A serial entrepreneur and seasoned executive with over twenty years of senior management and entrepreneurial experience in healthcare and software, Amar is passionate about creating successful products/companies in a dynamic eco-system. He currently heads Clove Dental, a rapidly expanding network of state-of-the-art dental clinics in Delhi NCR and the Chandigarh Tri-city Area. Founded in 2011, the network reflects a mission to identify and address oral healthcare needs in India by providing high-quality dentistry infrastructure for the Indian consumer.

A change agent with a proven record of building products ahead of the competition curve and reenergizing the lifecycle of existing products, Amar served global software concern SAP as senior vice president, Global Division, where he managed a team of over 500 professionals.  While at SAP, he led and built SAP's RFID business into one of its fastest growing business units.  

During his career as an entrepreneur, he has incubated successful companies across geographies. He created a niche for himself in the cloud computing space by building Amitive, now a  leading (and patented) software application development platform.- In late 2010, GXS Solutions, a provider of monitoring, reporting and management solutions, acquired Amitive's platform and migrated its application portfolio onto Amitive's platform.

Additionally he co-founded  Simplexis, a leading public sector procurement technology company in 2002. Simplexis delivered comprehensive eProcurement services to school districts and their suppliers nationwide throughout the U.S.

Amarinder holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, a master’s degree in System Design (Gold Medalist) from Waterloo, Canada and a formal degree in mechanical engineering. He enjoys traveling, golf, tennis and spending time with family.

Arvind, Founding Member of Attune Technologies, has around 10 years of experience in areas of Entrepreneurship, Enterprise Technology Architecture Management, Pre-Sales and Client Management across different International Geographies. Having done BE and MS in Software Systems, Arvind was closely associated with providing IT Solutions to the global healthcare market. As a Technology Specialist at Philips Medical Systems, he was responsible for the design and development of the state of the art Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) product. During his stint in iSoft, Arvind managed software architecture for the world’s largest civilian IT project - Connecting For Health (CFH), National Health Service, UK.

While evolving IT Solutions for global healthcare market, Arvind was perplexed with the low levels of IT penetration in domestic healthcare market. He immediately saw a huge gap in the market and market in the gap. Having made up his mind to launch his own venture, Arvind enrolled himself for an MBA program in IIM Calcutta to equip himself with tools required to establish and run a business entity. He simultaneously started identifying individuals for his start-up team and launched Attune Technologies in the year 2008. Arvind is currently providing the leadership and handling operational & strategic initiatives at Attune.

Besides Attune, Arvind is the Founding and Management Committee member of Gnyan Prabodh, an NGO working towards eliminating illiteracy in India. He was one of the founding members of the trust with a modest sponsorship of 3 students in year 1999 and grew the trust to sponsor 313 students in the year 2007. In total, 700 students with the sponsorship amount of Rs. 17 Lakhs has been disbursed by the trust. Arvind is also a Professional cricketer and has represented his district and state in various tournaments.

Dr. Amit Sachdeva, is one of the Promoter and Director of Axiss Dental , India’s largest Chain of Multispeciality Dental Clinics. Under his Leadership Axiss Dental has grown to become a complete Dental  Solution Providing Company in the last 3years, which covers the complete Lifecycle of the patient requirement ranging from Dental Plans, Dental Services, High Ended Dental Imaging and Home care Dental products.

Dr. Sachdeva is himself a Practicing Orthodontist and Co-CEO of the company and his core strengths lie in optimizing operational performance of the company using IT/Software as a tool to provide all the business Intelligence required in to overcome challenges  faced by this changing Healthcae Service sector.

His focus has always been on establishing health care practice as a more process driven enterprise, so that the patient gets the best of the skill & service in alignment with the concepts pertaining to corporatization of Single Specialty healthcare. His core competency lies in Operations along with understanding and implementing service protocols related to healthcare customer through conceptualizing strong backhand processes for driving the business.

Dr. Arjun Kalyanpur is CEO of Teleradiology Solutions, a healthcare Company headquartered in Bangalore, that reports radiology scans for over 100 hospitals in the US, Singapore, India, Europe and Africa. Teleradiology Solutions was ranked the number 1 teleradiology company in the US for 2011 and awarded the title of “Best in KLAS”. It is the first organization outside Singapore to be accredited by the Ministry of Health, Singapore, and was showcased to President Obama on his visit to India in 2010. The organization also has a software company, TeleradTech, a not-for-profit division, The Telerad Foundation and a teaching website, www.radguru.net.

