A. H. Tobaccowala
FounderFounder of Multiple Sclerosis Society of India (MSSI) · Impact India Foundation
A. H. Tobaccowala is the founder of Multiple Sclerosis Society of India (MSSI) (1985)[1] and Impact India Foundation[2], Indian non-profits working on healthcare and disability from Mumbai.
Multiple Sclerosis Society of India (MSSI)
Multiple Sclerosis Society of India is a Mumbai-based nonprofit founded in 1985, affiliated with the Multiple Sclerosis International Federation. It runs nine chapters across India providing advocacy, patient services and awareness programmes so that roughly 3,500 registered members affected by MS can continue to live full lives.
Multiple Sclerosis Society of India (MSSI) reports the following, on its own site:
- 3,500 MS people in our chapters
- 9 MS chapters in India
Impact India Foundation
Impact India Foundation combats avoidable blindness, deafness and physical disability across rural India, most visibly through the Lifeline Express — a hospital train donated by Indian Railways that has delivered free surgeries and treatment in remote districts since 1991.
Impact India Foundation reports the following, on its own site:
- Smiles imparted to 1,99,049 lives
- Impact extended to aspirational districts of 30 states
- Positively impacting rural healthcare for 40 years
- Organisations
- 2
- Based in
- Mumbai
- Founded
- 1985
- Press
- 2
References
- [1] “Our founder members Mrs. Rehmut S. Fazalbhoy and Mr. A. H.Tobaccowala, former Chairman, Voltas India, Mr. K. N.Randeria, Mrs. Sheela Chitnis, Mr. A.J. Joglekar and Major Sharan gathered together with a view to promote the welfare of Multiple Sclerosis persons in India.” — Multiple Sclerosis Society of India (MSSI). Source
- [2] “Founder Chairman” — Impact India Foundation. Source
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