Our speakers
Dr. Bhupendra S. Avasthi, Founder & Managing Director, Surya Mother & Childcare
Dr Avasthi founder of Surya Hospitals is a MD in paediatrics and has been a professor and teacher for many years. Currently he runs a 170 bed hospital in Mumbai and 110 bed hospital in Pune catering specifically to woman and child care segment. By March 2017, Surya Hospitals plans to expand further and open up branches in Jaipur and Thane.
Dr Avasthi is actively involved in a PPP project with corporation in Mumbai and heads the largest neonatal centre in the country. He was the founder and chief of department of paediatrics at Leelavati Hospital in Mumbai.
Dr. Bindu Rana, Founder and CEO, Millennium Education Management Pvt. Ltd.
Dr Bindu Rana is the founder and CEO of MEM. She has an illustrious career spanning 30 years in the field of education and has innumerable achievements. She has :
• Been the architect of the largest private sector Research & Development initiative in the field of education in India.
• Built path breaking research based teaching and learning methodologies that have brought about a transformational and defining shift in the way curriculum and pedagogic thoughts have evolved in the industry today.
• Led to the creation of the most valuable research repository of intellectual property, ever created in the history of the education industry in India, across the private and public sector, over the last decade.
• Been instrumental in conceptualizing and creating more than 800 books ranging from Kindergarten to Grade X, 850 concept- based board games that help children learn all the primary concepts, 1,350 application–based projects connected to real life experiences, 4,000 assessments, a question bank with more than 47,550 questions based on different skills and levels, 25,000 lesson plans, both in the written and graphic forms, online content on Parenting Tips, English language enhancement modules and more than 60 award winning training videos for facilitators.
• Created thought defining innovations that include the learning methodologies 'Little Millennium', 'Millennium Learning System' 'E-DAC' and 'Scaffolding Learning System' that were created for different socio-economic audiences and contextualised to align with the needs of the learners in modern times.
• Built a formidable Research and Development team of over 200 exceptionally passionate and motivated individuals and achieved unprecedented benchmarks in productivity, generating one of the largest knowledge banks of educational tools and materials in India.
• Clocked over 75,000 training man-days guiding teachers with innovative teaching learning and pedagogic strategies.
• Led one of the largest chains of private schools in India with the overall responsibility for their P&L growth and success outcomes and managed a team of over 2000 people.
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Dr. BS Ajai Kumar, Chairman & CEO, HealthCare Global Enterprises Ltd.
Dr. Ajai is the founder and Chairman of HCG. He completed his M.B.B.S from St. John's Medical College, Bangalore and Residency in Oncology from University of Virginia, Charlottesville. He did his Fellowship in Radiation Oncology & Medical Oncology from the world renowned M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston.
With over 35 years of experience in the field of oncology at some of the reputed cancer centers in US. Dr. Ajaikumar had a vision to start a world class cancer care center with the latest technology and best of expertise in India. He joined a group of specialists at Bangalore in 1989 and started the 'Bangalore Institute of Oncology' the only private cancer hospital at that point in time in Bangalore.
Today as chairman of HCG he manages 20 Cancer Care Centers across Asia with dedicated cancer care centers in tier 2 & 3 cities. Under his leadership HCG changed the landscape in oncology by introducing whole body radio-surgery system - CyberKnife in India and also advanced imaging, 128 slice HD- PET, 3 Tesla MRI- Skyra, digital mammogram etc.
Dr. C. Jayakumar, Executive Vice President & Head - Corporate Human Resources (CHRO), Larsen & Toubro
Dr. Deep Lodhari, Founder, All That Dips
Dr Deep Lodhari is a physician by education and entrepreneur and chef by passion. Dr Deep started his career with mytestbuddy.com an ed tech start up for medical students in 2014. Startup had 1 million plus online students and was acquired by an American company.
He then joined Ami Biotech pvt ltd, an pharmaceutical company involved into import and distribution of nutraceuticals as CEO of the company. He worked with the company for 2 years and was instrumental in setting up markets in cities of Hyderabad and Mumbai.
His passion for foods and want to do something of his own combined with motivation from Dhaval, a colleague at Ami Biotech led to formation of All That dips. At All That Dips Deep is instrumental in creating recipes and business development.
Dr. Dharminder Nagar, MD, Paras Hospitals
Dr. Dharminder Nagar is the Managing Director of Paras Healthcare. He has the unique advantage of being a doctor, hospital administrator and entrepreneur all in one. Several qualifications that include an MBBS from Mysore Medical College, MPhil from BITS Pilani, MS from Imperial College and MBA from Harvard, have propelled this young and dynamic MD to the forefront of healthcare. Dr. Nagar’s missionary zeal to make health services accessible to all Indians led to the establishment of Paras Healthcare, which is founded on the three principles of affordability, accessibility and quality.
Dr. Nagar’s keenness to deliver accessible tertiary medical care to people of every social strata is obvious from the cutting edge technologies and infrastructure present in all hospitals, at affordable prices. He supports every Indian’s right to healthcare and plans to introduce new models of healthcare delivery that empower patients at every stage, from the primary to the tertiary. Imparting awareness about healthy living practices is an important component of services at hospitals. A strong rural marketing strategy that includes Telemedicine supports the activities of Paras HMRI in Patna also enables communities in the far flung areas of Bihar, Jharkhand and Haryana to access medical care.