He was trained at AIIMS, New Delhi, Cornell University Medical Center and Yale University in the US. He is visiting faculty in the Department of Diagnostic Radiology at Yale University. He is an active member of the Radiologic Society of North America and the Indian Radiology and Imaging Association and is a reviewer for the journal Emergency Radiology. He was awarded Modern Medicare’s Entrepreneur of the year award in 2007 and was named one of the 50 pathfinders in Healthcare in India by Express Healthcare magazine.

A visionary and an able business administrator, Dr. Velumani proves amply clearly to industry that , “Focus gives Success”. Born in a small village near Coimbatore, South India, to a landless farmer, today he owns and operates this Industry leader, Thyrocare, a brand worth over Rs. 2000 crores. Began as a mathematician, became a Pathologist, after his PhD in Microbiology from BARC/ Mumbai University in Thyroid Biochemisty. As a Research scientist and Teacher he worked for 14 years in BARC and then in Business he has become an administrator.

An infecting motivator, has succeeded in converting educated as employable, graduates as professionals, individuals as entrepreneurs, vendors as partners, family members as wealthcreators and of course by his unique way of transforming intimidating problems into opportunities for prosperity.

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Balasubramaniam has over 25 years of Healthcare experience with leading global companieslike GE Healthcare, Toshiba Medical systems in leading businesses in India & Asia Pacific region. He has strong domain expertise across various modalities likeDiagnostic Imaging, Critical Care, Healthcare IT and Diagnostic Ultrasound space. He has worked both in India & Singapore and has expertise inmanaging the large P&L’s in emerging markets of APAC and MEA.

Bala was the Region Director in GE Healthcare based in Singapore and was responsible for ASEAN region. He also lead the transformation of GE Healthcare Asia Pacific business. Before moving to Singapore, Bala had lead various leadership roles in Wipro GE Healthcare as Vice President of Clinical Systems business and lead the DatexOhmeda integration to GE Healthcare, South Asiaand has also leadseveral senior leadership roles in his long career with GE Healthcare.

Hari Buggana is the Managing Director of InvAscent India - a private equity firm focused on the Indian life sciences sector. Prior to this, he was a consultant with McKinsey & Company.  During his stint at McKinsey, Hari primarily worked with life sciences businesses in the US, Europe, and India on a variety of issues ranging from corporate strategy, mergers & acquisitions, product-market strategy, R&D productivity, organizational effectiveness, and operations improvement.

Prior to joining McKinsey, Hari worked as a scientist in the Pharmaceutical Products Division of Abbott Laboratories, USA. He has a MBA from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University and a M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago.

Kaushik has always nurtured a strong passion for reforming the healthcare system in India, and providing consumers with high-quality, excellent service and an ethical option for all their healthcare needs. Today, he has the privilege of witnessing this dream come to life in the form of Healthspring-a growing network of Family Health Experts.  

He received a scholarship to pursue his undergraduate studies in Colby College, USA, and received his MBA from the Harvard Business School in 2003.

Prior to founding Healthspring, he worked with management consulting firm Bain & Co. in Boston, Singapore and Delhi for over 11 years. At Bain, he worked extensively with hospitals, pharmacy and manufacturers of medical devices as well as Private Equity firms, gaining invaluable experience for his current role. When Bain opened an India office in 2005, he was an instrumental member in establishing the office. Kaushik was most recently a Principal at Bain India.

In 2009, he left Bain to co-found Wellspring Healthcare, the parent company of Healthspring. The company’s core mission is to transform the Healthcare Delivery system in India by establishing the pioneering and foremost national primary healthcare delivery network in India, and eventually becoming the most trusted healthcare brand in the country.

At Healthspring, he leads a passionate team of more than 300 medical and non-medical professionals. Healthspring currently provides high-quality primary and secondary healthcare services to close to 2 lakh users, through its 15+ medical centres, and robust Corporate Healthcare program.

He has been a featured speaker in various national and international conferences on Healthcare and entrepreneurship in India

Kedar joined the Piramal Group 9 years ago to head the Consumer Products business. He has been instrumental in growing the business at a CAGR of 33% and pushing the OTC business up 31 positions to number 9 in India in 5 years.

Kedar has handled multiple divisions in Pharmaceutical space for Piramal Enterprises Limited including an important role in building the domestic formulations business. Post the demerger of Boots Piramal in 2007, he has played a pivotal role in building the consumer products division and managing leading brands such as Lacto Calamine, I Range, Saridon, Superactiv and many more.

Kedar is an alumnus from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies. Before Piramal, Kedar spent 8 years at Hindustan Unilever initially in sales and later in brands.

