Who is Azad Moopen?

A healthcare entrepreneur, physician, and philanthropist, Azad Moopen is also the chairman and managing director of Aster DM Healthcare, a healthcare conglomerate.

 

Aster DM Healthcare was started by Azad Moopen, in the Middle East and India which was founded in 1987.

 

In 2010 and 2011, he was awarded the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman and Padma Shri by the Government of India.
 

Early life

 

Born in Kalpakancheri in Malappuram district, Kerala in 1953, his father, Ahmed Unni Moopen was a freedom fighter and philanthropist who had helped build the local hospital, school and post office.

 

Azad Moopen was the youngest of his five siblings, Moopen was