Making Healthcare Smarter with AI, March 2023

Mr. Subir Chakraborty

President, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Managing Director & CEO, Exide Industries Ltd

Mr. Chakraborty is Managing Director and CEO, Exide Industries Limited and President, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Mr. Chakraborty has spent nearly four decades working in various capacities in several organizations, out of which he spent more than twenty five years at Exide Industries Ltd, rising from the level of General Manager to the position of Managing Director & CEO.

He chairs the Boards of several companies such as Chloride Batteries S E Asia Pte Ltd (CBSEA) Espex Batteries Ltd (Espex), Chloride Metals Ltd, Exide Leclanche Energy Pvt Ltd, Exide Energy Solutions Ltd and Chloride International Ltd. CBSEA and Espex are located in Singapore and UK respectively, while the other companies are located in India.

Academic Qualification:
B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Madras in 1980.
Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta in 1984.

Dr. Alok Roy

Past President and Mentor, Health Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry & Chairman, Medica Group of Hospitals.

Though Dr. Alok Roy specialized in nuclear cardiology from AIIMS, his passion lay in building and managing hospitals. A social entrepreneur, he established numerous healthcare facilities across the country, with his team.

Dr. Roy is passionate about healthcare specially delivering Quality Healthcare to masses at a very affordable rates, has done significant pioneering work in this field, i.e. Tele health, Project Buddha, Health Hosts, Swasthy Mitra (Health Friends) to name a few.

He conceptualised the largest and only one of its kinds, a fleet of ambulances for Road/Street Trauma services in Kolkata, Ranchi and Jamshedpur.This is a unique service rendered, which is akin to 911 emergency services of USA, and was done first time in India for above three cities and running successfully for last five years. Thousands of road victims have been benefitted.

Mr. Arnab Basu

Senior Vice President and Chairperson, IT Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Advisory Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Arnab Basu is the Advisory Leader for PwC in India. He has two decades of consulting experience in diverse fields like Digital Strategy & Business Transformation, Financial Performance Management, Removing Complexity, and defining the Digital Journey leveraging Enterprise Applications. He is part of our Global Advisory Leadership team and has worked for a range of top tier clients across multiple geographies and industries including Industrial Products, Discrete Manufacturing, Metals & Mining, Oil & Gas.

In his previous role, he was the Technology Consulting leader for PwC India for five years. As the Regional Managing Partner of East region, Mr Basu expanded PwC's footprints across the region including Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan.

Mr. Basu joined PwC post his MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta in 2001. He has previously done his bachelors in Electrical Engineering from Jadavpur University. He is closely associated with several Business Chambers.

Dr. Ashutosh Raghuvanshi

Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Fortis Healthcare.

Dr. Ashutosh Raghuvanshi takes the helm at Fortis Healthcare, one of the largest healthcare providers in India with a network of 27 hospitals and over 400 diagnostics centres.

A cardiac surgeon turned management leader, Dr. Raghuvanshi has over 35+ years of healthcare experience and numerous national and international healthcare awards under his belt.

Before joining Fortis, Dr. Raghuvanshi spent over 18 years with Narayana Health (leading healthcare chain operating over 28 hospitals) in various leadership roles including as its Vice Chairman, Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer (MD&CEO), where he played an instrumental role in getting the company successfully listed on The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

Dr. Raghuvanshi has represented at various industry forums including Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), Healthcare Federation of India (NATHEALTH) etc.

He is also a globally recognised industry public speaker and a trustee for various charitable trusts and philanthropic foundations.

Academic/Professional Qualification(s):
Bachelor of Medicine and a Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) and Master of Surgery (MS) - General Surgery, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, India.

Master of Chirurgiae, (M.Ch) - Cardiac Surgery, Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, India.

Dr. Rana Mehta

Partner and Healthcare Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers Private Limited.

