Dr Devi Shetty

Chairman & Executive Director - Cardiac Surgery

Consults at :

120000+ No. Of Surgeries

34+ + years Experience

Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty is the Chairman of Narayana Health, and also an Executive Director. He is a cardiac surgeon with around 34 years of experience.
He founded Narayana Health in the year 2000. He initiated the concept of "micro health insurance scheme" in Karnataka, which eventually led to the Karnataka government implementing the Yeshasvini scheme, a micro health insurance scheme for rural farmers.

Area Of Expertise

Cardiac Surgery

Starting from $6,500

Narayana Health, Bangalore Established in - N/A Beds: N/A

Lifetime Achievement – Clinical Care (Gold),
Lifetime Achievement – Public Leadership (Gold).
Dr. Ida S. Scudder Humanitarian Oration.
Doctor of Science from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
Nikkei Asia Prize in the category of Economic and Business Innovation 2014 in Tokyo.
FT Arcelor Mittal Boldness in Business Awards 20th March 2013.
Padma Bhushan – 2012 (Third Highest Civilian Award conferred by the Government of India).
The Economist Innovation Award 2011 for Lowering Health Care Costs.
The President’s Award by Minnesota Chapter 2011.
Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa) University of Minnesota, USA 2011.
Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) by University of Mysore 2011.
Indian of the Year 2010 – Awarded by NDTV 15th February 2011.
Commendation for driving affordable and quality healthcare for all 2010 - Healthcare Awards Program by ICICI Lombard & CNBC TV18 2010.
Social Entrepreneurship Award – World Economic Forum – 2005.
India Innovation Award – 2004, By NDTV & EMPI (Awarded to Micro Health Insurance Division).
Citizen Extraordinaire, Rotary – 2004.
Dr. B C Roy Award – 2004 (Highest Indian award for the Doctor from Medical council of India).
Padmashree – 2003 (India’s fourth highest civilian award).
Ernst & Young – Entrepreneur of the Year – 2003.
Sir M. Visvesvaraya Memorial Award.
Rajyotsava Award.