Smile Train is an international children’s charity that supports 100%-free cleft repair surgery and comprehensive cleft care for children globally. They offer comprehensive care and a sustainable approach.

This model empowers local medical professionals to provide cleft care in their own communities. 365 days a year, a child in India receives their life-changing cleft repair surgery by one of Smile Train India's 235+ partner surgeons and I am extremely glad and proud to be one of those surgeons. Smile Train maintains Smile Train Express (STX), an internet-based, digital patient record database. STX enables Smile Train to have outside medical experts review patient records and quality of care. The charity also boasts a large medical research library with more than 1,000 articles related to clefts accessible online for free. We at Kalda Hospital have done thousands of surgeries that have brought smiles to not just all of our patient’s faces but their dear ones as well. Dr. Kalda has also been awarded the 'Golden Book of World Records' for his free 24,509 successful clefts operations till 2017.