Bengaluru, Karnataka, India – Business Wire IndiaBayer’s Phygital PHC Telemedicine Centre Project, implemented by Telerad Foundation, has won the FKCCI Global CSR & Sustainability Award 2026 in the category of Excellence in Healthcare. The award was presented on July 23, 2026, at the FKCCI Global CSR & Sustainability Summit in Bengaluru by Smt. Prabha Mallikarjuna, Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Davanagere. The Summit, themed “Sustainability at Scale,” was inaugurated by Karnataka Chief Minister Shri D K Shivakumar and convened CSR leaders, government representatives, and industry bodies.The award was assessed by an independent jury of CSR, sustainability, policy, and industry experts, chaired by Prof P D Jose of the IIMB, evaluating nominated projects on impact, innovation, scalability, sustainability, and governance.The awarded project embeds telemedicine centres within 15 government Primary Health Centres across Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Gujarat — including several located in NITI Aayog-designated Aspirational Districts — addressing India’s rural specialist healthcare shortage without new infrastructure build-out.In FY 2025–26, the Phygital Telemedicine project delivered: