Sudarshan Jain

Sudarshan has a strong passion for healthcare and the education sector. Currently, he is the Secretary-General of the Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (www.ipa-india.org), Senior Advisor - Apax Partners and Board member of multiple organizations. He has served in several leadership positions for over 40 years in Healthcare industry (Lupin, Johnson & Johnson, Piramal, Abbott) and was formerly the Managing Director at Abbott Healthcare Solutions.

His current Board engagements include Abbott India, Healthium Limited (Apax portfolio company), Zandu Chemicals Limited, Indian Education Society (IES), Advisory Board of Narsee Monjee University, Mumbai (NMIMS). He is the Visiting Faculty at Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad. He has contributed in shaping the healthcare policy and improving access to healthcare in India.

Sudarshan is an Alumnus of St. Stephens College, Delhi University and Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad.

Satish Chander

Satish joined True North in 2005 and is based in Bengaluru. He joined the firm as part of the business management team and worked with companies across healthcare, media, retail and industrials. He is now part of the investment team and is responsible for investments in healthcare sector.

He holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from the IIT, Chennai and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the IIM, Kolkata. Prior to joining True North, Satish had six years of experience working with Tata Motors, Accenture and JP Morgan in India.

Pavan Choudary

Mr. Pavan Choudary is the Managing Director of Vygon, a leading French Multinational in the field of Healthcare, He is the bestselling author of Healthcare and Management books like The Rx Factor and How a Good Person Can Really Win. He also has as his co-authors Dr. Kiran Bedi, the Lieutenant Governor of Pondicherry & Mr Anil Shastri, Ex Union Finance Minister. He has done a column with the Times of India, currently writes for Firstpost and is the TV Host of “Hum Aisey Kyun Hain” where he takes up several healthcare issues with leading doctors and policy makers of the country.
  
Two areas in medicine are especially close to his heart, Patient Safety & Quality in Healthcare and Safe Neonatal Vascular Access. He is the main person behind the Neonatal PICC movement in India. He is also one among the only two industry members, nominated by the GOI on the DTAB Sub Committee for provision of compensation for Medical Device Malfunction.  

He is the recipient of several awards like the Intellectual Icon of the year award, Business Excellence Award, Eric Hoffer Award etc. He sits on some of the most prestigious advisory boards/boards of India in the commercial and socio-political space. Notable among these from the healthcare point of view are Medical Technology Association of India, Transasia Biomedicals, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Memorial Trust, Executive Access, Bhartiya Videsh Niti Parishad, Blue Circle (Unified Leadership Pvt. Ltd.) and Wisdom Village Publications. 
 
He is consulted by leaders from different works of life on business & life. For more details, visit www.pavanchoudary.in.

Dr. K Ganapathy

An Emeritus University Professor, Dr. Ganapathy  has played an instrumental role in the  growth and development of Telehealth in India.  Past President of the Telemedicine Society of India, Former Secretary and Past President Neurological Society of India, Dr. Ganapathy is a DIGITAL HEALTH EXPERT for WHO. He has been well published for over the last 45 years and made more than 700 presentations at national and international conferences.

Vivek Tiwari

Vivek Tiwari, is the Founder and CEO of Medikabazaar, India’s largest online platform for medical supplies. An alumnus of IIM Calcutta, Vivek has an extensive experience in leadership roles which he occupied at prominent global conglomerates like Nestle, Telenor, Maxis Telecom, and Tata Group. Some of his notable achievements include successfully establishing joint ventures with leading dialysis equipment manufacturers, namely Nipro (Japan) and Fresenius Medical Care (Germany).

During his earlier experiences, Vivek successfully managed and established tertiary care clinics in tier 2, 3 cities, in India, an experience from which he ideated Medikabazaar. He is a distinguished member of the consortium of ace professionals in the Indian medical devices sector. At the same time, he also holds an honorary position at a global regulatory and marketing organization for medical devices and equipment.

Vivek Srivastava

Mr. Vivek Srivastava is the Co-founder & CEO of HCAH, India’s largest disease management company outside of the hospital. HCAH has investment from the Burman family (promoters of Dabur), founders of the HAH, UK, and Quadria Capital.

