St. Jude India ChildCare Centres
Ashutosh Pednekar is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in both charitable and financial sectors. Currently serving as the Director at St. Jude India ChildCare Centres since June 2006, Ashutosh Pednekar has been instrumental in providing holistic care to children with cancer in metropolitan India. Additionally, Ashutosh Pednekar has been a Practising Chartered Accountant at M. P. Chitale & Co. since August 1984, specializing in IFRS. Ashutosh Pednekar holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from H R College of Commerce & Economics (1981-1986) and is a Certified Information Systems Auditor from the Information Systems Audit & Control Association (2001). Early education was completed at BPM High School in Mumbai (1971-1981).
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St. Jude India ChildCare Centres
Every child suffering from cancer, irrespective of economic status, deserves to get the best chance of surviving the disease and leading a full, healthy, happy life. St. Judes provides this chance through its well-established model of cost-free, holistic care during the period of the child's treatment. In major cities of India where low cost cancer treatment is available, children who need treatment for cancer and their parents come to hospitals from distant towns and villages. The hospitals do not treat them as in-patients during the long drawn out treatment and these needy families do not have a place to stay whenever the child is not admitted to hospital. Hence, St Judes provides these families with free of cost: 1) Safe & Hygienic Housing 2) Cooking facilities and Nutrition 3) Transport to and from the hospital 4) Counselling for children and parents 5) Educational and recreational activities 6) Art-based therapy, music therapy and yoga St. Jude India ChildCare Centres has a pan-India presence and currently runs 38 Centres in 9 cities. The organisation is accredited as a GiveIndia Tier 1 Organisation, is rated "VO 1A” by CRISIL (An S&P company) and is also an empanelled partner of the National CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) Hub.