Durlabhji Philanthropy

In its own way, the family has always used business to support its philanthropic activities through its various trusts (The Durlabhji Trust for Development, The Santokba Durlabhji Trust and the Durlabhji Environment Friendly Trust). Today, the family runs a modern 400-bed hospital, the Santokba Durlabhji Memorial Hospital-cum-Medical Research Institute, Jaipur, located in the very heart of the city, and rated as one of the premier medical institutions in the country. The Avedna Ashram, a free-for-all, 100-bed hospice for terminally ill patients, was formally inaugurated in February, 1997.

A modern Blood Bank has commenced operations, and also made rapid progress. The family also runs Sanskar, an organization created in 1997, specifically to enrich the lives of children, and has also set up a school called Hemkhail on the outskirts of Jaipur.

The Durlabhji Trust for Development

The Durlabhji Trust for Development is committed to the promotion of sports. It regularly sponsors talented sportspersons. To this end, it has availed of the services of outstanding Indian sportspersons – both current as also former. It has worked closely with the following:

Cricket: Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsarkar, Arun Lal, Amrit Mathur
Tennis: Ramanathan Krishnan, Ramesh Krishnan, Leander Paes, Nandan Bal, Gaurav Natekar
Squash: "Bunker" Roy, Anil Nayar, Ananth Nayak, Adrian Ezra, Vaman Apte, Arjan Singh, Ritwik Bhattacharya, Sourav Ghoshal
Badminton: Nandu Natekar, Prakash Padukone

In consultation with such luminaries, the Trust identifies children who have the potential to succeed at the highest level, and helps them in any way it can. It dreams their dreams for them.