Equitable Healthcare Access Consortium Sixth Quarterly Meeting

EQUITABLE HEALTHCARE ACCESS CONSORTIUM SIXTH QUARTERLY MEETING

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Date: 6th and 7th December 2019 Venue: Aravind Eye Hospital, Chennai

VERSION 2 DATED 3 DEC 2019

Equitable Healthcare Access Consortium

is grateful to

Dr. Aravind S.

Director – Projects, Aravind Eye Care System Chief Medical Officer, Aravind Eye Hospital, Chennai

for sponsoring the 6th Quarterly Meeting and his unstinted support to making this meeting a success

Our heartfelt gratitude to the entire team at Aravind Eye Hospital who has collaborated and worked hard to make this event possible

THANK YOU

Table of Contents

Practical Information ...... 6 Address of the Venue ...... 6 Distance from the Airport ...... 6 Contacts...... 6 The Meeting Venue...... 6 Catering ...... 7 Lodging Arrangements ...... 7 Transport Arrangements ...... 7 Healthcare Entrepreneurship: Conception, Growth and Scaling ...... 8 Participating Organizations and Attendees...... 10 Meeting Agenda ...... 13 Meeting Expectations...... 15 Guest Speaker Profiles ...... 16 Dr. Aravind Srinivasan ...... 16 Dhruv Joshi ...... 16 Dileep Raman...... 17 Dushyantsinh Jadeja...... 17 Jagdeep Gambhir ...... 18 Karuna Jain ...... 18 Manoj Gopalakrishna ...... 19 Rahul Chatterjee...... 19 Ramoji Tejomurtula ...... 20 M.D. Sriram ...... 20 Srivathsan Aparajithan ...... 21 Prof. Sujata Srinivasan ...... 21 Member Organizations & Participant Profile ...... 22 Alakh Nayan Mandir...... 22 Aravind Eye Care System ...... 23 DHAN Foundation ...... 25 Ekam Foundation ...... 26 Fernandez Hospital Foundation ...... 27 Indian Institute of Management Indore ...... 29 Indian Institute of Management Udaipur ...... 30

Indian School of Business ...... 31 Kauvery Hospital ...... 33 L V Prasad Eye Institute ...... 34 PEOPLE TREE Hospitals ...... 36 Samadrushti Kshamata Vikas Evam Anusandhan Mandal ...... 38 Sankalp India Foundation ...... 40 Sant Singaji Institute of Science and Management...... 41 School of Business Management (NMIMS) ...... 42 SMILES International Institute of Colo-Proctology ...... 42 Sri Shankara Cancer Hospital and Research Centre ...... 43 Tata Memorial Centre ...... 44 Individual Members...... 45 Doraiswamy Nagarajan ...... 45 Dr. Rajesh Iyer ...... 45 Dr. Roja Tumma ...... 45 Dr. Sanjeev Upadhyaya ...... 46 Vidhya Srinivasan ...... 46 Observers ...... 47 Aditya Trivedi ...... 47 Dr. Anand Ramamuthy ...... 47 Anshu Taneja ...... 47 Jagdish Rattanani ...... 48 Kartic Vaidyanathan ...... 48 Dr. Lakshmikant Galla ...... 48 Dr. Meena Som ...... 49 Dr. Neha Deshpande ...... 49 Dr. Pooja Sanghvi ...... 49 Rajesh Gaurav ...... 50 Dr. Sathya Bala ...... 50 Vasanthi Ranganathan ...... 50 G. Vishwanand ...... 51 Pilot Program Updates ...... 52 Education program on colorectal awareness...... 52 3 month internship & placement of students @ Fernandez Hospital ...... 53 Setting up a referral maternity-newborn hospital in Udaipur ...... 54

NABH accreditation for Amrit Clinics ...... 55 Providing healthcare support to the poor in DHAN intervention areas ...... 56 Vision screening for the population in DHAN intervention areas ...... 57 2 month internship & placement of students @ GHRC ...... 58 Lactation Counselor Course ...... 59 Primary Healthcare Initiative ...... 60 "Critical Care Assistant” certification program @ PEOPLE TREE Hospitals...... 62 Training & Placement of students @Dhaatri Mother's Milk Bank ...... 63 Women Health Issues/Health Screening Camp/Health Awareness Program ...... 64 Follow Us On ...... 65

Practical Information Address of the Venue

Aravind Eye Hospital Poonamallee High Road Noombal Chennai - 600077

Distance from the Airport

The Chennai International Airport (Meenambakkam) is at a distance of about 17 - 20.5 kms depending on the route you take and is expected to take about 45-60 minutes by car, depending on the time of the day and traffic conditions.

Contacts For details pertaining to the program please contact -

Arnaz Dalal (Mob +91 9850843940) Prakash Satyavageeswaran (Mob +91 9866661720)

For coordinating at the venue please contact- Revathy (Mob + 91 8610707503)

The Meeting Venue

The meetings will be held in the Auditorium, Level 5 at the Aravind Eye Hospital Campus

Catering

Coffee/Tea and Lunch will be served outside the Auditorium

Lodging Arrangements

If you are booked to stay at the Guest House or the Patient Rooms on campus please contact the Security at the main gate or ask for the Housekeeping sister. They will guide you to your rooms. Your room numbers have been communicated to you via email already.

Room charges:

1. Guest room with attached bath and AC  Single Occupancy - Rs. 1750 per person.  Double Occupancy - Rs. 1250 per person

2. Patient Room with attached bath and Non AC  Single Occupancy - Rs. 1000 per person.  Double Occupancy - Rs. 750 per person

Note -  Dinner on 5th and 6th Dec and Breakfast on 6th and 7th Dec is being sponsored by Aravind Eye Hospital for guests staying on the premises and will be made available at the Guest House  Breakfast timings - 7.30 AM to 9.00 AM  Dinner timings - 7.30 PM to 9.00 PM  Guests to carry and Id proof - Driving license or Aadhar Card  Payments for the rooms need to made online only before the meeting  Bank details for NEFT / RTGS Payment Name – Aravind Eye Hospital Type of Account – Savings Bank Account Account No – 296801000006700 Bankers Name – Indian Overseas Bank Branch – Kattupakkam, Chennai – 600056 IFSC Code – IOBA0002968 MICR No. 600020219

Transport Arrangements

Participants are expected to make their own transport arrangements upon arrival at Chennai. Ola and Uber cabs are available from the airport/railway station

Healthcare Entrepreneurship: Conception, Growth and Scaling

Concept note by Devendra Tayade and Prakash Satyavageeswaran

Introduction 80% of the curative healthcare in India is delivered through private players and roughly 70% of it is financed through out of pocket expenditure, which often has catastrophic effects, pushing families into debt traps. Government is making an attempt towards providing better physical and financial access to healthcare through its two pronged Ayushman Bharat scheme, wherein it plans to open another 1.5 lakh health and wellness centres and provide health insurance worth Rs. 5 lakhs per family for 40% of the people that is at the bottom of the economic pyramid through the National Health Protection Scheme. This still won’t be enough if India has to realise its dream of providing equitable healthcare access to everyone. In addition to Government’s efforts, the private players (covering the current 80% of healthcare provision) will have to consider delivering care that is equitable. Often these private facilities are started with an intent to serve a larger population and eliminate suffering. However, the current realities at these facilities may not reflect the original purpose. The question, therefore, is how can the private healthcare providers be supported, enabled, and nudged to provide more equitable healthcare? This large group of private healthcare providers, which is knowingly or unknowingly on an entrepreneurship journey, needs to be understood with regards to the challenges they face as well as the objectives they want to fulfil. The upcoming EHAC meeting will thus focus on the healthcare provider as an entrepreneur and explore how this group can be empowered and nudged to provide equitable healthcare.

Sub-Themes The meeting will start with the Government’s perspective on healthcare first. Following that, it will have following sub-themes to consider how the private sector can supplement the Government’s efforts through entrepreneurial efforts.

Dream Vs Reality: People often start healthcare enterprises with good intentions but get side-tracked along the way. Under this theme, the discussion will be among healthcare entrepreneurs about what had they envisioned when they had started their entrepreneurial journey and where they are now. Have their dreams/ objectives behind starting a hospital been fulfilled? If yes, then how and if not, then what were the challenges they faced that ultimately took them away from their objective?

Is Growth Necessary? At what cost? Once a typical hospital starts functioning, the next goal is to scale rapidly. The focus of the discussion relating to this theme is to explore why if all, is it imperative for a hospital to grow and at what cost? If the reasons for growth are valid, what options are available to the hospital’s management to finance the growth?

Ways of financing (Debt, Equity, patient capital) and their limitations: Under this theme, we will explore various instruments of financing. Each instrument has its pros and cons; a

8 detailed discussion about these options will help healthcare providers get a clearer understanding about how to finance the growth of the hospital.

Barriers to provision of equitable healthcare - Managers’ perspective: In recent times, professional managers have been blamed for introducing exploitative practices in healthcare and thus increasing the trust deficit between healthcare providers and patients. Under this theme, we will explore various forces that influence managerial decision making in the context of managing a hospital.

How does Technology change the economics of healthcare - It is widely accepted that research can lead to improved health outcomes. However, translating research into meaningful impact in peoples’ lives requires actions that stretch well beyond those traditionally associated with knowledge creation. Technological change brings benefits in addition to costs. Under this theme we will explore how data from health research is being interpreted and used to make clinical products.

Objectives of the Meeting

1. To understand the Government’s perspective on healthcare for the coming decade 2. To understand the forces that are driving private healthcare providers away from delivering equitable healthcare 3. To understand and facilitate introspection on the philosophy behind starting a hospital 4. To understand philosophy of Private equity and patient capital firms behind financing healthcare organizations

Participating Organizations and Attendees

Organization Participants

Aravind Eye Care Systems (AECS) Mr. Thulasiraj Ravilla

DHAN Foundation Mr. M.P. Vasimalai Mr. R. Rajapandian

Ekam Foundation Dr.Sailakshmi Ballijepalli

Fernandez Hospital Dr. Evita Fernandez Dr. Tejaswini Basavarj

Indian Institute of Management - Udaipur Prof. Prakash Satyavageeswaran Prof. Vedha Ponnappan

Indian Institute of Management - Indore Prof. Omkar Desai Palsule

Indian School of Business (ISB) Prof. D.V.R. Seshadri Dr. Devendra Tayade

L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) Dr. G. Chandra Sekhar Ms. Anshu Bhargava

PEOPLE TREE Hospitals Dr. Chandrasekar C. Dr. Abhishek Hariharan Kandluri Dr. Sandeep D'Souza

SAKSHAM Dr. Santosh Kumar Kraleti Mr. Kasinadh Lakkaraju Manivasagan Ramamurthy Bhavi Raghavendra Rao Mr Govindrajan

Sant Singaji Institute of Science and Management Mr. Pranjal Dubey (SSISM) Mr. Prashant Sharma

SMILES International Institute of Colo-Proctology Dr. Parameshwara C.M.

