Singh's Connect and Heal ties up with large companies to manage their on-site primary care for employees and their families. Currently, there are six million people under their care
Elwinder Singh, co-founder, Connect and Heal, wants to build a patient-centric health care system in India
Elwinder Singh, 29
Co-founder, Connect and Heal
When his father, a diabetic and cardiovascular patient, was going through health troubles, Elwinder Singh realised just how difficult it is to navigate patient care. He visited one specialist after another, but failed to obtain the right advice for his ailing father. It dawned on him that others might be similarly distressed—and lost—when it came to caring for their loved ones. That’s when Singh, 29, decided to launch Connect and Heal (CNH) with his sister Galveender Kaur and former banker Sanjay Vinayak.
A third-generation Malaysian citizen, Singh knew that the real opportunity lay in India where health care infrastructure was weak and quality delivery sparse. He left his job at consultancy Roland Berger and took a flight to Mumbai—“at that point I didn’t know a single soul in India”, he says—to set up CNH in early 2016.