New Delhi: A nation is just not about world class infrastructue, roads and amneties. A nation is built by the citizens, the leaders who inspire the citizens to move forward, innovate, grow together and when it comes to a domain as critical as health, this becomes all the more important taking a fourfold flight.
Pioneering in this regard ETHealthworld is all set to host the fourth edition of its annual flagship event, ‘Healthcare Leaders Summit’ an attempt to celebrate and honour the entrepreneurial vigour, steadfast commitment and unmatched excellence of those who have adeptly carried the burden of the healthcare system while traversing a world rife with multifaceted challenges and worked hard towards establishing India as a force to reckon with when to comes to providing world class healthcare.
Furthermore, the summit also aims to outline and discuss various building blocks that India requires to erect a skyscraper in the global healthcare landscape, right from infrastructure requirements, digital transformation to navigating policy reforms and ensuring equitable access to quality care. With industry leaders and experts at the forefront, the discussions will explore innovative solutions to drive sustainable progress and build a resilient healthcare system that can support the nation’s evolving needs.
The Presenting Partner for the summit is Takeda; In Association with Salesforce; Food and Nutrition partner Medirest; Associate Partners include Google Cloud, Marengo Asia Hospitals, Care Hospitals and Novo Nordisk.
Supporting Partners for the summit include DLF Foundation, Equirus, Fibe Emis, Carestream, Davaindia, City X-ray and Scan Clinic, Emversity and Ganga Reality. Diagnostics Partner Krsnaa Diagnostics; Humankind as Hygiene Partner; and Brainlab as Healthtech Partner.
The summit will commence with a welcome address by Vikas Dandekar, Editor, ETHealthworld, after which there will be a keynote address on Negotiating ‘health and healthcare’ in a fragmented and contested labyrinth of: Science, Technology, Engineering and VUCA by Dr Manashvi Kumar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.
Following the keynote address there will be a plenary address: New Approaches and New Methods: ‘BioE3’ Policy Driving Innovation in Biotechnology to the Next Stage in India by Dr Rajesh S Gokhale, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Government of India.
After the plenary address there will be the inaugural panel discussion on ‘Promoting Inclusivity in Healthcare: Addressing Disparities and Access Barriers’. The panel will include Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Former Chief Scientist, WHO & Chairperson, MS Swaminathan Research Foundation; Rajiv Nath, Managing Director, Hindustan Syringes & Medical Devices Ltd; Vishal Bali, Executive Chairman, Asia Holdings; Annapurna Das, General Manager, Takeda Biopharmaceuticals India and the session will be moderated by Vikas Dandekar.
The inaugural panel discussion will be followed by a partner presentation by Michelle Irwee, Global Head of Access Medicines, Takeda, Singapore.
The partner presentation will lead to a panel discussion on ‘Innovative Financing for Targeted Oncology Drugs to Maximise Opportunities for Patients in India. The panellists for the session will include Dr Rahul Bhargava, Director & Head Department of Hematology, Fortis Memorial Research Institute; Jyotsna Govil, Chairperson, Indian Cancer Society, Delhi; Dr Ranjeet Sahoo, Additional Professor, Medical Oncology, AIIMS Delhi; Gopal Agarwal, Head of Pricing & Market Access, Takeda India; Jose Peter, Co-Founder and CEO, Arogya Finance. The session will be moderated by Dr Indira Behara Tankha, Vice President, Global Health Strategies.
The discussion on Innovative Financing for Targeted Oncology Drugs to Maximise Opportunities for Patients in India will be followed by a partner presentation by Akshay Murthy, RVP Sales, Salesforce India.
After the partner presentation there will be a discussion titled ‘From Bench to Bedside: Elevating Patient-Centric Care through Personalisation, Technology Integration and Innovations. The participants for the session include Archna Gupta, Group Head, Operation & Service Excellence, Apollo Hospitals; Sunit Aggarwal, Hospital Chief Operating Officer, Care Hospitals; Ram Prasad N V, Director, Solution Engineering, Salesforce India; Dr Santy Sajan, Group Chief Operating Officer, Paras Health; Col Dr Sunil Rao, Group Chief Operating Officer, Sahyadri Hospitals and the discussion will be moderated by Prabhat Prakash, Senior Content Producer, ETHealthworld.
