In 1998 Dr Alur completed her Ph.D. entitled, 'Invisible Children: A Study of Policy Exclusion' from London University. The findings of this research showed that India did not have a cohesive policy for the education of children with disabilities and that only 2% of coverage has taken place in the last fifty years… 98% of people with disabilities got no service at all.

Therefore it has become critical to look at new methods of intervention on a macro level. All over the world there has been a shift towards inclusive education for children with disabilities. No longer is it correct to educate them in segregated special schools. It is now believed that special schools are a kind of oppression and segregation is a matter of social injustice.

Based on the findings of her own research Dr Alur has now changed her own philosophy and ideology. Dr Alur has now redefined the goals and objectives of the Society and has launched a new movement called The National Resource Centre for Inclusion (NRCI) The term inclusion is now being used in a distinctive and broader perspective by her. Inclusion refers to all children facing some sort of barriers to learning. It includes children who are socially disadvantaged caught in the grip of poverty and out of the educational circuit, with special focus on the girl child and the child with disability.

Dr Alur is the Principal Coordinator of the National Resource Centre for Inclusion which is an Indo Canadian Initiative. The Project partners are The Spastics Society of India (Mumbai) and the Roeher Institute (Canada). This project is researching into difficulties of inclusion and working towards a macro level change in policy for inclusion to take place with both a national and an international thrust. The overall aim of NRCI is to support India's Education for All , policy reforms within a human rights context

Today more than 1000 children are studying together in inclusive classrooms in the city slums of Bombay..

Dr Alur is also one of the Principal Investigators of the SSI/UNICEF Project which is examining intervention strategies for inclusive education in the inner city slums and within existing given resources. The Project is entitled, 'Inclusive Education Practice in Early Childhood in Mumbai, India'. This is an action research project with an intervention component.

Dr Alur's other areas of research includes a Four Nation Unesco research project entitled, 'Developing Sustainable Inclusive Practice'. The Four Nations are South Africa, Brazil, U.K. and India.

The National Resource Centre for Inclusion
The Spastics Society of India
Bandra Reclamation
K.C. Marg
Bandra (West)
Mumbai 400 050 (India)
Telephone numbers: 2644 3666/ 2644 3688/ 2643 0703/ 26430704

Email: drmithualur@nrcissi.org