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Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) No. 1800 11 1311
Updated on Thursday, 1 December 2022 - 3:23pm
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Ministry of Women & Child Development,
West Block 8, Wing 2,
1st Floor, R.K. Puram,
New Delhi-110066 (India)
Telephone Numbers:011-26760474
Toll free Number(s):
- 1800-11-1311 (Carings Helpdesk, 8 am - 8pm, Mon-Fri)
All India Number(s):
- 011-2618 0194 (Support)
Website:
Official Website - carahdesk [dot] wcd [at] nic [dot] in (Help/Support)
Contact No. For Adoption Queries
Toll-Free No: 1800 11 1311 / 011-26760471/ 011-26760472/ 011-26760473
Available between 8:00 am to 8:00 pm in all working days(Mon-Fri)
Important Links
- Frequently Asked Question on:
- FRRO-Foreigner Regional Registration Office / RPO-Regional Passport Office Registration
Grievance & Queries Form
- For queries please call on Toll Free Number given above.
- All grievances or queries shall be responded to within three working days.
- Status can be checked or supplementary details/queries may be added subsequently by using the Reference Number and mobile/e-mail provided.
- There is a provision to raise the level to the Appellate if the grivance/query has not been responded to in three working days.
- You can lodge complain on Centralized Public Grievance Redress And Monitoring System (CPGRAMS)
Child Adoption Resource Information and Guidance System (CARINGS)
For Parents
- Resident Indian Parents
- OCI/Foreigner Living in India
- NRI/OCI/Foreigner Living Abroad
- Relative Adoption
- Adoption by Step Parents
This list contains the information for parents on:
- Eligibility Criteria
- Guidelines for Adoption
- Documents Required
- Search Adoption Agency
- Register Online
- Parents Login
- Instruction for Already Registered Parents
- Instruction for Newly Registered Parents
State Adoption Resource Agency
| Sl.No. | State | Name of the SARA | Contact Details | Other Contact Details | Address |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andaman and Nicobar Island | Directorate of Social Welfare | Ms Iti Agarwal Director Phone : 9963352247 Email : directorsw4 [at] gmail [dot] com |
Dr. Shweta Programme Manager Phone : 9972750391 Email : sara4andaman [at] gmail [dot] com |
Directorate of Social Welfare, Andaman and Nicobar Administration, Golghar, Port Blair, South Andaman Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | SARA Women Development and Child Welfare Dept. | Smt A Siri IAS Member Secretary Phone : 9440814416 Email : adoptionandhra [at] gmail [dot] com |
R Sai Swetha Programme Manager Phone : 7901597202 Email : adoptionandhra [at] gmail [dot] com |
Dept of Women Development and Child Welfare, 4th Floor Jampani towers, Amaravathi Road, Guntur 522006 |
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | Women and Child Development Department | Mrs T.P. Loyi Member Secretary Phone : 9436043332 Email : ar [dot] womenchild [at] gmail [dot] com |
Yami Yekar Programme Assistant Phone : 8974242424 Email : pertinaddiahhi [at] gmail [dot] com |
Women and Child Development Department, Government of Arunachal Pradesh, Itanagar |
| 4 | Assam | SARA Assam | Shri Parha P Mazumdar Member Secretary Phone : 9864483226 Email : saraassam8 [at] gmail [dot] com |
- | Office of State Child Protection Society House no-46, first floor, Survey, Beltola, near Central Nursing Home |
| 5 | Bihar | SARA Bihar | Prashant Kumar CH Director Phone : Email : sara-bih [at] gov [dot] in |
Rashmi Singh Programme Manager Phone : 7296069606 Email : sara-bih [at] gov [dot] in |
2nd Floor Apna Ghar Behind Lalit Bhawan Baily Road Patna |
| 6 | Chandigarh | SARA Chandigarh | Ms. Palika Arora PCS Member Secretary Phone : 9172254800 Email : utcpschandigarh [at] gmail [dot] com |
Ms Anamika Passi Programme Officer Phone : 9592058569 Email : utcpschandigarh [at] gmail [dot] com |
SARA c/o UT Child Protection Society Sector 19 B Chandigarh |
| 7 | Chhattisgarh | Women And Child Welfare Dept. | Director Secreatry Phone : 7646956212 Email : cgsara2015 [at] gmail [dot] com |