Individual Members

Sarara Inc. Ms. Vidhya Srinivasan

UNICEF Dr. Sanjeev Upadhyaya

Vikram Hospital Dr. Rajesh B. Iyer

Volunteer Eye Care Mr. D. Nagarajan (LVPEI, Aravind Eye Care System, SEVA Foundation)

Observers

Apollo Hospitals Dr. Anand Ramamurthy

Brave Citizens Dr. Lakshmikant Galla

AMPH Student at ISB Dr. Neha Deshpande

Cloudnine Fertility Dr. Sathya Bala

Collective Good Foundation Dr. Pooja Sanghvi

Doctoral Student @ISB Hyd. Mr. Rajesh Gaurav

InfocusRx G. Vishwanand

Lake View Learning & Development Center Vasanthi Ranganathan

Play2Learn Mr. Kartic Vaidyanathan

SAP Labs Mr. Aditya Trivedi

The One Billion Press Mr. Jagdish Rattanani

The Voluntary Health Services Dr. A. Vijayraman

UNICEF Dr. Meena Som

VisionSpring Mr. Anshu Taneja

Guest Speakers

Aravind Eye Hospital Dr. Aravind Srinivasan

Aurolab Mr. R.D. Sriram

Cloudphysician Dr. Dhruv Joshi Dr. Dileep Raman

Enzia Ventures - Mumbai Ms. Karuna Jain

Google India Mr. Dushyantsinh Jadeja iKure Mr. Rahul Chatterjee

IIT Madras Prof. Sujatha Srinivasan

Karma Healthcare Mr. Jagdeep Gambhir

Manipal CDC Ventures Mr. Ramoji Tejomurtula

Prozela Healthcare Mr. Manoj Gopalakrishna

Vidal Healthcare Services Mr. Srivathsan Aparajithan

Meeting Agenda

Time December 6, 2019 Presenter/Chair Friday

9.00 AM Assemble at Aravind Eye Hospital Auditorium on the All Members 5th Floor

9.10 AM to 9.30 AM Welcome & Introduction of existing members/new DVR Seshadri members/observers and expectation-setting for the meeting

9.30 AM to 10.00 AM Govt Perspective on Healthcare, role of not-for-profit Manoj Gopalakrishna and for-profit organizations in the private sector. Role (Prozela Healthcare) of established companies vs start-ups in this ecosystem

10.00 AM to 10.45 AM Panel Discussion - speaker will be joined by - Vasimalai M.P. Dr. Evita Fernandez Dr. Sanjeev Upadhyaya Prakash S (Moderator)

10.45 AM to 11.15 AM Tea Break and Networking

Group photograph of the EHAC

Sub theme 1- Dream Vs Reality - Healthcare Entrepreneurs and their journey - wins & challenges, project financing, viability.

11.15 AM to 11.40 AM Cloudphysician, Bangalore Dhruv Joshi & Dileep Raman

11.40 AM to 12.00 PM Karma Healthcare Jagdeep Gambhir

12.00 PM to 12.20 PM R2D2 @IIT Madras Prof. Sujata Srinivasan

12.20 PM to 1.00 PM Panel Discussion - speakers will be joined by - Dr. Chandrasekar C Omkar D Palsule (Moderator)

1.00 PM to 1.45 PM Lunch

1.45 PM to 2.20 PM "Health Financing solutions for the missing middle” Srivathsan Aparajithan 2.20 PM to 2.40 PM Q & A (Vidal Healthcare Services)

Sub theme 2 – Is growth necessary? At what cost?

2.40 PM to 3.10 PM Aravind Eye Hospital Dr. Aravind S

3.10 PM to 3.40 PM iKure Rahul Chatterjee

3.40 PM to 4.10 PM Panel Discussion - speakers will joined by - Dr. G Chandrasekar DVR Seshadri (Moderator)

4.10 PM to 4.30 PM Tea Break and Networking

Sub Theme 3- How does Technology change the Economics of Healthcare

4.30 PM to 4.50 PM "Translating Health Research into Clinical Products" Dushyantsinh Jadeja 4.50 PM to 5.10 PM Q & A (Google India)

5.10 PM to 5.30 PM News wire on Healthcare - A partnership with EHAC- Jagdish Rattanani proposed by The Billion Press

5.30 PM to 5.45 PM Wrap up of Day 1 & Disperse Pranjal Dubey

6.15 PM to 8.15 PM Core Team Meeting at Conference Room on ground Core Team Members floor

8.15 PM to 9.00 PM Dinner & Disperse

December 7, 2019 Saturday

8.50 AM Assemble at Aravind Eye Hospital Auditorium on the All Members 5th Floor

Sub Theme 4 - Barriers to provision of equitable healthcare - A perspective

9.00 AM to 9.20 AM Aurolab- growing as an equitable medical supply and R.D. Sriram pharma company in a commercial market

9.20 AM to 9.40 AM Panel Discussion - speakers will joined by - Thulasiraj Ravilla Dr. Rajesh Iyer Jagdish Rattanani (Moderator)

Sub Theme 5- Ways of financing (Debt, Equity, patient capital) and their limitations

9.40 AM to 10.10 AM Manipal CDC Ventures Ramoji Tejomurtula

10.10 AM to 10.40 AM Enzia Ventures and Ex- Acumen Fund Karuna Jain

10.40 AM to 11.00 AM Q & A

11.00 AM to 11.20 AM Tea Break and Networking

11.20 AM to 12.20 PM Focus Areas Medical Student Interaction Arnaz Dalal Educational Modules Update Dr. Parameshwar C.M. Enhancing Primary Healthcare Dr. Evita Fernandez Providing Quality Care for all Dr. Rajesh Iyer How do we move forward - need a core group to work on this and provide updates

12.20 PM to 12.40 PM New Pilots Discussion All Members led by DVR

12.40 PM to 1.00 PM Next meeting location and dates Dr. G. Chandra Sekhar Wrap up of Day 2 & Vote of Thanks

1.00 PM - 2.00 PM Lunch

2.00 PM to 2.30 PM Tour of Aravind Eye Hospital for interested members. Revathy Rest are free to disperse

End of Meeting

Meeting Expectations

The meeting brings together participants who are proficient and committed as well as extremely busy. In order to maximize the action-oriented output, all participants are expected to adhere to the following common guidelines.

1. Each participant is expected to familiarize herself with the participating organizations and participants’ profiles. This will help do away with formal round of introductions during the meeting and release time for the actual work at hand. 2. Arrive on time for all sessions in order to ensure the agenda is not compromised. 3. Pilot program updates need to be provided based on format shared with the SPOC's for each organization

 A succinct summary of the meeting will be emailed to all participants in a week's time.

Guest Speaker Profiles

Dr. Aravind Srinivasan Aravind Eye Hospital Dr. Aravind Srinivasan graduated in medicine from PSG Institute of Medical Sciences, Coimbatore, South India in 1992 and completed his residency in ophthalmology leading to Masters in Ophthalmology from Aravind Eye Institute and Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Madurai, South India in 1996. In 2000 he did his MBA with specialization in strategy from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.

After his MBA, he took over as the Administrator of Aravind Eye Care System and was instrumental in bringing changes to the various facets of the organization. From 2011, he is serving the organization in the role of Director-Projects of Aravind Eye Care System. He is on the Board of Govel Trust that runs the Aravind Eye Hospitals. From September 2017, he is leading the Aravind Eye Hospital Chennai as Chief Medical Officer.

Dr. Aravind’s area of specialization concentrates on overall evaluation and interpretation of performance of each Division and to track progress of performance so as to facilitate benchmarking both internally and externally to achieve patient centred care across the system. Besides administration of the hospitals and grooming managers, Dr.Aravind also evaluates new projects and ensures replication of the “ARAVIND Way” - As a Trainer and Mentor at Management courses, he contributes in extending the Aravind Model of high volume, high quality, affordable cost eye care to developing nation

Dhruv Joshi Cloudphysician Dhruv Joshi is a Pulmonary and Critical Care specialist who trained at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, USA. He graduated medical school from St John’s Medical College, Bengaluru, India, following which he completed his Internal Medicine training at the Good Samaritan Hospital, USA.

Dhruv has a keen interest in the improvement of quality of care delivery. His clinical focus was on advanced respiratory failure, mechanical ventilation and pulmonary hypertension. During his residency and fellowship, Dhruv was involved in numerous projects focused on quality improvement of healthcare delivery, improvement of patient outcomes and optimizing resource utilization. Several of his endeavors have resulted in peer reviewed publications.

Dileep Raman Cloudphysician Dileep Raman is a Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep specialist who trained at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, USA. He graduated medical school from the Government Medical College Thrissur, India, with a distinguished gold medal in internal medicine for academic excellence. Following which he completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Texas Tech University, USA, where he served as Chief Medical Resident.

Dileep is interested in training and has numerous teaching awards for resident and fellow education including the Cleveland Clinic Foundation teaching excellence award. His academic and clinical interests center around mechanical ventilation nomenclature, ARDS, neuromuscular respiratory diseases, interstitial lung diseases, thoracic and procedural ultrasound and heart-lung interactions in sleep.

Dhruv and Dileep moved back to India from the US in 2015 and in 2017 started Cloudphysician Healthcare, a healthcare technology company that leverages technology to remotely provide ICU expertise to hospitals. Cloudphysician is based in Bangalore and hospitals across 7 states in India use their solution to manage their ICU patients.

Dushyantsinh Jadeja Google India Dushyant works as a Program Manager in the Google Health Team and is responsible for leading research and product development efforts in India.

Prior to Google he held similar roles at Intel & Microsoft.

In his free time, he learns a new language and visits a new place every year.

Jagdeep Gambhir Karma Healthcare Jagdeep is the CEO and Co-Founder of Karma Healthcare in Udaipur, a startup working in the area of nurse-assisted e-health.

Karma Healthcare aims to provide medical services to the underserved communities in India, thereby improving health outcomes by early detection and evidence-based treatment.

Prior to Karma Healthcare, Jagdeep was a Senior Program Manager at the Population Foundation of India. He also worked with Innovators in Health (a nonprofit working in rural Bihar on Tuberculosis) and with Goldman Sachs as a Technology Analyst. Jagdeep is an alumnus of Indian School of Business, Hyderabad and NITK, Surathkal.

Karuna Jain Enzia Ventures A Chartered Accountant by profession and an alunnus of the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, Karuna Jain is the Founding Partner of Enzia Ventures.

She is an advisor to marquee businesses and startups in healthcare. She has worked for Acumen Fund as the Head, of India Investments and was their Global Health Lead.

Karuna's 12 + years of industry experience has been in the areas of private equity , M&A and investing portfolio management. Prior to Acumen she has also worked at Milestone Capital, Aditya Birla Group, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories to name a few.

Manoj Gopalakrishna Prozela Healthcare Manoj Gopalakrishna, a Wharton Alumnus , has over twenty eight years of leadership experience in Global as well as Indian healthcare organizations.

Manoj is the Co Founder and Chairman of Prozela Healthcare, a professional services firm enabling medical technology companies and healthcare providers design and execute transformative initiatives for accelerating their growth and impact. Manoj is active participant in the health-tech start-up ecosystem and was the Chairman of Biosense Technologies (currently acquired by Perkin Elmer) and Management Advisor to AINDRA, Life Voxel and Secmed - start-ups focused on developing Artificial Intelligence based solutions for healthcare delivery.

He has been a key contributor to the transformation of Hindustan Latex Limited a leading healthcare organization with diversified product, service and program portfolio. Post his career with Hindustan Latex Limited, he joined Becton Dickinson and Co (BD) as Managing Director leading its South Asia operations. He was a member of the worldwide leadership team of BD, a Fortune 500 medical technology company. Under his leadership BD grew to a company with manufacturing, R&D and marketing operations in India.

Manoj’s last career assignment was with HCL as CEO of its healthcare business. As CEO of HCL Healthcare he has pioneered development of primary ambulatory care centres in Delhi NCR in partnership with Johns Hopkins International.

Rahul Chatterjee iKure Rahul Chatterjee is a professional with over 25 years’ experience in enterprise & technology solutions for healthcare, management consulting and business unit management. He has significant competence in solutions for the healthcare provider segment and population health management.

Rahul is currently the Chief Growth Officer of iKure, a technology enabled primary healthcare start-up. He is responsible for driving strategy, growth, operations, partnerships and initiatives for fund raising.

Rahul has earlier worked for companies like Reliance Industries, Siemens IT Solutions & Atos. Has played pivotal roles in managing startups through the incubation stage during 2016-2018. He has specific expertise in delivery and program management, implementation of IT solutions, business unit management, management consulting, sales & pre-sales, business planning, investor engagement, fund raising and establishing systems & processes.

Ramoji Tejomurtula Manipal CDC Ventures Qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary having more than 25 years of experience in managing finance, operations and business development amongst others in senior leadership roles across the organizational hierarchy. Proficient in turning around major organizational assets, conducting company valuation for infusing private equity, managing mergers, public issues as well as implementation of ERP projects

Passionate about Healthcare, currently working in Manipal CDC Ventures, an organization which invests in small and medium healthcare companies, as Managing Director

Earlier worked as CFO for Manipal Hospitals and prior to that with Taj Group of Hotels

Recipient of CFO Excellence Award for “Corporate Governance”

M.D. Sriram Aurolab

Mr. R.D. Sriram is associated with Aurolab since its inception. He is an experienced professional in all aspects of identifying opportunities for strategic business expansion. As a founding member of Aurolab, Sriram has been responsible for the company's high quality delivery excellence - model. He has accomplished a number of significant milestones for Aurolab.

He has served as a Production engineer in 1992 and thereafter held the post of Manager-Operations and is currently the Managing Director of Aurolab.

Mr.Sriram holds his B.E in Electronics and Instrumentation from Annamalai University, Chidambaram.

Srivathsan Aparajithan Vidal Healthcare Services

Srivathsan is currently the CEO of Vidal Healthcare Services, India’s largest and perhaps among the world’s largest healthcare administration companies. Vidal Health takes care of insurance administration for over 100 million individuals in India, as well as a 100K member base in Dubai and Qatar. Vidal Health works with an empanelled global network of over 10000 hospitals, and processes over 1.0 million claims for hospitalization every year.

He is driving the development of healthcare financing and payments solutions in partnership with India’s leading BFSI companies to address the issue of out of pocket spending on healthcare which is currently in excess of 60% of the total

Prior to Vidal Health where he is a co-promoter, Srivathsan worked with companies like IBM and Apollo Hospitals, and has played an anchor role in the development of the healthcare sector in India. He is well connected in the hospital industry, as well as the financial services sector, both in India and globally. He is passionate about preventive health and would like that no-one should have to spend money on avoidable medical treatment.

He has a B.Tech from IIT Madras, and a pgdm from IIM Ahmedabad, both of them India’s top academic institutes.

Prof. Sujata Srinivasan IIT Madras

Prof. Sujatha Srinivasan heads the TTK Center for Rehabilitation Research and Device Development (R2D2) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Madras.

The mission of R2D2 is to use appropriate technology to develop indigenous, innovative and affordable assistive technology (AT) of high quality for people with locomotor disability in low resource settings.

Prof. Sujatha has over 25 years of experience in the field of AT, including 8 years in the US industry. At IIT Madras, she is involved in AT product research and development with an express purpose of translating prototypes to the market for maximum impact. Her team recently launched “Arise”, a standing wheelchair with an industry partner.

Member Organizations & Participant Profile

(Provided in alphabetical order based on name of organization.)

Alakh Nayan Mandir

Address Durga Nursery Road, Ashok Nagar Udaipur - 313001, Rajasthan

Website www.alakhnayanmandir.org

Brief profile of the Alakh Nayan Mandir, Eye Institute, works with with a motto of providing Organization “Quality Vision to All”. It came into existence in October 1997, inaugurated by the former President, International Agency for Prevention of Blindness and Chairman, L. V. Prasad Eye Institute, Dr.G.N.Rao. The institute has an unwavering commitment towards the quality of services, imbibed with staunch community orientation having a philanthropic and spiritual base, which derives inspiration from Her Holiness Mahatma Bhuri Bai ‘Alakh’.

The stimulus of compassionate and empathetic love for fellow beings created grounds for the emergence of an Eye Institute. Dr. H. S. Chundawat, Founder of Alakh Nayan Mandir, who having a blooming private practice as an Ophthalmologist, gave up everything - entire life time earned business along with his goodwill for the sake of mankind. He and his family transformed their business in totality into a public charitable trust, to reach out to more number of under privileged eye patients and serve them with a noble spirit

Aravind Eye Care System

Address 1, Anna Nagar Madurai - 625 020, TamilNadu

Website www.aravind.org

Brief profile of the Aravind built a sustainable eye care delivery system which actually gave Organization away over 60% of its services free or at a very steeply subsidized rate often taking its services to the doorstep of rural India and yet remaining financially very viable. This model grew an eleven-bed eye clinic in an old temple city of Madurai in South India into one of the largest and most productive eye care facilities in the world. Since its inception in 1976 till 2017, Aravind has performed over 6.8 million eye surgeries and handled over 58 million outpatient visits. Each year about 460,000 surgeries are performed and over 4 million outpatient visits are handled. Its patient care network now includes twelve hospitals, six community eye clinics and sixty-six (primary eye care) Vision Centres, all in the State of Tamil Nadu.

Aravind followed two broad strategies to govern its activities: 1. Engaging in direct action: patient care, outreach, research, manufacturing, etc. 2. Creating Competition: this very counter-intuitive strategy has proved to be very powerful in moving towards Aravind/s vision of “eliminating needless blindness” and in strengthening the organization.

Thulasiraj Ravilla Mr. Thulasiraj Ravilla has been working in the field of eye care since 1981 at Aravind Eye Care System. He is an active member of the leadership team that established a sustainable, scalable model of service delivery which serves all strata of the society. This has since been studied widely and replicated by eye care providers across the globe. In 1992, he shifted his focus to capacity building, training and consultancy by setting up the Lions Aravind Institute of Community Ophthalmology (LAICO) which by 2017, had worked with over 350 hospitals across the globe.

With his expertise in setting up culturally relevant solutions to the problem of avoidable blindness, he has served as an Advisor on several national and international bodies: he was the South East Asia’s Regional Chairman for the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (2000-2005) and till recently was the President of Vision 2020 The Right to Sight: India. He has been a Technical Advisor to India’s National Programme for the Control of Blindness and to the World Health Organization.

Mr. Thulasiraj has been actively involved in several research activities, both clinical and operations research. He has authored/co-authored several articles in peer reviewed publications, book chapters and presented papers in several National and International forums.

Basic HealthCare Services

Address Basic Health Care Services Trust 39 Krishna Colony, Bedla Road Udaipur - 31300, Rajasthan

Website www.bhs.org.in

Brief profile of the Basic HealthCare Services (BHS) is a specialized not for profit Organization organization set up in the year 2012, driven with a vision of high quality and low-cost healthcare and nutrition services to the last mile communities, with dignity. BHS, in partnership with Aajeevika Bureau, has designed and set up a unique initiative of AMRIT Clinics that provide round the clock, high quality and affordable healthcare services, to a population of 80,000 living in rural, remote locations.

BHS also partners with government to manage a public Primary Health Center (PHC), providing healthcare to an additional 6000 families, most of who are tribal. Recognizing high levels of childhood malnutrition in these areas, BHS has also set-up day care centers (called AMRIT Phulwaris) within the clinic catchment areas to provide nutrition and childcare to children under five years of age.

Based on its experience, BHS has developed tools, norms and guidelines to help set up primary health care services in similar remote and rural underserved communities. Our help has been sought by some state governments and some NGOs for setting up Primary Health Care Clinics in similar areas. BHS also shares ground-level evidence and insights to inform policies and programs.

DHAN Foundation

Address 1A, Vaidyanathapuram East Kennet Cross Road, Vaithiyanathapuram Madurai - 625016, Tamil Nadu

Website www.dhan.org

Brief profile of the Development of Humane Action (DHAN) Foundation, a professional Organization development organization, was initiated on October 2, 1997. It brings highly motivated, educated young women and men to the development sector. They are tasked with making new innovations in development to root out poverty from the country. Till date, the Foundation has worked to make significant changes in the livelihoods of 1.65 million poor households in 14 states across the country through innovative themes and institutions.

Major themes are: Kalanjiam Community Banking, Vayalagam Agriculture Development, Coastal Conservation and Livelihood, Rainfed Farming, Development Education, ICT for the Poor, Healthcare, etc.

DHAN Foundation’s development approach entails a system of inter- linked components. There is a three-way link between thematic focus, creating social capital and mainstream collaboration to promote sustainable development.

Name of the Participant/s M.P. Vasimalai, Founder Executive Director of DHAN Foundation hails Mr. M.P. Vasimalai from a modest farming family in Madurai district, Tamil Nadu. After obtaining post graduation in agricultural science he studied in Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. His self-exploration in IIMA made him to take a choice of working at the grassroots with the socially and economically disadvantaged communities. Having spent a decade in development work, he founded DHAN in 1997 with the mission of building professionals for building communities by way of enabling them to come out of poverty. He leads DHAN as an HRD organisation to bring highly qualified and socially concerned young professionals to work at the grassroots for making meaningful changes in the lives of the poor families. Today there are 394 professionals striving hard at the grassroots to bring changes in the lives of about 1.65 million poor families in 14 Indian states. So far, over two lakhs poor families have made a self-declaration that they moved out of poverty. With over three decades of intensive field action, DHAN has evolved Community- led Water Conservation and Agricultural Development, and Community Banking for Women Empowerment as scalable and sustainable models for poverty reduction.

Rajapandian is a graduate in agriculture and has a post graduate Mr. R. Rajapandian diploma in Business Administration. He has 19 years of experience in the development sector. He started his career as a project executive in DHAN Foundation and become a strategic member guiding people federations and regions across 14 states in the country. At present he holds the position as the Chief Executive in Sustainable Healthcare Advancement (SUHAM) Trust, the healthcare initiative of DHAN Foundation. He has specialized in community organization, designing development interventions in the fields of microfinance, livelihoods promotion, health, nutrition & sanitation interventions and institutional development. He is part of the strategic team in designing an open- defecation-free block as part of a large project of the State Planning Commission, Tamil Nadu. He has participated and presented papers on microfinance, community health & nutrition as well as on sanitation & safe water in National and International workshops and seminars.

Ekam Foundation

Address New no 16, Old no 19, 2nd floor Jayalakshmipuram 1st Street, Nungambakkam Chennai - 600034, Tamil Nadu

Website www.ekamoneness.org

Brief profile of the Ekam Foundation is a not for profit organization which works for the Organization provision of quality healthcare to underprivileged children and mothers in 6 States of India. The motto of the organization is 'Every child has the right to live and no child should be denied of healthcare facilities simply due to lack of financial resources'.

