Manipal Cure and Care Wins the Prestigious Golden Peacock Innovation Award 2008

Manipal Cure and Care [MCC], India’s first Holistic Health & Wellness centre, has won the prestigious Golden Peacock Innovation Award 2008 for its contribution to health and wellness sector through innovation. The Award was conferred to Manipal Care and Cure by Baroness Fhreela Flather, House of Lords & Dr.Ola Ullsten, Honorable Prime Minister of Sweden, in London on 19th of September, 2008 marking a global acknowledgement for company’s endeavor to constantly innovate, thereby benefiting everyone. Sharing the dice with them where Dr.Madhav Mehra, President, World Council for Corporate Governance, U.K. & Mr.C.B.Bhave, Chairman, SEBI. Dr.Sudarshan Rawat, Advisor – Radiology Services, Manipal Cure and Care received the award.

This year Manipal Care and Cure had a tough competition. In all, 353 applications were received by GP Secretariat, out of which 126 were short-listed, after critical scrutiny for final selection through 3 tier assessment process.

On being felicitated by the Golden Peacock Award, Somnath Das, COO, Manipal Cure and Care said, “innovation is an on going process & the survival of any business concept rests on continuous innovation that impacts customer experience. Last year we had won the Golden Peacock award for Innovative Product/Service – 2007, in just 6 months of operation, validating our concept & business model. This year’s award reiterates the commitment we made to ourselves & our customers – to give them the best world”

This year the Golden Peacock Awards Jury was headed by Justice P.N. Bhagwati , former Chief Justice of India and Member UN Human Rights Commission and other Jury members include Justice M.N. Venkatchaliah, former Chief Justice of India; Dr Olivier Giscard d’Estaing , founder Chairman, INSEAD , France; Dr S. Z. Qasim, former Member Planning Commission; Dr V.K. Agnihotri , former Secretary, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Mr. Vinod Dhall, IAS, Chairman, Competition Commission of India along with many others.

About Golden Peacock Awards

Golden Peacock Awards instituted by the Institute of Directors (IOD) in 1991 have given boost to Indian Industry. One can fairly assert that India’s manufacturing success today is to a great measure due to the learning experience provided by the self assessment model on which the Golden Peacock Award is based.

The Golden Peacock Awards are considered as the holy grail of corporate excellence and its guidelines provide a checklist for improvement and self-assessment in areas of quality, Innovation, training, governance, environment management and corporate social responsibility.

About Manipal Cure and Care

Manipal Cure and Care is an initiative of Manipal Education and Medical Group (MEMG). Founded by the late Padmashree Dr. T.M.A. Pai in 1953, Manipal Education and Medical Group today stands tall with an enviable track record of success in the spheres of Healthcare, Education and Research nationally and internationally. Its operations are spread across India, Middle East and several Southeast Asian countries.

The integrated Manipal Cure and Care (MCC) centers offer a mix of world-class products and services in preventive, wellness and beauty care. They are the first in India to provide qualitative monitoring of healthcare driven by well-trained doctors and paramedical staff. They offer health services that are customized based on each individual’s lifestyle and family medical history.

MCC builds on the experience, know-how and socially beneficial vision of the Manipal Education and Medical Group itself. This pioneering venture introduces to India the concept of holistic Health and Wellness care in a conveniently located, non sick format, providing superior clinical services with related product offerings, all under one roof!

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