Ms Kanchan Naikawadi, director, Indus Health Plus recently bagged Silver Stevie for two categories - Female Entrepreneur of the year in Asia, Australia and New Zealand and Female Entrepreneur of the year - consumer product at Stevie Women in Business Awards 2013 recently conducted in New York.

The Stevie Awards for Women in Business honor women executives, entrepreneurs, employees and the companies they run - worldwide. The Stevie Awards have been hailed as the world's premier business awards. More than 1,200 entries were submitted this year for consideration in more than 90 categories, including Executive of the Year, Entrepreneur of the Year, Women helping Women, and Communications Campaign. It's an honor that Ms Naikawadi won Silver Award in two categories.

Ms Kanchan Naikawadi, director Indus Health Plus said, "I'm glad and extremely happy that received these prestigious awards. A recognition as this would surely take us further ahead and we would continue serving the society with innovative health solutions in our category. We aim to provide quality healthcare at affordable prices to the masses through preventive healthcare checkups. We pride ourselves in facilitating, screening, generating reports and providing doctor's consultation in a single day. An innovative initiative as this to generate awareness of practicing prevention for one's health has given us a clear visibility in many regions."

"For 10 years we have been recognizing the achievements of women in business, and this year's nominations were the most impressive class the judges have ever reviewed," said Michael Gallagher, founder and president of the Stevie Awards.