Ekam Foundation's core aim is to work towards the well being of mothers and children in the RMNCH+A spectrum by confluencing CCPP (Community, Civil Society Organization, Public and Private Sectors) and thereby aim to lower the rates of Infant, Neonatal and Maternal Mortality and bring in Gross Community Happiness in India.

The founder of the organization is Dr Sailakshmi Balijepalli, a visionary pediatrician and recipient of the prestigious Narishakthi Puraskar award from the President of India (March 2015) for her outstanding

contribution towards developing Rural India in the Maternal and Child Health care space.

Ekam foundation has successfully worked towards facilitating life saving treatment for than 12000 children and screened over 3, 00,000 children for various health problems and has successfully provided medical support to the tune of Rupees 6 crores in the form of drugs & laboratory investigations. The organization supports life-saving medical needs of underprivileged children and adolescents of India (under the age of 19 years).

The organization works in line with its vision by addressing the lacunae in Public Health System, thereby ensuring sustainability. These programs are designed to ensure that the vulnerable sections of society are provided with quality healthcare which is on par with prime private hospitals.

Fernandez Hospital Foundation

Address Dr L J Fernandez Block 4-1-1229/1, Bogulkunta Hyderabad - 500001, Telangana

Website www.fernandezhospital.com

Brief profile of the Fernandez Hospital began as a small maternity clinic with two beds in Organization 1948, progressing into a full-fledged hospital for women and the newborn. With a reputation built over seven decades, the hospital network presently comprises five strategic locations in Hyderabad, all focusing on efficient, reliable and personalized healthcare for women. Today it is recognized as a tertiary referral perinatal center with 8000 deliveries annually.

The backbone of its medical care involves strict commitment to guidelines based on evidence. Fernandez Hospital is essentially a

protocol-led practice with multidisciplinary teams working together towards the common goal of patient safety. Regular medical audits and a robust clinical risk management program help clinicians implement changes where required. The electronic medical record system facilitates easy access to vital information across the three hospital units and two outpatient units. Community Outreach Fernandez Hospital’s priorities include providing treatment, without compromise to a wider section of society – an equitable service, irrespective of socio-economic status of the patients. The hospital works in partnership with NGOs to serve women below the poverty line. In 2011, Fernandez Hospital launched an in-house Professional Midwifery Education and Training Program (PMET) with a view to offer woman-centered care and reduce unnecessary interventions, including caesarean sections. This led to its campaign PROMISE (PROfessional MIdwifery SErvices) Name of the Participant/s Dr. Evita Fernandez (FRCOG) is the Managing Director and Senior Dr. Evita Fernandez Consultant Obstetrician at Fernandez Hospital, Hyderabad. She strongly believes in the need to empower women to make choices, especially with regard to issues surrounding birth. Out of her conviction of the vital role and need of Professional midwives in India, Dr. Evita launched a two-year Professional Midwives Education and Training (PMET) Programme at the hospital in 2011. She is spearheading PROMISE – the Professional Midwifery Services campaign, committed to creating a national cadre of professional midwives, who are vital in the care of low-risk pregnant women.

Dr. Tejaswini Basavaraj K Dr. Tejaswini is a qualified doctor in the medical field having done her MBBS from MRMC Gulbarga - Karnataka and MHM from Osmania University Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. Her experience covers a total of 17 years, clinical and administrative. She started her career in administration as a trainee in Wockhardt Hospital and joined Care Hospital Hyderabad as Asst Hospital Administrator, where she later held the position of AGM (Operations) and was subsequently promoted as DGM (Operations). Since the last 5 years she has been associated with Fernandez Hospital Foundation as the Administrator taking care of their High Risk In-Patient Unit in Hyderabad which is specially for women and child. With her varied experience she has been instrumental in implementing new processes in administrative areas which have helped the hospital grow and reach out to more patients thus increasing customer satisfaction and adding value to this specialized field.

Indian Institute of Management Indore

Address Prabandh Shikhar, Rau Pithampur Road Indore - 453 331 Madhya Pradesh

Website www.iimidr.ac.in

Brief profile of the Established in 1996, Indian Institute of Management Indore (IIM Indore) Organization has been a leader in the field of management education, interfacing with the industry, government and PSUs. It is promoted and nurtured by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India and is an institute of national importance under the Indian Institutes of Management Act 2017.

IIM Indore seeks to be a contextually-relevant business school with world-class academic standards that develops socially-conscious managers, leaders and entrepreneurs. IIM Indore is committed to:  Excellence in management education, research, and training  Use of contemporary participant-centric pedagogies and teaching methods  A presence in emerging segments of management education

Name of the Participant/s Omkar D. Palsule-Desai has been associated with the Indian Institute of Prof. Omkar D. Palsule- Management Indore (IIMI) as a faculty in the area of Operations Desai Management and Quantitative Techniques since August 2010, and currently contributing to academia as a Professor. Prior to streamlining his professional development in academia at IIMI, he was associated with Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) as a Post- Doctoral Fellow in the EADS-SMI Center. Before beginning his professional career in academia by joining the doctoral program, he formally gathered an exposure to corporate world while working with Delphi -- E&C Systems (General Motors), Michigan, USA.

In his research and professional teaching, he focuses on three industrial domains by critically analyzing unique characteristics of Indian settings - - agricultural supply chains, retail supply chains, and health care service delivery systems. With the specific objective of conducting research studies that are designed based on real-world practical challenges, he has undertaken pro bono consultancy projects with government departments and commercial organizations in recent times.

Indian Institute of Management Udaipur

Address Balicha Udaipur - 313001, Rajasthan

Website www.iimu.ac.in

Brief profile of the The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) were created by the Indian Organization Government with the aim of identifying the brightest student talent available and creating a pool of elite managers to lead the various sectors of the Indian economy. Over the course of more than fifty years, IIMs have become recognized as premier management institutions, comparable to the best in the world for teaching, research and interaction with industry.

In 2009, the Indian Government approved the creation of IIM Udaipur; the Institute officially opened in 2011. In October 2016 IIMU moved to its permanent campus on 300 acres of land in the Balicha area of Udaipur which have been allocated by the Government of Rajasthan.

IIMU pulses with the energy of a start-up while building on the prestigious accomplishments and traditions of the IIM network. It aims to set a new benchmark in the field of management education by combining excellence in both teaching and research. The Institute strives to make a real difference to the region, forging strong relationships with local NGOs and government and working closely with industry on live projects, internships, guest lectures, faculty research, and many events throughout the academic year.

Name of the Participant/s Prakash Satyavageeswaran is an Assistant Professor in Marketing at Prof. Prakash IIMU. His research focuses on the emerging markets context, especially Satyavageeswaran low-income consumers and the channels that reach them. He, with his co-authors, has received multiple prestigious research grants.

Prakash has over a dozen years of corporate and not for profit experience, with the last stint being at Unilever, where he was National Manager for Water Partnerships. He was instrumental in exploring and setting up new channel partnerships with non-traditional intermediaries for marketing and selling Pureit water purifiers. Prior to that he has worked for five years in public health, using marketing and communication principles to nudge people towards healthy behavior.

Prakash holds two Master’s degrees, one from ISB and the other from the Grenoble Graduate School of Business (GGSB), France. He has received the prestigious Blaise Pascal scholarship from the Government

of France for his studies at the GGSB. He was also the recipient of the Citi Scholarship at ISB during his MBA. He is ABD in the Fellow Programme in Management (PhD equivalent) at ISB.

Prof. Vedha Ponnappan Vedha Ponnappan is a marketing faculty at IIM Udaipur. She has completed her Ph.D. from IIM Bangalore. Her research interests are in the areas of household consumption, household-level nutrition, food, and health decisions, and policy interventions to promote better health. She uses empirical modeling approach in her research. She has over eight years of experience in product management, product design, and quality assurance in the IT sector

Indian School of Business

Address Gachibowli Hyderabad - 500032, Telangana

Website www.isb.edu

Brief profile of the The Indian School of Business evolved from the need for a world-class Organization business school in Asia. The founders, some of the best minds from the corporate and academic worlds, anticipated the leadership needs of the emerging Asian economies.

They recognized that the rapidly changing business landscape would require young leaders who not only have an understanding of the developing economies but who also present a global perspective. The ISB is committed to creating such leaders through its innovative programmes, outstanding faculty and thought leadership. Funded entirely by private corporations, foundations and individuals from around the world who believe in its vision, the ISB is a not-for-profit organization.

The ISB curriculum is enriched through input provided by corporations. This association allows the School to foster stimulating business- academic partnerships for teaching and research. We also engage business leaders and entrepreneurs to conduct discussions and workshops throughout the academic year in order to expose students to industry perspectives.

Name of the Participant/s D.V.R. Seshadri is Clinical Full Professor of Marketing at the Indian Prof. D.V.R. Seshadri School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad since 2016. He has taught in various IIMs since 2000 (particularly at Bangalore, Ahmedabad, and more recently at Udaipur). Before that he worked in the capacity of a CEO in a variety of public sector firms, entrepreneurial start-ups, and family business companies spanning a variety of industries (petroleum refining & Petro-chemicals, precision manufacturing, software, etc).

His areas of interest include Strategy, B2B Marketing, Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Intrapreneurship, and Leadership. He has taught a variety of courses and programs in MBA, executive MBA, long duration programs in public policy, short duration executive education programs, etc.

He is actively involved with several NGOs such as Aravind Eye Care Systems, Madurai and DHAN Foundation, Madurai, in addition to engagements with several top corporates such as companies of the Tata Group and L&T. He has been engaged in teaching or consulting capacity with over 100 large corporates .

He has co-authored, amongst others, books on Global Risk / Global Opportunity, the Indian adaptation of ‘Business Market Management (B2B): Understanding, Creating and Delivering Value,’ and ‘Smartonomics for the Global Manager: Simple, Powerful Macroeconomic Tools For Success in an Uncertain World’. He has developed over hundred case studies and authored several application- oriented journal articles in his areas of interest.

Dr. Devendra Tayade Dr. Devendra Tayade is a Dentist by qualification who got into Healthcare management to pursue his passion. He works at Indian School of Business, Hyderabad as a Research Associate. He is currently working on a research project funded by Ernst and Young. This project intends to find enablers and barriers to providing equitable healthcare access. He has also worked at Aravind as Manager-Employee Engagement where he was part of the team which wrote down Aravind’s value system based on their research. Bringing trust and ethics back into healthcare is his larger purpose and believes that this can be done by influencing the content and delivery of medical and management education.

Kauvery Hospital

Address No 6, Royal Road, Cantonment Trichy - 620001, Tamil Nadu

Website www.kauveryhospital.com

Brief profile of the Kauvery group of hospitals founded by Dr. S. Chandrakumar & Dr. S. Organization Manivannan (First generation doctors) with 30 beds in 1999 -2000 at Trichy.

Today, Kauvery hospital expanded from a single location hospital into a chain of multi-specialty hospitals across key healthcare pockets of tier 1 & tier 2 cities in TN with the bed capacity of 1200 beds and going strong towards 3000 beds in the next three to four years.

