Dr Meena Shah (Born in 1954) is an Indian healthcare consultant. A doctor by profession, she is the founder of Medico-Media - India's largest Health & Media company. Her Motto is "Health by Choice, not by Chance". Since 1992,she is an active proponent of proactive and holistic healthcare among individuals, women and children focussed on physical, mental, emotional and social well being. She inspires a healthy lifestyle; improving capabilities and productivity by small and specific lifestyle changes.
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Born into a business family, Dr Meena Shah finished her M.B.B.S and specialized in pediatrics. In 1977, she relocated to Zambia, where she served as a doctor in the Copper Mines Hospital in Kitwe. In 1978, she served in the children's cancer ward in Plymouth, UK and eventually settled in Ahmedabad, Gujarat - India, in 1980. From 1980 to 1992, she had a private practice as a pediatrician and was a visiting doctor in numerous hospitals such as Civil Hospital, V.S Hospital, Rajasthan hospital and more. Trained in pre-natal care, she started the first Prenatal and childbirth training classes in Ahmedabad. Since 1982, over 3000 women have benefited from her training. She created "Creation" - a pregnancy care, exercise and childbirth video especially for the Indian audience in partnership with Cadilla. She also began healthy cooking classes - "Eat-Fit" to teach healthy cooking without sacrificing taste. This led to her creating numerous low calorie recipes for "Sweet & Low" low calorie sweetener, Amul dairy and others. Since 1992, she has used all her experiences and training to promote healthcare for people (Individuals, women and children) from all strata in the society via organized seminars, books, articles, videos, TV and other media.
In 2000, she partnered with the Municipal Corporation of Ahmedabad and Johnson & Johnson to train the Nurses of public hospitals in effective care of pregnant women and infant care.
In 2010, She founded Namaste Life Healthcare foundation for prevention of chronic lifestyle diseases. Under the Aegis of Namaste Life, she conducted numerous workshops for school children and teachers to promote healthy lifestyle and positive attitude. In Ahmedabad, she conducted a series of 25 programs in 25 municipal schools of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation.
She is a regular guest speaker on TV channel TV9 as well