Manish Saraf from Bengal’s Raniganj shares an inspirational story of the struggles and success faced by him with his startup. With a computer, few phone numbers and a capital of 1.5 lakh, Manish’s venture was more like a garage startup. An year down the lane, Manish had enough capital to set up a company called Ujjewan Family Health Center, providing telemedicine services to 500 households with a panel of 300 doctors across India.

Manish who holds a bachelor's degree in pharmacy said that initially even his parents were not very confident about his business plans. “But I believed that tier-II and tier-III towns in Bengal like Raniganj needed access to better medical facilities," said Manish. Ujjewan Family Health Center is an interface between patients and top doctors across the country. It provides video chatting devices to the patients and performs online check-up, a quick service that doesn’t require patients to waste time, energy and money for transportation.

Last year, Manish was selected as one of the top 25 entrepreneurs from India by CII and GIZ Germany for their involvement in innovative healthcare projects in low income market.

"The turning point was perhaps the book 'The World is Flat' by Thomas Friedman. It taught me if you have an idea and you can pursue it then sky is the limit," Manish said; a TOI compilation.

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