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HTGPune Summit 2024 is meticulously planned to cover a range of topics crucial to healthcare innovation. The day will be structured around keynote speeches, panel discussions, interactive sessions, and networking breaks. A detailed agenda will be available closer to the event date.

Glenn Jenkins
Founder, Figma
Peter Evans
Founder, Figma
Peter Evans
Founder, Figma
Amora Newman
Founder, Figma
Dr. Raghunath Mashelkar
Dr. B S Ajaikumar
HealthCare Global Enterprises Limited
Executive Chairman

Dr. Ajaikumar is the Chairman & CEO of HealthCare Global Enterprises Limited. He has over 40 years of experience as radiation and medical oncologist. He is also the author of book Excellence Has No Borders.

Dr. B S Ajaikumar
HealthCare Global Enterprises Limited
Executive Chairman

Dr. Ajaikumar is the Chairman & CEO of HealthCare Global Enterprises Limited. He has over 40 years of experience as radiation and medical oncologist. He is also the author of book Excellence Has No Borders.

Dr. B S Ajaikumar
HealthCare Global Enterprises Limited
Executive Chairman

Dr. Ajaikumar is the Chairman & CEO of HealthCare Global Enterprises Limited. He has over 40 years of experience as radiation and medical oncologist. He is also the author of book Excellence Has No Borders.

Dr. Ashwin Naik
Manah Wellness
Founder, CEO

An author and award-winning entrepreneur. He is widely regarded as the go-to expert on Affordable Healthcare Innovation.

Dr. Ashwin Naik
Manah Wellness
Founder, CEO

An author and award-winning entrepreneur. He is widely regarded as the go-to expert on Affordable Healthcare Innovation.

Namit Chugh
W Health Ventures
Principal, VC

Principal at W Health Ventures, an early stage venture fund focused on healthcare investing.

Dr. Rajasa Jialdasani
One Cell Diagnostics
Chief Medical Officer, Head-India Operations

Healthcare Leader with expertise across oncology diagnostics, digital & computational pathology, AI, hospital and laboratory management.

Dr. Kshama Kothari-Joshi
Social Alpha
Director, Healthcare Investments

Dr. Kshama leads the healthcare investments in Social Alpha, which supports startups that can improve access for the under-served, assure high-quality services, enable equity, and build capacity for the healthcare professions to deliver treatment and care with a better user experience.

Dr. Kshama Kothari-Joshi
Social Alpha
Director, Healthcare Investments

Dr. Kshama leads the healthcare investments in Social Alpha, which supports startups that can improve access for the under-served, assure high-quality services, enable equity, and build capacity for the healthcare professions to deliver treatment and care with a better user experience.

Anurag Vohra
Bajaj Finserv Health
CTO

Anurag is the CTO for Bajaj Finserv Health building a tech startup solving access and financing in health care in India.
He is key contributor driving and setting up campus hiring program for technology functions across the Bajaj Finserv group.

Dr. Kailash Jialdasani
Venture Blick Ventures
Head-South Asia

MD physician with 15 years’ healthcare experience spanning sales and marketing leadership roles, medical affairs, healthcare professional interactions and now in a VC Incubator firm.

Sanchit Malik
Pazcare
Co-Founder, CEO

CEO of Pazcare, helping employers in providing the best insurance, OPD & financial benefits for employees.

Sanchit Malik
Pazcare
Co-Founder, CEO

CEO of Pazcare, helping employers in providing the best insurance, OPD & financial benefits for employees.

Behram Khodaiji
Ruby Hall Clinic
CEO

CEO of Ruby Hall Clinic.

Dr. Premnath Venugopalan
Venture Centre, Pune
Founder, Director

Dr Premnath is Head, NCL Innovations/ Chief Scientist at CSIR-NCL and Founder Director, Venture Center (National award winning inventive enterprises and deep tech incubator).

Gireendra Kasmalkar
Pentathlon Ventures
Founder & CMD, Ideas to Impacts
Gireendra is the Founder and CMD of Ideas to Impacts Innovations Pvt. Ltd., Lead Investor and Managing Partner at Pentathlon Ventures and Owner of the Ideas to Impacts Hub.
Sanchit Malik
Pazcare
Co-Founder, CEO

CEO of Pazcare, helping employers in providing the best insurance, OPD & financial benefits for employees.

