Chennai, September 30, 2016: The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has announced Gopi Natarajan, Co-Founder, and CEO of Omega Healthcare as the Entrepreneur of the year 2016 at CII Connect. The award recognizes Mr. Gopi Natarajan’s work in healthcare industry and his entrepreneurial success which serves as an inspiration for many young entrepreneurs.
The award was bestowed by Dr. M. Manikandan, Hon’ble Minister for Information Technology, Government of Tamil Nadu in the august presence of dignitaries and leaders from Industry, Government and Academia.
Gopi Natarajan is the Chief Executive Officer at Omega Healthcare Management Services Pvt. Ltd. and has more than 25 years of experience in the US Healthcare Industry (payers, providers, systems and services vendors). Prior to Omega, he was heading a midsized healthcare Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) company in the US with India operations as well. He also has relevant experience in healthcare IT and BPO/KPO services outsourcing during his senior management stints with Aetna, EDS, and Healtheon/WebMD.
“This award is a major recognition for Omega Healthcare and its Senior Leadership team who really pioneered the successful expansion into a Tier 2 city and perfected the model so we can expand into other tier 2 and 3 cities rapidly”, expressed Mr. Natarajan on receiving the award.
Gopi has a brilliant track record in leadership, management, and operational experience, having been instrumental in leading small-sized companies to grow into medium / large-sized companies. Gopi now spends a significant amount of time in India, overseeing the operations and growth of Omega. As a co-founder of Omega, Gopi brings an incredible amount of industry knowledge and relationships that he has built through the years while working in senior management positions in US-based healthcare services companies.
CII has been organizing CONNECT in Chennai for the past 15 years. The Connect series has been the forum for Indian ICT Industry to recognize the pioneers and trailblazers responsible for the leading trends & developments. It is jointly organized by Government of Tamil Nadu and CII.
The theme for this edition of CONNECT was “Building the Digital State: Fostering the ecosystem.” This year the event will have more focus on “How Digital Infrastructure would play a major role in the development of Digital Tamil Nadu, Smart Cities & Skill India” and its contribution to the entire world as a whole; policies and frameworks needed for ensuring the consistent growth of Digital Infrastructure.
Corporate Comm India(CCI Newswire)
