Hari Prasad Kovelamudi is an Indian doctor, an author [1] and the chairman of Quality Care India Limited,[2][3] a platform that runs Care Hospitals, Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences and Evercare Hospital Dhaka. He was earlier the President of Apollo Hospitals, where he played a pivotal role in shaping the journey of Apollo Hospitals having overseen the growth from 1,200 beds to 10,000 beds today.[4]
Prasad is a pioneer of emergency medicine in the country and established emergency medicine as a specialty in the country. He is first individual outside Europe to be honoured with the Fellowship of College of Emergency Medicine, UK and the first individual in India to be honored with a fellowship by the International Federation for Emergency Medicine. He has also been honoured with the Life Time Achievement Award by the Society for Emergency Medicine, India[5]