Divya Dhar

Divya Dhar is a medical doctor from New Zealand. In 2010 she received the Young New Zealander of the Year Award.

Biography Dhar holds a bachelor of medicine and bachelor of surgery from the University of Auckland.

Dhar also completed a Masters in Business Administration at the Wharton Business School in 2014, part of a dual degree program in which she also earned a Master of Public Administration from Harvard’s Kennedy School.

Dhar led a group of her friends to set up the P3 Foundation with a vision to mobilise young people to break the poverty cycle. P3 stands for Peace, Prosperity and Progress and aims to educate, encourage action and advocacy. The P3 Foundation works on absolute poverty in the Asia Pacific region. Dhar is the co-founder and CEO of Seratis, a start-up in the area of healthcare information technology.

Awards She was awarded the inaugural Young New Zealander of the Year Award in 2010 and inaugural Indian New Zealander of the Year Award 2011. In 2016 she was named The University of Auckland Young Alumna of the Year.