Sir Dr. Huz (huzaifa Khorakiwala)
Trustee & CEO
Wockhardt Foundation
Wockhardt
India
Biography
Sir Dr. HUZ (Huzaifa Khorakiwala) heads the non-profit organization, Wockhardt Foundation which runs several programmes in health, education, water and sanitation across the breadth of the country. Its flagship programme Mobile 1000 operates more than 90 Mobile Medical Units across 18 states in India administering free primary healthcare to more than 2 million Indians in rural & remote parts of India. Its sanitation programme – Pronto Toilets is part of the Prime Minister’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. It has now undertaken an ambitious plan of constructing more than 60,000 household toilets in Orissa. He is also the Executive Director of Wockhardt Limited and is also part of the promoter family of the Wockhardt Group - a leading pharmaceutical and healthcare group. Sir Dr. Huz is an MBA from the prestigious Yale University in USA. He has won numerous Awards and is associated with many social causes. He has handled many important positions with Wockhardt, India Center Foundation, Grameen Creative Lab. He is also the Founder of "The World Peacekeepers Movement", an online movement comprising of more than a million peacekeepers, forming the world’s 2nd largest army. He is also the Chairman of The Peace Mission Private Ltd which sells Peace Chocs – chocolates spreading peace Sir Dr. Huz has been bestowed with Ecumenical Medical-Humanitarian Order, Knights of St. John of Jerusalem (Knights of Charity)
Research Interest
www.sir-dr-huz.org