He Sold a $400M Company to Fix India’s Schools & Healthcare – Faizal Kottikollon (KEF Holdings)

Описание: In this episode of the Indian Silicon Valley Podcast, we sit down with Faizal Kottikollon, founder of KEF Holdings – the man who went from being the richest Indian in Dubai with a unicorn-scale exit, private jet and global lifestyle… to dismantling his old life and committing his capital to government schools, hospitals, and integrated wellness in India.
Faizal walks us through how his ethos of “wealth as responsibility”, early discipline, sport, and spirituality shaped his journey – from building the world’s first large-scale green foundry, to pioneering prefab infrastructure that now powers 977+ transformed government schools, to creating Maitra, one of India’s most advanced hospitals, and finally Tula, a “clinical wellness sanctuary” that blends Ayurveda, yoga, Tibetan medicine and modern science.
This is a rare conversation that goes beyond success metrics to unpack purpose, clarity, and systems thinking – how yoga sharpened his decision-making, why tier-2 / tier-3 cities may be the real hubs of world-class healthcare, and what it truly means to use capital to rebuild a country’s social infrastructure.

Timestamps
0:00 – Introduction
2:11 – What are the guest’s core ethos and value systems?
2:42 – How did the guest become the richest Indian in Dubai while staying true to his values?
6:37 – What discipline helped the guest build his businesses and life?
7:09 – How did the guest create the first green foundry ecosystem from scratch?
10:49 – What motivated the guest to solve the red-category industrial pollution problem?
13:28 – What inspired the guest to build a community center for his employees?
14:21 – Why did great wealth fail to bring happiness after the guest’s multimillion-dollar exit?
20:15 – How can young people find clarity of thought and purpose?
22:29 – How does yoga contribute to clarity, discipline, and inner balance?
23:22 – What is the mission behind the prefab infrastructure and Carefra project?
24:47 – What did the guest learn about inequality in government schools?
38:29 – Why are public schools structurally broken in terms of infrastructure?
39:22 – How did the school transformation model scale to 977+ schools?
51:06 – Why does India need a new approach to world-class hospital infrastructure?
54:21 – How can individuals meaningfully contribute to healthcare and education?
55:49 – Why can tier-2 and tier-3 cities outperform metros in healthcare outcomes?
58:41 – Where will Tula be in the next five years?
59:21 – How can Ayurveda, yoga, Tibetan medicine, and modern science work together for wellness?
1:01:07 – How do Vedanta and spiritual science influence the future of health and intellect?
1:03:20 – Outro

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