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cover story<br />
Kanchan Naikawadi<br />
Founder-Director, Indus Health Plus Pvt Ltd<br />
Tell us about journey as an entrepreneur. What<br />
got you to join your family business?<br />
When I lost my father due to late detection of an advanced cancer, it struck<br />
us real hard that maybe we could have saved him if we got aware of it early.<br />
That huge blow in our personal lives impelled us to take a step further and<br />
create awareness in the society about this still less provoked concept of<br />
‘Prevention’. ‘Prevention Is Better than Cure’ is something that we have all<br />
heard since our school days but seldom do we actually implement it. We lay<br />
the odds and we wait and watch – our health. It’s time to wake up to the<br />
concept of preventive healthcare. Keeping this in mind, Indus Health Plus<br />
was established in the year 2000 by me and a team of like-minded professionals<br />
to provide affordable, comprehensive and qualitative preventive health<br />
checkups and diagnostics for symptomatic Indians.<br />
This Woman’s day, whom would you like to thank<br />
for inspiring you?<br />
Sadanand Bapat, an eminent entrepreneur, my uncle and friend, philosopher<br />
and mentor, has been an inspiration in my life and played an influential role<br />
in moulding my personality.<br />
Your advice to aspiring woman entrepreneurs.<br />
Woman entrepreneur should have immense passion towards their work.<br />
They should not be afraid of taking risks. Initially, it wasn’t easy for me, being<br />
a commerce graduate to move into healthcare industry, but because I was<br />
determined and was not afraid of venturing out, Indus was born and is<br />
successfully spreading the message of preventive healthcare to the masses.<br />
Another factor that women entrepreneurs should possess is the desire for<br />
control. Women should have the ability to multitask as they need to manage<br />
office and home with their goal-oriented approach.<br />
How Pune has helped shaped you professionally<br />
and personally?<br />
When we started our business, we thought that Pune suited our requirements<br />
completely. Being a diverse city like Mumbai, Pune has all the facilities that a<br />
metro or cosmopolitan city has to offer. Good infrastructure, hi-tech superspeciality<br />
hospitals, proximity to other tier II and III cities of Maharashtra, a<br />
good network of expert doctors, and a technological sound city. Keeping all<br />
these factors into consideration, we established Indus Health Plus in Model<br />
Colony, Pune. Right from here, our concept of prevention has reached out to<br />
almost 80 lakh people in almost 78 cities of India and UAE in a span of 16<br />
years. From the personal point of view, being from Mumbai, the charm of<br />
Pune’s easy-going life appealed to me the most. Pune also gives you that<br />
perfect work-life balance that you have longed for. The recreational facilities<br />
such as malls, playgrounds, movie theatres, and plethora of travelling spots<br />
nearby Pune help you to unwind with your family. Moreover, Pune’s weather<br />
is also soothing and the green cover in few areas is very pleasing.<br />
Photographer: Shiva Sharma<br />
Location Courtesy: The Westin Pune<br />
anjalishetty@crememagazine.in<br />
78 march 2017 www.crememagazine.in
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