DR Ramsharan Chouksey Programme Manager Phone : 7646956212 Email : cgsara2015 [at] gmail [dot] com |
Indravati Bhawan 2nd Floor Block-A Naya Raipur Chhattisgarh |
| 8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | Sara Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu | Director Cum Deputy Secretary Sw Wcd Member Secretary Phone : 9879573299 Email : dnhsara [at] gmail [dot] com |
Mahesh D Patel Programme Manager Phone : 9879573299 Email : mahesh197304 [at] gmail [dot] com |
C-Block, District & Session Court Premises, Fort Area, Moti Daman- 396220 |
| 9 | Delhi | Dept of women and Child Development | Mr Krishan Kumar Member Secretary Phone : 7838046570 Email : saraarcdelhi [at] gmail [dot] com |
- | Dept. of Women and Child Development, GNCTD, ISBT Building, Kashmere Gate, Delhi-110006 |
| 10 | Goa | Directorate of Women and Child Development | - | Yasin Kalagar Programme Manager Phone : 7020755486 Email : dir-wcd [dot] goa [at] nic [dot] in |
Directorate of Women 7Child Development 2nd Floor Old Education Building 18th June Road Panaji Goa 403001 |
| 11 | Gujarat | Department of Social Defence | Vikramsinh Jadav Director Phone : 9428606094 Email : ceo-gscps-gnr [at] gujarat [dot] gov [dot] in |
yagnesh Programme Manager Phone : 9428606094 Email : sara [dot] gujarat [at] gmail [dot] com |
Government of Gujarat Block No 16 Juna Sachivalaya Old Secretariat Dr. jivraj Mehta Bhawan Gandhinagar |
| 12 | Haryana | women and Child Development Department | Director Member Secretary Phone : 7986351627 Email : sara [dot] haryana20 [at] gmail [dot] com |
- | Women and child Development Department Bays No. 15-20Sector-4 Panchkula |
| 13 | Himachal Pradesh | Women and Child Development | Ms. Ira Tanwar Member Secretary Phone : 9418022038 Email : hscps [dot] icps [at] gmail [dot] com |
Vijay Sharma Programme Manager Phone : 9418245773 Email : hscps [dot] icps [at] gmail [dot] com |
Cedar Home, Brentwood Estate, Near Hotel Himalnd, Shimla-171001 |
| 14 | Jammu and Kashmir | Office of the Mission Directorate ICPS | Ms Harvinder Kour Member Secretary Phone : 9419106500 Email : jandksara [at] gmail [dot] com |
- | Rehmat Avenue, Baghat, Sanat Nagar Srinagar 190005 / Hajj House, Rail Head Complex, Jammu-180012 |
| 15 | Jharkhand | Jharkhand State Adoption Resource Agency | Ms Rajeshwari B Director Phone : 7992323023 Email : sarajharkhand [at] gmail [dot] com |
Kunal Kumar Sharma Programme Officer Phone : 7979744497 Email : sarajharkhand [at] gmail [dot] com |
3rd floor,FFP Building, Dhurwa, Ranchi |
| 16 | Karnataka | Directorate of Child Protection | Mr Chandrakanth Director Phone : 8022867383 Email : icpssarakar [at] gmail [dot] com |
Arundathi Programme Manager Phone : 8296345400 Email : icpssarakar [at] gmail [dot] com |
Directorate of Child Protection ,3rd Floor, Vishweshwaraiah Mini Tower , Ambedkar Veedhi Bangalore |
| 17 | Kerala | SARA | Priyanka G IAS Member Secretary Phone : 8281899475 Email : keralasara [at] gmail [dot] com |
Deepak S Programme Officer Phone : 9497365082 Email : keralasara [at] gmail [dot] com |
Women and child development Department Poojappura TVM |
| 18 | Madhya Pradesh | State Adoption Resource Authority | Dr Ram Rao Bhonsle Member Secretary Phone : 8770242457 Email : icpsbhopal [at] gmail [dot] com |
Manu Mishra Programme Officer Phone : 8770242457 Email : mmishrawe15 [at] gmail [dot] com |
Vijayaraje Vatsalya Bhawan, 28 A, Arera Hills, Bhopal |
| 19 | Maharashtra | Maharashtra State Commissioner WCD PUNE | R Vimala Member Secretary Phone : 8329041531 Email : sara [dot] mscps [at] gmail [dot] com |
Miss. Chhaya Mhankale Programme Officer Phone : 7414952726 Email : sara [dot] mscps [at] gmail [dot] com |
Maharashtra State Child Protection Society Commissionerate Woman And Child Development Department Old Circuit House 28 Queens Garden Pune |
| 20 | Manipur | Department of Social Welfare | Ngangom Uttam Singh Director Phone : 9862593652 Email : directorswmanipur [at] gmail [dot] com |
