Advanced physiotherapy unit opened at Yamunanagar institute

The TDTR DAV Institute of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Yamunanagar, inaugurated its Advanced Physiotherapy Unit at the institute’s OPD on Tuesday. The unit has been established in collaboration with the Rotary Club, Yamunanagar.

The newly set-up facility aims to strengthen and expand access to advanced rehabilitation services, particularly for physically challenged persons, thereby enhancing community healthcare in the region.

Vijay Kapur, member of the DAV College Managing Committee, New Delhi, and chairman of DAV Institutions, Yamunanagar, welcomed the Chief Guest, Rotary District Governor Ravi Prakash, Rotary Club president Ish Anand and secretary Vibhor Pahuja.

Kapur commended the Rotary Club, Yamunanagar, for its dedicated efforts in upgrading the infrastructure of both the TDTR DAV Institute of Physiotherapy and the JN Kapur DAV Dental College. He expressed special gratitude to former president Karan Bindlish for his active involvement in the project and acknowledged former district governor rotarian Subhash Chander Garg for his significant contributions towards strengthening both institutions.

In his address, Kapur fondly remembered his father, the late JN Kapur, describing him as a visionary philanthropist who transformed Abdullapur village into an educational hub by establishing a chain of DAV institutions through community donations. He said that JN Kapur not only pioneered the DAV movement in Yamunanagar but also laid the foundation for health education by establishing Haryana’s first Physiotherapy College—the TDTR DAV Institute of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation—in 1997, and the state’s first postgraduate DAV Dental College with support from his daughter, Prof Swyarna Mahendru, and funds raised from NRIs.

Principal Dr Himanshu Sekhar Behera presented the Institute’s Progress Report for the 2024–25 academic session. He said that the Advanced Physiotherapy Unit would greatly enhance rehabilitation services in the region by providing high-quality, evidence-based physiotherapy care to differently abled individuals.