Initiated in the year 1996, Ashadeep was established with the vision of achieving a life of better quality for persons with mental disorder and their families. During this time rehabilitation services pertaining to mental health were very much limited in the region. Since its inception, every intervention facilitated by the organization has evolved keeping in view the ‘contextual needs’ of persons with mental illness and individuals with intellectual disability and associated disorders. The core area of Ashadeep consists of being a service provider in mental health interventions for one and all in the community. The stakeholders as such not only consists of persons with mental disorders and their families but also members of the community such as professionals in various fields, school and college students, civil society organizations, multi purpose health workers in rural areas, health practitioners, police personnel, and state machineries. A brief description of various interventions by Ashadeep which covers directly or indirectly the above mentioned groups of stakeholders are as follows-