The summit will further proceed with another partner presentation by Vikas Chawla, Managing Director, Compass Group India.
Following the partner presentation top CEO’s of the healthcare industry will engage in a panel discussion on ‘Strengthening Public-Private Partnerships for Sustainable Healthcare Solutions’. The panellists for the session includes Dr Santosh Shetty, CEO & Executive Director, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital & Medical Research Institue; Dr Shuchin Bajaj, Founder & Director, Ujala Cygnus Hospital; Parvaiz Hussain, Business Head, Fibe; Siddharth Iyer, Director, Healthcare and Pharma Sector, Equirus Capital; Mitesh Dave, Group CEO, Krsnaa Diagnostics; and Bhanu Prakash Kalmath SJ, Partner and Healthcare Services Industry Leader, Grant Thornton Bharat will moderate the session.
Following the CEO panel discussion three will be a fireside chat on ‘Revolution of DR solutions in Medical imaging: Impact in patient care’ and the participants for the chat include Dr Sanjay Dhawan, Group Director & Head Of Diagnostics, Radiology & Imaging, Paras Health; Dr Kulbir Ahlawat, Vice Chairman, Radiology & Imaging, Medanta; Nikhel Goel, Country General Manager – India Cluster, Carestream; Dr Aakaar Kapoor, CEO & Lead Medical Advisor, City X-Ray & Scan Clinic Pvt Ltd and the chat will be moderated by Dr Shelly Mahajan, Lab Director and Clinical Lead, Mahajan Imaging & Labs.
The fireside chat will be followed by a virtual chat on India’s Medical Tourism Potential: Is it healing the world by Dr Raajiv Singhal, Managing Director & Group CEO, Marengo Asia Hospitals.
After the virtual chat there will be a partner presentation by Sunit Aggarwal, Chief Operating Officer, Care Hospitals.
Following the partner presentation the summit will proceed with a panel discussion on ‘Is Intelligent Automation healthcare CIO’s Key to Achieving Quality Management Maturity?’. The panellists for the session include Dr Shafqat Khan, Public Health Officer, Government of J&K; Dr Susil Kumar Meher, Head-IT, AIIMS; Arun Goyal, Chief Information Officer, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital; Nitin Chopra, Head-IT, Fortis Healthcare and the discussion will be moderated by Rashmi Mabiyan, Principal Correspondent, ETHealthworld.
The panel discussion on ‘Is Intelligent Automation healthcare CIO’s Key to Achieving Quality Management Maturity?’ will be followed by a partner presentation on Future of Healthcare by Dr Sujit Paul, Group CEO, Zota Healthcare Ltd.
The partner presentation will be followed by a fireside chat on ‘Obesity vs India: How real is the challenge and are we ready to fight the disease?’. Dr Rajesh Rajput, Director Endocrinology, Medanta Hospital will share his insights at the chat and Prathiba Raju, Senior Assistant Editor, ETHealthworld will moderate the chat.
Following the fireside chat there will be a partner presentation by Vivek Sinha, Founder & CEO, Emversity.
The partner presentation will be followed by panel discussion on ‘Creating an Error Free Supply Chain Model: What It Takes?’ The panelists for the session will be Dr N Venkatesan, Director & Chief Procurement Officer, Max Hospital; Madan Sampath, Chief Supply Chain Officer, HealthCare Global Enterprises Limited; Rakesh Aggarwal, Head, Procurement and SCM (PAN India), Rainbow Children’s Hospitals; Vikas Goyal, Head of Supply Chain Management, Fortis Memorial Research Institute and the session will be moderated by Prathiba Raju, Senior Assistant Editor, ETHealthworld.
After the panel discussion there will be a knowledge partner address by Dr Abhinav Akhilesh, Partner and Leader, Health and Human Services, Grant Thornton Bharat.
Following the knowledge partner address there will be a Celebrity Guest Address by actor Mugdha Godse on ‘The Rise of Health-Conscious Wellness Shaping Modern Lifestyles’ and the summit will conclude with the ET Healthcare Awards.
