ICanFlyy held its 1st Board Of Advisors meeting which was attended virtually from the USA by Dr. Manoj R.Shah and Dr. Prerna Shah. Other board members present were Dr. Sudha Kaul, Mr. Sanjay Budhai, Mr. Debanjan Mandal, Mr. Rudra Chatterjee, Ms. Swati...

A grandparent is a little bit parent, a little bit teacher, and a little bit best friend.” We celebrated grandparents day at ICanFlyy. Students were proud to come with their grandparents. They were charged up and were full of enthusiasm. Children and their...

A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instil a love of learning. Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, calibre, and future of an individual. Teachers day was celebrated with a lot of cheer and happiness at...

Lord Krishna is the most favorite god for all our students. His birthday was celebrated at ICanflyy with students making a beautiful hand crafted flute and decorated it with glitters and peacock feathers.

The fight against Covid-19 continued as ICanflyy opened its doors to our special students, their siblings, special educators and team members to receive the 2nd dose of the vaccine. We were honored to have honorable minister Shri. Firhad Hakim and KMC...

Rakhi, the festival of love and bond between siblings was celebrated with a lot of cheer and happiness. The students made a handmade chocolate bouquet and a Rakhi platter.

Café ICanFlyy turned 4. We celebrated the day by felicitating our café crew Prakriti Gupta for her dedication and sincerity, followed by cutting the birthday cake with Our Special Café Crew and Team Café ICanFlyy. Café celebrations continued with Kamran...

India completed 75yrs of independence this August. To celebrate this milestone year our students at ICanflyy celebrated the day in a special way. The students paid homage to our nation by creating India themed artwork.

ICanFlyy had the honour of hosting GOC Maj. Gen. Satbir Singh SM**, his wife and daughter. The guests were given a tour of the facility by Director Minu Budhia. They interacted with some students who were doing their therapy class. The visit ended with...

Yi (Young Indians), a movement for Indian Youth to converge, lead, co-create and influence India’s future. As an integral part of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), a non-government, not-for-profit, industry led and industry managed organisation...

For Women's Day, ICanFlyy organised a special interactive workshop for all our special mothers. Designed to empower them, the workshop focused on building their self-confidence, self-worth and self-awareness.

To fight against Covid-19, our happy place, ICanFlyy, held a vaccination drive for its special needs students, their siblings, special educators, and team members to receive the first dose! This need-of-the-hour initiative, also had a special...

Moon Moon Sen, Raima Sen, and Riya Sen visited ICanFlyy to learn about how psychotherapist and founder Minu Budhia is changing the face of special needs education in eastern India. The Sens, along with friends and family, also lunched at Cafe ICanFlyy....

Pro Tennis Player, Leander Paes, visited ICanFlyy and Café ICanFlyy to spend a winter afternoon with our special needs students and the special needs café crew. He was greeted by our students, who performed an Indo-fusion dance. They began his visit by...

Moubani Sircar visited ICanFlyy as part of a Rupong Dehi and Café ICanFlyy collaboration where she sat down with Minu Budhia, Preeyam Budhia, and other guests to talk about inner beauty/outer beauty, encouraging and empowering talented individuals, and the...

Siblings Day was celebrated at ICanFlyy with much fun, yummy food, quirky creativity and lots of laughter. To treat their siblings, our special needs students whipped up a fruit cake, aloo chaat, and thandai in their non-fire cooking class while in their...

At ICanFlyy we believe are special moms made of sugar, spice and a whole lotta' nice! To celebrate our Marvellous, Optimistic, Thoughtful, Hopeful, Empathetic, Relentless super mommies, our special needs students handcrafted colourful and quirky Mother’s...

Dressed in colours of spring – yellow and orange – ICanFlyy students paid their respects to the goddess of education with prayers, sweets, bright & beautiful flower arrangements, and traditional song & dance.

