The Music Therapy Trust

The Music Therapy Trust is a registered charity in India founded by Margaret Lobo, who is also the Founder and Director of the Otakar Kraus Music Trust, UK. The trust provides music therapy to children and adults facing difficult psycho social and physical challenges, especially those from poor sectors of the society. The trust is also planning to establish a professional body for recognizing qualified Indian music therapists. They plan to call it Indian Association of Professional Clinical Music Therapists (IAPCMT).
The organization has its administrative headquarters at New Delhi, India at and at Kathmandu, Nepal.
History.
The idea of The Music Therapy Trust was conceived by its founder Dr. Margaret Lobo, herself a musical talent during her visit to India to give talks on music therapy in New Delhi and Mumbai. The Music Therapy Trust was established in 2005 as a registered Indian society and became the first to introduce clinical music therapy network in India.
Activities.
The Music Therapy Academy.
TMTT launched an academy in New Delhi to train Indian musicians by offering a year-long post-graduate diploma in clinical music therapy. The course is located in the "Action For Autism's National Centre for Autism" in Jasola Vihar in the capital, and takes a new batch of students to train every year. It was launched by famous cricketer Brett Lee, whose foundation "MEWSIC" is a partner in the programme.