Trust & Committee

The Professor ML Sondhi Trust was established to promote the late Professor ML Sondhi’s vision relating to the emergence of India as a strong but benign power in the family of nations; to promote research and studies on aspects of international relations, including regional cooperation, in the subcontinent, co-operation between India and South-east Asia and the future of the Asia-Pacific region; to promote understanding and information on peace studies and conflict management in all sections of society; to encourage the evolution of a liberal economic order; to promote a forward-looking spiritual and cultural Hinduism, rooted in the insights of the reformers and visionaries of the nineteenth century and others; to draw inspiration from the life and work of ML Sondhi’s father-in-law, the late Pt. K. Santanam in particular with regard to strengthening national integration and democratic decentralisation, both political and economic; to promote the study of the works of the philosopher Basanta Kumar Mallik, in particular his special themes relating to peace, civilizational studies and philosophy; and to evaluate, recognize, disseminate and honour significant work by individuals and organizations which promote the goals of the Trust.

Founding Trustees:

SJS Chatwal

Madhuri Santanam Sondhi

Trustees

Shivaji L. Sondhi

Vivekananda L. Sondhi