Bindu Menon

Bindu Menon (born 1970) is an Indian neurologist, health activist, researcher and academician from Andhra Pradesh.

[1] She is known for providing free treatment to patients with Neurological disorder in rural areas of India through her organization, the Dr. Bindu Menon Foundation.

[8] Bindu Menon began her career as an assistant professor at Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences in Tirupati.

After eight years there, she moved to Nellore and worked as the Professor and Head of the Department of Neurology at Narayana Medical College and Hospital.

She runs a program called Neurology on Wheels, which she started in 2015 and provides medical care to needy patients in rural areas using a small van.

The app includes features such as a medication list with reminders and the ability to upload videos of seizure events for review by a doctor.

She has also conducted 210 awareness programs, reaching approximately 35,000 people and educating them on epilepsy, brain stroke, and other related diseases.

[19] In August 2019, she received the Sakshi Excellence Award for Healthcare at a ceremony in Hyderabad, presented by E. S. L. Narasimhan, the Governor of Telangana.