The 14th Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award-India 2023 was conferred to Dr.Shuchin Bajaj of Ujala Cygnus Healthcare in a ceremony held in New Delhi on 25 August 2023. The award was presented to Shuchin Bajaj by India’s G20 Sherpa, Amitabh Kant.
Ujala Cygnus through its chain of low-budget-and-patient-friendly-tertiary-care hospitals is enabling access to high-quality integrated healthcare infrastructure and services for underserved communities.
In 2009, the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship and Jubilant Bhartia Foundation came together to promote social innovation in India through the Social Entrepreneur of the Year (SEOY) Award. It is given to high-impact social innovators.
Dr.Shuchin Bajaj will join the social innovators’ community of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship. It is a leading global platform that has accelerated outstanding models of social innovation for over 25 years.