Innovation Council

Roping the experts across country for mentoring of incubates.

Dr Chirag Adatia

Partner McKinsey & Company, India

Dr Chirag has done MBA from IIM, Ahmedabad and MBBS from UCMS, Delhi. He is currently working as Partner in McKinsey’s Delhi office in India and his primary areas of focus are healthcare-service providers and medical-device companies. Dr Chirag was member of founding team that set up the McKinsey Hospital Institute in the United Kingdom. Currently, he leads McKinsey’s growth practise for healthcare & pharmaceuticals in India.

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Dr Tarang Gianchandani

CEO, Reliance Foundation Hospital, Mumbai

Dr Tarang is well known face in Indian Healthcare industry. Cuurently she is CEO of Sir H.N. Reliance Foundation Hospital. Eearlier, she was CEO at Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai. She has also worked with Ministry of Health, Singapore. Dr Tarang has done MBBS from Lady Harding Medical College, Delhi and specialization in Orthopaedics from Singapore. She has also done MBA from National University of Singapore. She was awarded CEO for the year in 2017, Women CEO for the year 2016, Health Excellence Award in 2015 & 2016.

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Akhil Puri

Director, Boston Consulting Group, Shanghai, China

Based out of Shanghai, China, Mr Akhil Puri is Partner & Director at BCG (Boston Consulting Group). He is member of BCG’s TURN & Transformation practice focuses on scaling up & accelerating businesses via Growth, Cost, Process and Digital levers. Previously, Partner, TAS at Ernst & Young, India and Director & India Head at KKR Capstone. Part of multiple business accelerations which were fast paced Private Equity set-up.

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Navjeevan Khosla

Managing Director, Fosun International Private Equity

Mr Khosla is Alumni of IIT Kharagpur & IIM Ahmedabad. He has 15+ years of experience working with Bank of America, Judico Capital, UBS & Merril Lynch. He is recognized as a strong business development professional skilled in Equities, Capital Markets, Management, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), and Strategic Leadership.

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Mr. Dibakar Bhattacharya

Director-Govt Affairs Medtronic

Dr Amit works as Director-Govt Affairs at Medtronic. Earlier he worked at Eli Lilly and Company as Director - Corporate Affairs. He has Successfully led several intrapreneurial growth projects, cross functional and diverse teams and have enjoyed building teams from the ground up and found fulfilment in mentoring team members over the years towards creating exceptional career trajectories of their own.

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Dr. Guriqbal S. Jaiya

Former Director, World Intellectual Property Organisation

Dr Jaiya is an Internationally recognized IP expert from a business strategy perspective with 25+ years of International experience in over 150 countries. Earlier he at the World Intellectual Property Organisation in Geneva, Switzerland. Dr Jaiya possess strong professional competency in teaching, training & consulting on all aspects of IP assets management issues in entrepreneurship, start-ups and business, universities.

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Dr PreetPal Thakur

MBBS MBA(IIM-Indore) Co-Founder, Alkemi Venture Partners

Experienced Private Equity Professional with focus on Healthcare Investments. Co-Founder of Alkemi Venture Partners, a healthcare focused fund. Visiting faculty at IIM Indore teaching start-ups & entrepreneurship in Healthcare. Previously, worked as Principal at Asian Healthcare Fund and also as Analyst at J.P.Morgan.

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Dr Vishal Bansal

CEO, Healthstart

Docpreneur, an adventure seeker & an ideator. MBBS from Govt Medical College Patiala & Global Healthcare MBA from Vanderbilt University USA. Developed a clinical decision support system through design algorithms for access to latest clinical research & innovation. Founding member of GSF Accelerator program & followed it by a brief stint in Public Healthcare Consulting, working on projects with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, World Bank etc.

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Dr. Rahul Verma

MBBS, M.Tech (IIT, Bombay)

Operations Head & member of management counsel for Clarivate Analytics. Served as Chairman & Director IP ValueServe, Japan a Joint Venture of Sony, Evalueserve and Hazuki International. 16+ years of experience in consulting companies in the area of innovation, technology, and IP. Mentor with T-Hub and an angel investor in diverse start-ups, including 3 in area of healthcare and fitness.

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Dr Naveen Nishchal

Chairman, Voice of Healthcare & Co-Founder Meddo Clinics

MBBS, MD, Healthcare Delivery Expert from Harvard Business School USA. Co-founder at Meddo- a network of Clinics and Co-Founder of Cygnus Hospitals, a chain of 10 hospitals. Co-founded Altius Healthcare in 2008. Represents India as an Ambassador to European Innovation Academy and is actively involved in mentoring and building entrepreneurs in India and abroad.

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Dr Himanshu Garg

Pulmonologist & Co Founder Aviss Health

Board Certified Respiratory, Critical care & Sleep disorders Physician trained in India and Australia and is currently heading the Respiratory Critical care and Sleep Medicine services at W. Pratiksha Hospital, Gurgaon. Served as Head of Critical Care & Respiratory Medicine at Artemis Hospital and Sr Consultant at Medanta. Director at Respiratory and Sleep Cure Solutions, Gurgaon and the founder of South East Asian Academy of Sleep Medicine.

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Shrutika Girdhar

Co-founder at Bodhi Health Education

Heads product design & development and is bullish about how technology can be leveraged to develop new & innovative workforce development solutions for healthcare professionals. Worked for 7 years in the areas of enterprise mobility and It consulting in telecom industry in India & UK. Holds MBA from SP Jain Institute of Management & Research Mumbai and Bachelors in Engineering from Mumbai University.

