In October, Sudhir Mehta unveiled a 30,000-square-foot neuro-rehabilitation center in Ahmedabad, western India. It was the first major new facility funded by his family’s UNM Foundation to openCK since he and his brother Samir Mehta pledged roughly $600 million to the philanthropy in 2024 to mark the centenary of their father's birth.

The Mehtas, together worth over $14 billion, are heirs to Indian pharma-and-power conglomerate the Torrent Group. Their father, Uttambhai Nathalal Mehta, who founded Torrent, had bypass surgery in his 60s, and a decade later funded what became one of India's largest single-specialty cardiac hospitals. Since his passing, Sudhir and Samir have expanded the family’s philanthropy, including into child healthcare. By the foundation’s count, its flagship REACH program has in the last decade screened 174,000 children, treated 70,000 for malnutrition and anemia, and opened a 150-bed children’s hospital. UNM has also expanded beyond healthcare, running a free 15-day arts festival and restoring dozens of lakes and public gardens.

Most of the family’s giving is focused on their home state of Gujarat. However, the children’s healthcare program has extended into two other states, and the neuro-rehabilitation centre is intended as a pilot for other Gujarat cities and eventually other parts of India.