Gyanilaxmi Thongam Programme Manager Phone : 7005183398 Email : manipursara [at] gmail [dot] com |
Government of Manipur Directorate Complex A.T line imphal |
| 21 | Meghalaya | State Adoption Resource Agency Meghalaya | Shri L Lyngdoh Director Phone : 9366266148 Email : sara [dot] shillong [at] gmail [dot] com |
- | Office of the State Child Protection Society, KJPA Building, IGP, Opposite State Central Library Barik Shillong |
| 22 | Mizoram | State Adoption Resource Agency | Lallianpuii Member Secretary Phone : 9436190895 Email : saramzr [at] ymail [dot] com |
Lalmuanpuii Chhakchhuak Programme Manager Phone : 9436190895 Email : saramzr [at] ymail [dot] com |
Verdant Ridge,Dunglena Building,Laipuitlang,Aizawl,Mizoram |
| 23 | Nagaland | State Adoption Resource Agency Nagaland | Smti Nokcharenla Longchar Member Secretary Phone : 8798192597 Email : scpsnagaland [at] gmail [dot] com |
Smti Renchumi Imti Programme Manager Phone : 9436282856 Email : scpsngaland [at] gmail [dot] com |
Social Welfare Director Office, Child Protection Services, Near NBCC Hall, Below Secretariat Office Kohima Nagaland 797004 |
| 24 | Orissa | Department of Women and Child Development | Aravind Agrawal IAS Member Secretary Phone : 9438345784 Email : saraodisha09 [at] gmail [dot] com |
Sujata Mohanty Programme Officer Phone : 9438350598 Email : pm [dot] sara [dot] od [at] nic [dot] in |
State Adoption Resource Agency Odisha State Child Protection Society Mission Shakti Bhawan Gandamunda Bhubaneswar 751030 |
| 25 | Pondicherry | State Adoption Resource Agency | P Muthu Meena Member Secretary Phone : 9442234784 Email : dswicpspdy [at] gmail [dot] com |
Manikandan K Programme Assistant Phone : 9043707394 Email : dswicpspdy [at] gmail [dot] com |
Kamaraj Street , Opposite LIC Office, New Saram, Puducherry |
| 26 | Punjab | Social Security And Women And Child Development | Shelly Mittal Member Secretary Phone : 9592104500 Email : saraicpspunjab [at] gmail [dot] com |
- | Government of Punjab SCO 102 103 sector 34A Near Passport Office Chandigarh |
| 27 | Rajasthan | Department for Child Rights | Anuprerna Singh Kuntal Member Secretary Phone : 9460880062 Email : dcr [dot] raj [at] rajasthan [dot] gov [dot] in |
Manish Sharma Programme Officer Phone : 9460880062 Email : dcr [dot] raj [at] rajasthan [dot] gov [dot] in |
20/198 Kaveri Path Mansarover Jaipur RAJ. |
| 28 | Sikkim | Sikkim SARA | Jyotsna M. Karthak Director Phone : 9434181262 Email : sarasikkim [at] gmail [dot] com |
Rup Narayan Sharma Programme Assistant Phone : 7908598616 Email : Sarasikkim [at] gmail [dot] com |
Women and Child Development Department, Gangtok |
| 29 | Tamil Nadu | SARA | M. NIshanthi Programme Officer Phone : 9043635121 Email : saratndsw [at] gmail [dot] com |
- | SARA directorate of social defence |
| 30 | Telangana | State Adoption Resource Agency | Smt. Divya IAS Member Secretary Phone : Email : tgadoption [at] gmail [dot] com |
Sompelli Mamatha Programme Manager Phone : 6303230917 Email : tgadoption [at] gmail [dot] com |
Commissionerate of Women Development and Child Welfare Department 8-3-222, Vengal Rao Nagar, State Home Premises, Ameerpet |
| 31 | Tripura | Department of Social Welfare and Social Education | Director Swse Director Phone : 7005864492 Email : cw [dot] dswe [at] gmail [dot] com |
- | Government of Tripura Agartala |
| 32 | Uttar Pradesh | SARA | Gaurav Kumar Director Phone : 8707813782 Email : upsara2015 [at] gmail [dot] com |
Gaurav Kumar Programme Manager Phone : 8707813782 Email : upsara2015 [at] gmail [dot] com |
Mahila Kalyan Directorate, 8rth Floor, Jawahar Bhawan ,Ashok Marg, Lucknow |
| 33 | Uttarakhand | Directorate Women Welfare Uttarakhand | Mr Pradeep Rawat Member Secretary Phone : 7579215264 Email : ukchiefpo [at] gmail [dot] com |
Sara Programme Manager Phone : 9518558222 Email : ukchiefpo [at] gmail [dot] com |
56 Preetam Road, Dalanwala Dehradun |
| 34 | West Bengal | State Adoption Resource Agency West Bengal | N Dasgupta IAS Director Member Secretary Phone : 8334915554 Email : adoption [dot] sarawb [at] gmail [dot] com |
