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| Name | Santhosh George |
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| Born | 19 June 1972 Thiruvananthapuram district |
| Family and friends | |
| Spouse | Atula Jamir Santhosh |
| Children | Senup Santhosh George |
| Education and employment | |
| Occupation | Founder & social worker |
| University | Madurai Kamaraj University |
Santhosh George G (born on 19 June, 1972) is an Indian social worker and Public Health Administrator. He is the founder & director of Cure India (Cure International India Trust), a Non-Profit Organization that runs the world's largest non-surgical clubfoot treatment program, and the founder of several other India welfare initiatives including Heath Ashram, Children in India, WePlant India, Patent School & Indian Samaritans.
In 2025, He delivered a TEDx talk, "Transforming Children's Lives Through Purpose," at TEDxChristUniversity in Bengaluru.
George's organisation-building work is guided by a self-described "We10" vision: founding ten distinct organisations, each addressing one major social or developmental challenge facing India, from clubfoot disability and child welfare to hunger, malnutrition, and preventive health.
"We all have the right to do good. Let's leave a better world".
Early Life
[edit]Santhosh George G was born on 19 June 1972 in Thiruvananthapuram district, which is a bilingual village bordering Kerala and Tamil Nadu. His father, Capt. George Joshua, was a professor at Christian College, Kattakada, and his mother, Florence Inpam, taught English at the same institution for several decades. He has three sisters: Dr. Shanthi Dickson, Dr. Shirly Jacob, and Mrs. Jayanthy Sunny.
From an early age mother instilled values of care and compassion which would later help towards his professional calling. . At age eight, he assisted an elderly woman in his village who had been affected by polio and supported herself through embroidery work, ferrying materials and finished garments between her home and the embroidery center and helping her with provisions; his mother arranged for him to rent a bicycle each weekend as a reward.
George grew up helping with his family's vegetable and fruit farming and was active in local sport, including with the Star Arts and Sports Club in his village of Cheruvarakonam. He completed his primary education at a village school, his secondary education at a government school in Parassala, Kerala, and his higher secondary education at St. Joseph's Convent in Thiruvananthapuram.
"The complexity and simplicity of transforming our world depend on whether you talk or act. If you talk, it's complex; and if you act, it's simple”
Career
[edit]Early roles (2005–2008)
[edit]Between 2005 and 2007, George headed the Chaplains Section of the Christian Medical Association of India in Delhi, where he orgazised national ecumenical seminars for church leaders and healthcare professionals and coordinated annual Healing Ministry Week observances. He went on to short-term consultancies with several national and international organizations, including the Christian AIDS National Alliance (developing an HIV/AIDS curriculum for Indian theological colleges), and The Leprosy Mission India, where he developed the "Towards Leprosy Friendly Congregations in India" programme and coordinated National Leprosy Sunday materials.
CURE India
[edit]George founded CURE International India in April 2009 and serves as its Director till date. Under his leadership, CURE India introduced the Clubfoot programme across all the Indian states, signing public-private partnership agreements with state governments to integrate free clubfoot treatment into the public healthcare system using the Ponseti method.
By the mid-2016, CURE India operated weekly clubfoot clinics across nearly all Indian states and union territories and reported having provided free treatment and braces to more than 127,000 children since the program began. The organization has also partnered with international bodies including a 10 year long collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross, covering clubfoot treatment in Jammu and Kashmir and Chhattisgarh, concluded in early 2025, and several Indian states, including Odisha, have signed various MOUs with CURE India to implement state-wide clubfoot management programmes.
Education
[edit]Santhosh George G earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from Scott Christian College, Nagercoil (1990–1993), before studying Religion and Philosophy at Madurai Kamaraj University, where he completed a Master of Arts (1993–1995), a Master of Philosophy with a dissertation titled An Apology on Innocent Suffering (1995–1996), Bachelor of Divinity from the United Theological College, Bangalore (1996-2000) and a Doctor of Philosophy in Religion with a dissertation titled On Being Religious in a Multi-Faith Context (2001–2005).
Personal life
[edit]Currently Dr. George resides in New Delhi, India
Honors and awards
[edit]- 2024: MAITREYI COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF DELHI honoured Dr. SANTHOSH GEORGE with the Pillar of Community Enrichment Award.
Works
[edit]- Clubfoot Simplified : Dispelling Myths and Misunderstanding around Clubfoot and its treatment.
References
[edit]Transforming Children’s Lives Through Purpose | Dr. Santhosh George G | TEDxChrist University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htlgRmzE--8
"In Conversation with Dr. Santhosh George, Director, Cure International India Trust" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZm92nCqyAo Video interview, CSRBOX (Feb 2022), covering the founding and growth of CURE India.
Club Foot India (blog) — "Santhosh George talks about CURE Clubfoot India Delhi Program" https://clubfootindia.in/2017/11/07/santhosh-george-talks-about-cure-clubfoot-india-dehli-program Coverage of the Delhi clubfoot programme launch.
International Committee of the Red Cross article on its collaboration with CURE India on clubfoot treatment, including in Jammu and Kashmir and Chhattisgarhhttps://www.icrc.org/en/article/partnership-cure-india
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