Dakshata Short Stay Home
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Objectives To offer shelter to women who are in moral or social danger or who have no place to go. To make them self-reliant on the road to economic empowerment. Ever since the establishment of the Dakshata Family Counselling Centre(DFCC), … Read More

Education and Child Welfare
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The goal of every childhood education should be to activate the child’s natural desire to learn, for the child is both a hope and a promise for mankind. -Maria Montessori. It is towards the realization of this goal that the … Read More

Message from the President
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The establishment of Mahila Dakshata Samiti in the year 1991 was the birth of a Dream, a dream I carried in my hopeful heart for several years. My motivation to start it was intense, and the support and encouragement I … Read More

Creating Awareness
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The main purpose of our awareness programs is to explain issues and disseminate knowledge to people and influence their behaviour so that they can make their own decisions. Awareness program held on 12 July 2015 at the Short Stay Home … Read More

Well Woman Clinic
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Well Woman Clinic: A Pioneer Preventive Health Initiative of MDS. A major milestone in our preventive health care programs, was the opening of the ‘Well Woman clinic’ in association with Biocon Foundation’s Arogya Raksha Yojana, with support services for investigations … Read More

About us
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  This truly encapsulates the Mahila Dakshata Samiti’s endeavours in the field of Social service. Set up in the year 1976 by Ms Suman Krishankant, (wife of the former Vice President of India), Ms Pramila Dandavate, Ms Mrudula Sinha and … Read More

Women Empowerment
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Nations that invest in women’s employment, health and education are just more likely to have better outcome. Their children will be healthier and better educated. This is not just the right thing to do for us to hold up those … Read More

Our Role in Education
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Mahila Dakshata Samiti’s Role in Education Mahatma Gandhi said, “When you educate a woman you educate a whole family,”  We strongly believe that education of women will bring about an overall improvement in society by raising the standard of living … Read More