Rekha Jhunjhunwala, the wife of late legendary stock market honcho, investor and philanthropist, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, has joined the Sankara Eye Foundation, India (SEFI) as Board of Trustees.
Rekha will continue the philanthropy work that her husband had initiated with SEFI earlier. Her charitable initiatives include contribution towards healthcare and education and she has supported multiple organizations involved in these domains, the statement said.
Elaborating on the achievements of Dr. Ramani and SEFI and her appointment to Board of Trustees of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Medical Trust, Smt Rekha Jhunjhunwala said: “I would like to thank Chairman Sri S.V. Balasubramaniam and Founder & Managing Trustee Padma Shri Dr. R V Ramani for giving me an opportunity to serve the under-privileged as part of the Board of Trustees. As far back as 1977, Dr. Ramani unveiled a Mission of working for the poor. I am happy to say that the Foundation has now established 13 eye hospitals in the country, committed to providing world class treatment to the needy. The Foundation has already undertaken 2.2 million (22 lakh) free surgeries so far and will continue to undertake 2.5 lakh free surgeries this year. There cannot be a better vision than this and I would like to wish SEFI and Dr. Ramani, greater success.”
Dr. R.V. Ramani, Founder & Managing Trustee, SEFI, said: “We warmly welcome Smt Rekha Jhunjhunwala to the Board of Trustees, SEFI. She is a person of great stature and is deeply committed to helping the economically weaker sections of the society. We would like to acknowledge the efforts put in by her Late husband, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, to establish and support the R J Sankara Eye Hospital, Panvel, and the upcoming 225-bed R J Sankara Eye Hospital in Varanasi. We look forward to her valuable guidance to the Foundation.”
Sankara Eye Foundation India performs over 2 lakh free surgeries a year and is aiming to take the number forward to half a million. The Foundation is also widening its presence and outreach to more parts of the country. As part of this, it is coming up with two new Hospitals –one in Hyderabad and the other in Varanasi.
The upcoming hospital in Hyderabad will function on a unique hybrid model, wherein the needy poor from the villages constituting majority of the beneficiaries are totally provided free eye surgeries, while the middle income and the affluent, the affordable sections of the society will pay for their treatment.
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