Respiratory ailments abound in the country, which the WHO says is home to 13 of the world’s 20 most polluted cities. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is the No. 2 killer in India responsible for about 560,000 deaths and accounting for more than a fifth of such deaths globally, said Sehgal.
‘Here to Stay’
Nadar said her focus on her health-care start-up won’t diminish her interest in retaining the group’s staple computer and software businesses, damping speculation her father plans to sell his stake in HCL Technologies.
HCL Corp. denied a Feb. 21 report in the Wall Street Journal that Shiv Nadar was seeking potential buyers because his only child wasn’t interested.
‘‘As a first generation inheritor, the first mandate is to preserve our family wealth and hopefully increase it,” she said. “I have to take care of it. I’m here to stay.”