Dehradun, March 16, 2026: Global real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield has partnered with the Dehradun-based nonprofit Latika to deliver a 56,000 sq ft accessibility-first campus designed to support children with disabilities and their families. The campus, recently handed over after a three-year construction timeline, has been developed to provide inclusive infrastructure that integrates accessibility at every level.
The project combines CSR funding with pro-bono project management services provided by Cushman & Wakefield’s Project & Development Services team. The facility is designed to support more than 1,500 children with disabilities and their families, addressing the growing need for inclusive educational and therapy infrastructure in India.
India is home to over 26 million persons with disabilities, yet infrastructure designed fully around accessibility remains limited. Latika’s new campus aims to bridge this gap by embedding universal design principles into the core architecture of the facility from the outset.
The campus features a multi-storey ramp system, barrier-free circulation, inclusive classrooms, therapy facilities and dedicated family support spaces, ensuring safe mobility and participation for children with diverse physical and developmental needs.
Cushman & Wakefield supported the initiative by providing project oversight, cost and timeline management, quality control and coordination of construction activities. The firm applied the same project management standards typically used in large-scale commercial developments to ensure the campus met high accessibility and operational benchmarks.
The campus also incorporates sustainable design practices, including the use of local materials, local craftsmanship and energy-efficient construction techniques to ensure long-term environmental and operational sustainability.
Anshul Jain, Chief Executive, India, SEA, MEA and APAC Office and Retail, Cushman & Wakefield, said, “We firmly believe that buildings drive culture. They shape opportunity, enable participation, and have the power to drive inclusion in the way we live, work, learn, and play. Through our partnership with Latika on their inclusive and accessible building, we aim to demonstrate how thoughtfully designed infrastructure can help move the conversation on disability forward in India.
Our teams approached this project with the same discipline, advisory expertise and integrated project delivery standards that we apply to large-scale developments. It was also our privilege to bring like-minded organizations within the real-estate fraternity, to come together to support this initiative.
When accessibility is embedded into infrastructure from the beginning, it expands opportunity and enables children with disabilities to learn, grow and participate with confidence. We hope this campus contributes to a broader shift towards more inclusive design in India’s built environment.”
Jo Chopra, Founder and Executive Director, Latika, added, “Every child, regardless of ability, deserves to grow up in a place where they’re valued and able to participate fully in community life. Our new campus gives concrete shape to that vision. Designed for accessibility, learning and community through everyday experience, it’s an important milestone for us as well as for inclusive education in India. We hope it’ll serve not only the children and families in our programmes, but also demonstrate what a truly inclusive environment looks like, and what becomes possible when inclusion is built into the environment from the start. We’re grateful to Cushman and Wakefield for helping make it possible”.
Latika, formerly known as the Latika Roy Foundation, has worked for over three decades to provide specialised services such as early intervention, special education, therapy, counselling and vocational training for children with disabilities in Uttarakhand. The new campus represents a major milestone in its efforts to expand inclusive education and support services.
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