Founding Cohort — Applications Open

Establishing the Standard:
Board of Advisors

Be among the first 6 founding advisors. Your name, your legacy, at the foundation of India's neurodivergent infrastructure.

SOUND operates India's most rigorous infrastructural data matrix for neurodivergent healthcare access — cross-referenced against NMC, RCI, and RPWD Act 2016 frameworks. To govern our 30-condition verification pathway, we are formally establishing our Clinical and Lived-Experience Advisory Board.

Zero Fiduciary LiabilityQuarterly Protocol ReviewStatutory Compliance Alignment6 Founding Seats
NMCNational Medical Commission — Verified credentials cross-referenced
RCIRehabilitation Council of India — Allied health verification
RPWD 201621-condition scope alignment
IT Act 2000Section 8 Non-Profit Compliance

OPERATIONAL DEFINITION

Board Mandate

Board mandate includes zero fiduciary liability. Obligations are restricted to quarterly protocol review, directory classification architecture review, and high-level statutory compliance alignment. Board members do not provide clinical endorsements, make referral decisions, or assume legal liability for directory listings.

Track A

Medical Authority

3 Founding Seats · 3 positions
  • NMC or RCI statutory registration (current)
  • 15+ years active clinical deployment in neurodevelopmental or neuropsychiatric specialties
  • Institutional tenure (hospital, research institute, or university) OR published peer-reviewed research in neurodevelopmental conditions
  • Willingness to review SOUND's classification architecture quarterly (remote participation accepted)

Track B

Lived Experience & Legal Authority

3 Founding Seats · 3 positions
  • Verified neurodivergent self-advocates with documented lived experience navigating the Indian care system
  • Disability rights counsel holding active BCI licence and demonstrated RPWD Act 2016 case history
  • Institutional-level caregivers (parent organisations, residential support networks) with 10+ years operational tenure
  • Commitment to quarterly structural review sessions — remote participation accepted

Founding Board Membership

What founding board members receive

  • ✓Named as a founding advisor in all SOUND communications and transparency reports
  • ✓Formal acknowledgment in SOUND's annual report (publicly published)
  • ✓Access to SOUND's full condition classification architecture and quarterly protocol documents
  • ✓Invitation to SOUND's annual advisory session — remote participation accepted
  • ✓Zero fiduciary liability — advisory role only, no legal exposure
We are currently accepting expressions of interest for the first cohort of 3 medical authority advisors and 3 lived-experience advisors. Applications are reviewed directly by the Director.

APPLICATION

Apply for the Founding Board

Review and submit your expression of interest below. Both tracks are considered on merit — credentials, lived experience, and clarity of mandate response carry equal weight.

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Scope reminder: SOUND board membership carries zero fiduciary liability. Participation is restricted to advisory protocol review only. SOUND is a registered Section 8 NGO and statutory directory intermediary under the IT Act, 2000.
We are reviewing founding cohort applications through May 2026. The founding board will be announced when SOUND's first verified listings go live. Early advisors will be prominently acknowledged in all launch communications.

Applications are reviewed personally by the Director. You will receive a direct response within 14 days.

Why this matters

The first board shapes the standard that serves India for decades.

SOUND is not building a listing platform. It is building the classification and verification infrastructure that will define how neurodivergent families across India access care. The founding board sets the clinical, ethical, and structural standards for everything that follows. Your contribution here is not advisory — it is architectural.