Our story
Honoring a legacy of compassion through service.
A dedication
The Sethi Memorial Foundation is established in loving memory of Dr. Jagat Prakash Sethi and Dr. Rameshwari Sethi, whose lives were defined by compassionate healthcare, excellence, and an unwavering commitment to serving others.
As respected physicians and philanthropists in India, they devoted their careers to improving the health and well-being of countless individuals while uplifting their community through generosity and service. Their legacy continues to inspire the Foundation's mission to strengthen families, support children, promote healthier communities, and extend hope to those in need.
Through every program, partnership, and act of kindness, the Foundation seeks to honor their extraordinary lives by carrying forward the values they lived every day: compassion, integrity, service, and humanity.
Dr. Jagat Prakash Sethi
Physician, professor, and founder of a cancer research institute. He graduated at the top of his medical class and spent his career building institutions that outlived him.
- 1954MBBS, SMS Medical College, Jaipur. Graduated first in his class.
- 1957MD, SMS Medical College.
- 1960Fellowship in Allergy and Pulmonology, Scripps, California.
- Professor of Medicine and Head of the Department of Medicine, SMS Medical College.
- Principal, RNT Medical College, Udaipur.
- Principal, JLN Medical College, Ajmer.
- Founder and Director, Bhagwan Mahaveer Cancer Hospital and Research Institute, Jaipur.
Dr. Rameshwari Sethi
Obstetrician, public-health leader, and educator. She brought maternal and child healthcare to rural Rajasthan and led statewide campaigns at the request of India's Prime Minister.
- 1954MBBS, SMS Medical College, Jaipur.
- Medical Director, OBGYN Center, Chaura Rasta, Jaipur.
- 1973Master of Public Health in Maternal and Child Health, University of California, Berkeley, sponsored by the World Health Organization.
- Head of the Department of Maternal and Child Health, SMS Hospital and Medical College, Jaipur.
- Appointed by the Government of Rajasthan to educate and treat the rural population in maternal and child health.
- 1970sAppointed by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to lead Rajasthan's community education campaign on family planning and maternal and child care.
Together
They led and funded philanthropic efforts to educate girls and people who could not afford basic or higher education.
They travelled to rural areas to speak on health, nutrition, and maternal and child care.
They worked with the Government of India to help communities overcome fears about modern medicine, and to improve and manage vaccine availability against childhood disease.
Their legacy continues to inspire the Foundation's mission to strengthen families, support children, promote healthier communities, and extend hope to those in need.
From the family archive
Photographs from a life in medicine, kept by the family.
