Dr Shikha , is a Medical Doctor turned health entrepreneur .Her Organisation works in the preventive healthcare sector . She did her medical training from Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi. It was in her days of practice as a Junior Doctor in the Department of Cardiology when she realised most of the patients had no idea about the cause of their problem or were unaware that this all could be prevented with right eating habits and lifestyle. This shaped the desire to work for the preventive healthcare with the scientific approach.
The Organization is a pioneer in Integrating Modern Nutrition with Vedic Nutrition
The organization works in the area of disease prevention & Wellness and serves clients across the globe. It has a tele-nutrition centralized model with over 140 full time employees. The Use of Tele-Nutrition Centre and a Personal Health App, which helps in delivering personalized advisory and compliance monitoring, is another pioneering concept introduced in the area of Wellness. Being a firm believer of women empowerment, her organization has over 80% women in its workforce.
As part of digital health transformation ,it has created the entire ecosystem from Training and Certification to an enabling nutrition software recommendation engine and Digital Health platform to Nutrition products.
Dr.Shikha has a weekly column for more than a decade in The National Newspaper, HT BRUNCH. She has also been quoted by several other leading Newspapers and magazine like The Times of India, Femina, Cosmopolitan, Huffington Post, Economic Times to name a few. Dr.Shikha appears regularly on Television channels like NDTV, CNBC, Delhi Doordarshan, Sahara, Zee Business and others. She is invited frequently for giving talks by the Economist Magazine and ASSOCHAM, All India Management Association (AIMA), TiE Delhi, Delhi Management Association (DMA) and many others. She has delivered lectures to the students of top engineering and management colleges like IIT Bombay, IIT Rookie, IIT Jodhpur, IIT Patna, NDIM, IMI Delhi, etc. on entrepreneurship. Recently she was invited as a speaker by Global Compact Network (GCNI) on ‘Developing Northeast through the power of Entrepreneurship’.
Dr.Shikha was written about by India Today in its article, Top 50 Young Achievers of the Country.
Dr.Shikha has been honoured with prestigious awards like the Women Achiever Award (by FICC), Gr8 Indian Women Award in 2011, Hall of fame Award ( by her school –Modern school ), Women Achiever Award ( by Bharat Nirman Society ) , Service in preventive healthcare ( the Honourable Union Health Minister of India -Mr G. Azad ) Dr.Shikha has been written about in the Book on Entrepreneurship ( Follow Every rainbow – By Rashmi Bansal) . Recently she has been awarded with Indywood Vanitha Ratna Award.
In the Past, She has been the health advisor to many known people in India including some Chief Ministers of Indian states and one Late Prime Minister among others.
Dr Shikha has served on the Board of various Colleges in Delhi –(Kamala Nehru College , Maitreyi College , Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies , Motilal Nehru college , Gargi College , Shaheed Bhagat Singh College )
Aspen Global Leaders Fellowship (India Batch 3) – Based out of Aspen Colorado USA
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Dr. Shikha is a fellow of the BMW Young leaders (a non-profit foundation run by the German car company, BMW).
BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt promotes responsible leadership and inspires leaders worldwide to work towards a peaceful, just and sustainable future.
She is the past National Health Chair for Young Indians, a subsidiary of the CII.
