Dr.Ritu thanks the following people without whom this venture would not have been possible.
- Treating doctors
- Gen. Rajagopal
- Dr. R.A Badwe
- Col. Dhar
- Col. Chitalkar
Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai
- Dr. K.S. Dinshaw
- Dr. Vani Parmar
- Dr. Mandar
- Dr. Sudeep Gupta
- Dr. Shastri
- Mr. Jafferey
Command Hospital
- Gen. E.J. Kocchiken
- Gen. & Mrs. Mohini Daljit Singh
- Col Vohra
- Wing Comdr. Piplani,Col Tyagi and the entire MDTC team
- Editorial
- Renu Govil
- Nisha Ghosh
- Mr Ventakeshwar
- Tech-related support
- Mr Asyut Roy
- Krish
- Jai
- Kanha of Smoky Hosts for hosting this site for a year
- Nazim for designing the logo for and hosting the website of Highways Infinite Foundation
- Kiran & Archana for designing the website highwaysbeyondcancer.org
- N.Mankar, Dhananjay, Ram and Mangesh from Rajdeep Buildcon for computer-related help and paperwork
- Foundation set-up & management
- Yelmame, Gunjal, Khedekar and team from Pune who have been the backbone of this foundation, especially on the personnel front
- Vijaybhai, Pondicherry & Shreyas Munim, Mumbai for shouldering cribs and complaints
- Mr Uday Gujjar C.A.and Varsha for helping with the IT and accounts of the foundation
- Kelkar and co. for helping register the foundation.
- Mr Hemant Peshkar, Nagpur
- Mr Dhananjay Gangal
- Ms. Sandhyatai Mumbai
- Shashi Bhushan, Gorakhpur
- Family members
- Prof. R. S. Biyani, my father for constructive criticism and for taking charge of the accounts. His biggest gift to me during this project was to take care of my daughter Tista and her studies, especially during my absence.
- My mother, Mrs Asha Biyani who ensured that I eat well while neck deep in my project work
- My sister Swarupa , for taking care of numerous unseen (but important) things so I could concentrate on my work.
- My brother Sachin, who was my rock and shouldered some of my financial needs when I had to close my clinic while on projects. My camera, Swiss knife and other necessary things that I could not afford were all gifts from him.
- Other supporters
- My maid Kalpana who often had to bear my frustrations
- Drivers: Sunil,Sandeep,Raja, Mahadev whom had to take charge of ferrying me to & fro
- Travel agents: Wahid Bhai and Shalil from Venus Travels and Ms Vaishali, Rustam, Nilesh from Napolitan travels who always provided the best deals for my national/ international travels
- All my patients who bore my frequent absences from clinic
- My friends Firdosh Mehta & Tinaaz, Milind and Sujata for sharing maps, travel routes and general support of my craziness in wanting to explore the country on a 2- or 4-wheeler
- Mr Vijay Kulkarni : for automobile guidance
- Patients, Survivors and their families, for sharing and trusting me. Each one of you have in turn enriched my own vision & world
- Media: Various print and electronic media that featured Dr.Ritu’s story and work in more than 60 -70 papers/magazines/channels. This publicity helped to connect with patients / family members/ caregivers and wellwishers across the country