Sustainable
Development and Collective Responsibility Forum (SDCRF) honoured Kanchan
Naikawadi, director, Indus Health Plus, with the Women Initiative of the Year award
in the healthcare sector.
SDCRF’s
objective is to recognize and honour individuals behind commendableinitiatives and projects in corporate social
responsibility (CSR), leadership, and diversity and inclusion. The forum
invites philanthropists, NGOs, VOs, social entrepreneurs, funding agencies,
governments and media to strategize and take action to build more lucrative and
sustainable models.
‘I
am extremely happy that I have been bestowed with such a prestigious award. Our
aim has been to provide quality healthcare at affordable prices to the masses
through preventive healthcare checkups. We take
pride in facilitating screening, generating reports and providing doctor’s
consultation in a single day. We generate awareness of practising prevention
for one’s health and have been able to reach many regions of Bangalore and have
started operations in Gujarat too,’ Naikawadi said.
Indus
Health Plus entered the preventive healthcare segment about a decade ago.
Currently, the company has 82 centres across 38 cities in 9 states in India. As
part of its social initiatives, the company has conducted 3.8 lakh health
check-ups in association with reputed healthcare institutions.