings were constructed including classrooms and a dining room to accommodate the increased student strength.

Dr. G. Vasanthamma was the driving force behind the successful growth of Sevasadanam. She had a vision to help the mentally disabled children and adults at the Sevasadanam School, and worked tirelessly to make her vision a reality.

Sevasadanam faculty consists of several trained staff who hold Bachelor's and Diploma degrees in Mental Retardation (B.M.R and D.M.R) and in Physiotherapy. Some of the staff members are: