2012 Speaker Biographies

Baljit Singh BEDI
President @ Telemedicine Society of India
We’ve come to admire Mr. Baljit Singh Bedi because he’s more than talk, he doesn’t chase the spotlight and he leads the way to get things done. A perfect example for the 2.0 generation.

Mr. Baljit Singh Bedi is the President of the Telemedicine Society of India. Mr. Bedi is widely recognized for being instrumental in giving shape to an integrated programme in promoting the area of Electronics in Healthcare in India. As result of these initiatives, an impressive range of advanced medical instruments and systems have been made available indigenously. Mr. Bedi is also actively involved in policy, development of standards and deployment programmes of IT. Mr. Bedi has been involved in the formulation of a nucleus set of recommended standards for telemedicine activity in India. Mr. Bedi is an expert member in the recently constituted National Committee for ‘Standardization of Electronic Medical Records’ set up by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India and Chairing Task Group on Interoperability. He is Member of Executive Committees of key National Associations in the field of e-Health including Indian Association of Medical Informatics (IAMI) and Telemedicine Society of India (TSI). He is also a key Member of National Knowledge Commission’s (an Apex National policy recommendatory body) Working Group on India-Health Information Network Development (I-HIND). At present, he is Adviser to Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), under Ministry of Communication & IT, for Health Informatics, Telehealth, Medical Electronics and Assistive Devices.

Som MITTAL
President @ NASSCOM
There is something striking about the boldness, the clarity and the simplicity which fuels Mr. Som Mittal’s ability to lead. Someone worth following.

Mr. Som Mittal is President of NASSCOM, the premier trade body and the “Chamber of Commerce” for the IT – BPO industry in India. In this role, he is responsible for representing the Indian IT – BPO software and services industry to multiple stakeholders. His key responsibility areas include enhancing India’s leadership position in the global offshore IT-BPO and work towards further growing the market by enabling industry to tap into emerging opportunity areas and to strengthen the domestic market in India. Som Mittal holds a B.Tech from IIT, Kanpur and an MBA from Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad. Over the years, NASSCOM has earned the reputation of being a strategic advisor to the various stakeholders of the industry. NASSCOM’s varied strengths include creating and influencing government and public policy, international trade development, research and market intelligence services, and access to an international network through 17 MoU’s and linkages with 40 industry associations. Initiatives on education, strengthening cybersecurity, fostering innovation and entrepreneurship are also focus areas. NASSCOM also endeavors to narrow the digital divide in India through NASSCOM Foundation. Som Mittal assumed office of the President, NASSCOM in January 2008. He has a rich and wide ranging work experience of over 30 years in corporate India. Before joining NASSCOM, he was heading the Services business for Hewlett Packard in Asia Pacific and Japan. In addition to chairing NASSCOM in 2003-04, and being part of the NASSCOM Executive Council for several years, Som Mittal has been closely associated with other industry bodies like MAIT and CII. He has played an active role in the formulation and implementation of Karnataka’s IT policy. He has been on the CII National Council for several years and part of the Chief Ministers IT Task Force in Karnataka. He is also the Founding member of the IIIT, Bangalore and the Board if IT Education Standards. Som Mittal holds a B.Tech from IIT, Kanpur and an MBA from Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad.

Anil SWARUP
Director General & Additional Secretary Labour & Welfare @ Govt of India
Mr. Anil Swarup is one of India’s celebrated social innovators. His intelligent and honest approach is redefining how impactful work can get done via smart government strategies. The impact he’s had on over 90 million lives testifies to this.

Mr. Anil Swarup is the Director General, Labour Welfare and Additional Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India handling issues relating to the welfare of unorganized sector workers and the implementation of National Health Insurance Scheme, the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY). In just over three years, RSBY, has transformed the lives of over 90 million people in the unorganized sector of India. Stemming from a request to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2007, Mr. Swarup advocated for a health insurance scheme for those who could not afford it and after presenting a paper to the World Bank Mr. Swarup’s idea become the basis for RSBY six months later. It is the first time India’s own technology prowess has been used to run a national social security programme. The implementation of RSBY and it’s cashless and smart card based health insurance scheme has come to be recognized world over and was selected by UNDP/ILO as one of the top social security schemes for publication. Mr. Swarup has been selected by India Today as one of 35 ‘Action Heroes’ in it’s 35th annual edition. He was also nominated by The Economic Times as one of the ‘Policy Changers’ during the year 2010.

Dr. Ruchi DASS
Founder & CEO @ HealthCursor Consulting India
Dr. Ruchi Dass is having an impact on health around the globe not just because she’s incredibly intelligent and thoughtful, but because she’s also honest, fearless and determined. Qualities that we know will enable change to happen.

Dr Ruchi Dass is an award winning Physician from India with a Post Graduate in Preventive and Promotional Healthcare and with medical technology applied expertise. Dr Dass has represented India’s efforts towards bridging the economic and digital divide in Healthcare internationally to help adopt low cost healthcare solutions and systems across 53 Commonwealth countries. Today, Dr Dass serves on selected Advisory Boards of leading mHealth companies and takes care of the consortium called “Healthcursor” — an organization oriented towards facilitating innovation around technology-driven healthcare for the underprivileged across the World. 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. 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). Apollo Group is the largest private Healthcare chain in Asia and third largest in the world. Lifetime Wellness Rx deals with Wellness, Prevention and Disease management and thereby serving consumers, business and social causes in India. Dr Dass is a part of the ICT4D team India and recently judged the most coveted “GSMA’s Best mHealth Innovation Awards 2011” in Barcelona, Spain identifying the excellence and innovation in mobile communications that can be of significance to Healthcare. She is on the International Editorial Review board of International Journal of User-Driven Healthcare, IGI Global, Pennsylvania, USA and is also a Council Member with the renowned Gerson Lehrman Group.
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Adi CODATY
Head of Innovation & RD @ UnitedHealth Group India
Adi Codaty’s has a rare ability to connect the dots, articulate the road ahead and make friends along the way to getting things done. A strategist whose plans will open doors for the rest of us.

Adi Codaty currently heads Innovation and R&D at United Health Group, India. As an innovation evangelist, he is focused on developing and deploying innovative healthcare solutions that will change the way healthcare is delivered in developing and emerging markets. Adi recently relocated to India after spending 14 years in the US and has a special interest in Asia as an emerging market. In an individual capacity, Mr Codaty is a content adviser for “Innovation Management” – a global magazine focused on Innovation. He is also an avid speaker at various healthcare events around the world and is the co-founder of a social media platform that connects patients with doctors (www.letstalkdoc.com).
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Dr. Nandini MUNDKUR
Social Entrepreneur
Dr. Nandini Mundkur is one of India’s treasures. Her relentless pursuit of improving the lives of children with disabilities is inspiring and an example for others to emulate.

Dr. Nandini Mundkur is the Director, Centre for Child Development and Disabilities. She focuses on developing socio-emotional learning in children and his widely recognized for her contribution to early detection and management of disabilities in children. Dr. Mundkur entered the field of social entrepreneurship before the term even existed. She was a awarded an Ashoka Fellowship in Social Entrepreneurship, the Sathya Gupta Award for Social Pediatrics and in 2008 was listed as an ‘Indian Genius’ by The Week magazine. Dr. Mundkur completed her MBBS and MD from Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi. She practiced as a paediatrician during her early career while pursuing a keen interest in the field of developmental studies. She’s completed a course in Vojta’s Early Diagnosis and Therapy and is also a Fellow of American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (FAACP and DM).

Dheeraj BATRA
Head of Business Design @ IDEO India
Dheeraj Batra knows design and he’s fiercely committed to helping IDEO India bring that insight to healthcare. The type of person that brings ideas to life.

Dheeraj Batra is the Head of Business Design, India at IDEO and is based in Mumbai. He has a passion for helping new ideas take shape and believes that a human-centered approach has the potential to help unlock tremendous value. Dheeraj holds an MBA from the Wharton Business School and BS degrees in both Finance and Computer Science from the University of Maryland. He lives in Hyderabad with his wife, Rishtee, and 2-year-old daughter Shirin.

Rajiv VASUDEVAN
Founder & CEO @ AuyurVAID Hospitals
Rajiv Vasudevan is an innovator with the heart of a social entrepreneur. His unique vision for healthcare is not just for India, but also for the world.

Rajiv is an engineer with an MBA from IIM-Calcutta. Rajiv has earlier worked with leading Indian and global corporations in leadership roles, as well as with the Government of Kerala in policy formulation and investment promotion in the IT and BT sectors. Rajiv is a firm believer in IT and technology’s primary role as a utility-benefit enabler rather than technology for technology’s sake. Health2.0 represents Rajiv’s vision for individualized, sustained care across the patient’s life-cycle.
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Roberto ASCIONE
President @ Publicis Healthware International

Roberto Ascione is founder and President of Publicis Healthware International (PHI), an integrated agency focused on improving communications across the health & wellness community, with a strong eHealth and information technology focus. PHI is a division of Publicis Healthcare Communications Group (PHCG), the largest and most innovative health related agency network in the world. Roberto has more than 15 years of experience in the consulting, media and communications industry and leads a team of more than 200 employees, primarily based in offices throughout Europe and the United States, all working together to serve both local and global markets and provide best in class marketing solutions across our three main service offerings.
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Michael SMOLENS
CEO @ dotSUB

Michael Smolens had for the first 32 years of his career set up manufacturing facilities doing business in and with high-risk countries including Haiti, Mexico, Hungary, Romania, Turkey, Pakistan, India, Egypt, Jordan, Russia and Azerbaijan, creating in excess of 20,000 jobs and directly supporting the livelihood of more than 100,000 people. dotSUB is Michael’s ninth startup. Since its launch he has tried to bring the concept of ‘language’ onto the radar screens of media, entertainment and all types and sizes of companies, organizations and users of video – who have traditionally been highly ‘English-centric’.
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Abhijit SHITUT
Jt. Managing Director @ Publicis Life Brands Watermelon

Abhijit has around 15 years of experience in pharmaceutical marketing and branding solutions. He started his career as a field representative, then moved to brand management before starting Watermelon, a healthcare communication agency that specializes in advertising and digital solutions in 2002. Publicis Group acquired Watermelon in 2011. Abhijit is a pharmacy graduate with a master’s degree in marketing. He is also a visiting faculty member with a leading business school in Mumbai.

Nand WADHWANI
Founder/Creator @ HealthPhone

Nand Wadhwani is a Founding Trustee of The Mother and Child Health and Education Trust and lives in Hong Kong. He is presently working on the development of HealthPhone, an illiterate-friendly mobile phone with preloaded, reliable, relevant health and nutrition material in various formats and that will initially be offered in English and 15 Indian languages. Using rich multimedia, HealthPhone will put life-saving and life-changing content, scripted on knowledge prepared jointly by UNICEF, WHO, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNDP, UNAIDS, WFP and The World Bank directly in the hands of those who can use it in an accessible format and with 24×7 availability, everywhere. Exciting stuff!
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Amar URHEKAR
President, Japan & Executive VP, Asia Pacific @ McCann Worldwide

As EVP for McCann Healthcare, Amar is responsible for 9 markets, 14 offices across the APAC region. He has successfully led the network into the most award wining, fastest growing Healthcare agency network in APAC. Pharmacist by education and a Kellogg alumni, Amar has 15 years experience across the Pharmaceutical/Public health marketing communications and mainstream advertising businesses of which 11 have been with McCann Healthcare across India, China, Japan and now based out of Singapore.