The philosophy of Kauvery is to make great healthcare affordable and to become the most respected and trusted healthcare provider in India.

OUR KEY SPECIALTIES: Comprehensive Cardiac Care, Gastroenterology, Neurology, Kidney Care, Comprehensive Cancer Care, Advanced orthopedics & Spine care, vascular surgery, Plastic surgery, Trauma & Critical care, Mother & Child Care.

Kauvery Hospital is an approved multi organ transplant center. Besides establishing our expertise in kidney transplants, we have recently started liver, lung, Pancreas & Heart transplants program. In addition, Kauvery hospital is an approved centre for PG degree courses (DNB) in Orthopedics, General Medicine, General Surgery and Pediatrics; our centers are one of the very few center accreditated with National Neonatology Forum (NNF). In addition to health care, we offer allied paramedical programs like B.Sc Nursing, B.Sc Cardio Pulmonary Perfusion Technology, B. Sc Physician Assistant, B.Sc Radiology & Imaging Technology & B. Sc Medical Lab Technology.

Added to all the above, various other academic publications are being contributed by our consultants. Quality is the essence of our culture. Various quality measures like NABH, ISO, 5S certification, Kaizen initiatives, and various infection control programs are integral part of our day to day life

L V Prasad Eye Institute

Address Kallam Anji Reddy Campus, L V Prasad Marg Hyderabad - 500 034, Telangana

Website www.lvpei.org

Brief profile of the Established in 1987, L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) is a comprehensive organization eye health facility with its main campus located in Hyderabad, India. The Institute offers comprehensive patient care, sight enhancement and rehabilitation services and high-impact rural eye health programs. It also pursues cutting-edge research and offers training in human resources for all levels of ophthalmic personnel.

LVPEI focuses on economically disadvantaged groups in rural and urban geographies and extends its services to them through its network of satellite clinics and rural affiliates. The LVPEI network comprises a ‘Centre of Excellence’ in Hyderabad, 3 tertiary centres respectively in Bhubaneswar, Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada, 18 secondary and 178 primary care centres that cover the remotest rural areas in the four states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Karnataka.

The Institute's innovative and comprehensive approach to community eye health, the LVPEI Eye Health Pyramid, has been adopted as a model by the Government of India and by other developing countries. LVPEI is a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Prevention of Blindness and a Global Resource Center for VISION 2020: The Right to Sight initiative. Through three decades since its existence, LVPEI has served over 23.8 million patients, with more than half the number of patients receiving services free of cost, regardless of the service complexity.

Name of the Participant/s G Chandra Sekhar, has been associated with LVPEI since its inception in Dr. G Chandra Sekhar 1987 and is currently the Vice-Chair, LVPEI and the Director of Kallam Anji Reddy Campus, Hyderabad. GC (or GCS), as he is popularly known is an astute clinician and a passionate teacher. As recognition of his contributions as the Director of Educations at LVPEI, “G Chandra Sekhar Chair of Director of Education” was created in 2003.

GC was the head of Glaucoma Service till recently and has trained over 43 Glaucoma Fellows, including 7 international Fellows. He has published over 100 papers in national and international peer-reviewed journals and has been a reviewer for several Ophthalmology journals. He holds the position of clinical Professor at the University of Rochester and has been a visiting professor at University of California, San Diego, USA. GC has served as the President of the Glaucoma Society of India (2005-06) and is a member of the Glaucoma Research Society with its

membership limited to 100. He has served on the Clinical Guidelines Committee of International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) and the Membership Committee of Glaucoma Research Society. He is currently on the board of the World Glaucoma Association.

Currently a Consultant (Quality, Process & Training), at LV Prasad Eye Anshu Bhargava Institute, Hyderabad, Anshu has more than 16 years of administrative, academic and consulting experience in the hospital industry across various reputed corporate and private healthcare organizations in the country.

Specific to the Healthcare industry, she has practical administrative experience and insights in areas spanning, Strategic Management, Human Resource Development, Hospital Services Planning & Implementation, Quality Systems Management, Customer Relations, Corporate Health Insurance, Management Education, Research, Training & Development and Medical Administration.

A Postgraduate Gold Medalist in Hospital Administration from the Apollo Institute of Hospital Administration, Hyderabad, she is a Life Member of the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS), AP, State Branch, Hyderabad; Life Member of the Association of Health & Hospital Administrators (AHHA) & an Associate Life Member of the Academy of Hospital Administration [AHA], New Delhi, since April, 2005; she had been a Member of the CII – AP Healthcare Panel consecutively for about 2 years and has won accolades on presenting papers as a Speaker in National Seminars & Conferences.

PEOPLE TREE Hospitals

Address 2, Tumkur Road, Goraguntepalya Bengaluru - 560022, Karnataka

Website www.peopletreehospitals.com

Brief profile of the People Tree Hospitals is the Dream initiative of a group of specialized Organization and experienced Doctor Friends, trained from some of the best hospitals in the world. They believe that quality healthcare must become the birth right of everyone. Recognized as India’s most promising & valuable emerging hospital within a year of its inception, People Tree Hospitals group has lived up to this expectation by establishing 3 Multi-super specialty and a unique state of the art super specialty psychiatric hospital within three years of inception; having over 400+ total operational beds People Tree with its Flagship hospital, People Tree Hospitals at Yeshwanthpur, soon became the preferred health care destination for all the localities and within a year of inception was awarded India’s most promising and valuable hospital by Pharma Leaders 2014. Further the hospital has been given the status of one of India’s 25 Best Hospitals by CEO Insights 2018. The hospital at Yeshwantpur is a tertiary care hospital that excels in its flag ship services- Orthopaedics, Paediatrics Women’s Health; Internal Medicine and Adult Intensive Care; Neurosciences; Head & Neck Research Institute; Accident & Emergency; Gastroenterology and Urology services. In the second year the hospital expanded with the birth of Raghavendra People Tree Hospitals; a secondary care centre serving as the first super specialty hospital for the region of Dasarahalli; Peenya; Jalahalli and beyond. PEOPLE TREE Maarga, State of the Art exclusive psychiatry In-patient hospital with 80 beds caters to the diverse and complex conditions of the mind. People Tree Hospitals @ Meenakshi is the fourth branch of People Tree Hospitals located at the busy hub of Hanumanthnagar. This 100 bed hospital is well known for its Intensive Care specialties.

People Tree Foundation the charity wing of the hospital funds several surgeries and complex treatments for deserving patients completely free or at subsidized cost. In this regard within the first 2 years 100 complex surgeries were done free of cost in the PEOPLE TOUCH Program. Subsequently, 300 such surgeries through PEOPLE TOUCH 2 program.

Dr. Chandrasekar Dr Chandrasekar Chikkamuniyappa is the Soul & Brain behind the idea Chikkamuniyappa and concept of PEOPLE TREE Hospitals. Inspiring people to take on the

plausibly impossible journey to Touch, Move & Inspire a billion People, he has led from the front, co-creating PEOPLE TREE Hospitals to fulfill its infinite vision and providing a platform for all the doctors, nurses and staff to excel in their fields & express their potential. He is also instrumental in creating Musculo-Skeletal Research Institute of excellence.

An expert Orthopedic Surgeon, Dr Chandrasekar specializes in cutting edge joint replacement surgeries including computer assisted and minimally invasive hip and knee surgeries. He has to his credit, The Adult Reconstructive Fellowship from the Ranawat Orthopedic Center at the Hospital for Special Surgery, New York USA. He also runs a Joint replacement Fellowship for young Orthopaedic Surgeons at PEOPLE TREE Hospitals. He was formerly the Director of the Institute of Orthopedics at BGS Global Hospitals

Dr Chandrasekar was instrumental in starting the PEOPLE TREE Foundation, the charitable wing of PEOPLE TREE Hospitals. The foundation not only aims to empower people, by providing services spanning the fields of Health, Education and Health Education, but also striving hard to dis-engage quality healthcare from affluence.

Award and Recognitions: ‘India's Most Promising Orthpaedic Surgeon 2014' (Pharmaleaders Business Leadership Awards, 2014) Aryabhata International Award in 2008

Dr. Sandeep Desmond An experienced Chief Operating Officer and Medical Director with 15 + D’souza years of rich experience. Has a demonstrated and accomplished track record of successfully building, growing, operating and transforming hospitals, polyclinics and healthcare environments.

An M.D. in Hospital Administration (recognized by the Medical Council of India) from Kasturba Medical College and Hospital, Manipal (1500 bedded hospital). Value-driven, highly engaged and a hands-on leader, Dr. D'souza has earned a reputation of creating reputed healthcare environments where everyone thrives and enjoys work. Progressive leadership and management/ administrative experience in a large and small, corporate and family owned, dynamic and technologically advanced healthcare environment.

Presently operating a 200 bedded hospital in Bangalore, India (People Tree Hospitals) providing Multi-Super-speciality Services. NABH and NABL Certified services in all areas of patient care, ancillary, auxiliary and engineering. Responsible for driving Service Expansion, New Age Technology Infusion, Efficiencies, Integration of all 4 units to create a homogenized service delivery system with a keen eye on Quality and

profitability.

Dr. Abhishek Hariharan A health professional and a doctor with lots of passion in healthcare Kandluri industry with a goal to achieve great heights in healthcare management and administration.

Graduated from KIMS Bangalore in 2018 and currently working as an intern under management and administration at People Tree Hospital Bangalore

Samadrushti Kshamata Vikas Evam Anusandhan Mandal

Address SAKSHAM Plot No.8 "Shivam", Ravindra Nagar Nagpur - 440022, Maharashtra

Website www.sakshamseva.org www.camba.org.in

Brief profile of the Samadrishti Kshamata Vikas Evam Anusandhan Mandal (SAKSHAM) is a Organization charitable pan-India organization registered at Nagpur under registration number MAH/654/2008(N). The organization has its head office in Nagpur, Maharashtra. SAKSHAM was established with an aim to bring all the persons with various disabilities into the mainstream society. SAKSHAM believes that disabled people are not a burden on the society but are assets of the nation. Though presently dedicated to the service of visually impaired, SAKSHAM has its commitment towards all the persons with various disabilities. It is also committed to improve the environment, health and other social aspects in order to strengthen the society. Presently SAKSHAM is running following projects for INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISABLED: Madhav Eye Bank: SAKSHAM not only propagates the importance and divinity of Eye Donation, but also manages the donation of corneas through eye banking and grafting in order to give sight to the visually impaired. With its pledge to establish at least 100 ‘Madhav Eye Banks,’ the organization so far could establish 12 licensed eye banks in various parts of the country including in the states of Maharashtra, MP, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa, Telangana and Chhattisgarh. Under its

aegis, presently it oversees the functioning of fourteen licensed eye banks, twelve eye collection centres and twenty four awareness Centres. By the end of year 2010, its chain of eye banks collected around 2500 corneas, thereby benefitting more than 800 corneal blind through sight restoration. CAMBA: To reduce the Corneal blindness all over India. KantiVelugu: To make Telangana state free of avoidable blindness. Samvedana: To rehabilitate children affected by cerebral palsy

Name of the Participant/s Dr. Santosh is the Senior Health Advisor to Doctors for Seva and Dr. Santosh Kumar Kraleti Founder and Executive Director, Dhaatri Mothers Milk Bank. He is the Country Director for CAMBA and an advisor to the National Health Assurance Mission and National Program on Control of Blindness. He also founded an organization called Foot Soldiers for Health for working in rural and tribal communities.

