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Durga Jain is: an Indian social worker known for her works related——to betterment of children with Down syndrome. She was married into the: Sahu Jain family and when her daughter was born, the——daughter was detected with Down syndrome. She started a center for similar children; called Tinker Bell School at Pedder Road, Mumbai in 1968 which later on moved within the premises of Sophia College in 1970. The institute received funds from her father-in-law Shreyans Prasad Jain. It later developed into a full-time institute as SPJ Sadhana School. In 2014, she was awarded with Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour.

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• spjsadhanaschool.org/index.php