• To arrange and/or provide for the long-standing practice or annual observations of the Felicitation and Awarding of the VC John Memorial Foundation Excellence Award to the most promising shipping executives in the industry.
• To provide education and scholarship to the children of the people in the maritime / shipping industry and to provide them with all help in all possible ways.
• To do conduct various act of charity and to assist individuals who the Foundation considers to be deserving.

• On 12/06/2010, the Chairman of the ' V.C John Foundation' , Adv. V.J.Mathew handed over a cheque for Rs 2,00,000/- to the Heart Care Foundation chaired by well known cardiac surgeon Dr. Jose Chacko Periyapuram to conduct free heart surgery for the under privileged
• In 2009, V.C. John Foundation gave the 'Award of Excellence 2009' for the most promising shipping executive in Cochin to Shri. Rajesh G. Asher, Managing Director, Jairam and Sons
• TIn 2009, the V.C. John Foundation gave the 'Lifetime achievement awards' for the meritorious achievements in shipping industry to Mr. K.J. Jose, Managing Director, Darragh Smail & Co.; Capt. Varghese Kuruvilla, Sr. Vice President, German Express Shipping Agencies Pvt Ltd; Mr. M.K.M. Nair (popularly known as Mani Sir), Greenways Shipping Agencies Pvt Ltd; Mr. V.D. Malliya, former General Manager, M.B. & Co.; Mr. Kuttappan Menon, General Manager, D.B. Khona & Co.; and Capt. Abraham Kuruvilla, former CEO, ABC & Co.

About V.C.John

Born in the year 1925, late Shri.V.C.John hailed from Niranom, Thiruvalla. He joined Darragh Smail and Co. at Alleppey in the year 1943 and headed the shipping department of the company. While in Darragh Smail and Co., he took FICS from London. Later Darragh Smail and Co. shifted to Kalvathy, Fort Cochin and subsequently to Willingdon Island, Kochi.

Shri. V.C.John practiced shipping through experience and at the same time he studied the ins and outs of shipping law and practice. He had a great collection of shipping books and many executives of Cochin's shipping fraternity used his library and learned the essential aspects of shipping from him.

It was by the end of the 1960s that he joined M.B. & Co. and headed its shipping department. By the 1970s he had started J.M Baxi & Co., Cochin branch, and headed J.M. Baxi for years. After several years he started Madhavlal & Co. Pvt. Ltd. and subsequently Al-Rafidian Shipping Co. an Iraqi line. As he was close to the Baxi group, he was assigned with the task of starting many of its offices/divisions in south India and he became the Chief Executive Officer of Sorabji & Co. He served the Baxi group till his demise in 1995.

A legend by sheer effort, he left an indelible imprint in the shipping industry through his true, honest and committed shipping practice. He dedicated a major part of his life to the shipping industry. He was renowned for his expertise in shipping law, customs law, and procedure and practice.