K.Chandrasekhar (KC) is the Founder & CEO of Forus Health Pvt. Ltd. Forus is  an innovation-driven technology enterprise managed by very experienced professionals. Forus strongly believes that healthcare solutions for emerging countries have to be different both in terms of development as well as deployment. Forus develops innovative products combine with comprehensive software solutions to enable not only screening at the patient's doorstep but facilitate treatment as well. Forus develops affordable technology solutions that can easily be used by a minimally trained technician, thereby making health service accessible and scalable.

The Forus name means, “For us” - me and my community. Forus strongly believes that by "Democratizing Wellness,” they can play an active role in addressing healthcare issues in India and around the world.

Forus flagship product 3nethra, a screening device for common eye problems like cataract, diabetic retina, refractive problems, corneal infections and glaucoma is already being field deployed in more than 350 locations across 14 countries . Its digital imaging and cloud based portal enables easy interface to Telemedicine, remote diagnostics/ work flows and easy access to historical data. More details can be found on www.forushealth.com.

Prior to founding Forus Health, KC was the Director of Strategy & Software Partnerships at NXP (Philips) Semiconductors. KC has 23+ years of experience in Business Strategy, Business Development, Product Management, Sales Management in leading Semiconductor and Software Companies.

KC is an alumnus of BITS Pilani and IIM C

Monika is a founding partner at Arete Advisors and leader of the healthcare practice. She has c.16 years of consulting experience including over 13 years in healthcare advisory. During this time Monika has worked with more than 100 leading firms, private equity funds and government departments. She has supported them in improving access to healthcare services, formulating strategies for growth, improving operational performance, making investment decisions and building their people’s capabilities. She has provided advisory services across over 50 markets in the country and other South East Asian and Middle Eastern countries. She has an in-depth understanding across sub-segments in healthcare delivery including multi-specialty hospitals, specialty centres and day care, retail formats of healthcare delivery and laboratory and radiology diagnostics.

At Areté she has advised leading healthcare groups in the country and led commercial diligence/post-investment performance improvement exercises for leading global and Indian Private Equity players with interest in healthcare.

Prior to founding Areté, Monika was the President and CEO of the Corporate Advisory Division at Feedback Infra. She is a management graduate from IIM Ahmedabad and a post graduate in Physics from Delhi University.

Neeraj Garg has more than 17 years of experience across industries, roles and countries. He combines a strong strategic perspective with entrepreneurial instinct in operating roles. He has worked in the Healthcare, Pharmaceutical, Consumer Products and Retail sectors.

He is the CEO of Apollo Health & Lifestyle, one of India’s leading retail healthcare services businesses, and a part of the Apollo Hospitals group. AHLL currently has interests in a range of formats, including Clinics, premium mother-and-child centres (Cradle) and Day Surgery, and a few more concepts in pipeline. Neeraj’s vision is to build India’s largest primary and secondary healthcare network which provides seamless services between the home and a tertiary care hospital, combining clinical excellence and personalised customer service.

Prior to joining Apollo, he spent over 10 years in the pharmaceutical industry, in diverse roles with Piramal Healthcare / Abbott. He is credited with having built one of the largest mass-market pharmaceutical businesses in the country - True Care. This was a business he conceptualized and built from scratch to nearly Rs 350 crs in 5 years. In his last role with Abbott, he was leading the Global Strategy function for Abbott’s worldwide branded generics business (> $5 bn in 130+ countries).

He is a Computer engineer from the Delhi College of Engineering, who went on to do his MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies (Delhi). He joined Hindustan Unilever from campus and grind his teeth in sales & marketing there. He moved to management consulting at A.T. Kearney where he focused on the Consumer Products & Retail sectors, while also doing work on Organization design.

He is a strong believer in taking risks and trying new things; his favourite statements being:“no chance, no dance” “when was the last time you did something for the first time”

Nirmal Poddar is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Mumbai, having graduated in 1983. He has worked at Godrej & Boyce in various capacities for 20 years. Major experience there has been in R&D / Operations and as VP & Business Head in the field of Machine Tools & Precision Equipment for Defense / Nuclear / Space Programs. In year 2004, he joined Transasia Bio-Medicals Ltd as President Instruments responsible for Domestic Sales & Marketing, R&D and Manufacturing of the Instrument business for Transasia. Lately, he is responsible for all Instrument related R&D and Manufacturing for the entire Transasia Group.