Dr. Sreedhar POTARAZU
Chairman @ Vital Health Information Network

Dr. Sreedhar Potarazu is the founder and Chairman of GoodChime! and CEO of VitalSpring Technologies Inc.,. He is an acclaimed ophthalmologist and entrepreneur who is recognized as an international visionary in the business of medicine and technology. Dr. Potarazu is a regular contributor to the Fox News Channel and The Washington Post and is also the author of a well-publicized book “Get Off The Dime” – The Secret of Changing Who Pays For Your Health Care.
Dr. Potarazu received his medical degree from The George Washington University and subsequently completed his internship in surgery and residency there as well. He currently resides in Maryland with his wife and two daughters. Dr. Potarazu is also involved in the promotion of fine arts and education to the underprivileged

Mark FRIESS
Founder @ Welvu Foundation
Mark Friess is one health IT’s most experienced innovators. He’s recently shifted his focus to sharing the lessons of his incredible journey with health innovators working to do good in developing countries.

Mark Friess currently serves as Executive Director of the Welvu Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to global mobile health. Prior to his current role, Mark worked as Senior Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development, for Krames StayWell, following three years as President of Krames Video Solutions, a division of Krames. Prior to joining Krames, Mark was CEO and Chairman of wired.MD, a start-up video health information company he co-founded in 2000, which Krames acquired in 2008.
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Dr. Harshit JAIN
SVP @ Via Media
Dr. Harshit Jain exudes wisdom. His ideas are changing how people think about social media in healthcare. He’s uncovering insights that are quietly becoming invaluable to those of us trying to break down the barriers to improving health and the delivery of health in India.

Dr. Harshit Jain is the Senior Vice President for Strategy at Via Media & Communications, a comprehensive Healthcare Communications organization. He advises the brand management for various pharmaceutical, FMCG & Medical Device clients. Dr. Jain is also Chief Operating Officer at Nutritionistsrepublic.com & Doctorsrepublic.com and is in the process of creating MED MEDIA, which he considers is an evenutal outcome from the evolution of Healthcare Professionals interacting with Social Media & Professional Media. Dr. Jain is former VP of Altruista Health, a health services and technology company based in Reston, Virginia. Dr. Jain completed his medical training from University College of Medical Sciences and also has a Masters in Business Administration from the Indian Institute of Management.

Dr. Aniruddha MALPANI

Medical Director @ HELP – Health Education Library for People
Dr Aniruddha Malpani is an IVF specialist who graduated from Bombay University, winning over 20 gold medals during his academic career. He is passionate in his belief of using Information Technology to deliver Information Therapy so patients can engage in healing themselves and a sick healthcare system. Dr. Malpani has pioneered the use of innovative technology to educate infertile couples, using cartoon films , comic books and e-learning on his website, www.ivfindia.com. He has also setup a virtual IVF clinic on Second Life; and is exploring the use of IVR and SMS to educate infertile couples on mobile devices. Dr. Malpani’s clinic at www.drmalpani.com attracts patients from all over the world and he also runs the world’s largest free patient education library, HELP , at ww.healthlibrary.com.

Ash DAMLE
CEO @ MEDgle

Ash is a global entrepreneur having worked with clients and partners in the United States, China, UK, Canada, Australia, France, Germany, India, and Japan. He is a technologist who is deeply rooted in the application of big data to health, energy, and retail and it’s intersection with design. Ash graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in both Computer Science and Mathematics, has numerous papers, and has received patents in real-time unstructured semantic analysis.
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Madhu ARAVIND
CEO @ Health SuperHiway

Madhu is a dynamic leader with 14 years of experience in launching Product Solutions both in F-500 and startup environments. Madhu currently works for HealthHiway – a cloud based health information network that enables healthcare organizations to connect with each other. Madhu has a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Bombay, India, and a Master’s Degree in Engineering from Stanford University. He has done extensive volunteer work with non-profit organizations such as the Rural Innovations Network and MITRA, where he assisted grass-root entrepreneurs in scaling up their small business ventures.