He previously worked with ACCESS Health International as a quality improvement expert and as a healthcare financing expert for two projects, viz., Safe Care Saving Lives (SCSL) and Health Financing Support Program.

He headed the Health Care Costing and Benefit Package Pricing Project of Andhra Pradesh and wrote a book which was released in WHO, Geneva in 2014. He travelled extensively to more than 10 countries on GSHIS and Costing Projects. He also was a part of the Core Group who advised Ministry of Health in Delhi on National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS), later termed as Ayushman Bharat.

Kasinadh Lakkaraju Kasinadh Lakkaraju, M.Tech, Software Consultant who developed solutions for Health care industry, banking, enterprise resource plan. He has been involved with Community Based Rehabilitation of the Visually Challenged for the past 20 years. He was a visiting faculty with ICARE, LVPEI for their Post Graduate Program in Community Eye Care. He is also qualified yoga trainer and therapist. He writes regularly on livelihoods.

At present he is the National General Secretary of SAKSHAM. He is a member of Zonal Committee of RCI (Rehabilitation Council of India) Raghavender Rao Bhavi Raghavender Rao Bhavi is the central office coordinator for CAMBA (Cornea Andhatv Mukh Bharat Abhiyan)

S. Govindraj Govindraj is the SAKSHAM state President for South Tamilnadu since the year 2015.

He is also the Director of Swami Vivekanand Vidya Mandir which is a CBSE school since 2013 and the Project Director for Royal Vision.

Manivasagan Manivasagan is the volunteer & lead for CSR and Partnerships at Ramamoorthy SAKSHAM. He is responsible for identifying and establishing key strategic partnerships, CSR coordination and due diligence process, and successful implementation of CSR funded projects.

Entrepreneur & Chief Data Officer at Vyazhan Technologies Private Limited, Expertise in Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the domain of Computer Vision

Sankalp India Foundation

Address DHI Leadership Innovation Park,360, Arekere Gate Bannerghatta Main Road (Next to Mahindra Lifespaces) Bengaluru - 560076, Karnataka

Website www.sankalpindia.net

Brief profile of the Sankalp India Foundation is a registered voluntary organization working Organization for the causes of Voluntary Blood Donation, Thalassemia Management and Disaster relief since 23rd May 2003. With the purpose of ‘Giving Life A Better Chance' Sankalp aims at fighting the limitations of the current healthcare delivery systems involved in blood donation and thalassemia by building systems which promise to make the problems associated with these domains a thing of the past. Sankalp is striving to ensure that world class health care be made available to the needy irrespective of their social and economic status. We aim at pushing the country towards 100% voluntary blood donation and establishing a thalassemia free India.

Sant Singaji Institute of Science and Management

Address NH 59-A,Gram-Sandalpur, Tehsil Khategaon District Dewas – 455336, Madhya Pradesh

Website www.ssism.org

Brief profile of the Sant Singaji Educational Society (SSES) was established in 2010, with a Organization view to create social and economic transformation in one of the most backward areas of the country, viz. Gondwana area of Madhya Pradesh. It runs a college – Sant Singaji Institute of Science and Management in Sandalpur village, Dewas District, Madhya Pradesh. This educational institute caters to the college going youth of three rural districts of Madhya Pradesh and educates around 1000 students annually.

Name of the Participant/s Pranjal left his 12 year comfortable job as a Development Manager at Pranjal Dubey SAP Labs India in Bengaluru, to start Sant Singaji Institute of Science and Management (SSISM) in a village in Madhya Pradesh. His idea was to provide quality education and life skills to rural youth so that they can get job opportunities as good as mainstream students. Today, his intervention and dedication have helped thousands of youth. Some of them are placed in big MNCs and companies like Wipro, SAP, Future Group, etc. at good positions.

Prashant Sharma Prashant Sharma is the CEO at Singaji Educational Society. He has more than 21 years of experience in teaching, training, institutional development, academic leadership and vocational training.

School of Business Management (NMIMS)

Address VKM's NMIMS (Deemed to be University) V. L. Mehta Road, Vile Parle, West Mumbai - 400056, Maharashtra

Website www.sbm.nmims.edu

Brief profile of the SBM is one of India's premier business schools. The campus was organization established in 1981 in the heart of the financial capital of India- Mumbai. It has received Global International AACSB Accreditation. It has a strength of 800+ students and 60+ core and adjunct faculty apart from visiting faculty.SBM offers diverse cutting-edge programs for students; it also offers executive education programs for professionals who want to make a critical transition in their careers. The SBM educational experience aims to equip students with a bedrock of management skills to help them navigate through the complex business environment of today.

SMILES International Institute of Colo-Proctology

Address No 438, 5th Main , 8th cross RMV 2nd Stage HIG, Dollors Colony Bangalore - 94, Karnataka

Website address www.siicp.com

Brief profile of the Smiles International Institute of Colo-Proctology (SIICP) is a pioneer in Organization the field of colorectal treatment and surgery. It is built from the minds of like-minded and enterprising surgeons, with an aim to end the sufferings of millions of people who suffer from colorectal problems by establishing a world-class center of excellence in colo-proctology. The best practices in the world inspired SIICP to ensure advanced facilities and state-of-the-art technology for the treatment of disorders including the colon, rectum, and anus, with the help of certified surgeons and medical practitioners.

Name of the Participant/s Dr. Parameshwara is a surgeon, entrepreneur, academician, and a Dr. Parameshwara C.M. socially responsible citizen, who works with an aim to make an impact on society through healthcare and education. Having worked at various

levels in both the healthcare and education sectors, he understands the needs and gaps that exist at all levels. He is working towards resolving these gaps through an innovative business model, leveraging technology and growth through strategic acquisitions. He loves to teach and mentor students towards creating an impact on the world.  Advisory Member – International Institute of Colo-Proctology (IICP). He is a pioneer of innovation in the field of colorectal treatment and surgery, which aims to create awareness about Colo-Proctology amongst the masses, encourage people to adopt healthy eating and physical fitness habits for a healthier lifestyle and train surgeons/clinicians for the eradication of "quackery" and standardize the treatment methods.  Completed Advanced Healthcare Management Program at Indian School of Business (ISB)  Associate Professor of Surgery and Head of the Department of Surgery at Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences.  Advisor at S. D. Jayaram Integrated Rural Development Organization, which strives for improving the life of people in rural Karnataka.

Sri Shankara Cancer Hospital and Research Centre

Address 1st Cross, Shankara Matt Premises, Shankarapuram Basavanagudi Bengaluru - 560004, Karnataka

Website address www. shankaracancerfoundation.org

Brief profile of the SSCHRC is a comprehensive charitable Cancer centre with modern state- Organization of-the-art facilities. It has been constructed and equipped through gracious donations from the large-hearted Philanthropists, institutions, corporate entities, and large number of individual donors.

It has an exclusive 60-bedded Paediatric-Cancer centre with a provision for individualized care and facility for every child, is a first of its kind effort in our country.

The hospital has a well-equipped Department of Radiotherapy with 2 state-of-the-art linear accelerators, Department of Radio diagnosis and Interventional Radiology with big bore CT, digital MRI and diagnostic and therapeutic ultrasound, a Nuclear Medicine Department with the latest 128 Slice PET CT and a full-fledged Laboratory. The clinical Departments are led by eminent doctors, who are leading luminaries in their respective fields. The Departments of Pain and Palliative Medicine,

Physiotherapy, Rehabilitation and Speech Therapy, Nutrition and Dietetics, Psycho-Oncology Units help in delivering holistic treatment to the patients.

The hospital conducts Post-graduate training programs and is accredited with both the National Board of Examinations and the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS). Under the National Board, the hospital has started DNB programs in Radio Therapy, Surgical Oncology and Medical Oncology. Under the RGUHS, the hospital has admitted students for fellowship programs in Brachytherapy, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Breast Surgery and Palliative Care.

Tata Memorial Centre

Address Dr. Ernst Borges Marg, Parel Mumbai - 400012, Maharashtra

Website address www.tmc.gov.in

Brief profile of the The Tata Memorial Centre constitutes the national comprehensive Organization cancer centre for the prevention, treatment and research on Cancer and is comparable to any similar center in the world. This achievement has been possible due to the far-sighted and total support of the Department of Atomic Energy, responsible for managing this Institution since 1962.

Nearly 64,000 patients visit the clinics annually not only from all over India but also from neighboring countries. Nearly 60% of these cancer patients receive primary care at the Hospital of which over 70% are treated free of any charges. Over 1300 patients attend the OPD daily for medical advice, comprehensive care or for follow-up treatment. The Hospital has expanded from a 80 bed Hospital covering an area of 15,363 sq. meters to a 629-beds spread over 53,890 sq. meters. Our Annual Budget was Rs.5 lacs in 1941 - today it runs close to Rs.200 crores.

The strategies for early diagnosis, treatment management, rehabilitation, pain relief and terminal care have been established in a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach for a total cancer care programme.

Individual Members

Doraiswamy Nagarajan

Joined Indian Railways in 1957 as a Special Class apprentice, then worked as Asst. Mechanical Engineer, moving up to Chief Motive Power Engineer.

He voluntarily retired in 1982 to move to Industry, working in different roles as General Manager Indian Oxygen, Joint MD Usha Telehoist, VP (Tech.& operations) Shalimar Paints till 1988. In 1988 he joined Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind U. K. as their Regional Director for India where he served till Oct 1997.

On reaching 60 years he took retirement from employment, and started working as a volunteer in Eye care with L.V. P E. I, Aravind Eye Care, SEVA Foundation USA. He is also serving on the board of SEVA, So-Hum Foundation USA.

Dr. Rajesh Iyer

Dr. Iyer is a consultant neurologist at Vikram Hospital in Bangalore. Before his association with Vikram Hospital, he was associated with Narayana Hrudayalya Institute of Neurosciences where he established the Comprehensive Epilepsy Care Center. He has also served as a faculty for several of the regional and national Epilepsy Conferences and Workshops. He is also the president of Karnataka Chapter of Multiple Sclerosis Society of India.

Dr. Iyer completed his MBBS from Government Medical College, Trivandrum. He then went on to do MD in General Medicine from the same college and DM in Neurology from Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medial Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum.

Dr. Roja Tumma

Dr. Tumma has worked as Consultant Radiologist for 16yrs, mainly at Hyderabad. She graduated from ISB in the Advanced Healthcare Management programme. Presently positioned as Deputy Director and Consultant Radiologist in RMM Global Hospital Trauma Centre, Sirohi - Mt. Abu a charity hospital and a unit of GHRC Trust which is managed by the Brahmakumaris.

Joined the organization on a voluntary basis in the year 2017 to serve the community with an aim to provide good health for all. Special interest lies in applying spiritual techniques for self and work management.

Dr. Sanjeev Upadhyaya

Dr Sanjeev Upadhyaya is presently working as the Health Specialist, UNICEF, Hyderabad (India), where he is in-charge of UNICEF’s health activities in three large south Indian states - Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka. He is instrumental in grounding Facility Based Newborn Care, Kangaroo Mother Care, Labour Room Standardization, and Midwifery in these states. He is a member of several high-level committees on Midwifery, Newborn Care, Immunization and Quality of Care.

