Archive · 6 Sep 2026
Sachin Tendulkar Launches Fellowship Honouring Father, Supporting Young Doctors
Sachin Tendulkar created a fellowship to remember his father, Ramesh Tendulkar.
He announced it on Teachers’ Day 2026.
The fellowship will help one doctor each year study cleft and craniofacial care in Srinagar.
The training will last for one year.
The doctor will receive financial help and a certificate after finishing the programme.
The Sachin Tendulkar Foundation and Inga Health Foundation are working together on it.
Sachin said his father helped him choose cricket without forcing him to follow a particular career.
His father also taught him that failure is okay, but cheating and taking shortcuts are wrong.
Sachin hopes the fellowship will help doctors serve more people.
Sachin Tendulkar announced the Professor Ramesh Tendulkar Memorial Fellowship on Teachers’ Day 2026.
The fellowship will support one Doctor of Medicine annually with year-long training in cleft and craniofacial care in Srinagar.
Recipients will receive financial support and a certificate from the Sachin Tendulkar Foundation after completing the programme.
The initiative is run through the Sachin Tendulkar Foundation in partnership with the Inga Health Foundation.
Tendulkar said his father encouraged his cricket career while teaching him that failure is acceptable but cheating and shortcuts are not.
- Who
- Former India cricketer Sachin Tendulkar announced the fellowship in memory of his late father, Professor Ramesh Tendulkar.
- What
- The Professor Ramesh Tendulkar Memorial Fellowship will support one Doctor of Medicine each year with specialised training in cleft and craniofacial care.
- When
- It was announced on Teachers’ Day 2026, identified in the articles as 5 September.
- Where
- The year-long specialisation will take place in Srinagar; Ramesh Tendulkar died at his home in Mumbai.
- Why
- Tendulkar said the fellowship would carry forward his father’s belief that education creates opportunities that should be used to serve others.
- Fellowship
- Professor Ramesh Tendulkar Memorial Fellowship
- Announced by
- Sachin Tendulkar
- Annual recipient
- One Doctor of Medicine
- Specialisation
- Cleft and craniofacial care
- Location
- Srinagar
- Programme length
- One year
- Partners
- Sachin Tendulkar Foundation and Inga Health Foundation
- Ramesh Tendulkar
- Professor, writer and poet who died of a heart attack at his Mumbai home in 1999, aged 68
Sources
Sachin honours late father, announces Professor Ramesh Tendulkar Memorial Fellowship on Teachers' Day
Sachin Tendulkar shares heartfelt note dedicated to father, launches fellowship to help young doctors — Who's eligible?
Teachers’ Day 2026: Sachin Tendulkar Announces Professor Ramesh Tendulkar Memorial Fellowship For Young Doctors In Srinagar In Memory Of His Late Father