An IIM-Ahmedabad alumini, Dr. Om Manchanda started his career with Hindustan Lever Limited (HLL) as a management trainee in the year 1990. His next stint was with Monsanto, a biotech company, where he was part of a team that successfully launched their first ever biotech product Bt-Cotton as the head of Sales and Marketing. In 2003, he thus joined Ranbaxy as Head - Marketing and later moved as Head-International and Innovation group, Consumer Healthcare Division. Ultimately, in 2005, he left it to join Dr Lal PathLabs Pvt Ltd as the COO. Since 2008, he is the CEO of the company and has transformed the company from around Rs. 40 crores to Rs 675 crores company in the current Financial Year.

Praneet Singh is a Managing Director at Siguler Guff and a member of the Investment Committees for the BRIC Opportunities Funds. He is a senior member of the Firm's investment staff and is actively involved in managing investments in India and the frontier markets. Mr. Singh joined Siguler Guff in September 2008 and brings a unique mix of operations, marketing and consulting experience, as well as expertise in the healthcare and consumer sectors, to the BRIC investment team.

Prior to joining Siguler Guff, Mr. Singh headed the $325 million Indian operations of Piramal Healthcare Limited, India’s fourth largest pharmaceutical company. Prior to that, he worked for more than seven years in the Mumbai, Delhi, Boston and Santiago offices of McKinsey and Company, focusing on operations, marketing and strategy. Mr. Singh also worked in marketing at Procter & Gamble in India and Southeast Asia for five years. He was born and raised in Delhi, India.

Mr. Singh holds a B. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and an M.B.A. from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta.

Prem Pavoor is a Managing Director at FIL Capital Advisors (India) Private Limited and leads investments in the life sciences, healthcare, manufacturing and agricultural inputs sectors.

Prem was previously based in the United States with McKinsey & Company’s Pharmaceutical and Medical Products Practice in New Jersey where he advised clients on areas that included R&D, business development, manufacturing optimisation and post-merger integrations.

His patented doctoral thesis work, performed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, focused on enhancing the performance of medical implants. He was awarded the MIT-OMNOVA award for Excellence in Polymer Research.

Prem holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the Institute of Chemical Technology (formerly UDCT), Mumbai, a MS and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering Practice from MIT and an MBA from MIT Sloan.

Rahul Chadha is the CEO of Religare Wellness Ltd (RWL). He is an MBA from the Said Business School, Oxford and also holds a Post Graduate Degree in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics. He was the MD & CEO of SAK Consumer Retail Services Ltd (SAKCRS) which he promoted in 2003 and which was later acquired by Religare Wellness Limited in Oct’08. Prior to promoting SAKCRS, he was a Senior Manager with the management consulting firm A.T. Kearney and managed a number of engagements in the areas of new business development and organizational improvement. He has also worked with ANZ Grindlays Bank where he was involved in sales and operations.

Rajesh Dalal is a Venture Partner on OrbiMed’s Asia team. Prior to joining OrbiMed, Mr. Dalal spent more than 30 years with Johnson and Johnson (J&J) in Asia including the past five years as the head of M&A for J&J Medical in the Asia Pacific Region. In this role, he worked closely with scores of medical device companies in China, India and other parts of Asia. Mr. Dalal was previously the Managing Director of J&J Medical, India for six years with overall responsibility for the medical device businesses at Cordis, DePuy, Endo, Lifescan, Ethicon and Hospital Supplies. A native of Mumbai, Mr. Dalal is a mechanical engineer from the prestigious IIT Madras, and holds an M.B.A. from Bajaj Institute, Bombay.

With over two decades of experience in leadership positions in the finance domain, Ramesh is the CFO, Lupin Limited. His areas of responsibilities include Business Finance, International Accounting & Taxation, Risk Management and is also responsible for managing cash flows, cost management, Treasury, Investor Management and the Corporate Planning department for the company. A key member of Lupin’s core strategy think-tank, he has guided the company through numerous Mergers & Acquisitions and enabled the company’s successful entry into some of the largest pharmaceutical markets globally.

Prior to joining Lupin, Ramesh was with Henkel, Germany where he held corporate responsibilities as the Regional Financial Controller for several countries across the Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East. He has also worked with companies such as VST Industries, the SPIC group and the Standard Chartered Bank and has a successful track record of building finance as a key business enabler and fostering collaboration in a culturally diverse, global and matrixed workplace.

Ramesh was named as the Best Performing CFO in the Pharma & Healthcare Sector at the 7th edition of CNBC-TV18 CFO Awards 2012-13. Earlier he was named as Business Today India’s Best CFO, 2012 for “best leverage management - Large Indian Companies” across sectors.

