A Legacy of Service,
A Vision for Bharat.

Early life

Dr. Sant Kumar Chaudhary was born in Chanpura-Basaith village, Benipatti block, Madhubani district, in the Mithila region of Bihar. He grew up in a family with a quiet, settled commitment to public life: his grandfather took part in India’s freedom movement and founded the school in their village, and his father, Shri Dukh Mohan Chaudhary, served as a school teacher.

Education

His schooling began at the government school in his native village. He went on to study at C. M. Science College, Darbhanga, completing his Intermediate and graduation by 1979, and in 1980 moved to Delhi to pursue a B. Pharma degree.

Early career — From Government service to Founding the Trusts & Societies

Dr. Chaudhary’s working life began in the Government Service. He served first with the Government of Maharashtra Secretariat as PS to the then Chief Minister Late Vasant Dada Patil, and was later appointed Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to the Governor of Rajasthan. He eventually resigned from the Government Service to devote himself, full-time, to the institution-building work that would become the Shankara Group of Institutions.

During this transition he drew spiritual guidance from the Kanchi Kamakoti Shankaracharya Pujya His Holiness Shri Jayendra Saraswati Ji and His Holiness Swami Vijayendra Saraswati Ji — the connection that gave the family of institutions their names and their religious-cultural frame of reference.

Founding the S.K. Chaudhary Educational Trust (1993)

In 1993, Dr. Sant Kumar Chaudhary founded the S.K. Chaudhary Educational Trust, a service body created with one stated aim — “to extend helping hands towards those regions that most require it.” From the outset the Trust was conceived not as a single college but as a multi-pronged effort spanning education, healthcare, agriculture and rural development.

The Trust’s very first institution was an Intermediate/ Degree level College in his native village, Chanpura-Basaith. In 1996 another trust was formed in the name of “Shri Kanchi Kama Koti Peetam Sewa Trust” under which an Eye Hospital was established in Madhubani on 1st May 1997, named after the Shankaracharya — the institution that today operates as the Kanchi Shankara  Hospital (Shankar Netralaya).

Today, under this umbrella, several institutions of Education / Technical Education, Healthcare, Agriculture and much more are spread across the different states of India viz. Delhi, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pardesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu et al.

Building the Shankara Group of  Institutions

Under his leadership the Trust established the Shankara Group of Institutions at Kukas, Jaipur — a cluster of professional colleges covering Engineering (B. Tech, MCA, BCA), Management (MBA, PGDM, BBA), Teacher-education (B.Ed, D.ElEd), and Nursing.

Beyond the classroom

His work has never been confined to the campus. The Trust he leads also runs the Kanchi Shankara Eye Hospital, Madhubani, the Krishi Vigyan Kendra at Chanpura-Basaith, and a portfolio of watershed-development, soil-testing and seed-multiplication programmes serving the farming communities.

Today

Dr. Sant Kumar Chaudhary continues to serve as Chairman cum Managing Trustee of the Trusts and chairs both the Board of Trustees and the Board of Governors of the Shankara Group of Institutions. The Trust now runs around 51 Institutions / Organisations across India — of which roughly 35 are Educational — and has partnerships extending into Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia.  

Honours & Awards

Highly appreciated for Philanthropic Services by The then Hon’ble President of India Smt. Pratibha Patil ji. This historic event was held in the Darbar Hall of the President House (Rashtrapati Bhawan) on the occasion of the inauguration of the new Administrative Building of KVK and the unveiling of the marble statue of Late Bhabnath Chaudhary, Founder Trustee.  This event also witnessed the release of the Special Issue of Kisan International, a quarterly  Journal, published by the Trust.  

He was conferred the Bharat Gaurav Award at the British Parliament in 2019. 

Awarded D. Litt Degree by  Alexandra’s – European Union University

He is serving as a Governor’s Nominee in the different State Universities. He is also a Life Member of the Senate of the Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Darbhanga, Bihar.  

His own stated goal is to accelerate the Trusts’ / Societies’ indelible footprints to 101 Institutions across the Globe, to establish two internationally acceptable Universities, one in the Mithila region and the other in the Pink City, Jaipur, and to add Medical, Ayurvedic and Homeopathic colleges in both the Universities. In addition to these, Technical, Management and International Language Faculties will also be included.