Mr. Dhirajlal Kotadia, an engineer by education, had keen interest in innovative technology and their application in industry.
The first glimpse of his talent was seen when, in late eighties, he was able to design and manufacture a machine that cuts diamond with great precision using laser beams. This purely indigenous technology had eventually revolutionised diamond industry at large, putting Surat at the centre of global activities. Sahajanand Technologies (P) Ltd, the first of Sahajanand Group was born in 1993, he being the founder-Chairman.
His coming into medical field was almost providential. He chanced to meet a man one summer afternoon of late nineties, seemingly from economically weaker section, pathetically imploring at a medical shop to allow him to borrow a few medicines for his mother, who had just had a stent implanted on her, reducing him to almost a pauper. Our founder was shaken emotionally in the thought that there could be millions of such in the same plight the world over.
He took it as a mission that cardio-vascular stent must be made available at an affordable cost, and the monopoly of a few in this trade of medical equipments must be broken. Sahajanand Medical Technologies was the second company of the group that made stent indigenously first time in India, using cutting –edge technology.
About the same time, he was particularly aware of the high incidence of life-style diseases that was on the rise globally, which the mainstream treatment modalities have had no answer to; or rather there are partial answers at exorbitant cost, both in terms of medication and side-effects. The obvious choice for him was Ayurveda, the age-old medical wisdom of India with a holistic approach. The main challenge was to research upon, discover and explore the disease-specific key ingredients, ensure the purity of the extracts of the herbs, determine the doses, and present the world in modern day scientific terms.
Consequently, in 2001, Sahajanand Life Sciences (P) Ltd. (SLS) was set up with the aim to create a natural solution at minimum cost to such diseases that are psychosomatic and hence unmet in mainstream medical care, but preventable and even curable with sustained use, without any fear of side effect.
NORWELA, a brand of SLS, has started its journey with a few of SLS’s select products to reach to those who are silently suffering the burden of their diseases for years, without hope of recovery. A smile on the faces of such suffers, Mr. Kodadia feels, will be his greatest victory.
