No society can afford to ignore Education which builds character of its future generations. The earliest structured philanthropic work of Late P D Hinduja began in 1944 with the establishment of a charitable trust for education. Taking a cue from him, the Foundation recognizes the pivotal role of Education amongst catalysts for progress, and has a number of education-related projects to its credit such as

• The K P B Hinduja College of Commerce
  
  The first charitable trust established by late P. D. Hinduja was in 1944 and it was for Education. Named as Smt. Pahunchbai Deepchand Hinduja Trust in memory of his mother, it initially ran a school in Mumbai. Today it runs the K P B Hinduja College of Commerce located at Charni Road in Mumbai. Established in 1974, this ranks among the premier Commerce Colleges in Mumbai. It has 3,900 students in State Grant Courses and 600 students in Non Grant Courses. For further information
  
  info@hindujacollege.com
  www.hindujacollege.com
  
  
  
• P D Hinduja Model Sindhi Secondary School, Chennai
  
  This renowned school in Chennai was established in 1975 by the Sindhi Educational Society (Madras) with substantial help from Hinduja Foundation. For further information
  
  www.sindhimodel.com/
  
  
  
• Dharam Hinduja Merit – cum – Means Scholarships
  
  Launched in 1991, this unique scheme is run by the Hinduja Foundation and covers eleven Indian States: Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Orissa, Tamil Nadu. The scheme is to augment the resources of the deserving students figuring in the merit lists of State School Leaving Examinations and meant to be utilized for overall development of their personality. Annually three students are selected per State through interviews, of which at least one has to be a girl. Awardees are given a monthly scholarship worth Rs.1000/- till the completion of their chosen graduation studies.
  
  
  
• Dharam Hinduja Cambridge Trust Scholarships
  
  This scheme awards Dharam Hinduja Cambridge Scholarships to Indian students for studies at Cambridge University. Hinduja Foundation (UK) has created an Endowment Fund to promote teaching and research on India and South Asia. Hinduja Foundation (India) has created an endowment, the annual returns of which go to the Nehru Trust for Cambridge University, New Delhi. The selection process is conducted by Cambridge University and Nehru Trust for Cambridge University. For further information
  
  www.cam.ac.uk
  
  Or contact
  
  The Cambridge Commonwealth Trust,
  C/o The Nehru Trust for Cambridge University,
  Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg, New Delhi 110011.
  
  
  
• Indic Research
  
  The Foundation believes that the ancient Indian Civilization of which the Indus - Saraswati Civilization is a major component, holds a vast body of ideas and wisdom which are of immense relevance to the contemporary world. To unearth this treasure serious research needs to be undertaken. This commitment to the field of Indic Research led to the establishment of the Dharam Hinduja International Centre for Indic Research in India in 1993, Dharam Hinduja Indic Research Centre at the Columbia University in USA and Dharam Hinduja Lectureship in Sanskrit Teaching and Indic Research at the University of Columbia in 1994, and Dharam Hinduja Institute of Indic Research at the University of Cambridge in the UK in 1996. For further information for Dharam Hinduja Institute of Indic Research, Cambridge, visit
  
  www.divinity.cam.ac.uk/CARTS/dhiir/
  
  
  
• The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award scheme
  
  The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award is a non competitive, voluntary programme of activities for the youth. The participants’ talents and abilities are nurtured in the areas of community service, social and vocational skills, physical recreation and travel expeditions.The Award programme assists with crime reduction, drugs awareness, entry in employment, citizenship, life skills and community awareness. To commemorate the Award’s 50th anniversary, in February 2006, Hinduja Foundation (UK) has set up a special monetary fund which will guarantee an income for the Award for the next five years. For further information visit
  
  www.theaward.org/
  
  
  
• Publications:
  
  1988: Encyclopedia of Nobel Laureates
  1990: Arts of India 1550 -1900
  1997: Encyclopedia of Sports & Games
  2005: Kautilya’s Arthashastra (With Indian Merchants’ Chamber)
  
  
• Hinduja Prataparudra Municipal Planetarium, Warangal, Andhra Pradesh
  
  
• Support to number of deserving educational schemes and projects like scholarship scheme for Indian students attending the Swaminarayan Hindu Mission School (UK), donation to the YMCA Indian Youth Hostel in London to provide for a new accommodation building, funding distribution of scientific journals to deserving school libraries in India, donation for the library of Badreesh Kirti Sanskrit Vidyalay, Dimmer, Uttaranchal, India.