Dressed to impress in red, ICanFlyy students had a special Christmas & New Year combo celebration at Hard Rock Cafe. With crunchy bites, groovy beats, and happy feet, our students had a gala time bidding adieu to the old year and ushering in the new...

Happy to be back at ICanFlyy, our students celebrated winter & friendship on this special day filled with music, dance, and games, followed by a yummy lunch at Cafe ICanFlyy.

“Grandparents are like stars. You don't always see them, but you know they're there.” ICanFlyy students celebrated Grandparents’ Day online on 13th September, Sunday with much laughter and joy. The celebrations started with a flower arrangement session...

Proud to be citizens of a country where we have the freedom to be "me", to be accepted & respected, just as we are. Happy Independence!

This year, ICanFlyy students celebrated Janmashtami with beautiful artwork, creative crafts, and homemade coconut laddoos - all learned via the day's special online classes.

‘Raksha Bandhan' or 'Rakhi' – a special occasion to celebrate the virtuous bond of love between a brother and a sister – was celebrated online with a lot of enthusiasm and fervour by our ICanFlyy students. The day began with students making handmade Rakhis...

Regular interaction with parents even during lockdown as a part of Parent’s Empowerment programme. Nutrigenomics & Disease Reversal expert Karan Kakkad (Founder & CEO - Reverse Factor)was in conversation with our Founder Director Minu Budhia and Director...

Dr. Sachindra Rao was in conversation with our special educators and other visiting faculties. He is a General Physician and has been practicing in South Kolkata for the past 32 years. The doctor gave medical advice on staying safe and following regular...

ICanFlyy students had a special guest, Mrs. Mita Kanoria, take their online flower arrangement class. Mrs. Kanoria is deeply passionate about floral installations and believes in the artistic ability of natural elements to leave a deep impression on us....

We celebrated our happy place’s 5th birthday by cutting a cake with team ICanFlyy. ICanFlyy’s students joined the celebrations digitally via video and had an online dance party. We’re growing older, better, and are making each day count. Much love to all...

"My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me." - Jim Valvano ICanFlyy students celebrated Father’s Day by making art and posters using paint and palm prints. They also made aloo chaat. It was celebrated online...

"Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved." - Erich Fromm To celebrate Mother’s Day, ICanFlyy students cooked or baked their mother’s favourite foods & made a card. It was celebrated online and the students shared pictures...

ICanFlyy had the pleasure to host distinguished luminaries from all walks of life and give them a peek into what life at ICanFlyy is like. Eminent personalities from fields of art & culture, education, medicine, business, entrepreneurship, government...

Indian culture and heritage celebrates a variety of traditional festivals. ICanFlyy students made bright and beautiful flower arrangements, played with dry colours, and paid their respects to the goddess of education.

ICanFlyy students started the new year with a fun event – the annual picnic. On 23rd January, students and their special educators spent the day in the winter sun playing games, singing, dancing, and munching on yummy snacks.

US Consul General Patti Hoffman and Director of the America Center Monica Shei visited ICanFlyy.

ICanFlyy students celebrated Children’s Day with much fanfare at South City Mall. They had a wonderful time with their classmates and teachers, took lots and lots of selfies, and enjoyed digging into their favourite snacks and beverages.

An international delegation from Family Business Network visited Icanflyy and Cafe ICanFlyy on 13th October, 2019

ICan Flyy held an interactive session for our special parents to discuss the role of the family in a special needs individual's life. The session was conducted by our academic head.

Teacher's Day was conducted with much aplomb, including fun games and karaoke. A special treat was organised at Café ICanFlyy and teachers were felicitated with tokens of appreciation.

ICanFlyy students celebrated Grandparents Day with much love and a whole lot of fun. Grandparents spoke about their journey with their special needs grandchildren, spent some time in the classrooms, played a round of housie conducted by the students, and...

ICanFlyy students soaked up the winter sun and had much fun at the ICanFlyy picnic. A day filled with games, songs, good food, selfies and more, this picnic was one to remember.