A Lord Chevening scholar Ramesh is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India, the Institute of Company Secretaries in India and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK. He has also done his Senior Management Program from INSEAD, France

Ranga  is  an Advisor / Consultant to various Companies in the Pharma Industry in the areas of Mergers, Acquisitions, Collaborations, Business Strategy and Business Development  and has closed  four acquisition deals in Pharma till now :

Ranga is also an Independent Director on the Boards of Sanofi India Ltd and Atul Biosciences Ltd, Chairman of Cybernoid Healthcare Pvt Ltd and  Chairman of the Advisory Board of Duraent Biologicals  

Prior to this, he was the Managing Director of Wyeth Limited subsidiary of Wyeth USA for 10 years till end Oct 09.He joined Cyanamid in 1980 became the CFO and Finance Director of Cyanamid India Ltd in 1986, transitioned to Wyeth in 1998 and rose to become its Managing Director in the year 2000.   

Academically, Ranga holds a Post Graduate degree in Commerce and MBA in Finance from Bombay University. Has also attended Executive Programs in ISB ( Hyderabad ) and Harvard ( USA )

Ranga has also been :
-President of Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India (OPPI) from 2007 to 2009 and Vice President for 4 years earlier. During the span of these 6 years  He has worked on behalf of the Pharma Industry with the Govt. of India on matters relating to Drug Pricing Policy, Intellectual Property Rights regulations and Regulatory Policy.

-President of American Chamber of Commerce, Mumbai Chapter.

-Managing Committee Member of Bombay Chamber of Commerce for 4 years and of Indian Merchants Chamber for one year.

In recognition of his contribution to the industry, he was adjudged as the 33rd most influential person in the Global Pharmaceutical Industry by World Pharmaceutical Frontiers in 2009, a leading UK Pharma magazine.

Ravi Virmani is the Founder and MD of Credihealth.com, a first of its kind healthcare portal in India. The idea of Credihealth crystalised in Ravi Virmani’s mind in 2013, when he astutely identified a real need in the healthcare industry for widely available credible, reliable, and transparent healthcare information.

Ravi has a solid track record of a successful business leader. In 1990, he co-founded Noble House in a garage and further shaped its growth for over a decade by leading and creating an institution in South Asia of the finest consulting caliber and financial success. He attracted, nurtured and mentored a large team of consultants. Noble House eventually evolved to become Hewitt Associates - India, over time.

After successful stints as MD at Hewitt South Asia and CEO Aventus Consulting (both in Singapore), he returned to India as COO of Max Healthcare immediately before founding Credihealth.
Ravi is an alumnus of XLRI Jamshedpur.

Rohit is the Senior Director- Strategy & Business Performance for the Max India group - a diversified conglomerate with interests in insurance and healthcare businesses. In his current role he reports to the Managing Director and is part of the group leadership team.

In addition to his role at Max India, Rohit is a member of the Governing Council of Max Healthcare and Leader of the Transformation Office (TO). As leader of the TO, he is responsible for several transformation initiatives related to the health of the business and growth projects.

Rohit is also a board member on Max Specialty Films, Antara Senior Living and Max One Distribution Services

Prior to joining Max India, Rohit was Head of Business Strategy at Religare Enterprises Limited, which is an emerging market financial services company. As part of the role, he was responsible for strategy across capital markets, NBFCs, insurance businesses and asset management.

Rohit was a consultant with McKinsey&Company for close to a decade before Religare. Since joining the firm in 2000, he worked across consulting and practice research functions. In addition to his client commitments, he was a core part of McKinsey’s recruitment efforts in India, and led the learning function for early tenure consultants. He was also a core member of the Financial Institutions operations and technology practice in India.

Rohit holds an PGD from Indian School of Business where he was ranked in the top 5 students in the batch and was the recipient of the Young Leader Award which was awarded to four students for best all round performance in the batch. In addition to an PGD he is also a certified Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA Institute, USA). He is also a visiting faculty at SP Jain Institute of Management and Research.

Dr. R. Kishore Kumar founded Cloudnine in 2007 to realize his vision of high quality maternal and neonatal healthcare in India, on par with international standards. He saw a lot of deaths during his training in India, but hardly saw any deaths during his 16 year tenure in the developed world. There also saw what the "intact" survival of a premature baby means to the parents. Hence he had this dream of providing similar care in India, and is committed to his passion for scaling new heights in neonatology. He pioneered this concept of maternal healthcare in India with Cloudnine - a facility dedicated to providing exclusive and comprehensive services in maternal and child care. As the Founding Chairman, Managing Director and senior neonatologist, he has been instrumental in securing the pinnacle attained by Cloudnine today.

