Dr. Moopen’s Foundation,the non-profit charitable and philanthropic arm of Aster DM Healthcare, the leading healthcare conglomerate in the Middle East and India, has been conceived by the visionary Dr. Azad Moopen, a physician turned entrepreneur. Dr. Moopen’s Foundation is the broad umbrella under which the philanthropic initiatives of DM Healthcare and Dr Azad Moopen’s Family are being carried o
ut, through different vehicles- DM Foundation, Dr Moopen’s Family Foundation and Naseera& Moopen Foundation. Instead of adhering to conventional CSR initiatives like donating to fundraising campaigns, DM Foundation adopts a holistic and noble approach and undertakes wide-ranging activities from educational scholarships and empowering women to adopting a whole village. Reaching out to the needy through diverse programmes, DM Foundation has initiated a range of activities under the motto ‘Healing Touch’. Some of the ongoing activities of the Foundation include the establishment of Community Dialysis Centres, Cancer Radiation Centres, Early Cancer Detection Centres, Free Paediatric and Adult Cardiac Surgeries, establishment of Special Needs Schools, etc. The Foundation and Charities work in tandem with sister organizations like MIMS Charitable Trust and Social Advancement Foundation of India and in association with Non-Governmental Organizations.