Since there is are restructuring of mental health programme in the State of Gujarat, Center for Action Research and Developmental Studies with the support of Vardaan Foundation under the leadership of Dr. Harshit Sinha decided to develop a systematic manual for psychosocial rehabilitation in context to Indian scenario that attempts to disseminates the correct scientific way of doing psychosocial rehabilitation among the programme managers (from Government and NGO volunteers) and also for the policy makers. It was a challenging task to make the concept of psychosocial rehabilitation appropriate and comprehensive and make sure that each service providers understand it easily. The manual is simple, short and succinct. The concept of psychiatric rehabilitation and psychosocial rehabilitation has been borrowed from numerous books, ongoing grassroot level efforts from all over the world, Internet search and expert’s opinion. Taking lead from these concepts, a refined operational steps linking some management principles for the beginners in the field of rehabilitation for mentally ill persons.  The guidelines mentioned in this manual are intended as suggestions only and should be Consider a source of inspiration rather than a standard checklist applicable for all types of rehabilitation programme in mental health. The approaches and solution in real – life situations cannot be generalized but have to be locally tailored according to the need. Looking to the similar efforts, done all over the world, a competitive edge to the subject matter for this manual as new era for the rehabilitation services is gearing its pace in he state of Gujarat. However, it may not appropriate for those state, which had already developed the framework of rehabilitation in India. The manual is available online at http://varfound.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/manual_for_rehabilitation_programs.pdf