MUMBAI: CNBC-TV18, India’s leading English business news channel along with ICICI Lombard hosted the 8th edition of the ‘Indian Healthcare and Wellness Awards 2018’ at The Grand Hyatt, Mumbai.The event honored the best of medical and wellness service providers in the industry and served as a platform that brings together leaders from private and government organizations as well as policy makers, dignitaries from sector affiliates along with prominent names from the healthcare fraternity. Dr. Daniel Kraft, MD, Faculty Chair of Medicine & Neuroscience, Singularity University & Founder and Chair Exponential Medicine, San Francisco, USA graced the event as the chief guest of the evening.
The eminent list of jury panel that shortlisted the winners and acknowledged their efforts were Mr. Kewal Handa, Chairman, Medybiz Pharma; Mr. DG Shah, Secretary General, Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance; Mr. A Vaidheesh, MD & VP, South Asia, GSK Pharmaceutical; and Dr. Sudarshan Ballal, Chairman & Medical Director, Manipal Health Enterprise. The jury panel for new category segment under wellness comprised Mr. Ryan Fernando, Chief Nutritionist, QUA Nutrition; Ms Pooja Makhija, Nutritionist; Dr. Shikha Sharma, Nutritionist; and Ms. Leena Mogre, Nutritionist.
The remarkable event applauded the contribution of the innovators, change-makers and pioneers in the healthcare and medical community. Nominations from over 3000 hospitals and an overwhelming response to the event, spoke volumes about the popularity and the credibility of the awards.
Speaking at the awards, Mr. Joy Chakraborthy from CNBC-TV18 stated, “Our objective behind this initiative is to acknowledge the best in the health and wellness industry. We truly wanted to felicitate those personalities who have made significant contributions in bringing about positive transformations to enhance the quality of general healthcare and medical facilities in India. We received massive number of entries this year and it is so good to see some amazing efforts being recognized by our experienced set of jury panels. The outstandingresponse by the industry is what encourages us to come with a new edition that is bigger and better, year after year.”
With IMRB, India’s leading market research agency associated with the property as their knowledge partner, extensive fieldwork was carried-out with the help of scientific methodology that captured consumers’ ratings and doctors’ ratings to finalize the best of the best from the industry.