Dr. Elan DEKEL
CEO @ Medico.com, Inc.

Before founding Medico.com, Elan was at Google for over six years, where he was responsible for Google’s Product Management in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. He was also an early member of the AdWords Product team. Before Google, Elan worked at a venture capital fund, was a software engineer and product manager, and founded an online video hosting company. Elan holds an MBA from INSEAD, and a BSc. in Computer Science from Yale University.
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Rajiv PRATAP
Co-Founder and Head of Engineering and Operations @ Abzooba

Alumni of the IBM Watson Research Center, Rajiv has over 20 years of experience with structuring unstructured data, innovative data mining, knowledge discovery solutions, and business intelligence. His area of expertise encompasses innovative and ground-breaking work in the field of knowledge discovery, data mining and BI to deliver actionable knowledge. Mr. Pratap has co-authored several pioneering technical papers/research reports and holds two international patents. Rajiv is educated at IIT, Kanpur, (B. Tech., Computer Science, 1993).
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Dinesh CHINDARKAR
Vice President of Operations @ Media Medic

With a degree in Life Sciences & Pharmacy, Dinesh Chindarkar has done his management with specialisation in Pharmaceutical Marketing and advanced certification in Social Media Marketing. With an experience in brand management in the pharma industry, he ventured into health brand communication & Health PR and has worked on various brands across medical specialities. He is actively working on the use of Social Media. His strengths include innovative promotional tools for doctors, disease awareness & category building, and patient education.
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Manasa TANUKU
Healthcare Portfolio Associate @ Acumen Fund

As a Portfolio Associate in the Acumen India office, Manasa focuses on the health sector. Her responsibilities include working with and providing management support to existing health portfolio investments, as well as identifying and conducting diligence on new areas of investment opportunity. Joining the Acumen Team in January 2010, Manasa previously worked in Acumen’s East Africa office, focusing primarily on developing a strong network of health sector partners in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania and conducting due diligence to secure promising pipeline opportunities. She holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree with a double major in Finance and International Business from New York University’s Stern School of Business.

Partha BOSE
Electronics Industry Leader @ IBM

Partha Bose leads the Electronics Industry for IBM Global Business Services (GBS), Global Delivery, based out of Bangalore. He brings deep experience in the industry and has worked with leading companies like Intel, Cisco, Sony and Medtronic. Partha is a regular speaker at technology industry events, and has presented on topics like mobility, supply chain and analytics. He holds an MBA from the University of Rochester, an MS from Virginia Tech and a BTech from IIT, Bombay.
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Monty MONTOYA
President & CEO @ SightLife

As president and CEO of SightLife, Monty Montoya pursues the world-wide elimination of corneal blindness with a passion. For those in the global arena of corneal transplantation and eye banking, he is considered a true social humanitarian for working tirelessly to achieve that major goal for the past 20 years. Monty is a member of several national and international boards, including the Eye Bank Association of America, and has been honored with awards for his vision and service.
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Kunal SINHA
CEO @ HealthcareMagic.com

Kunal is a second time entrepreneur. He worked with IBM before founding his first company, TechUnified. He transformed the company from a pure services company to a banking and telecom product company and was instrumental in getting his company acquired by a public listed entity in 2007. Kunal is a graduate from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. Improving healthcare infrastructure is his goal and he believes that without improving the access to Doctors and Hospitals, it will be very difficult to provide quality healthcare to people.
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Sameer GROVER
Head Product Management @ MphRx

Sameer Grover is an EMR and Medical Imaging expert. After spending over a decade in research and development of EMR and PACS systems catering to US and India healthcare, Sameer co-founded MphRx in early 2010 and is Head of Product Management. Sameer is co-inventor of multiple software patents. A vocal champion for telehealth and mHealth technologies, Sameer has been avid speaker at conferences for the same. Sameer holds a BE from Delhi College of Engineering.

