Our speakers
Dr. Ajay Shah, Professor, National Institute for Public Finance and Policy
Dr Shah is an aeronautical engineer from IIT, Bombay, and a PhD in Economics from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
He began his career as a consultant with Rand Corporation, Santa Monica and then returned to Mumbai as an Associate Professor at IGIDR. He spent the next four years as a consultant with the Department of Economic Affairs, New Delhi.
He is currently a Senior Fellow at the National Institute for Public Finance and Policy in New Delhi.
Dr. Akhil Prasad, Director, Country Counsel India & Company Secretary, Boeing India Private Limited
Dr. Alok Roy, CMD, Medica Synergie Pvt. Ltd
Dr. Alok Roy serves as Chairman and Managing Director of Medica Synergie Pvt Ltd. and Medicare Synergie Pvt. Ltd. Dr. Roy serves as Vice President of Centre for Community Initiatives of Fortis Healthcare Limited. He has 17 years of clinical and administrative experience in the healthcare sector. He serves as the Chairman of The Board at Medica Superspecialty Hospital Pvt. Ltd. He serves as a Director of Medica Synergie Pvt Ltd. and Medicare Synergie Pvt. Ltd. Dr. Roy received MD from AIIMS and DRM from TMH, Bombay.
Dr. Aloknath De, Corporate VP & CTO, Samsung R&D Institute India
Dr. Amit Kakar, Managing Partner and Head of Asia, Novo Holdings
Dr. Amit Kakar joined Novo Holdings Asia in August 2020 as Head of Asia to lead investments and partnerships across the region, focusing primarily on the markets in China, Southeast Asia and India.
Dr. Kakar has more than 25 years of healthcare experience with several senior management roles across the globe and having worked in India, China, Singapore, Denmark and the USA.
His previous roles include Head of M&A and Business Development at Everlife Asia, Head of Healthcare Investments for Asia with the Avenue Capital Group, and various senior leadership positions with GE Healthcare.
Dr. Kakar is a Medical Doctor with a postgraduate degree in Radiation and Nuclear Medicine from Tata Memorial Hospital and Cancer Centre in Mumbai, India.
Dr. Amit Sachdeva, Promoter & Director, Axiss Dental Private Limited
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. Amit Varma, President, Health Care Initiative Religare Capital Markets Limited
Dr. Amit Varma comes with a rich experience of over 20 years in the medical arena and over 12 years in the management field. He is also Director, Critical Care Medicine and is member of the Clinician Engagement Group, Fortis & Escorts group of Hospital, New Delhi.
Amit pursued his MBBS and MD from University of Delhi, and completed his residency from the State University of New York. He successfully completed an Executive MBA from the University of Chicago, and did fellowships in critical care at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, with sub specialization in cardiac critical care at the Cleveland Clinic.
Amit is on the editorial board for the society for research and is a member of the society for critical care medicine, Asian pediatrics cardiac surgery and cardiology. He is an Expert Consultant on CNN-IBN and a visiting faculty member at the University of Pittsburgh and the Cleveland Clinic. He was also earlier attached as a Healthcare consultant to the World Bank and the European commission. A complete outdoor person, Amit plays soccer, loves swimming and hiking.
Dr. Amit Verma, Managing Partner, Quadria Capital
Dr. Amitabh Rajan, Chairman, Reserve Bank of India Services Board, Committee Member, Stressed Assets, SBI
Dr. Amitabh Rajan, Chairman, Reserve Bank of India (Services Board)