G.K. Dhas

Founder / co-founder

Founder of Nobel Laureate Mother Teresa Charitable Trust (MTCT)

G.K. Dhas is the founder / co-founder of Nobel Laureate Mother Teresa Charitable Trust (MTCT)[1], an Indian non-profit working on hunger, education and healthcare from Chennai.

Nobel Laureate Mother Teresa Charitable Trust (MTCT)

Nobel Laureate Mother Teresa Charitable Trust (MTCT) is a Chennai-based nonprofit founded in 1997 by Dr. G.K. Dhas, established in the wake of Mother Teresa's death that year. It runs a free-food program called Jeevan Akshaya, alongside education support, medical aid, nutrition programs, and skill-development classes such as free computer and tailoring training for the poor. The trust describes itself as inspired by Mother Teresa's legacy but operates independently, with no stated organizational affiliation to the Kolkata-based Missionaries of Charity.

Nobel Laureate Mother Teresa Charitable Trust (MTCT) reports the following, on its own site:

Our Trust currently provides free meals to 130-150 underprivileged individuals daily at our headquarters in Chennai
Vocational training present batch consists of 15 beneficiaries from economically weaker sections