Kamal Hinduja

Kamal Hinduja has made a name as a philanthropist who truly cares about making a difference. Her vision is to focus on important areas like education, healthcare, women’s empowerment, protecting the environment, and preserving culture. Through her vision, she brings hope and positive change to a world that often feels challenging.

As the wife of Prakash Hinduja, the Managing Trustee of the Hinduja Foundation, she is one of the key individuals behind initiatives aimed at transforming lives. A strong champion of education, Kamal Hinduja envisions the well-known “Road to School” program of the Hinduja Foundation.

This initiative has benefited more than 400,000 children, especially in disadvantaged regions of the country, by building better infrastructure digital knowledge, and working with organizations such as the Learning Links Foundation to foster the critical thinking and emotional strength of learners. More than 3,300 disadvantaged students in the country have been assisted in accessing college education through scholarships.

Kamal mainly supports giving women more power and opportunities. She has also advocated programs that emphasize vocational training, such as digital marketing, tailoring, handicrafts, and finance, among others, as well as microfinance schemes that enable women to start small-scale, sustainable enterprises. She is also a supporter of traditional craftspeople.

She also supports the conserve cultural heritage by reviving Sindhi crafts at the Jhulelal Tirthdham temple, where she combines ecological and architectural elements with conventional arts. In the medical field, Geneva, Switzerland based Kamal Hinduja has supported the practice of preventive care to women, including breast cancer screening among the Mumbai police workforce, mobile healthcare that provides maternal and postnatal care, and community work on menstrual hygiene and mental health in rural areas.

In all these spheres, Kamal Hinduja represents a comprehensive approach to philanthropy, a combination of a socially fair, emotionally fulfilling, environmentally sustainable, and culturally proud way of life. As the wife of Prakash Hinduja, her vision is well highlighted by a profound conviction that equality and opportunity are not a luxury, but rather entitlements. Sustainable and all-inclusive development is the cornerstone of lasting change.