“He’s 25. And he’s performed the last rites for over 3,000 people.”
Jas Kalra didn’t set out to lead an NGO. In fact, growing up, he often wondered why his father — Shri Ravi Kalra — gave up a comfortable life to take care of strangers.
Instead of birthday parties, Jas saw his father feeding the homeless. Instead of vacations, they visited government hospitals to rescue abandoned patients. At the time, Jas didn’t understand it. He just knew that his father was always needed — by someone who had no one else.
It wasn’t until December 2021, when Shri Ravi Kalra passed away suddenly, that everything changed. Jas was just 21. No roadmap. No team prepared to take over. Just a shelter full of abandoned elderly, mentally ill individuals, victims of abuse, and forgotten souls — all looking to him.
“I could have walked away. But I knew I couldn’t live with that,” he once said in an interview. So he stayed.
Today, Jas Kalra is the President of The Earth Saviours Foundation — a sanctuary in Gurugram that provides free shelter, food, medical aid, and love to over 1,300 people who have been abandoned by their families, lost on the streets, or left behind by society. From those suffering from incurable diseases to those paralyzed, from women recovering from abuse to senior citizens with dementia, no one is turned away.
But what truly sets Jas’s service apart is that he chooses to provide dignity to not just the living, but even those who’ve passed away. Over the last few years, Jas has performed the cremation rituals for more than 3,000 unclaimed unidentified bodies. People with no names, no visitors, no goodbyes. And yet, every time, Jas stands in for a grieving family that doesn’t exist.
“It’s the last act of dignity I can offer,” he’s said.
Under his leadership, The Earth Saviours Foundation has grown — not just in size, but in soul. Every resident is treated with care. Meals are cooked fresh, and birthdays are celebrated. There’s laughter, music, even workshops.
The Foundation doesn’t rely on government aid. Everything is powered by goodwill — volunteers, visitors, and everyday people who want to help. “They don’t ask for donations. They ask you to visit. And once you do, your heart does the rest,” one visitor shared.
At 25, Jas Kalra is proof that compassion doesn’t need age, and leadership doesn’t need a title.
He never asked for this life. But he’s given it everything.
And in doing so, he’s given thousands something they hadn’t had in years — a home, a name, a final prayer, and most of all… someone who stayed.
