Bharat Gaurav Dr Sarita Pawar- Quest to always better herself

Dr Sarita Pawar is a highly regarded GP and has become the Senior Partner of a large medical practice looking after 7500 patients. In a male-dominated world of medicine, this speaks volumes about her professionalism and determination. She has worked hard towards improving the medical services in an inner-city area in Cardiff by reorganising and modernising the surgery and providing a full range of services to the patients including cosmetic and sexual health.

What is remarkable about Dr Pawar is that she is passionate about caring for her patients and her patients highly regard her caring attitude and hard work in making their life better.

She has been a leader in triaging out of hours emergencies thereby saving a considerable amount of money for the health service by making sure that the patients go to the most appropriate health facility rather than clogging emergency departments.

She has attained many higher professional qualifications including

MBBS

DRCOG (London)

Diploma Obs and Gynae (Dublin)

Membership of Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists ( London)

Diploma in GU medicine (London)

Diploma in Faculty of Family Planning (London)

Diploma in Dermatology (Cardiff)

These indicate her burning quest for self-improvement and development and exemplifies that medicine is a lifelong learning process if the physician is to give exemplary service to the patients.

Despite her hectic schedule, she has found time to get involved in various community activities with the aim of giving something back to the community. In 2009, when the Rotary Club Cardiff made a plea for raising funds for the Polio eradication program, Dr Pawar was in the forefront of organising a massive fundraising drive, which netted over £2000 in one evening.

She has been the Vice President of India Centre Cardiff, having previously been the Dy. Secretary and a member of the Board for many years. During all her years in the India Centre, she has been actively engaged in helping the children develop their talents in music, dancing and speech and has taken the lead in showcasing Indian cultural programmes at the Diwali festival held annually in the National Museum Cardiff.

A remarkable feat, which probably will have very few parallels, is Dr Pawar becoming a highly regarded classical singer over the last few years, which again demonstrate her quest to always better herself. She was invited by a leading composer of London to make a CD collection of her songs, which was released by Hon’ble Rajan/Sajan Mishra in The Nehru centre London.

With her music, she has become a role model for the younger generation of ethnic minority children by showing that with hard work and passion, everything is possible.

Dr Pawar realises that language is very important for cultural identity and has therefore taken a keen interest in promoting Hindi classes in Cardiff.

She is always working towards community cohesion and better inter community relations and has helped towards organising two Sufi evenings which were enjoyed by all South Asian community in Cardiff.

She is on the committee of the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (BAPIO) Wales. She has participated and contributed to many health events of the Assembly in providing guidance and consultations towards improving the health of ethnic groups.

For her various contributions, she was recognised by the public of Cardiff by being presented with the “Welsh Asian Women Achievement Award” in 2011.