Healthcare Industry in India

‘Cooking is like love. Both come from the heart; need a tender touch and a soulmate to relish it,’ says Chef Hemant Oberoi. Executive Chef of The Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai, Hemant is also the Grand Chef of the Taj Group of Hotels and the Corporate Chef of the Taj Group Luxury Hotels. Leading a team of 1,000 chefs, he oversees 23 hotels across the globe.A ‘super chef’ who has fed prime ministers and visiting presidents as well as Hollywood and Bollywood celebrities and corporate heavy-weights, Hemant introduced ‘Varq’, the contemporary Indian brand at the Taj, and also launched the Japanese restaurant ‘Wasabi’ in Delhi with an incredible vegetarian spread.Internationally recognized for his innovative approach to Indian cuisine with his promotion of ‘Masala Art’ and ‘Masala Kraft’ restaurants at the Taj hotels in New Delhi and Mumbai, he was awarded Executive Chef of the Year in 1993, and Guest Chef for the World Gourmet Summit in Singapore in 2002.

Dr. Mrs. Meenal Kumar, a Senior Consultant Gynaecologist at Chandigarh, is a sensitive, capable and caring physician for her patients. Her work represents the essence of healing, while destroying the myths and challenges associated with health problems. The book on menopause was her first and that was based upon personal sufferings and experiences of menopause as a patient, as well as a physician . Due to extreme distress of menopausal symptoms and problems borne by her person, she became disabled, which gave her new insight and new strength to offer power of healing to her patients about menopausal symptoms. In recognition of her dedication to the cause of women’s empowerment in general and menopause in particular, she was asked to head the first menopause clinic, set up at Chandigarh, in the year 2001, the year of women’s empowerment, which is now functioning at 232/Sector 16A, Chandigarh. She was born in the family of doctors at Agra and had her medical schooling (M.B.B.S.) at Kanpur. Later on she specialized in Gynaecology from Delhi University by passing DGO and MD. He total interest, hobbies, profession is summed up in care of her patients. She continues to serve her patients through her pen, as much as her touch and prescription. Her first book ‘Guide to Better Women’s Health after Menopause’ was highly admired.