Fitness is an important part of our students’ daily routine and they practice yoga regularly. This Yoga Day, ICanFlyy students displayed all they have learned by demonstrating a wide variety of yoga poses and asanas.

Special needs parents sometimes need a guiding hand to stay updated about issues that affect their children’s lives and ICanFlyy meets this need by holding regular PTMs and workshops conducted by experts. Our Technology Addiction workshop & Behaviour...

For ICanFlyy’s third annual concert theme, we were in search of a word that would reflect our motto “Imperfection is Beauty”. A Japanese word, ‘Kintsugi’ is the art of turning broken pottery into something beautiful. It teaches us to embrace our...

ICanFlyy turned four this year. Our students celebrated with booming music, much dancing, scrumptious food, and great company at the Hard Rock Café.

Our cultural heritage is rich with a variety of festivals and traditional celebrations. ICanFlyy students indulged in the festival of colours, handcrafted rakhis with messages, and paid homage to the goddess of education.

To pay tribute to our country on two of our most important days - Republic Day & Independence Day - ICanFlyy students created India themed artwork.

“Parents of children with special needs create their own world of happiness and believe in things that others cannot yet see.” To celebrate the indomitable spirit of their parents, ICanFlyy students handcrafted beautiful cards for Mother’s Day & Father’s...

ICanFlyy celebrated Christmas with much cheer. Our students decorated their Christmas trees with pretty baubles, baked a yummy fruit and nut cake, made delicious hot chocolate, sang carols with Sumit Roy, and danced to peppy holiday music before heading...

ICanFlyy students celebrated Children’s Day in style at the Hard Rock Café. Soaking in the rock culture vibe, digging into yummy delights, and dancing the afternoon away to the DJ’s beats – the students had a gala time.

Special needs students of ICanFlyy organised their first ever exhibition on ICanFlyy premises on 28th July, 2018. This Lifestyle Exhibition was inaugurated by Chief Guest Usha Uthup and saw a wide variety of renowned exhibitors participating from across...

For their second annual concert, Meraki 2018, our students took on the role of singers and dancers. They also turned into models for the evening and sashayed down the catwalk in style. We chose to name the concert Meraki as the word describes doing...

Cafe ICanFlyy was presented with an Award for Excellence (Cafe With A Cause category) at The Telegraph Food Guide Awards 2018. The café opened its doors in August, 2017 and has been breaking barriers and making an impact by destroying myths surrounding the...

The students of ICanFlyy began their new year with oodles of fun. On 12th January, 2018, team ICF and students journeyed to Spice Bageecha for their first ever sports day. Games of all sorts, delicious snacks and excellent company made the day a memorable...

Prakriti, Komal and Saloni, students of ICanFlyy have each won an Achiever’s Award from SD Birla School at Smayan…

Cafe ICanFlyy, a one-of-a-kind, café with a cause run by special needs individuals, opened its doors on 19th August, 2017 and was inaugurated by the inspiration behind the café – Prachi Budhia. A part of ICanFlyy, the café is founded by Minu Budhia and...

Our café students also attended the event to be present while their success stories were shared.

ICanFlyy’s Foundation Day – 15th June – was celebrated with much aplomb. A graduation ceremony was held ..

The new premises of ICanFlyy at 4B Valmikee Street, Kolkata 26 was inaugurated on 19th May, 2017..

Art is a wonderful way to express oneself and ICanFlyy did just that at this joint workshop conducted with Bobo..

Our students put up a series of stellar performances at the ICanFlyy Annual Concert. Not only did ..

Our students got a taste of nightlife at MYX. Accompanied by the ICanFlyy team and their family members…

ICanFlyy’s Foundation Day was celebrated on 15th June, 2016. Our graduation ceremony was held on this day to..

Students from La Martiniere for Boys visited ICanFlyy to interact with our students. They exchanged stories about ..

The festival of colours is one of our favourites at ICanFlyy. The students and the team celebrated Holi at Budhia ..