In just 7 years since inception - Cloudnine has received several awards and also has scaled up from 1 centre to currently operating 6 centres and will be 11 centres by next year - clearly they have become leaders in this segment. He has been invited by MNC like GE, Accenture for motivational speeches about leadership qualities and revolutionary role in India.

Dr. Kishore is an internationally acclaimed neonatologist who has worked in four continents over the course of his career - covering North America, UK, Asia and 12 years in Australia. He completed his MBBS from India and his DCH from Mysore University and London. He also has an MD with a gold medal from Mysore University, MRCP (Paed) & FRCPCH from UK as well as MRCPI (Paed) and FRCPI from Ireland. He has also completed his Fellowship in Neonatal ICU with an FRACP from Melbourne, Australia. Among his many achievements - he says two stick out in his mind - a happy family having a premature baby surviving intact and also getting felicitated by Bill Clinton, former US President in 2006.

Dr. Ruchi Dass is the Founder of HealthCursor Consulting Group. An award winning Physician from India with a Post Graduate in Preventive and Promotional Healthcare and with medical technology applied expertise. Dr. Dass has been involved in Healthcare IT, e-learning and ICT projects for the public/private sector in India. During this period, she has managed several projects that seek to use mobile phones and wireless technologies to accelerate the achievement of the United Nation’s health related Millennium Development Goals across the world.

Dr Dass is the Innovation Leader to UN Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Women and Children, Washington DC, USA and is also on the Panel of HIMSS Innovation Community for Asia and Europe. Prior to becoming a “Thought leader” for m-Health, Dr Dass led the Business development and Operations of Lifetime Wellness Rx (An Apollo Group Initiative).

Dr Ruchi Dass is a judge to GSMA Global Mobile Awards 2011, 2012 and 2013. She is a part of the ICT4D team India and recently judged the most coveted “GSMA’s Best mHealth Innovation Awards 2012” in Barcelona, Spain identifying the excellence and innovation in mobile communications that can be of significance to Healthcare.

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Mr. Sameer Garde is President - South Asia- Philips Healthcare. He is a proven business leader with over 24 years of experience in building and managing both small and established businesses in India, Europe, USA and Asia. He has worked in 3 countries and has run global and regional ( Asia) businesses.

Prior to joining Philips, he helped Samsung setup the enterprise business for Samsung India from scratch, and put it on the path to aggressive growths. He served as the President and MD for Dell India where he consolidated and stabilized the consumer and enterprise business for the company. During his 9-year stint with the company in many sales and management leadership roles, he has been instrumental in growing the Dell business in India making it the No.1 Hardware vendor in the country.

He has also been associated with Whirlpool, Pepsi and Nestle. In 2009, the Great CIO social network of Asia rated Sameer as one of the top 10 Technology Leaders in India. He is a Mechanical Engineer from IIT - Delhi and an MBA in Finance and Marketing from IIM - Kolkata. His leadership style is influencing people with new ideas, being infectiously passionate and generating innovative concepts from all levels. He is a sports lover , more playing than watching, and has recently set sights on participating in a half marathon.

Shiraz Bugwadia focuses on the Life Sciences and Infrastructure practice. Shiraz has more than 15 years of experience in investment banking and has worked extensively on deals across multiple spectrums of Life Sciences and Infrastructure sectors.

He graduated as an engineer from Mumbai University and completed M.B.A. from Melbourne Business School.

Siddharth Dhondiyal, a Director in the IVFA investment team joined IVFA in 2006 and is involved with investments in healthcare, consumer and technology sectors.   Based in Bengaluru, he contributed to improving IVFA’s internal processes and developing the “The IVFA Way” - the Firm's approach to building admired businesses.

Over the last 10 years Siddharth has focused on tracking the evolution and growth of the Indian healthcare sector and has been actively involved in IVFA’s investments in the healthcare sector including Aster DM Healthcare, Manipal Hospitals, Trivitron Healthcare and Cloudnine Hospitals.

A Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from IIT, Kanpur, Siddharth also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from IIM, Kolkata and did his Masters in Business Administration from INSEAD, France.   He had a six-year stint with Accenture in its strategy consulting practice, where he worked with companies in the pharmaceutical, consumer goods, industrial products and telecom industries.

Srinivas Lanka is the mentor to industrialists at Elix Global. Here he is the strategic external advisor to leading corporates & funds and member consultative committee, Ministry of commerce, GOI.

Previously he was the Vice Chairman at Ramky Enviro Engineers Ltd. where he contributed in the rapid growth in Environment, Infrastructure, Real Estate, Education and Life Sciences businesses of the organization. Prior to this he was the Director at Aurobindo Pharma and managed globalization, corporate funding & R&D portfolio. He contributed in transformation of a successful yet primarily domestic SSP api company into a global vertically integrated generic pharmaceutical company.

