Shri Shailesh Joglekar, General Secretary and CEO of National Cancer Institute (NCI), Nagpur, was honoured with the Special Jury Award at the 5th edition of the Lokmat Times Excellence in Healthcare Awards ceremony held in Nagpur on February 26. The award was presented in the esteemed presence of Shri Acharya Devvrat, Governor of Maharashtra and Gujarat, and Shri Prakash Abitkar, State Health and Family Welfare Minister, Mrs Neeta Thakre, Mayor of Nagpur, Shri Vijay Darda, Chairman of Lokmat Media Group, and other dignitaries.
The accolade recognises Shri Joglekar’s visionary leadership and invaluable contribution to building a world-class cancer care infrastructure through the National Cancer Institute—an institution committed to delivering comprehensive, state-of-the-art treatment and compassionate care to patients from all sections of society.
The management, consultants, and staff of NCI extend their heartfelt congratulations to Shri Joglekar on this distinguished honour. They also express their sincere gratitude to the Lokmat Group of Newspapers, its Chairman Vijay Darda, and the esteemed members of the awards jury for this recognition.