He is an IIT Delhi & ISB Alumnus. HCAH is the third healthcare business he has started. He has worked in Fortune 500 companies such as Indian Oil and Capital One before his MBA from ISB. Post his MBA, he started with Ambit Corporate Finance as an investment banker. During his stint with GTI Capital(a private equity fund), he started Nova’s IVF business, besides leading fundraising and M&A for Nova and Air Works (investee companies of GTI). After a brief stint of doing investment into Africa, he joined the Burman family to start the family office for Gaurav Burman. He did 6 investments for the family and represented the family on many Boards. Vivek aims to raise the quality of care and improve health outcomes for patients. He has led HCAH to become the first company in the country to be QAI accredited under their homecare standards.

His sensitivity towards Customer Delight makes HCAH a Customer-centric healthcare services delivery provider backed up by NPS ( Net Promoter Score) which has been >65% under his administration throughout.

He has also led HCAH to become Best Places to Work certified company, a testament to the people practices in the company.

In July 2018 Vivek won the prestigious, Entrepreneur of the year Award for healthcare services at the 8th Annual Entrepreneur India award. He is a fitness freak and is an avid reader too.

Mayank Bathwal

Mayank Bathwal is the Chief Executive Officer at Aditya Birla Health Insurance Co. Ltd., a joint venture between Aditya Birla Group and MMI Holdings of South Africa. He has been with the Aditya Birla Group for 26+ years, and has held multiple leadership roles across insurance, financial services, manufacturing, energy and power, in India and Indonesia.

He set up Aditya Birla Health Insurance in 2015, and under his leadership, within a short span of time, ABHI has grown into one of the recognized and fastest growing health insurance company in India. Mr. Bathwal spearheaded a very well diversified strategy of entering the health insurance market with a differentiated business model which focuses on the ‘health’ in health insurance, thereby challenging the traditional approach of the industry thus far.

He is a fellow Chartered Accountant and a member of the ICWA and ICSI. He is the co-Chair of FICCI Health Insurance Committee and is also actively involved with a number of industry forums such as CII and IAMAI.

He is an avid reader, a fitness enthusiast, and passionate about every Indian having easy access to health insurance.

Anish Bafna

Anish Bafna took over as the CEO & Managing Director of the Healthium Group in August, 2018, when he returned to India with the dream of creating India’s most trusted Medtech company and Healthium was formed under his aegis as an amalgamation of three companies:
- The Erstwhile Sutures India Ltd , Quality Needles, the largest independent manufacturer of surgical suture needles in the world and Clinisupplies, the second largest brand of urology products in the United Kingdom.

Under Anish’s leadership, Healthium has undergone a transformational journey on quality, compliance and R & D and is now present in 70 countries across the globe and 500 districts in India with a strong team of 2700 employees.

Anish with the Healthium team, has pursued the “Atmanirbhar Bharat “agenda by promoting indigenous technology and Innovation. Under his aegis, Healthium owns 55 patents in India and U.S including those applied for. The manufacturing facilities have also continued the thrust on high quality with 510K (USFDA), CE and ISO approvals.

During the Lockdown, under his guidance, the facilities have continued production to ensure continued supply of essential medical devices for emergency surgeries. Trushield, India’s 1st anti-microbial gloves was manufactured and launched during this period.  Sironix range of Arthroscopy products for shoulder and knee were created and launched to fill market need gaps using patented functional designs to simplify lives for surgeons and better patient outcomes, under his aegis.

Anish‘s career spans 27 years with a strong focus on the Healthcare and devices sector, with stints in multiple countries.  In his last assignment, he was President Japan, for Baxter International.

In his earlier stints, he served as the Regional Head- Emerging Asia at Baxter in Singapore, overseeing the operations of India and South East Asia from 2015 to 2017.

Anish along with his family have lived in Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Singapore and Japan before relocating to India. He has a proven track record of building sustainable and profitable businesses, with a strong focus on continuous business improvement.

Anish plays tennis, is an avid reader and likes to delve in history.

