Chandrasekhar Sankurathri

Founder

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Chandrasekhar Sankurathri is the founder of Sankurathri Foundation (1989)^[1], an Indian non-profit working on healthcare, education and disaster relief from Kakinada.

Sankurathri Foundation

Dr Chandrasekhar Sankurathri, who lost his wife and two children in the 1985 Air India Kanishka bombing, left Canada and founded the Sankurathri Foundation in 1989 in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. Its Srikiran Institute of Ophthalmology provides free and subsidised eye care, the Sarada Vidyalayam educates poor children free of cost, and Spandana runs disaster relief. He received the Padma Shri in 2023.

Sankurathri Foundation reports the following, on its own site:

4,000,000+ out-patients examined so far
350,000+ cataract surgeries performed for free since 1993
4,500+ children educated till now

Organisations: 1
Based in: Kakinada
Founded: 1989
Press: 3

References

[1] “Sankurathri Foundation is located in a serene locality with 5 acres of rural land, 10 kms away from Kakinada was established by Dr. Chandrasekhar Sankurathri as a fond memorial to his wife Manjari Sankurathri, son Srikiran and daughter Sarada who were victims” — Sankurathri Foundation. Source

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