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Davesh Manocha

Partner Sabre Capital, Mumbai

15+ years of global experience in private equity investments & incubating businesses. Led & managed high-performance investments and exits in healthcare companies including SRL Diagnostics, Oysters & Pearl, Global Hospitals, Vyome Biosciences and HCG Hospitals. Own healthcare start-up Juno Clinic, one of the pioneer companies for online counselling/consultation in India. Holds MBA from NUS & B.Tech from Kurukshetra University.

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Dr Ritu Garg

Zonal Director, Fortis Healthcare

ENT surgeon & turned to healthcare management after spending 12 years in premiere medical school of India & pursuing management from ISB. Handled senior leadership roles in Fortis Healthcare, Sakra World Hospital & Amrop India. Astute understanding of healthcare dynamics & changing landscape. Keen interest in digital innovation in healthcare and works with health tech startups to help build efficient and future ready healthcare service delivery models.

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Dr. Ravi Gaur

Chief Operating Officer and Lab Director of Oncquest Laboratories

MD Pathology, qualified Onco pathologist, 30+ years experience in Pathology & Health care management. In his leadership, Oncquest Laboratories has become one of the most reputed laboratories with 36 satellite labs and 1500+ collection centers across India. Pathologist who have changed the trend of pathology practice by introducing many advanced assays & algorithms, equipment’s & Integrated ICT systems.

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Dr Mahesh Inder Veer Singh

Vice President, Healthcare Wolters Kluwer

MBBS from AFMC, Pune and MD-Anaesthesia from Govt Medical College, Patiala. Previously, he has been Healthcare Implementation Leader at McKinsey & Company and also served as Regional Director at Max Healthcare. He has worked at Fortis Healthcare as Head of Fortis Operating System and Manipal Healthcare.

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Ankush Gupta

Board Member and COO at Sterling Accuris Diagnostics

17+ years of experience in healthcare industry. In addition to presenting numerous papers at national healthcare conferences and contributing articles and chapters to industry magazines & books, received “Best HR Leadership Award (Healthcare)” by ABP News, Certificate of Merit “HR Professional of the Year” at Global HR Excellence Awards.

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Dr. Lalit Singh

Managing Director, McGraw –Hill, India

MBBS and MS from AMU, Aligarh. Leads the Higher Education, Medical, Professional and School business for McGraw Hill in India. Worked as Managing Director, South East Asia at Amsterdam Headquartered company Elsevier that is one of the world’s largest publishers specializing in scientific, technical, and medical content. Worked at AIIMS before pursuing his MBA from National University of Singapore.

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Sonia Dhawan

CEO Healthcare, Bikham Group

Skilled at participating in all aspects of business development & management from operations & finance to marketing & human resources. Effective leader with well-developed communication skills and excellent multi-tasking abilities. Having skills of US Healthcare RCM Services, Project Conceptualization & Management, Designing & Establishing Strategy, Leadership inculcating People Empathy.

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Rahul Tadimalla

Founding Partner, RSVP Capital Advisors, Bangalore

MBA from NUS Business School and Melbourne Business School, Australia. RSVP Capital Advisors – a Bangalore-based Investment Banking firm that helps start-ups and SMEs raise capital, advises Mergers & Acquisitions and assists companies implement their growth strategy. Advised many health-tech, healthcare and lifesciences companies, among other sectors, in their funding and growth objectives.

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Dr Keerti Bhusan Pradhan

Professor, Healthcare Management Programme, Chitkara University

Healthcare & public health management professional with 25+yrs experience & interest in health technology, services innovation, healthcare human resources capacity building. Alumnus of TISS Mumbai with public health management course from CDC Atlanta & Emory University USA.

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Dr. Harinder Sidhu

Vice President (Corporate Development), Apollo Hospitals

MBBS, PGP (ISB Hyderabad). Medical professional trained in corporate management. Gained experience of grass root level health care systems while working in various hospitals as Medical Officer. Joined Apollo Hospitals Group in the corporate setup as Deputy General Manager in Corporate Relations. Rose to become Vice-President of Corporate Development.

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Dr Lokesh Singh

Pool Officer in Radiology, PGIMER, Chandigarh

MBBS, MD(Radiodiagnosis). Passionate about the improvements in Radiodiagnosis focusing on Neuroradiology. Worked as Senior Resident at DDU Hospital as well as Neuroradiology at AIIMS, New Delhi. Contract specialist at ESIC-PGIMSR, New Delhi. Currently working as Pool Officer in ICMR funded project at PGIMER, Chandigarh. Published 17 papers in reputed journals etc.

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Dr. Rohit Garg

Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgeon

MBBS, MS(General Surgery) from DMC, Ludhiana. Leading laparoscopic & Bariatric surgeon of India. Continuously honed his surgical skills with the windexealth. Currently associated with Reborn Clinic. Believes in providing highest quality of care to patients combining surgical expertise with a personal and honest approach.

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Mr Amit Kumar Singh

General Manager & Group Head - Corporate Affairs at Asian Paints

He is currently General Manager & Head Corporate Affairs, Asian Paints. He also served as Director-Govt Affairs ISC (South Asia) for Medtronic and worked as Head, Govt Affairs India & AMEA region's Rep on Global Public and Govt Affairs, Mondelez International. He served as Director of Defence/Aerospace/Security/Space, Confederation of Indian Industry

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