Srinivas is a FCMA, Finance from Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India and a MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

A seasoned executive with over twenty one years of senior management and entrepreneurial experience in healthcare, he is passionate about creating successful and sustainable businesses. He is an entrepreneur, has worked in joint ventures, been part of successful start-ups and comes with understanding of complete Healthcare eco-system in India and international markets.

He has been part of senior management team in global organizations in medical devices and equipment industry (GE Healthcare), Healthcare IT Solutions (Wipro Technologies), Healthcare Delivery Organizations with focus on P& L management and business Strategy (Apollo Hospitals, Nova Surgical Specialty and Irene Healthcare), Investment  and Portfolio management ( ICICI Venture). He has been instrumental in helping many senior doctors for developing successful partnerships in secondary care, day care surgery, radiology diagnostic centers and IVF Clinics

In last five years Sudhir has served on the Board of Six healthcare companies in their growth stage and worked closely with executive management teams to achieve growth objectives while creating sustainable organizations. Currently he is on the Board of Directors at BournHall International and on advisory board of two startup companies in Singapore and Australia.

He is an Electronics Engineer and an Executive MBA with specialization in International Business Management. He is also a GE Certified SIX SIGMA (Green Belt) for Process and Performance Improvement).He is known for his vision, strategic thinking, positive attitude and high energy levels and displays tremendous leadership qualities by focusing on mentoring and people development.

As Director-India for “TVM Capital Healthcare Partners”, Sudhir leads the firm’s presence in India and will be the first port of call for Indian entrepreneurs and management teams seeking growth capital. As Executive-in-residence in Dubai he focuses on the development of the Portfolio companies in India and MENA region. He is also an “Executive Director of the Board” at BournHall International - an IVF chain owned and operated by TVM Capital in India and Dubai.

TVM Capital Healthcare Partners is first private equity and growth capital firm dedicated exclusively to the healthcare sector in MENA region. The firm focuses on making growth capital and buyout investments in companies that aspire or are already leaders in the healthcare. TVM Capital has decided on expansion of its investment geography beyond the MENA region and plans to invest 100M US$ in India in next three years. Presently the firm has a good portfolio in healthcare sector in MENA region and has invested in Home Healthcare, Long Term Care Facilities, Rehabilitation Center, Medical Devices and Technology Companies.

Dr. Sameer Ahmed Khan, MBBS, MHA, is the CEO of the Rockland hospitals. Rockland Hospital was started as a 100 Bed Unit in South Delhi in 2004 and Under his leadership, now the group runs 800 beds in the Delhi NCR region with three hospitals covering all levels of Healthcare. As the Group CEO he is responsible for the Healthcare Business and currently building a team to deliver both clinical and financial results. He is actively engaged in hiring a top notch team in addition to streamlining the processes so that the business is ready for the explosive growth it is witnessing.

He was previously Chief Operating Officer at NOVA MEDICAL CENTERS. At Nova he was responsible the Profit and loss of the company, ensure robust operational excellence, manage Projects and the essential areas of Growth, IT and Doctor Engagement. In his major part of career he was associated with Fortis Healthcare as a Director. He was involved in Medical Strategy and Operations, Revenue and Capital Budgeting and its review, Hospital Planning, Technology Management, Doctor Engagement, Project Management and devising appropriate Medical and Growth Strategy. He is a seasoned professional with over 15 years’ experience in Healthcare Industry .A trained clinician and manager who has worked with two of the largest Healthcare Organizations  in the country; namely - Apollo Hospital Group and Fortis Healthcare.

Dr. Sanjay Arora is the founder & managing Director of a diagnostic center, Suburban Diagnostics India Pvt Ltd. Since 1994, he has expanded 14 main centers and over 22 collection centers with handling 2000 patients per day catering to all pathology investigations including Clinical Chemistry, Hematology, Immunology, Microbiology, Histopathology, Cytology, Clinical Pathology, Serology along with X ray, ECG, Stress test (TMT), Sonography, 2D echo, Color Doppler and Health Checkups while handling staff strength of over 600 employees and catering to a patient profile from direct walk-ins to refer and hospital samples and corporate clients including insurance medicals. He also worked as a  lecturer of pathology in J J hospital.

Dr Sanjay did his MBBS from Grant Medical college/ Bombay university,  DPB from College of physicians and surgeons & MD (path)  from Grant Medical college/Bombay university.

