Biocon Foundation wins ‘Health CSR Project of the Year’ award

Bengaluru, July 18, 2017: Biocon Foundation, the CSR arm of Asia’s premier biopharmaceuticals company, Biocon, has won the prestigious ‘Health CSR Project of the Year’ award for its outstanding contribution to strengthening primary healthcare delivery in India through its eLAJ platform for the benefit of communities with poor access to healthcare. Dr Suchitra Bajaj, Senior Program Manager, Biocon Foundation, received the award at the Fist Annual edition of the CSR Health Impact Awards 2017 held in New Delhi recently, according to a release here today. The Foundation for India Health & Wellness selected Biocon Foundation’s eLAJ program as the ‘Health CSR Project of the Year’ because it is an “initiative that had the biggest health outcome bang for the buck and effort expended and serves as an inspiration to other organizations whose CSR work is in the area of health.” Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Founder & Managing Trustee, Biocon Foundation,said: “I am pleased that Biocon Foundation’s eLAJ initiative has been bestowed the ‘Health CSR Project of the Year’ Award. At Biocon Foundation, we strongly believe that the use of technology can address the challenges associated with public health delivery in our country. We have taken ahead this belief to develop the unique eLAJ model to facilitate effective preventive and primary healthcare intervention for marginalized communities living in underserved urban and rural areas of India.

United News of India