Sidharth Srinivasan
Lupin Digital Health
CEO, Lupin Digital Health

Sidharth leads LUPIN’s Digital Health initiative.

Dr. Sid Kolwankar
Dr. Reddys Laboratories
Director, Digital Therapeutics

Dr. Sid leads Dr. Reddys Digital Therapeutics initiative.

Col. Rajeev Mannali
BR Life Hospitals
CEO

He is currently the CEO of BR Life, SUT Super-Specialty Hospital at Pattom.

Col. Rajeev Mannali
BR Life Hospitals
CEO

He is currently the CEO of BR Life, SUT Super-Specialty Hospital at Pattom.

Amey Mashelkar
JIOGenNext
Head

He’s enabling and empowering early stage startups to create impactful solutions for the society and the market as a Head of JioGenNext.

Col. Dr. Sunil Rao
Sahyadri Hospitals
Group COO

Dr. Rao is an experienced hospital administrator, heading multiple super-specialty hospitals from the past 2 decades. Currently he is Group COO of Sahyadri Hospitals.

Dilip Kumar
Rainmatter
VC

Dilip leads healthcare investments at Rainmatter, an investments arm for Zerodha.

Dilip Kumar
Rainmatter
VC

Dilip leads healthcare investments at Rainmatter, an investments arm for Zerodha.

Jitendra Chouksey
Fittr
Founder, CEO

JC is the founder, CEO of India’s leading health and fitness startup

Parul Sood
Zydus
General Manger

Parul leads Zydus, Bio-Next Division

Soniya Sadhnani
IIMA Ventures
Investment Analyst

Currently working at IIMA Ventures. As part of the Seed Investments Team her role involves carrying out end-to-end investment process, managing the portfolio startups and building investment thesis.

Soniya Sadhnani
IIMA Ventures
Investment Analyst

Currently working at IIMA Ventures. As part of the Seed Investments Team her role involves carrying out end-to-end investment process, managing the portfolio startups and building investment thesis.

Ajay Bhagwat
Renu Electronics
Founder, CEO

Mr. Ajay Bhagwat is the Founder and Managing Director of Renu Electronics, headquartered in Pune and having sales offices in US, Europe and Singapore. The company was one of the first in the country to be in the Global ‘products’ business and has been a leader in the industry.

Dr. Vishal Gandhi
BioRx Venture Advisors
Founder, CEO

Dr. Vishal Gandhi is the Founder & CEO at BIORx Venture Advisors Pvt. Ltd. He is also Chief Investment Officer @ Indian Healthcare Angels, a strategic Angel Network of CXOs from Healthcare Industry providing a seamless private platform to all the angel investors to invest in early-stage impact ventures in Healthtech, Agritech, Climate tech and Edtech.
Dr. Gandhi has an overall 24+ years of extensive experience in various aspects of Investments & Tech-transfer, Angel Investment, Venture Builder Mergers & Acquisitions, Portfolio Management and Due-Diligence.

Vishwas Mahajan
Whizible
Founder, CEO

Vishwas is the founder, CEO of Whizible. He is also passionate about helping young entrepreneurs and facilitating leadership in organizations. He is associated with MCCIA Pune as a Board Member and also a Past President and GC member of TIE Pune Chapter and ex-Trustee TiE Global Board.

Vishwas Mahajan
Whizible
Founder, CEO

Vishwas is the founder, CEO of Whizible. He is also passionate about helping young entrepreneurs and facilitating leadership in organizations. He is associated with MCCIA Pune as a Board Member and also a Past President and GC member of TIE Pune Chapter and ex-Trustee TiE Global Board.

Dr. Shalaka Sawant
Apollo Hospitals
Regional Head, Quality
Dr. Shalaka is an experienced operations and quality-accreditation systems leader with a demonstrated history of working in the hospital & health care industry for 14 years.
Sushil Borde
Anjani Mashelkar Foundation
Head
Sushil heads the Anjani Mashelkar Foundation, established by Padmavibhushan Dr R A Mashelkar, one of India’s legendary innovation leaders. The foundation accelerates disruptive, high-tech, ultra-affordable innovations for transformative impact.