Gaurav MUNDRA
COO @ Truworth Health Technologies

Gaurav is currently the Director & Chief Operating Officer of Truworth Health Technologies which has interests in Corporate Wellness Programs, Preventive Healthcare & Disease Management. He is also the Director & COO of Truworth Infotech Pvt Ltd having interests in US Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management, IT Consulting & Customer Support Services. Gaurav is an MBA Marketing (Gold Medalist) and IT Engineer (Gold Medalist) with past stints at Tata Consultancy Services and Cadence Design Systems. Gaurav is a Founder Board Member and Secretary of HiMSS Asia Pacific India Chapter and is actively engaged in the activities of The indUS Entrepreneurs (TiE).

Venky VADDINENI
CTO @ Sphata.com

Venky has over 13+ years of healthcare experience developing products that are used by 2000+ hospitals in US. He is an expert in Patient Safety, Quality, Compliance, BI tools and clinical studies. He has dealt with 200 Hospital’s live streams of patient data through HL7 Formats and billing data formats. He has created hosted applications for Healthcare since 1999. With a masters in Computer Science and Computer Security, he has made applications that are very robust and secure to use it online while meeting HIPAA regulations. He has a clear understanding of the challenges in Healthcare involving multiple systems and integrating EMRs, Pharma and Lab systems.

Hannah REGIER
Associate Creative Director @ Frog Design

Hannah, an Associate Creative Director at frog, works on end-to-end research/design/build projects. She believes that human-centered research, design and technology can not be separated, and that crossing the boundaries between the disciplines is the only way to craft high quality, meaningful experiences. Hannah is based in the US, but is spending 6 months in Bangalore at the new frog studio. She has designed artifacts and experiences across a variety of mediums, platforms and industries including Web, Mobile, Healthcare, Home Energy and Automotive. Hannah has a masters degree in Media Design from Art Center College of Design.

Nathan SIGWORTH
CEO @ PharmaSecure

Nathan Sigworth studied Economics at Dartmouth College and has been working on research and entrepreneurship in health-care access in India since 2005. Prior to PharmaSecure, Nathan was a founder of Gyro-Precession Stability Systems where he co-invented the Gyrobike with several colleagues. He was winner of a Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award in 2006 and is a Poptech and Echoing Green fellow. Nathan is from Hamden, Connecticut in the United States.
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Priya JHA
Country Rep @ Institute of Reproductive Health

Currently the Country Representative at the India office of the Institute for Reproductive Health, Georgetown University, Priya has over 15 years of experience, with more than 12 years in reproductive health programs. She has worked with leading national and international organizations and with the Government of India in strategic planning, program design and scale up of innovative strategies. Priya holds a Master`s in Social Work from the Delhi School of Social Work, University of Delhi

Ravi GOPALAN
President & CEO @ Argusoft

Ravi, a serial entrepreneur, has over 20 years of experience encompassing Systems Engineering, Process Design, Technology, Finance and Operations, wearing different hats as CEO, CTO and COO. He founded Argusoft with the vision of touching the lives of a larger set of people, especially in the Health and Education space, through inclusive development using pervasive technology. Ravi has graduate degrees in MS (Management Science) and MS (Computer Science) from Florida Institute of Technology, USA.

Pankaj VAISH
President @ Healthfore

Mr. Pankaj Vaish is the president of Healthfore – the Healthcare IT Division at Religare Technologies.
He is a high energy, result oriented executive with a track record of creating revenue & margin growth with deep hands-on operational experience in global operations and delivery. At Healthfore, Pankaj is leading the company to becoming the provider of choice in delivering Integrated Healthcare Solutions in the Asia-Pac and MEA region. Pankaj has over 26 years of IT experience across a wide portfolio of technologies, service delivery and industry segments. Pankaj has a rich experience in setting up IT product and service units from start and building them into global sustainable businesses. Prior to joining Religare in August 2010, Pankaj worked at Perot Systems for 14 years. In his last assignment, Pankaj was working as Sr. Vice President – Global Business Operations. Prior to Perot Systems, he worked in the US with Unisys for 10 years playing a multitude of technical and managerial roles. Pankaj is an engineering graduate from BITS Pilani – Batch of 1981 and a MBA.

