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Patna IIT alumnus Gaurav Kumar App bigohealth: Gaurav Kumar, a student of Patna IIT from Motihari, has created bigohealth app. With the help of this app, patients can connect with the doctor while sitting at home. Gaurav has been honored by Google Vice President Purnima Kochikkar.
Motihari: The story of a young man from Bariyarpur in East Champaran of Bihar has come to light, whose stubbornness has given great relief to thousands of patients today. This story is of Patna IIT alumnus Gaurav Kumar. Who has been intelligent and aware of the problems of the society since childhood. Gaurav tells that when he left Motihari, a small town, and went to a big city for studies, whenever he passed through the streets of big hospitals, he saw people coming from villages standing in queues for hours till late night just to make an appointment with the doctor.
Were worried due to mother’s illness
Gaurav told that he was surprised to see these things and how the middlemen and brokers are trapping the innocent people coming from the village. Seeing this big problem, the thought of finding a solution to this problem always came to Gaurav’s mind. Then one day he came to know that his mother had cancer and he started searching for the right doctor for the right treatment, in which he had to face a lot of difficulty. Then from here he decided that he would definitely come up with a solution to this problem.
App created after 1 year of hard work
Google’s Vice President honored
At the same time, he started working on it along with his team and finally launched an app named bigohealth in 2021. On which a large number of doctors and patients are currently active. Gaurav has also received many big honors for this work. At the same time, recently in 2025, he has also received a big honor in Vietnam by Google’s Vice President Purnima Kochikkar. Apart from this, Gaurav has also been honored by Birac, an organization of the Government of India, for his special work.
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