Umeed Special Academy was a dream of Mr.Shamshad khan (special educator, M.S.E.), which was came into being in 1999 and established on 28th March 2000 for the education, training and management of special children, especially mentally challenged children (slowing down or total arrest of the growth of mental faculties), and to give intermittent, limited extensive and pervasive support to reach their optimum level of functioning and to become a useful part of the community.