Dr.Parikh has more than two decades of experience in business development and operations in the health-care, medical devices, and pharmaceutical industries. He has rich experience in market development across multiple geographies and a deep understanding of the pharmaceutical/health-care landscape worldwide.

As Executive Vice President of Indegene, he is responsible for the company’s business performance in Europe; he is also responsible for driving some of the company’s core strategic initiatives.

Before joining Indegene, he was the health care venture partner in a large British VC firm. He has also held various leadership positions in the medical diagnostics industry. Dr. Parikh holds a BTech from IIT, Bombay, and a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the Johns Hopkins University, USA.

Dr Santanu Chattopadhyay is an alumnus of INSEAD, Fontainebleau (2003) and Royal College of Physicians of London (1997) and holds a Master Degree in Internal Medicine from PGIMER, Chandigarh (1995). His career spans over two decades spent in clinical medicine, pharmaceuticals, clinical research and KPO/consulting industry in India and abroad. Although trained as Gastroenterologist and Internist, his passion lies in developing a robust Primary Healthcare system for India.

Dr Chatopadhyay founded NationWide, a pioneering chain of Primary Care clinics in 2010 and rapidly scaled it up to 35 clinics across Bangalore & Delhi-NCR in a short span of less than 4 years.

He has a track record of excellent leadership and building businesses from scratch and making them profitable in a short span of time in trans-cultural settings. He has previously worked in several internationally renowned hospitals and organizations such as Barts and the London Medical School, University Hospitals of Leicester, PGIMER (Chandigarh), Johnson & Johnson and Indegene Lifesystems.

Varun Sood is CIO and Head - Strategic Initiatives at Fortis Healthcare, India’s fastest growing healthcare delivery company. He is currently spearheading efforts at integrating and transforming the company using Information technology as a key business driver and a source of competitive advantage for the company.

Prior to joining Fortis, Varun worked with Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd and the Compunnel Software Group where, among other engagements, he worked with Price Waterhouse Coopers and telecom major, Verizon.

After garnering valuable experience in various operational roles in information technology, including business solutions and business process reengineering & optimization, Varun worked in senior positions comprehensively addressing all aspects of business. During this period he drove the integration of multiple business acquisitions from synergy evaluation to realization, conceptualized and implemented large organization development initiatives and led strategy development efforts to address critical business transformation needs.

Varun has substantial experience across multiple industries, functions, geographies and cultures, and has lived and worked in India, USA and South Africa.

Varun is the Co-Chair at the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) CIO Forum for 2014-2015.

Vikram Vuppala is Founder & CEO of India’s largest dialysis network - NephroPlus. After spending 10 years in the US healthcare industry, his passion to redefine healthcare delivery in India prompted him to found NephroPlus in Dec 2009. He has expanded NephroPlus to India’s largest dialysis network of 120 centers in 78 cities across 18 states. He had raised Series A Private equity investment of Rs. 25 Cr from Bessemer Venture Partners in Nov 2011, Series B investment of Rs. 60 Cr in May 2014 from IFC, a World Bank arm, and Series C investment of Rs. 100 Cr in Aug 2016 from SeaLink Capital and IFC.

Prior to NephroPlus, Vikram was a strategy consultant at McKinsey in the US. Vikram with over 15 years of global healthcare experience has helped hospitals, chain of clinics, healthcare distributors, and pharmaceutical clients on various strategic issues such as business development, growth strategy, portfolio rationalization, and M&A.

He has been a speaker at many entrepreneurial and investment conferences. Vikram did his B. Tech. from IIT-Kharagpur and a full time MBA from Chicago Booth.

Dr. Vishal Beri brings with him over 15 years of rich experience in the healthcare domain, both as a clinician as well as a management professional.

He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Hinduja Healthcare Surgical, Mumbai. This Hospital marks the Hinduja Group’s foray into the corporate healthcare sector. The Hinduja Group is one of the largest diversified groups in the world spanning all the continents, with interests in sectors such as automobiles, banking, power and healthcare, amongst several others. In his current role, Dr. Beri is responsible for the overall functioning of this Hospital. In addition to this, he is also responsible for driving the strategic healthcare initiatives of the Company.

In his earlier role, Dr. Beri was the Chief Operating Officer of BGS Global Hospitals, Bangalore, a 500 bedded super specialty hospital. He had then played a significant role in the ramping up of the Operations of the Hospital.

A medical doctor by profession, Dr. Beri has done his MBBS, and then his post-graduation in Orthopedic Surgery from Mumbai University. He then practiced as a Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon for close to four years before moving on to obtain a Management Degree from the prestigious Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad. While in Business School, he was an active member of the Healthcare Club and was also a recipient of the ISB Torchbearer award.