Sweta Mangal has served as the co-founder and former CEO of Ziqitza Health Care Limited (ZHL), one of India’s leading emergency medical services providers, operating more than 3500 advanced and basic life support ambulances across 18 states in India. The service reached over 8 million patients since its launch.
Background
Sweta was born on February 3, 1976, in Rajasthan, India. Sweta Mangal started her education in Rajasthan. After achieving academic success in her native place, Sweta Mangal went abroad for studies in 1997. After coming back from the US, Sweta took up a job, before starting her own ‘Mangal Newton School’ in Beawar in 2007.
Education
Ms. Sweta Mangal is a Co-Founder of Ziqitza Health Care Limited and also serves as its Director. Ms. Mangal serves as a Head of South Asia and Director of Global Responder Enrollment at MUrgency Inc. She is a trustee and co-founder of LifeSupporters Institute of Health Sciences (LIHS), official training arm of Ziqitza Health Care. Keeping alive the dream of quality education for the children of her small town, she founded the CBSEaccredited Mangal Newton School in Beawar, Rajasthan. Ms. Mangal holds an MBA from Rochester Institute of Technology and is a Gurukul Chevening Scholar at the London School of Economics.
Career
Sweta Mangal has been tirelessly working to improve the lives of people, especially the unprivileged. Naturally, it didn’t take long for Sweta Mangal to foray into the healthcare and turn into a full-time entrepreneur. Along with her fellow entrepreneurs, she started an ambulance service that could provide medical assistance within a short span of time. It soon resulted in the formation of Ziqitza Health Care Limited (ZHL).
Today, Ziqitza Health Care Limited is one of India’s leading emergency medical service providers. It is operating under two models, which are cross-subsidy (for the unprivileged) and public-private partnership. Having served more than 10 million people so far, ZHL manages more than 3500 ambulances across 18 states in India.
After the success of ZHL, Sweta Mangal soon came up with MUrgency Inc (a global emergency response network). It is a mobile app that connects people with the nearest doctor, nurse or a paramedic for emergency medical assistance. The company promises quick medical assistance to save precious lives.
Personality
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Like education, healthcare also needs to be given importance.