How Tata Trusts plans to take health care services to rural India's fringes

In a Q&A, H S D Srinivas, Head-Health, Tata Trusts, dwells on his set-up's role in Ayushman Bharat, and its association with various states' healthcare initiatives

Tata Trusts has identified a series of verticals to focus its energies on. Healthcare is one such. Apart from cancer hospitals, several other initiatives are underway. Earlier the group would give grants to NGOs or hospitals that approached them. A few years ago, that thinking changed, and while grants are still being given to 87 NGOs currently, the group also began creating innovative solutions in the space, and is actively involved with as many as fourteen projects. 

In a conversation with H S D Srinivas, Head-Health, Tata Trusts, Gina Krishnan finds out how the organisation is partnering with state governments