Brothers, Arun and Anant Nevatia grew up in an affluent family. Sadly, Arun was diagnosed with terminal cancer as a child and would spend the rest of his life battling this. Seeing the high costs of medical treatment, the brothers wondered how poor people fared in similar situations.
One day, they gave some money to a poor woman for her medical needs, and to their surprise, the woman returned with some sweets for them a few days later. She had spent the little money she earned by begging on the streets to show her gratitude to them. Stirred by this incident, the brothers gave up their lucrative real estate business and founded the Rural Health Care Foundation (RHCF) to provide high quality, low cost,, healthcare to the impoverished population.
To date, RHCF has treated over 2.5 million people through its 18 medical centers. Harvard and Yale business schools have studied RHCF’s model of frugal innovation. The founders have been invited to speak at worldwide conferences and garnered over 30 national awards.
After Arun passed away in 2013, his wife, Falguni, has taken his place to work with Anant and Anant’s son (Shreyas) to increase the scope of their work in meeting the health needs of the indigent people of Bengal.
