Ashwin Naik

Bengaluru Area, India India

Founder - Vaatsalya, Ashoka Fellow & Young Global Leader of World Economic Forum

Medical / Health Care / Pharmaceuticals

Ashwin is the founder and director of Vaatsalya Healthcare, an award winning social enterprise, focused on building a network of hospitals in Tier II and Tier III towns in India. While 70% of India’s population lives in semi-urban and rural areas, majority of the healthcare facilities are in Urban areas and not accessible to these families. Vaatsalya is bridging this gap by building primary and secondary care hospitals in semi-urban and rural areas. Vaatsalya currently has eight hospitals in Karnataka and one in Andhra Pradesh, totaling 600 + beds. Vaatsalya is the largest hospital network of its kind in India. Winner of the Inaugural Porter Prize in India for value based healthcare, Va.