"They have proved that social good and profit can go hand in hand," says Sandeep Farias, Founding Partner of Elevar Equity, which invested Rs 15 crore in the company along with Sequoia Capital India in January 2011.

It was the untimely death of his father that led Azim, a trained medical doctor, to launch Glocal in July 2010. "My father died due to unnecessary treatments. I thought, if this can happen to me, a doctor and an IAS officer, what about others?" he said.

At Glocal, his team has come up with a protocol-driven model, where the computerized system will help the doctor automate diagnosis of 42 diseases, ranging from ischemic heart disease to malaria, which they identified was affecting 95% of the patients. Azim points out that he is able to charge lower fees by restricting the infrastructure and protocols to the bare minimum.

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