9 Life Lessons of an Accidental Entrepreneur | Dr. Sunita Maheshwari | TEDxMAIS
Dr. Sunita Maheshwari, a health care Docpreneur, delivers a powerful talk on how one can change, blending personal anecdotes with insightful reflections. She shares transformative moments from her own life, illustrating how starting small, patience and adding value can lead to growth. Using her own experience, she inspires the audience to embrace change as a catalyst to scale, while not losing the ones we love in the quest for success. Dr Sunita Maheshwari, a Yale medical school alumnus, was named a Trailblazing Indian Cardiac Leader at the ET Indian Cardiac Care Innovation Summit 2024, Business World’s 20 Most Influential Women in healthcare 2022, Outlook Business Woman of Worth 2019 and 2014’s ‘Amazing Indian’ award by Times Now, is a parallel healthcare entrepreneur and is the Chief Dreamer and Co-Founder of The Telerad Group.
She was the winner of the ‘Young Clinician Award’ from the American Heart Association and the ‘Best Teacher Award’ at Yale University, where she and her husband have recently instituted the Kalyanpur-Maheshwari Endowment for Global Health Innovation.
She is also active in the social arena in India where she runs 2 trust funds. People4people has put up over 650 playgrounds in government schools. Telrad Foundation provides teleradiology and telemedicine services to poor areas in Asia that do not have access to high-quality medical care. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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