ABOUT US
Pradip and Kumkum Ghosh Family Foundation, a 501c3 non-profit organization, founded in the year 1986 and headed by Dr. Pradip K Ghosh. It is a family trust working for the past 35 years in numerous philanthropic activities.
Dr. Pradip K. Ghosh who is settled in Maryland, USA for the past 50 years, has been instrumental in various social services and contributed plenty for the operation of charitable hospital, maintaining more than 2500 orphan children, destitute and handicapped women, funding libraries, schools and athletic facilities and many community developments projects, both in USA and West Bengal.
Pradip and Kumkum Ghosh Family Foundation is trying to further the visions and is constructing two more buildings encompassing than 300,000 square feet to develop the first international public health University in India, to be named as International University of Public Health and Technology.0 The foundation has rooted the Washington Kali Temple, a true Indian Temple representing every regions of India, built on nine acres of pristine ashram.
The Foundation originated with an objective to create a sustainable and healthy society, where the Urban and Rural populace live a symbiotic life and mobilise to be a support system in their own growth.
The Foundation has made its presence felt with an extensive contribution in the field of operating charitable hospitals, maintaining and facilitating orphans, destitute and physically disabled women. The foundation has worked remarkably well towards funding libraries, schools and athletic facilities and numerous community development sectors both in the USA and West Bengal, India.
The Foundation has serious intent and aims to facilitate and uplift the education and public health scenario of India and especially West Bengal with the best possible efforts.
With a vision to highlight India’s strength and talents and elevate knowledge and learning, Pradip and Kumkum Ghosh Family Foundation has taken the initiative
The foundation also owns and operates 12 Montessori schools, 01 International Baccalaureate/STEM School in USA and 01 CBSE, STEM & Proposed International Baccalaureate school in Kolkata, India.
The foundation also has two large assisted living facilities in Maryland, USA.
His Foundation owns and operates 12 Montessori schools, one International Baccalaureate / STEM School in USA & one CBSE, International Baccalaureate / STEM School in India, and two large 110 unit assisted living facility in Maryland, USA along with several other large commercial projects and has been involved in numerous philanthropic activities for the past 35 years.
Hailing from Khardah, West Bengal, Dr. Ghosh has always felt the urge to uplift the socio-healthcare face of the state. It is his vision and dedicated passion that has always driven him to serve for the causes of the society.
His mission is to create forums where people can come together to help various social causes. His contribution to Johns Hopkins is a huge step for the establishment of Johns Hopkins University India Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Research Center and the Vaccine Research Center in West Bengal- the first of its kind in India.
Dr. Pradip K Ghosh had moved to the United States for his graduate studies in 1968. He has received his doctorate with major focus in economics and engineering from State university of New York, a diploma in international law from London and graduation In Leadership studies from Harvard University. He taught at major universities in USA for 22 years. He has worked in the private sector as President of a Washington think tank, and as consultant to several international agencies. He served as commissioner of the Howard County Human Rights Commission. He has published 22 books and numerous research papers on international trade and development of third world countries. Many of his authored books published by Greenwood Praeger, have been used by major universities as textbooks.
Dr. Ghosh was awarded Outstanding Scholar in Third World Development by the Global Development Conference in collaboration with USAID. He has been awarded the First Prize in the Eisaku Sato Memorial Essay Contest, a worldwide event organized by the United Nations and the Japanese government and won $200,000 for Innovative research project organized by the World Bank. He has received more than fifteen awards from various academic and research and social service organizations.
Dr. Ghosh is the Chairman of World Congress of Religions. He has initiated, financed and developed the Washington Kali Temple on a 9-acre pristine land near Washington DC. A true Indian temple serving all religious faiths of India.