Late shree Indravadan Ambala Modi was an Indian pharmaceuticals industrialist who co-founded Cadila Pharmaceuticals in Ahmedabad. He is popularly known as the 'Medicine Man of India' for his contribution to the pharmaceutical industry of post-independence india. Modi co-founded Cadila Laboratories in 1951 along with his childhood friend Raman Patel to offer inexpensive drugs in India. In 1995, the company split into two separate entities - Raman Patel formed Cadila Healthcare, while Modi named his company Cadila Pharmaceuticals.

HIS Contribution to Healthcare Landscape in India ;

He established Cadila Laboratories to bring inexpensive medicines, including lifesaving drugs, to the Indian public. It also saved precious foreign exchange for the government, which otherwise would have to be imported.

Change-Making Positions Held ;

* Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd. was born in 1951, in a small flat with the determination and vision of Shri Modi, popularly known as the 'Medicine Man of India'.
* He based his hard work and his life's mission on 3-core values - Authenticity, Integrity and Responsibility - that still define and bind us.
* Contributor to Indian Patients Act, 1970, and 1986 Drug Policy of the Government of India.

Laurels Brought to Indravadan Ambalal Modi ;

* Conferred Lifetime Achievement Award in June 2005 by Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry and by
A India Medical Association in 2009.
* Conferred Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010 and 3rd Annual Pharmaceutical Leadership Summit by
Pharmaceutical Leadership.

Impact Brought in the Lives of Common Indians ;

The inexpensive medicines produced and marketed by Cadila Laboratories vastly helped the general population of India and many other countries, who could not afford expensive medicines. Driven by the values of authenticity, integrity and responsibility, Cadila Pharmaceuticals continues to provide quality and affordable medicines.