With an initial investment of 200 million Dollar, an Indian-American doctor couple has teamed up with a Florida University to bring world-class medical education to India and potentially wants to transform healthcare in the country. Zambia-born India-educated cardiologist and his India-born paediatrician wife have acquired 50 hectares of land near Bharuch, Gujarat to set up a medical college hospital that would collaborate with the US University, as a part of their grand design. He is planning to visit India in October to sell his idea to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

In the meantime, Nova Southeastern University (NSU) which is located in the picturesque Fort Lauderdale, near Miami, has opened a new regional campus in Clearwater, near Tampa, on Saturday which was built from scratch in only 17 months. The doctor told IANS in an interview that Nova will expand its operations to India once…