The Dhanuka family from (Fatehpur)
Rajasthan is highly acclaimed among the social and business circles of India. They have a
number of remarkable contributions to their credit. To organize their charitable
activities and formalize their philanthropic missions, the Dhanuka family founded four
organisations mentioned below:
Ram Kishen Dhanuka
Charity Trust
Address: Dhunseri House
4A, Woodburn Park
Calcutta 700 020, India
This trust was founded by Seth Ram Kishen
Dhanuka on 15/05/72. Registration number of the trust is 2662 dtd. 25/05/72 with the
Registrar of Assurances, Calcutta.
The present trustees of the trust are :
1) Shri Shankarlal Dhanuka (trustee since incorporation)
2) Shri Basudeo Beriwala
3) Shri Purushottam Das Samalia
4) Shri Chandra Kumar Dhanuka
Main objectives of this trust are:
a) Promote and aid education among the poor and deserving
b) Provide medical aid to the sufferers
c) Establish, maintain and support maternity homes, welfare centers etc.
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Dhanuka Charity Trust
Address: Dhunseri House
4A, Woodburn Park
Calcutta 700 020, India
This trust was founded by Seth Ram Kishen
Dhanuka with other family members on 11/08/1945. Registration number being 3140 dtd.
26/09/45 with the Registrar of Assurances, Calcutta.
The present trustees of the trust are:
1) Shri Shankarlal Dhanuka
2) Shri Chandra Kumar Dhanuka
3) Shri Aruna Dhanuka
4) Shri Shyam Sundar Dalmia
Main objectives of this trust are:
a) Advance the cause of education
b) Establish and maintain medical dispensaries for the downtrodden
c) Construct and maintain temples, halls, dharamshalas etc.
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S.L. Dhanuka
Foundation
(Formerly: Dhanuka Education & Welfare Trust)
Address: Dhunseri House
4A, Woodburn Park
Calcutta 700 020, India
This trust was founded by Shri Shankar
Lal Dhanuka on 10/12/1964. Registration number of the trust is 5979 dtd. 17/12/64 with the
Registrar of Assurances, Calcutta.
The present trustees of the trust are:
1) Shri Shankarlal Dhanuka
2) Shri Chandra Kumar Dhanuka
3) Shri Aruna Dhanuka
4) Shri Nandlal Bhuwania
Main objectives of this trust are:
a) Promote and aid education among the poor and deserving
b)Establish, support and aid schools, colleges, technical institutions etc.
c)Grant scholarships, stipends, prizes and other aids to deserving Indian students
studying in India and abroad.
d) Establish, maintain and support maternity homes, welfare centers etc.
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Chah Udyog-Gramin
Krishi Vikash Samity
Address: Lamb Road, Latasil
Guwahati 780 001
Assam
This non-profit organisation was promoted
by Dhunseri Tea & Industries Limited and Tezpur Tea Company Limited managed by the
Dhanuka family. Registration No. of the samity is 654 of 1994 with the Registrar of Farms
& Societies, Assam.
Daily functioning of the samity is looked
after by a 9 member executive committee under the Presidentship of Shri M.R. Jain, Shri
P.K. Sarma (Vice-President), Dr. P.C. Acharya (Secretary) Ph.D. in agriculture.
The main objective of the samity is to
aid agricultural development among the rural farmers of the north eastern state of Assam.
The illiterate farmers are taught about the modern farming methods which can increase the
per hectare output tremendously. The samity is fully funded by Dhunseri Tea &
Industries Limited and Tezpur Tea Company Limited. The funding was to the tune of nearly
Rs. 25 lacs in 1998.
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The main focus of the Dhanuka Family has been in
the following activities :
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Sree
Radha Krishna Temple : In 1928 Seth Ram Kishen Dhanuka founded Radhakishan Mandir
Trust together with his elder brothers, Gajanandji and Radhakishanji and younger brother
Narayandasji. This trust constructed a temple of Shree RadhaKrishna which even today
continues to flourish and organizes festivals and Bhajan-kirtans. |
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Sanskrit School
: This school was opened under the name of Shree Sakraimata Sanskrit Pathsala which
flourished and imparted the knowledge of Vedas & Sanskrit to the scholars of Fatehpur.
Due to the Second World War, the school had to be closed down for shortage of students. |
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EDUCATION
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Seth Ram Kishen
Dhanuka Girls College & Hostel, Fatehpur : The girls college was the first
recognized college in the district of Sikar and was inaugurated in 1981 by the
Ex-Chief-Minister of Rajasthan Late Mohan Lal Sukhodia. Though the college started with 40
girls, in 1998 the total student strength stands at 350. |
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S.L. Dhanuka
High Secondary School, Jaipur : The two storied school building was built with
46,000 sq. ft. of built-up space accomodating 32 rooms and has an active student strength
of 350. Here students hail from distant places in Rajasthan as well as neighbouring states
like Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh etc. The students achieve excellent results in the
Board examinations and some of them even secure listing in all Rajasthan Merit List. |
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Liladhar Bal
Vidyalaya : At Rama Homeo Clinic, Varanasi run by Dhanuka Charity Trust, this
primary school since 08/04/87 has been imparting education to about 150 students from the
lower strata of the society. The Dhanukas also negotiated with Adarsh Vidya Mandir people
in Fathepur and finally it was decided to build a school and hand it over to Adarsh Vidya
Mandir to run it. |
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Various
Scholarship schemes : The Dhanukas have awarded scholarships and aids to many
students going in for higher studies in the renowned universities of UK and USA through S.
