Zero infant mortality rate

US based Indian doctors, Dr Cherukuri Subba Rao and Dr Amit Chakrabarty, from The American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPIO), have managed to reduce the infant mortality rates in the Sambhalpur village of Orissa to zero. AAPIO provided funds and direction, but the clinic was operated by the locals themselves. This is an excellent example of enabling change. I really wish similar efforts would be made in other sectors of education, communication, energy generation, and manufacturing.

The Pravasi Bhartiya Divas, and call to the NRIs to connect to their villages, should be taken seriously because there is lots that can be done.