>Ser Amantio di Nicolao: add category

2021-01-31T06:42:07Z

add category

New page

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2017}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Nomal Chandra Borah
| image = Ncborah.JPG
| birth_date = 1950
| birth_place = Dubia, Sonitpur district, Assam
| nationality = Indian
| alma_mater = [[Gauhati Medical College and Hospital|Guwahati Medical College and Hospital]], [[AIIMS New Delhi|AIIMS]], [[University of Michigan]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Social Entrepreneur|Doctor}}
| spouse =
| children =
| awards = Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology (FAAN)

Birangana Sati Sadhani Award from Government of Assam, 2015

Janamitra Award from Sanskritik Mahasabha, Asom, 2011
| known = Affordable Health Mission, GNRC Hospitals, GNRC Medishop, Asian Institute of Nursing Education, GNRC Medireach
}}
Dr '''Nomal Chandra Borah''' is an Indian Social Entrepreneur<ref>{{Cite web|last=Network|first=eHealth|title=Heralding Health Renaissance in North East - eHealth Magazine|url=https://ehealth.eletsonline.com/2014/08/heralding-health-renaissance-north-east/|access-date=2020-12-10|language=en-US}}</ref> and neurologist who founded GNRC Affordable Health Mission in India.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Purohit lauds GNRC effort|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/purohit-lauds-gnrc-effort/cid/1437171|access-date=2020-12-10|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref> He founded GNRC Hospitals,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=GNRC Hospitals - Crunchbase Company Profile & Funding|url=https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/gnrc-hospitals|access-date=2020-12-10|website=Crunchbase|language=en}}</ref> the first Tertiary care Super-Specialty Hospital in North-east India. The hospital was initially set up in Maligaon, Guwahati with the name Guwahati Neurological Research Centre (GNRC) in the year 1984 with the active participation and supervision of Late Dr K V Mathai,<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Rajshekhar|first1=Vedantam|last2=Alexander|first2=Mathew|date=2017-11-01|title=Prof. K V Mathai (1926 – 2017)|url=https://www.neurologyindia.com/article.asp?issn=0028-3886;year=2017;volume=65;issue=6;spage=1456;epage=1458;aulast=Rajshekhar;type=0|journal=Neurology India|language=en|volume=65|issue=6|pages=1456–1458|doi=10.4103/0028-3886.217997|issn=0028-3886|pmid=29133749|s2cid=21304008}}</ref> the legendary Neurosurgeon from Vellore. Later, GNRC was converted into a limited company in the year 1985 and since then it has been involved in many pioneering healthcare delivery initiatives in North-east India. GNRC Ltd was officially formed in the year 1987.

Dr Borah is also the owner of the retail chain GNRC Medishop.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=www.tofler.in|title=GNRC MEDISHOP PRIVATE LIMITED - Company Profile, Directors, Revenue & More|url=https://www.tofler.in/gnrc-medishop-private-limited/company/U52310AS2012PTC010872|access-date=2020-12-10|website=Tofler}}</ref> Here, hygienic FMCG products, grocery and personal care items and medicines including generic variants are available under one roof. Moreover, he is a Managing Trustee of Asian Institute of Nursing Education.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=AINE : Asian Institute of Nursing Education of GNRC, Nursing institute in Guwahati, Nursing institute in Assam|url=http://aine.org.in/|access-date=2020-12-10|website=aine.org.in}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Dr Nomal Chandra Borah was born in a peasant family on 15 August 1950.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Sharma|first1=Shantanu Nandan|last2=Bhatt|first2=Shephali|last3=Aravind|first3=Indulekha|last4=Katiyar|first4=Prerna|title=Republic's Children: Recalling aspirations for the nation|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/republics-children-recalling-aspirations-for-the-nation/articleshow/73618911.cms?from=mdr|access-date=2020-12-10}}</ref> His birthplace was Dubia village in Gohpur area of then undivided Sonitpur district of Assam.

== Medical education and career ==
Dr Borah completed MBBS in the year 1975.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sarkar|first=Arnab Mukherjee, Sushmita|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pMRUDwAAQBAJ&q=nomal+borah+mbbs+in+1975&pg=PT54|title=Hope Dawns in the East: New Model promises 'Health for All, Smiles for All|date=2018-04-09|publisher=Notion Press|isbn=978-1-946556-01-1|language=en}}</ref>

In the year 1992, Dr Borah attended the Graduate Summer Course in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from the University of Michigan, USA. He received Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology (FAAN).<ref>{{Cite web|title=DR. NOMAL CHANDRA BORAH{{!}}HealthcareLeadership: Dr Nomal Chandra Borah - Neurologist and the founder of Guwahati Neurological Research Centre Limited (GNRC) #HealthcarePR|url=https://voiceofhealthcare.org/limelight_details.html?id=53|access-date=2020-12-10|website=voiceofhealthcare.org}}</ref>

== GNRC and the Entrepreneurial Journey ==
In the year 1984, Dr Borah set up North-east India’s first Tertiary care super-specialty hospital in Guwahati, Assam, and coined it as Guwahati Neurological Research Centre.<ref name=":1" /> In the year 1985, it was converted to a limited company with the name GNRC Ltd.

