Swami Vivekanand National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research (SVNIRTAR) is an Autonomous body under Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DIVYANGJAN), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India. It provides total medical rehabilitation for the Persons with Locomotor Disabilities.
It also conducts three Bachelor Degree courses in Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Prosthetics and Orthotics & Audiology and Speech Language Pathology three Postgraduate courses of Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Prosthetics and Orthotics affiliated to Utkal University, & Odisha University of Health Sciences (From 2023) Bhubaneswar. It also has an accreditation for DNB in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation of National Board of Examination (NBE), New Delhi.
- Swami Vivekanand National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research (SVNIRTAR) is an Autonomous Body under Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DIVYANGJAN), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India. It is located in a beautiful rural area at Olatpur at a distance of 30 Kms. from Cuttack and Bhubaneswar.
- It conducts four Bachelor Degree courses in Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Prosthetics & Orthotics, Audiology and Speech Language Pathology, three Postgraduate courses in Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Prosthetics & Orthotics affiliated to Utkal University and Odisha University of Health Sciences (From the Academic Year- 2023-24) Bhubaneswar. It also has an accreditation for DNB in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation of National Board of Examination (NBE), New Delhi. It also condicts Certificate in Business Skills (CBS) course of 01 year duration from 2023 and Diploma in Indian Sign Language Interpretation (DISLI) Course with 02 years duration from 2024. It also conducts Short Orientation Courses, Continuing Medical Education courses for Rehabilitation professionals, awareness programmes for the functionaries of Govt. and Non-Govt., Persons With Disabilities and their relatives etc.
- It has a Hospital, wards with 200 beds, Operation Theatres, X-ray and pathological investigations, Physio-Occupational Therapy services, Clinical Psychology, Vocational Counselling, Speech and Hearing, fabrication of rehabilitation of aids and appliances. It provides total medical rehabilitation for the Persons with Locomotor Disabilities.
- Institute continued to provide rehabilitation services (Physiotherapy and Ocupational Therapy) through its three Sub-centres at Cuttack, Dhenkanal and Bhubaneswar. Institute Provides technical and manpower support to Composite Regional Centre for Skill Development, Rehabilitation & Empowerment (CRCSRE) located at Guwahati Assam, Ranchi Jharkhand, Balangir Odisha & Imphal Manipur. These CRCSREs under administrative control of SVNIRTAR. Nine District Disability Rehabilitation Centres (DDRCs) in Bihar, Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha were successfully established by the institute have been functioning well under the District Management Team (DMT) by the chairmanship of District Collector.
- It conducts Rehabilitation Camps in rural, remote and interior areas of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chattisgarch, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and North-Eastern States to provide rehabilitation services (fabrication and fitment, distribution of rehabilitation aids and appliances, surgical camps) in the door steps of the Persons with Disabilities who can not go to bigger cities.
- It has a good Library, Information and Documentation service facility to disseminate information in the fields of disability, rehabilitation and related areas. Provides consultancy services to Govt. and Non-Govt. Organization in setting/providing rehabilitation services.