Nandu MADHAVA
CEO @ Mdhil
Nandu Madhava has uncommon courage and a determined focus to reach a generation in India locked down by traditional barriers. He’s leading a movement and guiding a team that is helping him do things that most others walk away from.

Nandu Madhava is the CEO and Founder of mDhil, a start-up which provides health information via online and mobile channels. Previously, he was part of the management team at OfficeTiger, a Chennai-based business process strategy firm acquired by RR Donnelley. Nandu was a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Dominican Republic, where he worked on technology development issues and assisted foreign doctors with medical clinics in local communities. Nandu later worked at Goldman Sachs & UBS in investment management roles. He is an undergraduate of the University of Texas and received his MBA from Harvard Business School.
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Dawn LAUTER
Project Manager @ PharmARC
Dawn Lauter is somebody who dares to go down paths previously untraveled. Her journey takes her around the world and along the way – she’s intentionally about changing lives, for the better.

Dawn Lauter is a global marketing consultant and strong advocate for Health 2.0 as a platform for public health communication. She currently works for PharmARC, a market research and analytics company focused on life sciences. Previously, she worked with AyurVAID hospitals to develop marketing and health 2.0 strategies and with Bristol-Myers Squibb sales force effectiveness and product management where she lead the launch and commercial operations of Ixempra across seven Latin American markets. Dawn has a dual-BA in Legal Studies and Latin American Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz and a MBA from Thunderbird, specializing in Global Marketing and CSR & Ethics.

Tristha RAMAMURTHY
Special Project Coordinator @ TeachAIDs

Tristha Ramamurthy is the Executive VP of CMR Institutions. With more than 15,000 students from 23+ countries, CMR consists of 18 higher education institutions. In 2010, she founded Ekya Schools, a chain of K-12 schools in Bangalore. At TeachAIDS, she is a Special Projects Coordinator helping to lead the development of numerous Indian language versions. She holds an M.A. in Education from Stanford University and is a doctoral candidate at Kings College, London.
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Rachel YEAGER
Manager @ ProjectHER

Racheal leads HERproject, a BSR initiative that addresses women’s health needs in global supply chains by working with multinational companies, factories, and local NGOs. As HERproject manager, Racheal oversees the implementation of pilots in Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Kenya, Pakistan, and Vietnam. She also manages program alignment, communications, development outreach, and private-sector recruitment. Racheal’s expertise areas include women’s empowerment, women’s health and business, global supply chains and workplace programs, international labor migration, and public-private partnerships. Racheal holds an M.Sc. in International Comparative Politics from the London School of Economics where she focused on conflict studies, globalization, and international development.
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Dr. Mark ERETH
Professor of Anesthesiology @ Mayo Clinic – Cheetah Development

Physician, Scientist, Inventor, Social Entrepreneur. A Professor of Anesthesiology at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Dr. Ereth’s career has been marked by innovation in practice, education, and research. He and his team have just developed several iPad apps for health care education, research, and clinical consensus development.

Andrew KORF
Lead Digital Architect @ Azul7

Andrew is the lead digital architect at Azul 7, a human centered design firm. Andrew has a multidisciplinary background in business, technology, research, design and design thinking who can offer insights and strategic directions for industries and companies facing change and disruption. Andrew has over a decade of design and design thinking experience including: research, strategy, information architecture, design, service design, prototyping, user research, usability testing. He has extensive experience in the medical field working with leaders in the health management and wellness fields, as well as prior work with a number of biomedical and medical device manufacturers and startups.