Abraham George

George returned to India in January 1995 after a long absence. His intent was to reduce the injustices and inequalities of which he had become aware and to this end he established The George Foundation, a non-profit charitable trust . One of his initial projects, Shanti Bhavan Residential School, offers world-class education and care to children from the poorest segment of India who are also from the dalit or "untouchable" castes. As of 2017, after 20 years of the school's operations, the first four batches have now graduated from college and are employed by global companies like Mercedes Benz, Goldman Sachs, Ernst & Young and others -- an accomplishment that has no parallel in India's social history. In 2021, six Shanti Bhavan graduates received admission to Stanford, Dartmouth, Hofstra, Duke, Princeton, Middlebury, and Northwestern universities for undergraduate studies.

George had worked for Chemical Bank for two years when he decided in 1976 to start his own company, Multinational Computer Models, Inc (MCM), which would offer computerized systems to large multinational corporations to enable them to deal with their international financial risks. MCM subsequently formed a joint venture with the global investment bank Credit Suisse First Boston where George served as the Chief Consultant and Managing Director of its new operations. In 1998, George sold MCM to SunGard Data Systems, a Fortune 500 company, where he served as a Vice-Chairman for two years. He was on the boards of Vellore Christian Medical College & Hospital, International Center for Journalists, and Human Rights Watch. He is an adjunct professor at New York University Stern School of business.

In 1968, the third year of George's service, he suffered a hearing disability. At the time, doctors in India were not trained to tackle his medical condition; it required specialized surgery. By this point, his mother was already in the United States, teaching physics and working for NASA as a research scientist. His mother's position afforded him the opportunity to come to America where he could have his surgery and start a new life.

At fourteen, George was admitted to the National Defence Academy in Khadakwasla. He subsequently went on to graduate as a second-lieutenant in a medium artillery regiment of the Indian Army. George's first posting in 1966 was to the Northeast Frontier that borders China, following the Chinese invasion of 1962.