FAQs

• Student eligibility
• Family income
• Academic standing

FFE also manages compliant disbursement of funds for educational support, with full documentation and reporting to GOSUMEC Foundation USA.

• Fairness and objectivity
• Compliance with U.S. nonprofit regulations
• Full documentation and auditability

• Comply with U.S. nonprofit and cross-border charitable regulations
• Avoid conflicts of interest
• Protect both the institution and the students

Under U.S. compliance standards, overseas institutions cannot control the selection of beneficiaries or the use of charitable funds from a U.S. nonprofit.

The Foundation is legally separate from the College and Hospital and is governed by its own Board of Directors.

• Retain fiduciary control over charitable funds
• Protect donor intent
• Maintain full auditability of all scholarship disbursements

Independent governance ensures that donor funds are used exclusively for their intended charitable purpose and can be fully documented and audited under U.S. compliance standards.

The institution’s role is entirely academic and clinical.

Seth G.S. Medical College & KEM Hospital provide:

• Education and training
• Examinations and evaluation
• Clinical experience

GOSUMEC’s role is philanthropic — providing financial support so deserving students can continue their medical education.

• Educational access
• Student retention and success
• Alumni engagement

At the same time, the institution can focus on its core academic and clinical mission without the regulatory and administrative burden of managing international charitable funds.

• Independent governance structures
• Third-party verification and compliance partners

This model is widely used by scholarship foundations, medical charities, and global education nonprofits to meet IRS and donor-protection requirements.

• Protects donor intent and prevents diversion of funds
• Ensures scholarships are awarded using objective criteria
• Provides complete audit trails for every payment
• Allows scholarships and endowments to be sustained long-term
• Remains stable despite changes in institutional leadership

Most importantly, it ensures that students receive direct, reliable, and merit-based support tied to verified financial need.

GOSUMEC exists to strengthen its alma mater by supporting its students, while the institution focuses on education and clinical training. The two play complementary roles in advancing medical education and public service.

GOSUMEC Foundation USA is an independent, alumni-led U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. It has never represented itself as part of, or acting on behalf of, the administration of Seth G.S. Medical College or KEM Hospital.

As an independent foundation:

• Governance & accountability
  The Foundation is governed by its own Board of Directors and Finance Committee, all of whom are alumni. It is legally accountable to U.S. nonprofit regulators (the IRS), its donors, and its governing board — not to external institutions or associations.
• Donor-directed funds
  All contributions are given to GOSUMEC Foundation USA in accordance with donor intent and U.S. nonprofit law. Funds raised by the Foundation are not institutional funds of Seth G.S. Medical College or KEM Hospital.
• Transparency through public disclosure
  Financial summaries, IRS filings, Board and Finance Committee minutes, scholarship policies, and impact reports are publicly available on our website. This ensures transparency without creating parallel or informal oversight structures.
• Student privacy and ethical stewardship
  Scholarships are need- and merit-based and are independently vetted through the Foundation for Excellence (FFE), a nonprofit partner with over 30 years of experience in India. To protect student dignity and privacy, individual beneficiary names are not publicly disclosed.

We respect the autonomy and governance of Seth G.S. Medical College & KEM Hospital and value the goodwill of the alumni community. At the same time, maintaining legal independence, ethical boundaries, and donor trust is essential to fulfilling our mission responsibly and sustainably.

All Gosumecs’ including Physical therapists, Occupational Therapists, Physicians who are graduates of GSMC and KEMH (UG/PG) or former faculty at our alma mater are eligible to fill this form.

Filling this form gives us consent to share this data between GAA (Gosumec Alumni Association) and Gosumec Foundation and later allows the use this data to build a searchable database using secure login. Please visit iit.org/maps to gain understanding of what we wish to achieve.

This form takes under 2 minutes to complete.

We are collecting demographic information (including country of origin, city and state of residence; contact information of email address and mobile phone/cell phone to be able to contact alumni if necessary, as well as the Year of joining GSMC & KEMH, including area of medical practice. 

We are asking three questions.

1. Do you wish to join GAA (Gosumec Alumni Association) at GSMC & KEMH, which is the official alumni office headed by the Dean and it maintains a dedicated staffed office called “Nostalgia”.
2. Do you wish to join the Gosumec WhatsApp groups? If not then we will have alternative contact information to reach out to you.
3. How do you wish to contribute to our alma mater? Is it with time, talent or treasure?

Data from the google form will be shared internally between Gosumec Foundation & Gosumec Alumni Association at GSMC & KEMH to meet the objectives of the Gosumec Foundation.

Once we achieve enough responses the data will be available for secure access similar to iit.org/maps, allowing for global engagement.

By filling the data you allow it for internal use and subsequent inclusion on the GOSUMEC Foundations website (https://gosumec.org) with security maintenance.

For any unanswered questions please fill the contact/feedback google form.

These forms completed by alumni globally will be analyzed by Dr. Vinay Vaidya who is an expert on data analytics and serves as a Chief Medical Information Officer at a Children’s hospital in Arizona. He also advises our team at Gosumec Foundation.

In due course of time, we will have a separate page on GAA to include details about the alumni organization, their office bearers, an easy to fill application form (google form) and instructions to pay the nominal fee of Rs.1500 to join GAA.

The alumni who wish to join GAA will be contacted to assist with membership.

We are a volunteer run organization. Please reach out to the Directors, Officers, Advisors in ways that you can contribute and help.

Email: president@gosumec.org

For any unanswered questions please fill the contact/feedback google form.We will respond to you and include the questions on our FAQs so it serves other members.

We are a voluntary organization and have no administrative staff. Our team consists of motivated Gosumecs’ who believe in the Mission of the GOSUMEC Foundation to Connect, Contribute & Engage.