Earlier, Dr Upadhyaya has worked at the US Agency for International Development (USAID), New Delhi in the capacity of Senior Advisor, Urban Health & Infectious Diseases. He has consulting experience with several national and international agencies like World Health Organization, CARE, IntraHealth International, Handicap International, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta and Futures Group International etc.

Dr Upadhyaya is a public health expert, with an MD in Community Medicine from Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (MGIMS) Sevagram, Wardha. He has graduated from LLRM Medical College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India. He has several papers in national and international journals to his credit.

Vidhya Srinivasan

PG Diploma in PR and Advertising and Law Degree from Mumbai Univ - worked in advertising agencies in Mumbai and Chennai and in marketing and consumer research. Currently manage Sarara - my own boutique consulting firm in Marketing Communications .

Visiting Professor of brand management and Integrated Marketing Communication - teaching MBA students various colleges and in IIM Shillong.

Active Rotarian for 20 years. I am an Adoption Counsellor, helping prospective adoptive parents through the journey of adoption . I am a skill based volunteer for NGOs - Working with children in Healthcare, Sports and Music apart from working towards vocational rehab for transgenders. I also get consulted on Corporate giving programs and employee volunteering . Co-Founder,Trustee and Vocalist in Aarohi , a Retro Bollywood music band which sings to raise funds for charitable causes.

Observers

Aditya Trivedi

Aditya is an IIM-B alumnus, with 16 years of professional experience spanning across Product Management, Solution Management and Product Development. Aditya has set-up, managed and mentored high-performance product development and product management teams for B2B Mobile applications and Cloud Integration; Has launched solutions for Small and Medium businesses for the Indian market. He has conceptualized, created and driven various innovation and technology events.

In his current role, Aditya is responsible for driving adoption of the SAP Cloud Platform and API Management in the APJ region by enabling customers, partners and API acquisition for SAP API Business Hub, by conceptualizing and driving ecosystem innovation, technology events and strategic customer engagement.

Aditya is driven by helping businesses discover digital business models using design thinking, Business Model Innovation, User Experience Research, and Product Management disciplines.

He has been involved with advising various startups and actively contributes to a social sector rural education startup where he was part of the founding team and is on the Advisory Board.

Dr. Anand Ramamuthy

Dr. Anand Ramamurthy is a qualified Surgical Gastroenterologist with special interest in Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery and Liver Transplantation. Having worked across the spectrum of healthcare delivery sectors from government to trust and corporate hospitals, he is exploring avenues to deliver quality healthcare to patients in need through adoption of a holistic, integrated approach to health management from wellness and disease prevention to cure and palliation.

Anshu Taneja

Anshu has been leading VisionSpring in India since 2013 and has grown its impact 10-fold. In 2019, VisionSpring is poised to provide clear vision through eyeglasses to 1 million people in India and thus helping them earn and learn better and lead safer lives.

Anshu Taneja has MBAs from the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford (United Kingdom), and Amity Business School, Noida (India). Anshu has had long stints with Johnson & Johnson and Karl Storz in various capacities. He has also worked with De Beers, Riders for Health, and Opera Software in the United Kingdom and Europe.

Anshu is a Fellow of the Aspire Circle, a forum for promoting enlightened social leadership. He was the Chair of Consumer, Marketing, and Healthcare Oxford Business Network (OBN). He was also the

Member of the Hospital Planning Sectional Committee of the Bureau of Indian Standards. He was appointed the representative for the UNU and GIZ supported global Women’s Health Initiative for improving women’s health in developing countries.

In 2017, the University of Oxford, Saïd Business School, and the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship recognised Anshu as an outstanding alumni for using his career to create high- impact and effect positive change. In 2019, The British Council recognised Anshu as a distinguished alumni. In 2019, Anshu was also the recipient of the NGO Leadership Award at the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Summit & Awards in Mumbai.

Jagdish Rattanani

Jagdish Rattanani is a news writer and columnist with three decades of work in journalism, notably in reporting assignments, analysis and newsroom leadership roles.

Jagdish is a founder Director & Editor of the Foundation of the Billion Press (www.thebillionpress.org), a section 8 non-profit in India that works in the news media space with the mission to bringing to light people less seen, voices less heard and perspectives less argued. In this role, Jagdish writes columns for several Indian newspapers. The team carries columns from select leaders, thinkers and analysts.

He also serves as the Director of the Association of Sustainability Practitioners (ASP) (www.sustainabilitypractitioners.org), a company registered in Dorset, UK, where he represents graduates of sustainability/business responsibility programmes that were run by the University of Bath and Ashridge Business School. Jagdish is an alumnus of Ashridge Business School, Hertfordshire, where he did an MSc. in Sustainability & Responsibility.

At the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's SPJIMR, a leading B-School in Mumbai, Jagdish teaches in the area of ethics, responsibility, business & society, communications, management & liberal arts, and aspects of leadership.

Kartic Vaidyanathan

Kartic is an IITM and IIMB alumnus. He come with 21 years of experience in IT (primarily Infosys/Cognizant) and a few startups.

He is currently running an initiative called Play2Learn(https://bit.ly/2GIhpLW) apart from teaching/consulting assignments.

For more details refer to his profile at www.linkedin.com/in/karticv/

Dr. Lakshmikant Galla

An emergency physician with 11 years of experience in patient care; currently working in the area of quality emergency care beyond tier-2 cities. Different roles:

Clinician: Consultant Emergency medicine State Awardee for clinical excellence in emergency Academician: Course director for MEM (Masters in EM) Management professional: AMPH (ISB) Clinical quality consultant: NABH internal assessor Lead trainer: American Heart Association courses; Hospital codes Innovation: Process excellence-Time value distinction Founder: Brave Citizens, a NPO for prehospital Emergency care awareness campaign

Dr. Meena Som

Currently working as Health Specialist, Unicef, Hyderabad office.

Public Health professional with over 25 years of experience in the areas of Maternal and Child Health, Tuberculosis control, HIV/ AIDS and PPTCT, Public Health in Emergencies, Adolescent health, etc Has worked with Unicef, WHO, CARE India and PLAN International.

Education: MBBS, MPH, PhD Scholar

Dr. Neha Deshpande

Dr. Neha is an Ophthalmologist working in Dr. K.G. Deshpande Memorial Centre, Nagpur, Maharashtra. She is pursuing the Advance Management program for healthcare professionals from Indian School of Business.

She is interested in equitable healthcare models and is also currently doing a project on the same theme at AMPH. She would like to be a part of this meeting to gain insights in to the equitable healthcare system, the different business and financial models etc.

Dr. Pooja Sanghvi

Dr Pooja Sanghvi is a dentist turned public health professional having worked in many roles in women’s health, child health and community eye care.

She is an alumnus of Nair Hospital Dental College, Mumbai and Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai from where she attained her Masters in Hospital Administration. During her stint at Sankara Eye Foundation – India, she found motivation and joy in working towards promoting accessibility of healthcare. She went to work at Avni Health Foundation, Mumbai to work extensively in reproductive and maternal health.

Currently, she is working at Collective Good Foundation, on the Home Based Newborn Care program, in collaboration with the Tata trusts and Government of Maharashtra.

Rajesh Gaurav

Rajesh is a doctoral student (4th Year) in Marketing area at ISB, Hyderabad. His specialization is in Quantitative Marketing, including Marketing Analytics, Pricing and use of ML/AI in Marketing. Before joining his doctoral studies, he had worked in the IT Consulting for over 13 years and as a Research Assistant in IIM Bangalore for one year.

Rajesh believes that while the need for a good return on marketing initiatives is important in businesses, it is even more crucial in Nonprofit organizations. Hence he wants to work with NGOs and nonprofit organizations in the healthcare space on research engagements so that he can use his learning to help the organizations measure the impact of their initiatives, optimally run those initiatives, and help with getting actionable insights out of their data.

Dr. Sathya Bala

Dr. Sathya Bala is a fertility specialist. Worked in Fertility units from 1999. Trained in Reproductive Medicine from CMC Vellore. Involved in teaching and training Post doctoral Fellows in Reproductive Medicine since 2005. Been an Examiner for National Board of Examinations and MRCOG. Recently been accepted as FRCOG. Currently working as Clinical Director Cloudnine Fertility.

Also working in resource limited settings in VHS hospital Taramani, St Anthony hospital Puzhal and Julia hospital Uthukottai.

Keen on setting up a self sustaining IVF unit in a suburaban/rural setting.

Vasanthi Ranganathan

Vasanthi Ranganathan is the Resource head, Lake View Learning and Development center. She completed her PG and teaching degrees in English from India, management and Career Counseling and Guidance from the US. A Fulbrighter she introduced a number of outcome based learning in educational institutions and industries. East west center recognized her with Makana award in 1989 at Honolulu and at Seoul in 2018 for her work in the community.

Her work with healthcare include Aravind Eye Hospital and Sankara Nethralaya , Meenakshi Mission Hospital, Apollo hospitals, As President of Rotary Club of Ambattur, 13-14 expanded Ambattur Rotary hospital and conducted monthly general medical camps in construction sites. Established Flicker to Flare Consultants Pvt Ltd 1991, launched trainers throughout India, worked for corporate, private and public sectors. Introduced the 1st abacus program in India, 1998 creating educational entrepreneurs at all levels throughout the country. Sits in the POSH committee of companies.

G. Vishwanand

Vishwanand is the CEO for InfocusRx. He brings over seventeen years of experience in the field of international marketing, business analysis, and new product development to lead InfocusRx™ in today's dynamic environment.

He is a postgraduate in Business Management, Information System and Pharmaceutical Management. He has distinctive interest and proven aptitude for business analysis involving market research, customer experience management, creative services and branding solutions to help build progressive startups in the U.S.A., South East Asia and India. He has been associated with pepper square, IBSS, Pioneer Group, Nicholas Piramal, Ernst & Young, Satyam, and Administrative Staff College of India.

Pilot Program Updates

Education program on colorectal awareness

Partners in the pilot DHAN Foundation and SMILES International Institute of Colo- Proctology Pilot initiated in March 2018

Locations covered Mysore District

Need observed on the ground for Poor awareness on colorectal problems in the community. Many undertaking the pilot people were identified with early symptoms of colorectal problems. There is a dire need of providing affordable services to the people and also to ensure that the referral process from the community clinics to the hospital works well.

Desired outcome from the pilot Early diagnosis and treatment Reduction in cancer mortality Ensure psychological disorders from this ailment are treated

Activities completed (till date) 35000 booklet distributed within the community through awareness sessions. Organizing the community to be receptive to interventions like these Field staff orientation completed for Mysore district

Impact of the achieved outcomes People are now aware of the kind of colorectal problems that can so far occur and the process to seek timely help.

3 month internship & placement of students @ Fernandez Hospital

Partners in the pilot Fernandez Hospital and Singaji Educational Society

Pilot initiated in June 2019

Locations covered Fernandez Hospital Hyderabad

Need observed on the ground for Singaji Educational Society has students from the tribal and rural undertaking the pilot areas of Gondwana who are are studying in the college in the Biology stream. These students are poor and cannot afford to pay fees for medical/paramedical courses but are interested to pursue a career in the medical field in supporting roles.

