swami rambhadracharya started the tulsi school for the blind in chitrakoot on 23 august 1996. he also started the jagadguru rambhadracharya handicapped university in chitrakoot on 27 september 2001. this is the first university in the world entirely for disabled students. it was created by a local law of the uttar pradesh government, which was afterwards accepted as the uttar pradesh state act 32 (2001) by the uttar pradesh legislature. this act assigned jagadguru rambhadracharya as the chancellor of this university for his entire life. the university offers graduate, post-graduate and doctorate degrees in many arts and sciences. the university is planning to give courses in ayurveda and medical sciences from 2013. the permission to enter into the university is limited to only four types of disabled students – those who are blind, or have difficulty in hearing, having difficulty in walking or having some mental illness, as defined in the disability act (1995) of the government of india. according to the government of uttar pradesh, the university is one of the main education institutes for information technology and electronics in the state. various degrees were given to 354 disabled students in the second graduation ceremony of the university which was held in march 2010. in the third graduation ceremony which was held in january 2011, 388 disabled students were given degrees.