India has serious institutes for gifted children, but almost none focused on gifted adults. Here's an honest map of where to look, in India and globally.
These are India's leading bodies on giftedness. Their focus is identification and mentoring of gifted children (0–18), but they are the country's centre of expertise and research.
At the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru, led by Prof. Anitha Kurup. Runs the national programme on identification and mentoring of gifted children and shaped gifted-education provisions in India's National Education Policy 2020.
prodigy.net.in →Associated with the Cluster Innovation Centre, University of Delhi. Provides identification tools, resources, and training for parents and teachers of gifted children.
giftedindiainitiative.org →GenWise runs advanced learning programmes for gifted students; the Gifted India Network is a community initiative (with Educational Initiatives and the Agastya International Foundation) for students, parents, and educators.
genwise.in →An India-based centre (established 2014) working to identify and nurture gifted students, including re-identification and support at the collegiate level.
kaverigiftedandtalentedcenter.com →The Indian chapter of the global high-IQ society. Open to adults (and children) who score at or above the 98th percentile on a supervised IQ test. It identifies high measured IQ rather than the broader experience of giftedness — but it is the main adult-facing body in India.
mensaindia.org →These international organisations specialise in the gifted-adult experience — assessment, emotional needs, coaching, and community. They serve people in India too, online.
US non-profit founded in 1981. Focuses not on academics but on the emotional and social needs of gifted and twice-exceptional people across the whole lifespan, with support groups, articles, and a mental-health directory.
sengifted.org →Switzerland-based global network (since 2015) created specifically for gifted adults — offering giftedness assessment, coaching, training, and a community of hundreds of gifted adults around the world.
intergifted.com →Malaysia-based consultancy by a Cambridge-trained gifted-education specialist (and Gifted Grownups co-founder), working with high-ability individuals — children and adults — since 1996.
mind-path.com →US counsellor and author whose work centres entirely on gifted adults, popularising the "rainforest mind" metaphor for the intensity and complexity of the gifted adult experience.
rainforestmind.com →This directory is for information only and is not an endorsement; Gifted Grownups is independent of the organisations listed. Details can change — please verify directly with each organisation.
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