Surina has been spearheading the philanthropic activities of the DSC group through her contribution to numerous socially relevant and charitable causes. Surina is intimately engaged with community development and plays a key role in the Consortium for Street Children (47 member-NGOs working with street children around the world), of which she is currently President. She has received numerous prestigious awards, including the MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list (2008), Asian of the Year Award in November 2005 from Asian Who’s Who International, and the Hind Rattan Award by the NRI Welfare Society of India in 1996.