Placement in a leading, good corporate after studying in IIMA is a dream common to most of its students.
Placement in a leading, good corporate after studying in IIMA is a dream common to most of its students. Very few think of starting a venture for the betterment of society. But three alumni of IIMA — Manish Jovanputra, Dheeraj Chopra and Manish Sharma — after completing the Post Graduate Programme for Executives (PGPX) chose to start their own venture ‘Eduhealth’, which provides
health check-ups and suggests preventive measures.
Speaking about the venture, Sharma said, “There is a need to create awareness among people regarding health disorders (of vision, hearing, dyslexic symptoms and concentration) among children, which we generally neglect. Diagnosing them at an early age is important in order to avoid future complications. Our initiative intends to help detect the disorders early, for early treatment. We provide a descriptive report on what the child lacks, what he needs and other suggestive measures by our consultants.”
The business model of Eduhealth is quite unique and interesting, wherein they have a team of doctors and specialists as their employees. “In all, we have eight people’s team consisting of dental surgeons, audiologists, ophthalmologist etc.”
The idea of starting this venture was finalised after much brain-storming, and it was launched in June 2010. “We wanted to create a difference in society. We had opted out of placement as we three always wanted to become entrepreneurs. So we came up with this idea and launched it in a private limited company format.”
“We also have the facilities of imported technology for check-ups and we follow the WHO guidelines,” said Sharma, who was earlier an entrepreneur in the US. Chopra stated that they charge Rs300 per student for the check- up. “We charge less as we have our own team of doctors and we are doing it on a mass scale at the school level,” he added.