Tanima Chatterjee Programme Officer Phone : 7278623530 Email : adoption [dot] sarawb [at] gmail [dot] com |
Shaishali Building , 3rd Floor, DF Block, Salt Lake,Sector-1,Kolkata , Pin 700064 |
Officers Contact Details
| S.No | Name of the Officer | Designation | Phone & Email |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ms. Tripti Gurha | Member Secretary and CEO | ceo-cara [at] gov [dot] in |
| 2 | Dr. Jagannath Pati | Director (Programme) | j [dot] pati [at] nic [dot] in Ph: 011-26760310/ 011-26760402 |
| 3 | Shri Nandresh Nigam | Deputy Director (Programme) | nandreshnigam [dot] cswb [at] gov [dot] in Ph:011-26760451 |
| 4 | Ms. Vinita Jha | Assistant Director (NOC in case of OAS and Surrendered children and Inter-country Relative Adoption) |
Jha [dot] vinita [at] nic [dot] in Ph:011-26760400 |
| 5 | Ms. Poonam Sharma | Assistant Director (In-country and Coordination) | poonamsharma [dot] nipccd [at] gov [dot] in Phone : 011-26760475 |
| 6 | Ms. Richa Ojha | Assistant Director (Policy and Parliament, Training, Annual Report & Media, RTI Nodal Officer and Transparency Officer) |
richojha-cara [at] gov [dot] in Ph:011-26760401 |
| 7 | Sh. Ashutosh | Assistant Director (Scrutiny, Authorisation & Post Adoption Follow-up) |
ashutosh [dot] 1984 [at] gov [dot] in Ph:011-26760510 |
| 8 | Ms. Indu Vermani | Data Analyst (All concerned matters related to CARINGS) | indu_v [dot] tifac [at] nic [dot] in Phone : 011-26760352 Phone : 011-26760511 |
| 9 | Sh. G. Ravi Kumar | Assistant Director (Legal, Purchase and Infrastucture related Task, HAMA Desk) |
geddam [dot] ravi [dot] cara [at] gov [dot] in Phone : 011-26760320 |
| 10 | Sh. Vinit Kumar Upadhyay | Assistant Director (General Administration & Establishment, Internship) |
vinitupadhaya-cwc [at] gov [dot] in Phone : 011-26760330 |
| 11 | Sh. Suresh Kumar N.V. | Accounts Officer | sureshk [dot] nv [at] nic [dot] in Phone : 011-26760331 |
| 12 | Ms. Rupanshi Pandey | Research Assistant, AD (I/C) (Helpdesk & Grievances) |
rupanshi [dot] pandey [at] nic [dot] in Phone : 011-26760485 |
Chairperson & Members of the Steering Committee of CARA
| S.No | Name & Contact Details | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shri Indevar pandey Tele.: 011-23383586, 011-23386731, |
Chairperson (Ex-officio) |
| 2 | Ms. Sukriti Likhi Tele.: 011-23062630 |
Member (Ex-officio) |
| 3 | Ms. Indra Mallo Tele.:011-23070611, 011-23070672 |
Member (Ex-officio) |
| 4 | Ms. Tripti Gurha Tele.: 011-23381800 |
Member (Ex-officio) |
| 5 | Shri Bhaskar Sarma Tele.: 9953210000 |
Member |
| 6 | Prof. Poonam Saxena Tele.: 0291-2577595, 9649939333 |
Member |
| 7 | Ms. Shirali Radhakrishan Tyabji Tele.: 7073099780 Email |
Member |
| 8 | Mr. Bimal Kumar Tyagi Tele.: 8989016197 |
Member |
| 9 | Ms. Sangeeta Bangiwar Tele.: 020-46998432, 9850041770 |
Member |
| 10 | Mr. Thingnam Roshan Singh Tele.: 7005318303 |
Member |
Duties and Responsibilities of Officers and Availability of Information from Officers
Right to Information (RTI)
| S. No. | Name of the Officer | Contact No. & Email ID |
|---|---|---|
1 |
Ms. Richa Ojha Assistant Director (Administration) Nodal Officer and Transparency Officer |
011-26760401 Email Id: richojha-cara [at] gov [dot] in |
2 |
Sh. Vinit Kumar Upadhyay Assistant Director (Administration) CPIO (Administration) |
011-26760330 Email Id: vinitupadhaya-CWC [at] gov [dot] in |
3 |
Sh. Ashutosh Assistant Director (Programme) CPIO – (Programme) |
011-26760510 Email Id: ashutosh [dot] 1984 [at] gov [dot] in |
4 |
Dr. Jagannath Pati Joint Director (Administration) - Additional Charge Appellate Authority (Administration) |
011-26760310 Email Id: j [dot] pati [at] nic [dot] in |
5 |
Dr. Jagannath Pati Director (Programme) Appellate Authority (Programme) |
011-26760402 Email Id: j [dot] pati [at] nic [dot] in |
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Head Office
Central Adoption Resource Authority,Ministry of Women & Child Development,
West Block 8, Wing 2,
1st Floor, R.K. Puram,
New Delhi-110066 (India)
Telephone Numbers:011-26760474