GNRC was the first Tertiary care super-specialty hospital of Assam and North-east India.<ref>{{Cite web|title=GNRC Hospitals in Guwahati|url=https://www.sehat.com/gnrc-hospitals-guwahati|access-date=2020-12-10|website=Sehat}}</ref>

In the year 2004, Dr Borah founded Asian Institute of Nursing Education to create and nurture quality nursing professionals in the region.<ref name=":3" /> Currently, the institute offers degrees in B.Sc Nursing, Post Basic Nursing and M.Sc Nursing. Then in the year 2006, Dr Borah started GNRC Medishop.<ref name=":2" /> These are retail stores combining FMCG, grocery, personal care and medicines.

The second facility under the aegis of GNRC Ltd was set up in the year 2008 at Sixmile, Guwahati.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-02-10|title=Torchbearers of GNRC|url=https://www.expresshealthcare.in/features/torchbearers-of-gnrc/41116/|access-date=2020-12-10|website=Express Healthcare|language=en-US}}</ref>

== GNRC Affordable Health Mission and GNRC Medical ==
Dr Borah initiated and launched a mobile medical unit named as GNRC Medireach in April 2012.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|last=Dutta|first=Saptarishi|title=You can make a state-of-the-art hospital out of bamboo|url=https://qz.com/india/228319/you-can-make-a-state-of-the-art-hospital-out-of-bamboo/|access-date=2020-12-10|website=Quartz India|language=en}}</ref>

Dr Borah personally visited more than 7,000 villages to understand the health issues faced by rural Assamese people and their inability to access and afford quality healthcare. This massive exercise led to the setting up of GNRC Medical at North Guwahati near Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (IITG) in the year 2014.<ref name=":4" /> It is an affordable healthcare institution catering to all cross-sections of the society, especially the financially weaker sections. This initiative was later recognized by World Bank Group (WBG) through its India Development Marketplace (IDM) initiative, to receive a grant of US $150,000.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bureau|first=Our|title=World Bank Group sanctions $150,000 grant to GNRC|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/world-bank-group-sanctions-150000-grant-to-gnrc/article23110279.ece|access-date=2020-12-10|website=@businessline|language=en}}</ref>

In August 2017, Dr Borah founded GNRC Affordable Health Mission to ensure access to affordable and quality healthcare for everyone in the society irrespective of their financial status. This Mission has already touched majority households of the state of Assam through a network of 12,000 GNRC Swasthya Mitras. GNRC Swasthya Mitras are essentially community health workers for the Mission.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bureau|first=T. N. T.|title=Assam: Affordable Health Mission initiative of GNRC launched in Guwahati|url=https://www.thenortheasttoday.com/current-affairs/states/assam-affordable-health-mission-initiative-of-gnrc-launched-in-guwahati|access-date=2020-12-10|website=The Northeast Today}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=10,000 Community Health Workers at work in Assam to prevent coronavirus outbreak, courtesy GNRC Hospitals|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/business/10000-community-health-workers-at-work-in-assam-to-prevent-coronavirus-outbreak-courtesy-gnrc-hospitals20200527165818/|access-date=2020-12-10|website=ANI News|language=en}}</ref>

== As a Writer ==

* Publishing "GNRC Swasthya" a Health Magazine since 2007 with a monthly circulation of 65,000 copies.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=http://shabdbooks.com/gallery/34-oct2020.pdf|url=http://shabdbooks.com/gallery/34-oct2020.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>
* "Chikitsokor Tokabohi:, a book in Assamese language published by Prapti Prakash in 2006.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=http://www.iitg.ac.in/medical/speakers_whd2018.pdf|url=http://www.iitg.ac.in/medical/speakers_whd2018.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>
* "Sarukonor Stroke Aru Sikisthya Bishoyok Ananya Rosona", a book in Assamese language. Published by Student’s Corner, June 2012<ref name=":0" />
* "Doctor Aru Rogir Jugalbandi," a book in Assamese language, published by Students Corner, 28 November 2014.<ref name=":0" />
* "Swasthya Sikitshya Bigyan Aru Somaj Bybostha", a book in Assamese language, published by GNRC Swasthya, November, 2017.<ref name=":0" />

==Awards and achievements==

# Recognition from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) by including the Profile of Dr. N. C. Borah as a case study in the Chapter on "Rural Entrepreneurship—Strategies And Experiences " for M.Sc Course in Social Sciences, 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Farmer-doctor profile in Ignou syllabus|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/farmer-doctor-profile-in-ignou-syllabus/cid/704848|access-date=2020-12-10|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref>
# Conferred the "Birangana Sati Sadhani Award "by the Chief Minister of Assam, Sri Tarun Gogoi on 2 December 2015 for contributions towards the society.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Awards {{!}} Directorate of Cultural Affairs {{!}} Government Of Assam, India|url=https://directorculture.assam.gov.in/portlets/awards-0|access-date=2020-12-10|website=directorculture.assam.gov.in}}</ref>
# Conferred the "ERDF Excellence Award, 2015" for the entrepreneurial initiative to provide quality healthcare and contributions towards the development of Neurosciences in North Eastern India.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Welcome to ERD Foundation|url=http://erdf.edu.in/news-71.asp|access-date=2020-12-10|website=erdf.edu.in}}</ref>

==References==

{{reflist}}

==External links==
* http://gnrchospitals.com

{{DEFAULTSORT:Borah, Nomal Chandra}}
[[Category:Indian neurologists]]
[[Category:Indian medical administrators]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:University of Michigan School of Public Health alumni]]
[[Category:Scientists from Guwahati]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian medical doctors]]
[[Category:1950 births]]

Nomal Chandra Borah - Revision history

>Ser Amantio di Nicolao: add category