The All India Institute of Speech and Hearing popularly known as AIISH is a pioneer National Institute advancing the causes of human resource development, research, clinical care and public education and extension services on communication disorders. The institute was established in the year 1965 as an autonomous body fully funded by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. The Institute has recently received the National Award for academic institutions in the field of disability from the Hon’ble President of India.

Situated in a lush green campus of 32 acres adjacent to the University of Mysore in Manasagangothri, Mysuru, AIISH is a unique institute in the Asian sub-continent which houses a Centre of Excellence with five Rescarch centers, five Clinical centers and two centers for Outreach programs. In addition to this, the institute has eleven departments having state-of-the-art facilities to offer inter-disciplinary research and training to the students, along with a well equipped Library and Information Centre. There are two additional campuses, one is named as Panchvati and the other newly endowed campus is at Varuna, Mysuru. 

Centre for Rehabilitation Engincering, Acoustics & Biomedical engineering (CRAB) was initiated in the Centre of Excellence, AIISH inaugurated by the Hon’ble Prime Minister on 20" June, 2022. The objectives of the Centre are as follows:-

+ Design & development of Assistive Technology (AT) devices/ augmentative and alternative communication

(AAC) devices for rehabilitation of persons with communication disorders,

+ Support system for users of AT/AAC devices,

+ Design and development of systems linking Informatics and Speech Technology for automated assessment of speech, language and hearing disorders.

To trace the history of Jadavpur University is to trace a part of India’s freedom movement, at least from the Swadeshi Movement onwards. It was 1905 -1906, Bengal stood divided. In 1910 the Society for the Promotion of Technical Education in Bengal which looked after Bengal Technical Institute (which later became College of Engineering and Technology, Bengal) was amalgamated to NCE. NCE henceforth looked after the College of Engineering and Technology, Bengal which by 1940 was virtually functioning as a University. After Independence, the Government of West Bengal, with the concurrence of the Govt. of India, enacted the necessary legislation to establish Jadavpur University on the 24th of December 1955. Now Jadavpur University has successfully established itself as a foremost Indian University with a vast repertoire of courses offered, an enviable list of faculty members and has come to be known for its commitment towards advanced study and research. 

Sir C.V. Raman Centre for Physics and Music, Jadavpur University was established back in 2010 to  remove the existing vacuum in the country for comprehensive fundamental scientific research in the area of music and speech that was pioneered in the country by Sir CV Raman. The centre also provides necessary platform to individual researchers in other organisations for infrastructural as well as knowledge resources. The Centre also fills up the existing void in the important domain of societal behaviour in scientific approach towards objectively analysing traditional musical culture of the country and creating knowledge bases for these. This will also provide technology bases for enumeration, analysis and study of various kinds of indigenous, folk and tribal musical instruments used in different communities.