At the age of 84, Zulekha Daud is the Chairperson and Founder of the Zulekha Hospital Group. The UAE-based doctor-turned-entrepreneur also received India's top honours for overseas Indians – the Pravasi Bhartiya Samman Award 2019.
Zulekha earned her medical and surgical bachelors degrees from the Government Medical College in Nagpur. After getting married to Dr. Iqbal Daud, the couple started practising medicine in Sharjah.