Contrary to the popular view that the average member of the Marvari community confines his attention mostly to business, Shri N. Sugalchand Jain has devoted a good portion of his time and resources to serving the public at large both in Chennai and in major cities of India including his native town of Siyat in Rajasthan. His contribution in the field of social service can be broadly described as under:

1. Through the medium of Singhvi Charitable Trust, over the years, he has been assisting the weaker sections of the community particularly in the field of medical assistance and education. More recently the trust is concentrating on assisting the visually handicapped through the supply of medicines and spectacles entirely free of cost through camps held at remote rural areas. In addition Shri Sugalchand Jain, through his trust mentioned above, had undertaken the screening of students studying in schools run by Chennai Corporation covering mostly the poorer sections of the community. During the period from early 1997 till date 147974 persons have been provided spectacles, 54990 persons have been provided medicines and 31573 patients have been referred to Sankara Nethralaya. Needless to add that all these services are provided by the Singhvi Charitable Trust entirely free of cost.

2. The group of companies of which Shri N. Sugalchand Jain is major partner has been providing financial assistance to individuals and institutions rendering service to the members of the poorer sections of the community. The assistance was provided to such institutions and individuals all over the country. The institutions include the Cancer Institute & Sankara Nethralaya at Chennai, the Dharmishila Cancer Hospital, New Delhi, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mumbai, Institute of Kidney Diseases & Research Centre at Ahmedabad and Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Samithi, Jaipur. The assistance thus made available to various institutions engaged in serving the community during the past few years is in excess of Rs. 10 Crores.

3. Further Shri N. Sugalchand Jain has undertaken the task of rebuilding and renovating institutions such as temples through the medium of Amirthavarshini Trust.

4. By associating Shri Jain with their management, premier institutions engaged in community service, such as the Shankara Nethralaya, the Cancer Institute, Volunatary Health Services, Schizophrenia Research Foundation, Bharatiya Vidhya Bhavan, Ahimsa Research Foundation, Mediciti, Hyderabad, Mahaveer Hospital, Hyderabad, Bharatiya Jain Sanghatna and Veerayatan, an institution serving the tribals of Bihar have availed themselves of the benefit of his entrepreneurial skills.