Desired outcome from the pilot These students once trained will be able to deliver quality services in the medical field based on the skills they have acquired as a part of this internship. This pilot collaboration is to help foster livelihood opportunities for these students. They are exposed to functioning of a Hospital. This helps them to broaden their horizon and improves their opportunity to get a job.

Activities completed (till date)  06 students started their training  01 student returned home due to some personal problems  Training, food and stay arrangements are provided free of cost by Fernandez Hospital  A stipend of Rs.8000/- per month is also being given by the hospital  Upon training completion jobs have been already offered to them by Fernandez Hospital Impact of the achieved outcomes High motivation among the students as they have not only so far identified a career path but have also gotten placements after going through training

Setting up a referral maternity-newborn hospital in Udaipur

Partners in the pilot Fernandez Hospitals and Basic Health Care Services with Kasturba Matri Mandir

Pilot initiated in August 2019

Locations covered Udaipur

Need observed on the ground for Maternal mortality in Udaipur district is high, and access to undertaking the pilot quality maternal-newborn care is poor

Desired outcome from the pilot A high quality, low cost, ethical and equitable maternal-newborn care hospital would be set up in Udaipur over the next year or later. The project will come up in a phased manner.

Activities completed (till date)  Visit of Fernandez senior management to Udaipur  Discussions and negotiations with board of Kasturba Matri Mandir  Drafting of initial financials and MOU for the hospital  Discussion in BHS board

Impact of the achieved outcomes This is an ambitious project but has lot of potential. What makes so far it worthwhile is the immense trust and common vision that the two organizations (Fernandez and BHS) share

NABH accreditation for Amrit Clinics

Partners in the pilot Basic HealthCare services & L.V. Prasad Eye Institute

Pilot initiated in April 2019

Locations covered Udaipur

Need observed on the ground for Amrit Clinics are nurse-led primary health care clinics based in undertaking the pilot remote villages of Udaipur. Setting up quality assurance processes that are both practical and beneficial for a set-up of this kind was challenging. BHS was preparing for the NABH accreditation of these clinics since 2017.

Amrit Clinics has experience of ground realities in running such facilities, while LVPEI has the technical expertise in setting up processes, preparing the team and accreditation for a hospital.

This pilot gives both parties the opportunity to work on standards to assure the highest quality for primary healthcare centers in India often riddled with resource constraints. Desired outcome from the pilot Amrit Clinics finally certified with NABH

Activities completed (till date)  Prepared 9/13 SOPs  Regular convening of necessary Infection control and Quality assurance committee meetings, and minuted  Applied for all necessary statutory licenses and received acknowledgement- Fire NOC, pharmacy, Clinic establishment, Bio waste management, pollution control board.  Finalized infrastructural changes to be made to comply with standards.  Collecting and analyzing data for quality indicators on a monthly basis.  Started conducting training of clinic team in the SOPs.  Prepared drafts of new audit checklist to monitor infection control, facility safety and documentation Impact of the achieved outcomes Setting up of committees for infection control and quality so far assurance, as well as preparing SOPs has provided an opportunity to discuss lapses in quality on a regular basis and has made processes clear for the Amrit Clinic team.

Providing healthcare support to the poor in DHAN intervention areas

Partners in the pilot DHAN Foundation and Kauvery Hospitals (Hosur & Trichy)

Pilot initiated in July 2018

Locations covered Tanjore, Krishnagiri & Hosur

Need observed on the ground for Need for general health screening and spreading awareness on undertaking the pilot cardiac and cancer problems to the community Advance stage gynecological problems were observed in women . They had to be motivated to get themselves operated on at earliest .

Desired outcome from the pilot Health screening, early identification of diseases and addressing the problem at highly affordable prices The DHAN field associates will be involved in organizing and educating the community to avail of these health screening camps.

Activities completed (till date) 6 cardiac, cervical and breast cancer screening camps were held. 3 general health screening camps were held.

Impact of the achieved outcomes Early diagnosis leads to reduction in health expenditure so far

Vision screening for the population in DHAN intervention areas

Partners in the pilot DHAN Foundation and LV Prasad Eye Institute

Pilot initiated in March 2018

Locations covered Visakhapatnam and Madanapalle

Need observed on the ground for  Poor awareness on eye care in the community undertaking the pilot  Urgency for operating on high prevalence of cataracts within the population  Support needed for screening and follow up  People need to be provided spectacles and surgeries need to be done at a subsidized cost as they are poor.

Desired outcome from the pilot Screening and early identification of cases for surgery Provide vision services support at free/ affordable cost for the poor to enable them to come for checkups at these preventive camps.

Activities completed (till date)  19 vision screening camps conducted  Screened 2660 members screened  248 spectacles were distributed  46 surgeries were completed successfully

Totally 45 camps were conducted which screened 4454 members and 450 spectacles were distributed and 174 surgeries were completed successfully.

Impact of the achieved outcomes  174 surgeries with no cost for the poor and vulnerable so far population  Early detection and screening of around 4500 members in a short span  Awareness created on Cataract and other eye diseases  Sustainable Behavioral change observed in the community for attending the periodical eye checkup camps

2 month internship & placement of students @ GHRC

Partners in the pilot Global Hospital & Research Center and Singaji Educational Society

Pilot initiated in July 2019

Locations covered GHRC, Mount Abu

Need observed on the ground Singaji Educational Society has students from the tribal and rural for undertaking the pilot areas of Gondwana who are are studying in the college in the Biology stream. These students are poor and cannot afford to pay fees for medical/paramedical courses but are interested to pursue a career in the medical field in supporting roles.

Activities completed (till date)  Training, Food and Stay arrangements provided by GHRC @ Rs.2000/- per month for the students for the duration of internship (2 months)  Four students have completed training  One returned back and 3 have been offered a job with GHRC @ Rs. 3500/ month

Impact of the achieved The students are highly motivated and have motivated the other outcomes so far students of the campus to join the internship in the future.

Lactation Counselor Course

Partners in the pilot SAKSHAM and Fernandez Hospital

Pilot initiated in April 2019

Locations covered Hyderabad

Need observed on the ground for Urbanization had led to several mothers moving away from undertaking the pilot breast feeding, to using various substitutes such as artificial milk/formula milk, animal milk and water, thereby, unknowingly depriving their infants. This deprivation makes infants 15 times more prone to death due to pneumonia and 11 times more prone to death due to diarrhoea. Spread awareness and sensitize women on the importance of lactation.

Desired outcome from the pilot Through this course, lactation consultants will be trained and equipped to encourage mothers to breastfeed, provide nutrition advice, provide counseling, along with physical and emotional support to mothers.

Activities completed (till date) Developed training modules and handed over to SAKSHAM

Impact of the achieved outcomes Trained counselor who provide new mothers access to correct so far information and help them develop a positive attitude towards breastfeeding.

Primary Healthcare Initiative

Partners in the pilot Indian Institute of Management Udaipur (IIMU) and Basic Healthcare Services (BHS)

Pilot initiated in August 2019

Locations covered Salumber block in Udaipur district

Need observed on the ground for The rural and tribal belt of Southern Rajasthan is distinctly undertaking the pilot underserved in terms of availability of and access to health services, low HDI (less than 0.5) and high disease burden (higher than national and state average). Different providers of health services co-exist which includes public health system, private (for- profit and not-for-profit) providers.

There is significant scope for primary healthcare initiatives to supplement the services of the public health system to contribute to universal coverage of primary healthcare in the country. Therefore, the search for comprehensive, equitable, self-sustained initiatives (with or without partnership with government for primary healthcare) and the endeavour to replicate these primary healthcare models in underserved populations, continues.

The Initiative involves designing, testing and evaluating a primary healthcare model at the block level. It aims to supplement the public health provision by leveraging other ethical providers in region and optimizing community contributions to good quality care.

Desired outcome from the pilot In the chosen block: 1. Increased proportion of rural populations have access to high- quality, responsive healthcare

2. Reduced morbidity and mortality in the families, especially maternal and infant

3. Reduced unmet needs for communicable (especially TB and diarrhea) and non-communicable (especially HT, DM and COPD)

4. Reduced out-of-pocket expenditure on healthcare

5. Improvement in positive health behaviours and appropriate care-seeking (especially for key MCH, communicable and non-

communicable conditions)

Activities completed (till date)  Consultation on Financing Primary Healthcare organized on 16 Nov’19 which saw representation from eight organizations from the domains of primary healthcare and financing alongwith thought leaders and academicians from healthcare financing space  Visits to DHAN Foundation , Karuna Trust to understand their models  Formative qualitative exploration for the Primary Research on payment and demand for primary healthcare services

Impact of the achieved outcomes The pilot is in its nascent stage. so far Field implementation is yet to start The entire pilot will take 3 years to complete 1st 6 months includes the formative phase, next 2 years is the implementation phase and 3rd year includes evaluation

"Critical Care Assistant” certification program @ PEOPLE TREE Hospitals

Partners in the pilot PEOPLE TREE Hospitals and Singaji Educational Society

Pilot initiated in July 2019

Locations covered PEOPLE TREE Hospitals, Bangalore

Desired outcome from the pilot The "Critical Care Assistant” certification program has been specially designed by PTH for SSES students and is for the duration of one year. Thereafter the students will be absorbed by PTH and given full time jobs should they wish to continue. This certification will also help them get better paying jobs with other hospitals.

Activities completed (till date)  8 students are in training  Training, Food and Stay arrangements sponsored free of cost to the students by PT Hospital  Stipend of Rs.8000/- per month is being given to the students Impact of the achieved outcomes Gives the students a whole year to study and learn on the job. so far Makes them market ready as they are now exposed to a real hospital and how it works. Helps them understand the need of the job they are doing and the demand for it in the market. Instills confidence that they can now earn a living with the skills they have acquired.

Training & Placement of students @Dhaatri Mother's Milk Bank

Partners in the pilot Dhaatri Mother’s Milk Bank and Singaji Educational Society

Pilot initiated in July 2019

Locations covered Bhopal and Indore

Desired outcome from the pilot These students once trained will be able to deliver quality services in the medical field based on the skills they have acquired as a part of this internship. This pilot collaboration is to help foster livelihood opportunities for these students. They are exposed to functioning of a MilkBank. This helps them to broaden their horizon and improves their opportunity to get jobs.

Activities completed (till date)  2 girl students joined and completed their training  Jobs have been offered to them in the Bhopal and Indore Milk Banks @Rs. 12000/month

Impact of the achieved outcomes The students are highly motivated and excited about learning and so far earning opportunities to better themselves

Women Health Issues/Health Screening Camp/Health Awareness Program

Partners in the pilot DHAN Foundation and PEOPLE TREE Hospitals

Pilot initiated in July 2018

Locations covered Kudur, Pavagada, Tumkur and Ramanagara locations

Need observed on the ground for Health screening for early diagnosis. Lot of gynecological cases undertaking the pilot were identified in an advanced stage and needed free of cost surgeries immediately as the general population is poor in these areas.

Desired outcome from the pilot Screening and early identification of cases for surgery and other services with affordable rates

Activities completed (till date) 5 mega camps conducted 3 gynecological camps conducted 1 ortho camp completed

Impact of the achieved outcomes Cases were identified and referred to the hospital for further so far diagnosis and treatment. The surgery was done at free of cost/affordable prices

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