Rahulkumar Darda

Anand K

Anand has over 25 years of robust work experience in the healthcare industry specialising in Diagnostics and Laboratory services in India, South Asia, Africa and Middle East. He comes with deep subject knowledge of diagnostics and healthcare industry, combined with strong business acumen, allowing him to view business with a wider lens then narrow it down to connect the dots, identify business drivers, understand complex issues, take actions and drive results. Anand is currently the CEO of India’s leading diagnostic chain that is spread across 600+ Cities, 30 States and Union Territories. He joined SRL from Apollo Hospitals Group where he was the CEO of their Diagnostic Business Unit of AHLL, based at Hyderabad. Anand is a talented and gifter leader with extensive experience in leading Diagnostics Companies, including Neuberg Diagnostics, Metropolis, and others.

He has handled various portfolios covering Operations, Sales, Network / Channel development and management, Marketing, Strategic Business Development, Greenfield projects including international, M&A – domestic and international, Hospital lab management contracts, PPP, P&L responsibilities, integration & change management and partner development.

 Anand earned his Graduate degree in Medical Lab Technology from JIPMER Medical College, Pondicherry with a major in Marketing from IIAM, Mumbai. He has also completed an Executive Program in Strategic management from IIM, Ahmedabad.

 Anand is actively involved in various industry forums in India and abroad as a speaker or panelist.

 

Raviganesh Venkataraman

Raviganesh Venkataraman is currently the Chief Executive officer at Cloudnine Group of Hospitals and based in Bengaluru. As the CEO, Ravi is responsible for the development and execution of Cloudnine’s business strategy, across all functions and business verticals with specific focus on customer experience, clinical quality, operational excellence, doctor relations, talent and leadership development.

 

As a seasoned professional with over 25 years of working experience across verticals, Ravi has been a part of several industries and geographies in India and Asia with proven skills in business strategy, project planning and execution, supply chain management, sales and distribution and organisation development. Ravi was until recently a director on the board of Metro Cash & Carry India and has held leadership roles in the past with Bharti Airtel, Subhiksha Retail, Coca Cola India, Titan Industries and Godrej & Boyce.

 

Ravi holds a Masters in Management studies from SP Jain Institute of Management & Research and a B.E in Production engineering from KJ Somaiya College of Engineering. An avid reader and a perpetual learner, Ravi is fond of literature and a loves classical music.

Dr. Arun Anand

Physician Business Leader with experience in strategic roles across the value chain in biotech drug development and business on a background in translational oncology from Harvard. Passionate about “accessible medicine for all”.

Currently, Chief Operating Officer at Immuneel Therapeutics - a young Indian organisation driven by the purpose of developing and delivering cutting edge yet affordable cell and gene therapies for cancer in India.

Previously, served leadership roles in Industry and academia as Senior Director & Head, Global Portfolio Management, Biologics @ Dr. Reddy’s, Head, Clinical Development @ Biocon, and Assistant Director, Translational Research for Oncology at MGH/Harvard, Boston.

Tarun Sharma

Satish Kannan

Satish Kannan is a pioneer in the online healthcare industry. With a singular focus to bring a paradigm shift in the healthcare industry, he has, in a relatively short period of time, ushered his organization to a leadership position. He is well on his way to achieving his goal of making high-quality healthcare accessible to everyone across the nation. Satish Kannan or SK as he is popularly known is an alumnus of IIT Madras - B.Tech & M.Tech in Electrical engineering. After completing his education, SK started his career with Philips Healthcare, being involved with Research and Development on specialized equipment, used by cardiologists for conducting surgeries.

Post that SK began his leadership journey by co-founding DocsApp (a 24x7 online doctor consultation platform) to make high-quality healthcare accessible to over a billion people in India. SK is now at the helm of affairs of the vastly expanded entity of MediBuddy-DocsApp as Chief Executive Officer.

SK’s achievements have been acknowledged by Forbes - he has been featured in the Forbes 30 under 30 list, 2017 (Asia) and Forbes 30 under 30 list, 2018 (India), for his contribution to the Indian health-care sector. Recently, he won the title of “Young Achiever of the Year” at National Awards for Marketing Excellence 2020.

When not focused in transforming the healthcare sector, the former IITian loves to read books, travel, and practice yoga.