L. Dhanuka Foundation. |
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MEDICAL AID
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Rama Homoeo
Clinic, Calcutta : Dr. S. K. Singh, a homeopathic physician who was a gold
medalist from Lucknow joined the clinic and built an excellent reputation for the clinic.
Now it has a daily inflow of nearly 70 patients per day. |
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Rama Homoeo
Clinic, Varanasi : This clinic was started by a social worker Shri Radheshyam
Khemka and was funded entirely by Ram Kishan Dhanuka Charity Trust. It provided free
medical treatment to its patients. Doctor's salary, maintenance cost of the clinic and
cost of medicine were borne by the Trust. The clinic was brought under the aegis of
Dhanuka Charity Trust w.e.f. 1st September, 1998 so as to co-ordinate the activities of
the trust regarding the clinics at Calcutta and Fathepur. The clinic is doing yeoman
service to deprived lot with turnout at 65 patients a day out of which nearly 10 are new. |
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Rama Homoeo
Clinic, Fatehpur : The clinic run by Dr. Binod Kr. Joshi provides free treatment
including medicine and the trust funds the entire expenses of the clinic which includes
the doctor's salary, maintenance and the cost of medicine. At present, more than 125
patients visit the clinic, out of which nearly 15 are new. |
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AGRICULTURAL AID
The Dhanukas have
created an instance even in the field of agriculture. To make the farmers of north-eastern
state of Assam aware about the modernized techniques which can optimize their output, the
Dhanukas have promoted Chah Udyog Gramin Vikash Samity through the
companies managed by them.
The comprehensive
agricultural development undertaken by the Samity underlines the following objectives:
1) Conducting operational research, field
study and experiment pertaining to
agricultural operations and service related problems.
2) Imparting training and education
regarding modern, scientific agricultural techniques to give an impetus to agro produce.
3) Providing financial assistance to weaker and needy
farmers.
4) Publication of modern agriculture
related periodicals, documents, bulletins, research journals, news-letters etc.
5) Providing services irrespective of
caste, creed, religion, race, sex or political beliefs.
To materialise the
above-mentioned objectives, the Samity have evolved the following strategies:
a) Laying out large scale block
demonstration in villages.
b) Supplying fertilizers at subsized rate
to the farmers.
c) Arranging soil testing and fertilizer
recommendation services to the farmers.
d) Ensuring participation of the farmers
in demonstration programmes.
e) The samity conducts demonstration for
four seasons (i.e. for two years) providing fertilizers at subsidized rates, foundation
seeds and technical help to the farmers.
The Samity has undertaken effective
measures to communicate the message of modern & scientific agricultural techniques to
the rural farmers. One such measure is supporting the above-mentioned strategies by the
following 'Media and Method Mix' approach. This
includes:
1) Group Discussion - an effective method
of communication. Group discussions are held with farmers on their agricultural problems
so as to find out effective solutions.
2) Demonstration using high yielding
variety of seeds and application of fertilisers and pesticides.
3) Awareness creating campaign - the
samity is encouraging educated unemployed youth to engage them in commercial crop.
4) Farm and home visits.
5) Farmers training on:-
a) involvement of women in agriculture
b) integrated pest management
c) crop diversification
6) Field day and harvesting festival.
7) Preparing farm plan for individual
farmers.
8) Staff training
Besides these, the samity has also
safeguarded environment and is well aware of the biological method of pest control and use
of Bio-fertilizers. Till now, the samity has covered an area of 1245.39 hectares in 140
villages benefiting nearly 1600 - 1700 families and is planning to enroll 300 new farmer
families each year on rotation after fully training the earlier adopted families.
To sum up :
1) Samity has successfully introduced
commercial vegetable cultivation in its area of operation (250 hectares)
2) Unemployed educated youth have been
encouraged to take up cultivation
3) Kitchen gardening has been introduced
to the ladies
4) Cultivation of pulses and oilseeds has
been introduced in non traditional places
5) The samity has successfully mobilized
youth for commercial cultivation by repeated persuasion and training
6) Samity's publication 'Krishi
Nirdesana' has acclaimed good response from the farmers and agricultural workers.
Yield Advancement
Kharif season: Demonstrations
are held mainly on paddy with emphasis on using high yielding variety seeds, application
of fertilizer and good management. Yield of paddy upto a maximum of 8 M.T./hectare was
harvested against an area average of 1.5 M.T./hectare.
Rabi Season: Rabi
cultivation is not very common in Assam specially upper Assam. Here irrigation is one of
the major impediments. According to the samity, by means of agronomic planning, 2nd crop
in Assam is possible even without irrigation. In case of crops like mustard, wheat,
potatoes, pulses and winter vegetables, demonstrations are organised. Average 900
kg/hectare and maximum 1800 kg/hectare. Mustard has been harvested from demonstration plot
against the state average of 500 kg/hectare. In Boro season, rice varieties 'Biplab',
'Basmati', and 'IR50' performs well in Kaliabor area and average yield of
35 mnds/bigha has been recorded. In the last sali season, the yield performed by 'Bahadur'
was 33.20 mnds/bigha at Namrup and in the current Ahu season, 'Lachit'
variety yielded 26 mnds/bigha at Kaliabor.
Assam being a monocrop state yields paddy
as the main crop. But it can be converted into a multiple cropping area and vegetables can
also be grown here, as this place has immense potential for all these. With an attempt to
utilise this potential, the Samity has identified these two priority sectors and is doing
its best to convert this state into a multi cropping area and a valley of vegetables.
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