India has huge population, providing Primary Education and Healthcare at affordable cost is mirage even to Governments. Education is becoming costlier day by day and Healthcare at super specialty hospitals is like reaching to stars for masses of this country.
When these two issues couldn't be addressed by Govt as well as NGOs with right direction.
Indian Youth have come up with a business model through startups to address Educational & Healthcare needs of masses. Two such startups are Hippocampus and Forus both started operation from city of Bangalore in Karnataka.
Hippocampus Learning Centres:
It is a brainchild of Ex-Infosys techie Mr. Umesh Malhotra, an IIT-Madras graduate. Umesh who was in team of Infosys which got listed in NASDAQ in year 1999, quit Infosys to venture into his own IT company called Bangalore Labs, which he sold to an IT services company called Planet One Asia in 2002.He later inclined towards Education sector and initiated activities of procuring Library books for the children of needy sections of the society. While working on this social cause of giving access to knowledge, Umesh realized the cons faced by Educational sector of our Nation. Thus initiated a new venture of reaching out to masses to provide Head-Start to kids of underprivileged rural sections of India by providing quality Pre-School Education of Three Years. Thus the 'Hippocampus Learning Centres' came into play in Mandya District and Davanagere districts of Karnataka in year 2011.
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When the Govt. run Anganvadi schools are struggling to compete with posh upmarket infrastructure based schools, Hippocampus is providing affordable pre-schooling in rural sections of our nation. Most importantly it is not a charity show but a business model that has provided Job opportunities to young teachers and knowledge to rural kids.
Let more and more Umesh Malhotras' flourish and cherish on our Mother Earth.
Visit Hippocampus webportal:
Forus Healthcare
The whooping cost of medical care in India is a nightmare to rural masses. Providing free healthcare is still mirage to Govt. In such a context, Forus Healthcare has come up with innovative products in the field of Ophthalmology, so that Eye-Testing cost is drastically reduced and also the travel time involved in rural masses visiting city hospitals is eliminated with use of Portable Eye testing equipment called Tri-Netra (Meaning: THREE-EYES).
Forus Healthcare started in year 2010 is brainchild of Dr. Shyam Vasudeva Rao, an Engineer and Academician who later took up the roles of an entrepreneur to cater to the needs of needy sections of society in health care. Today 25 countries are using Forus Eye scanner and in India masses in villages which lack roads to commute are being provided treatment by using these Portable Eye-Scanners. Most importantly a driver who carries this Tri-Netra eye scanner to rural places himself can operate it and send reports to a doctor sitting in city head Quarters.
Today Forus has grown as 13 Billion company.Visit Forus Healthcare here...
Read More Info of about such startups which have revolutionized the Society here!!!
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