Philanthropic statusWe are working on no profit no loss basis recovering material cost only. Whatever loss department incurs every year is compensated by Santokba Durlabhji Memorial Hospital Management.1. Dr. P.K. Sethi Rehabilitation Centre started in 1985 by Dr. Sethi himself and has evolved to present shape having following mile stones.1985 &ndash Started by Late Dr. P.K. Sethi.1988 &ndash Department of Science and Technology Government of India supported following research projects.1. Design and development of low weight thermoplastic Rehabilitation aids.2. Polyurethane Jaipur foot &ndash Phase &ndash I and Phase &ndash II.Continued for nearly 10 years. Collaborating Institute&ndash Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai.&ndash National Chemical Laboratory Pune.1995 &ndash International Committee of Red Cross supported our work. Selected Santokba Durlabhji Memorial Hospital for development and propagation of polypropylene prosthetic technology. 1993 &ndash Team of doctors and technicians from Vietnam trained.1995 &ndash Team of doctors and technicians from Bangladesh trained. 1998 &ndash Team of technician from Angola trained. 2001 &ndash Team of technicians from Mozambique trained. 2001 &ndash Commercial production of Jaipur foot at Gandhgram started. 2001 &ndash Dr. P.K. Sethi awarded with highest honor for Rotary International award USA(US$ 1 lakh received as grant transferred to Santokba Durlabhji Trust).2006 &ndash Training Centre formally inaugurated. 2008 &ndash Dr. Sethis demise.Dr. Anil Jain took over as head of the department.2010 &ndash Outreach programme for free limb and caliper fitting for poor patients utilizing Camp approach started. Nearly 25 such camps have been organized within 125 Kilometers of Jaipur for poor patients.2011 &ndash Team of Biomedical and mechanical engineers from Michigan Technological University U.S.A. visited our centre and research project for improvement in Jaipur foot started jointly.2013 &ndash Team of engineers from Ohio State University USA visited our department and Research work on Jaipur foot started.2013 &ndash Selected for TIMES WELLNESS RAJASTHAN HEALTH AWARDS 2013 Initiated by Times of India in the year 2013. Award function was held at Hotel Le Meridien Jaipur on July 26 2013.2013 &ndash Selected for YOUNG ACHIEVERS AWARD on Doctors Day 1st July 2013 Function jointly organized by Jaipur Medical Association and Medical Practitioner Society Jaipur. 2013 &ndash Admitted as MEMBER NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES INDIA (MNAMS) in November 1998.2013 &ndash Motivation India (MI) U.K. based organization working for World Health Organization (WHO) for development of wheel chairs started interacting with us and trained our staff for wheel chairs services.2013 &ndash Jiv Daya Foundation based in Texas USA decided to support our work to carry out detailed study and data collection of the work done by our centre. Data entry Manager appointed in October 2013.