Dr. Azad Moopen & Dr. M.I. Sahadulla win Lifetime
Achievement Awards & Ms. Alisha Moopen named Healthcare Leader of the Year

Aster DM Quality Care, one of Indias largest healthcare providers, has
once again been recognised on the national stage, with two of its leaders felicitated at the Financial
Express Healthcare Awards 2026, held in New Delhi on July 17, 2026. Organised annually by The
Financial Express, the awards spotlight the individuals and institutions setting the pace for
innovation and impact across Indias healthcare sector.

Dr. Azad Moopen, Executive Chairman, Aster DM Quality Care, was conferred the Lifetime
Achievement of the Year – Healthcare (National) award, honouring a career spent widening access
to quality care and building one of the regions most trusted healthcare networks from the ground
up. Spanning over three decades and serving millions across geographies, that journey has been

driven throughout by a conviction that quality care should never be a privilege of the few. The
recognition follows a landmark chapter for the group, with the integration of Aster and Quality Care,
backed by Blackstone, establishing it among Indias top healthcare chains and reshaping the scale at
which the organisation serves patients.

Ms. Alisha Moopen, Director, Aster DM Quality Care, was named Healthcare Leader of the Year
(National), in recognition of her role in steering the groups growth, advancing its digital and clinical
capabilities, and championing initiatives across womens health, mental wellness, and inclusive
leadership. Under her leadership, the organisation has moved to place technology and preventive

care at the centre of how it serves patients, reflecting her belief that the future of healthcare will be
defined not only by scale, but by how thoughtfully care reaches every community.

Additionally, Dr. M. I. Sahadulla, Group CMD, KIMSHEALTH, was also honoured at the ceremony
with the Lifetime Achievement Award, in recognition of his decades of pioneering work in building
world class healthcare infrastructure and advancing clinical excellence across the Southern region.

At the institutional level, KIMSHEALTH Trivandrum was conferred two further honours: Excellence
in Multi Specialty Care (National) and Excellence in Cardiac Care (South India). The awards reflect
the depth of the hospitals clinical expertise and the trust it continues to earn from the communities
it serves.

Together, these honours mark more than individual achievement. They affirm the strength of a
combined organisation now operating at greater scale, and the conviction behind it: that quality care
should know no boundaries of geography, income, or circumstance. As Aster DM Quality Care steps

into this next chapter, it does so with a clear ambition, to set the standard for accessible,
technology enabled, and compassionate healthcare in India and beyond.