Dr. Nagar is a leader with a strong social bent of mind, committed to realizing his vision of providing healthcare solutions for the common man. Corporate social responsibility is integral to Paras Healthcare, and the four hospitals run by the group- Paras Hospitals in Gurgaon, Paras Hospitals in Darbhanga, Paras HMRI, Patna & Paras Hospitals in Panchkula- were built in response to unmet healthcare needs of the rural and urban people in the region. The Group is soon venturing in Ranchi and many other North Indian cities to deliver the best of healthcare services. Hailing from a rural background, Dr. Nagar is determined to bridge the gap between the rich and poor, and has built hospitals in areas that lack health infrastructure, specialists and tertiary care. Under the able guidance of Dr Nagar, the group has also been able to launch a chain of mother and child care centre– Paras Bliss – specialising in providing maternity, pediatric, neonatal and fetal medicine expertise in areas that have no access or scarcity of the same. The specialised centre in Panchkula provides perinatal care – from the time the mother conceives, to the delivery and even post pregnancy care.
Ultimately Dr. Nagar perceives Paras Healthcare as a partner in health for the common man.
Dr. Dharminder Nagar has been awarded as the Healthcare Icon of the Year(2018) by MedAchievers, Entrepreneur of the Year (2015) Award at the India Health & Wellness Summit 2015 and Dynamic Healthcare Entrepreneur of the Year 2015 by Six Sigma Healthcare Awards at the World Entrepreneur Summit.
Dr. Dhaval Shah, Co-Founder, Pharmeasy
Dr. Dhaval Shah- Co-founder at API Holdings( PharmEasy) is an MBBS from Rajiv Gandhi government medical college. He did his MBA from XLRI Jamshedpur post that. He worked at McKinsey & Co as a consultant after his MBA.
PharmEasy is trying to solve for affordable and authentic healthcare solutions.
He has been featured in the Forbes 30 under 30 lists as well as the Fortune 40 under 40 lists on multiple occasions.
Dr. Dhiraj Kacker, CEO & Co-Founder, Canvera
Dhiraj is Co-Founder & CEO of Canvera.com an online Digital Photography company that provides mass customized printed products and e-commerce solutions to professional photographers. Canvera's products and services are used by PPs to both deliver a high quality experience to their clients and also to market themselves better. Canvera's coffee-table-books were twice awarded the Best Photobook in Asia Pacific & Japan at the annual HP Digital Print Awards in 2008 & 2009. Canvera was also given the Best Innovation in Technology award by Asian Photography magazine for "bringing professionalism and innovation to an unorganized market" and the Tie-Lumis Award for "Entrepreneurial Excellence" in 2010
Dhiraj has been working in the field of Digital Imaging since 1991. Prior to founding Canvera Dhiraj was Director of Product Development and Operations at Naehas a Silicon Valley startup building technologies for multi-channel personalized marketing applications. Prior to Naehas Dhiraj was Engineering Manager/MTS at Shutterfly (NASDAQ:SFLY), a US based online Digital Photography company, where he was part of the core R&D team that developed their imaging and workflow automation technologies. Dhiraj has a PhD in EE from Purdue where his research was focused on algorithms for desktop printers. His PhD research was sponsored by HP's Imaging & Printing Group. Dhiraj has an MS in EE from Washington State University and B.Tech in EE from IIT Bombay. Dhiraj has numerous patents and publications to his name in the field of Digital Imaging.
Dr. Dinesh Batra, Director & Group CEO, Cygnus Hospitals
A well-known healthcare management expert with over 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry in India and other countries. Over last 3 decades, Dr. Batra has worked across various healthcare brands with the latest being Primus Super specialty hospital in Chanakyapuri in Delhi as the CEO. He was one of the key players in the success story of the Primus Group.
He then began the journey of Cygnus Hospitals with four more doctors and a pharma entrepreneur. Dr. Batra is aggressively involved in administration, planning and development of the eleven hospitals, currently under Cygnus Group. He has actively participated in healthcare projects for tribal areas, for patients needing free dialysis, and free education to under-privileged. Dr. Batra is associated with many leading healthcare institutes in Delhi NCR as a Medical Advisor.
In 2015, Dr. Batra, was invited by Government of Haryana in association with CII to a ‘Business Mission to US & Canada’. The prime objective of this mission was to reposition Haryana as an investment destination on the International stage with a focus on the sector like – Energy, Aerospace, Defence production including offset Manufacturing, Garments / Textiles, Food Processing, Auto/Auto Components, Healthcare, Industrial Parks, Logistics, mass rapid transport as also to seek cooperation in the field of Education/Skill development.
Dr. Dinesh Batra, Director & Group CEO, Cygnus Hospitals
A well-known healthcare management expert with over 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry in India and other countries. Over last 3 decades, Dr. Batra has worked across various healthcare brands with the latest being Primus Super specialty hospital in Chanakyapuri in Delhi as the CEO. He was one of the key players in the success story of the Primus Group.
He then began the journey of Cygnus Hospitals with four more doctors and a pharma entrepreneur. Dr. Batra is aggressively involved in administration, planning and development of the eleven hospitals, currently under Cygnus Group. He has actively participated in healthcare projects for tribal areas, for patients needing free dialysis, and free education to under-privileged. Dr. Batra is associated with many leading healthcare institutes in Delhi NCR as a Medical Advisor.
In 2015, Dr. Batra, was invited by Government of Haryana in association with CII to a ‘Business Mission to US & Canada’. The prime objective of this mission was to reposition Haryana as an investment destination on the International stage with a focus on the sector like – Energy, Aerospace, Defence production including offset Manufacturing, Garments / Textiles, Food Processing, Auto/Auto Components, Healthcare, Industrial Parks, Logistics, mass rapid transport as also to seek cooperation in the field of Education/Skill development.