VPS Healthcare

Dr. Shamsheer Vayalil
Nationality	Indian
Awards	Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award 2014; GPF Global Humanitarian Award 2015; Hamdan bin Zayed Award for Humanitarian Aid 2014 & 2013; Arab Health Leadership Award 2012
Website	www.drshamsheer.com

Dr. Shamsheer Vayalil is an Indian doctor, entrepreneur and philanthropist born January 11, 1977. He is the founder and managing director of VPS Healthcare. According to Forbes, Dr. Shamsheer is currently the 98th wealthiest Indian (as on 24 September 2016), with a personal wealth of $1.3 billion. He is a proud recipient of the 2015 GPF Global Humanitarian Award, which he received at a special reception hosted at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. He is also the youngest recipient of the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award in 2014. Additionally, in 2014, he became the youngest Indian to receive an Honorary Doctorate from the Aligarh Muslim University India.

He has also been listed in Forbes Global Rich List 2017; Forbes Top Indian Leaders in the Arab Region 2016 and was featured on the cover of Forbes Magazine 2014. Similarly, he was also listed as one of the 100 Most Powerful Indians in the Persian Gulf region by Arabian Business Magazine.

Dr. Shamsheer was born in Kerala, on January 11, 1977. He completed his Bachelors in Medicine from Kasturba Medical College before pursuing his MD in Radiology from Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute in Chennai.

Dr. Shamsheer started his career as a Radiologist at the Sheikh Khalifa Medical City in Abu Dhabi, where he worked for 12 months. In 2007, he started providing medical aid and care through his first hospital which he soon diversified into related healthcare businesses within the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Indian Subcontinent region. Among Dr. Shamsheer's flagship projects is the Burjeel Hospital, which is also Abu Dhabi's largest private tertiary care hospital.

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