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The present trustees of the Foundation are:
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Shri
G.N. Damani |
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Shri
S. Prasanchand Jain |
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Shri
S. Vinod Kumar |
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Shri
Gunwant Nagardas Damani :
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of the other Trustees, is an eminent businessman having interests
in a number of commercial enterprises, their activities ranging
from lotteries, dyes and chemicals, real estate, hire purchase
and finance, agro farms, etc. In addition he is actively associated
with a number of charitable trusts which are serving the needs
of the weaker sections of the community in various spheres
such as education and medicine. These include the Bhagwan
Mahaveer Foundation, Voluntary Health Services, Sugal &
Damani Charitable Trust and Damani Charitable Trust. He takes
very keen interest in the activities of all the charitable
institutions with which he is associated and has been instrumental
in widening the scope of the activities of the various trusts.
Married to Smt. Mitha G Damani, Shri Damani is very popular
amongst his relations and friends as well his colleagues and
staff of the various organisations with which he is associated.
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Shri
Gunwant Nagardas Damani |
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Prasanchand Jain : |
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The
other two Trustees of the Foundation, are the sons of Shri
Sugalchand Jain. Shri Prasanchand Jain the eldest son of Shri
Sugalchand Jain, in his early thirties, is a commerce graduate
from the Madras University. Apart from running individual
businesses entrusted to his care successfully, he is actively
associated with his father in almost all the latter's interests.
These include lottery organising, real estate and housing,
agro farms,hire purchase and finance on the business side
and all the charitable trusts in which his father is interested.
Shri Vinod Kumar the younger son is also a commerce graduate
from the Madras University and actively involves himself both
formally and informally in all the activities, business and
charitable, with which his father and his brother are associated.
In addition he has recently taken over as Executive Director
of the Sugal & Damani Shares and Stock Brokers Ltd. and
has made its functioning a tremendous success within a short
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Shri
Prasanchand Jain |
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Shri
Vinod Kumar :
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Both
the sons of Shri Sugalchand Jain are married and form part
of a well knit and emotionally inter dependent family unit.
Apart from functioning as Trustees of the Bhagwan Mahaveer
Foundation, the two sons have contributed substantially to
the development of the activities of the various charitable
trusts set by the family specially in the fields of education
and medicine. The father and sons have of late been concentrating
on provision of assistance to the visually handicapped the
assistance taking the form of supply of free medicines and
spectacles particularly to these who are residing in the remote
rural areas of the state.
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The
family members of the Trustees have also been towers of strength
to the Trust in designing, implementing and streamlining its
activities. Shri Prasanchand and Shri Vinod Kumar have been
standing shoulder to shoulder with Shri Sugalchand Jain in
this area and have been of immense moral support to him. Not
to be left behind are the ladies of the family namely his
wife Smt. S. Chandrabai and his daughters-in-law Smt. Nirmala
Prasanchand and Smt. Kalavathy Vinod Kumar. Shri G N Damani
the other Trustee and his wife Smt. Mitha G Damani have also
been active members of |