Dr. Mehta has more than 23 years' of experience in strategizing, planning, commissioning and operations of over 50 hospitals and healthcare systems in Asia. He is conversant with the excellence of services expected in the present competitive scenario across the entire healthcare value chain. He has worked on numerous assignments to develop customized healthcare solutions to suit client needs within political, socio economic, geographic, and demographic imperatives.

During a decade long stint with Apollo Hospitals (India's largest healthcare provider), he was instrumental in commissioning and operating the group's hospitals in New Delhi and Colombo.

His extensive client experience, which includes some of the largest integrated health systems and payers in the Asia, Middle East and Africa has allowed him to pioneer innovative solutions that improve quality and cost for all stakeholders in the delivery system - patients, providers and payers.

He has also been advising clients in the mobile and remote healthcare space, to implement transformation of healthcare in a rapidly changing, information-intensive environment

Dr. Mehta's views are extensively sought after by both international and domestic media on a variety of matters effecting healthcare in the subcontinent and globally. He travels and speaks extensively at leading healthcare forums and management schools across the world.

Dr. Mehta holds Master of Hospital Administration (MHA) from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India and Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), Medical College, Kolkata, India.

Mr. Sayantan Chatterjee

Executive Director, HealthTech Leader, PwC India.

Mr. Sayantan Chatterjee brings a blend of business and technology knowledge through his varied experience. He has more than seventeen years of professional experience ranging from Management Consulting, Digital Transformation and Project Management across multiple sectors, primary of which is Health industries - spanning across healthcare provider, payer, life sciences, pharmaceutical and medical devices organization across multiple geographies, both in the public and private space.

A trained design thinker, he works closely with the CXO community of Health industries organizations in helping them use Digital as a business lever to improve care delivery and drive operational efficiency. He specializes in leading technology-enabled transformation through Digital Operating Model definition for organizations, employing the concepts of Design Thinking. Through such engagements he has worked with organizations to translate their business vision into operational reality by defining the future state across people, process, technology and governance.
He has keen interest in helping develop products/solutions and use cases deploying emerging technologies of blockchain, AI/ML, IoT, RPA, cloud to solve business problems for clients.

He leads the Health Technology practice for PwC in India working closely with India and other geography Health industries sector leaders in helping scout and deliver Digital advisory projects across the globe. As part of his current role, he is responsible for delivery of transformation projects, client relation management, digital solution development and P&L management.

Mr. Rajarshi Ghosh

Executive Director, PwC India.

Introduction Mr. Rajarshi Ghosh is an Executive Director at PwC India in Data & Analytics focusing Pharma & Healthcare sectors and has more than 17 years of experience. His core skills include Digital & analytics Strategy & Transformation, Business Analysis, Data & Information Management, BI Solution Development, Process & Technology Consulting, Advanced Analytics & Artificial Intelligence, Data Modeling, Master Data Management and Data lake Implementation etc. He has helped many clients across India, USA, APAC regions in their Data & Analytics transformation journey. He also has helped clients to build roadmaps for data, reporting and analytics and delivered many reporting and KPI strategy, data lake, BI implementation projects in his career so far.

Ms. Richa Singh Debgupta

Chairperson Health Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Chief of Strategy & Operations, Fortis Healthcare.

Richa Singh Debgupta, is Chief of Strategy & Operations for Fortis Healthcare Group which is one of the largest healthcare providers of India with 27 hospitals across the country.

Leading the strategy function for the group her core responsibility is to have a forward-looking plan for Fortis: she is also responsible for identifying key areas which could be of concern, conceptualizing solutions for that and implementing them across the network hospitals. In currently growth strategy for the group, she is responsible for identifying the assets for merger and acquisition and taking it up to the closure of the deal. Richa is considered as a turnaround specialist and leads the hospitals which requires process re-engineering and turnaround for over all performance improvement.

She has completed her Master's Program in Hospital Management from the prestigious Indian Institute of Healthcare Management Research, Jaipur. She has further augmented her training in transformational leadership from one of the best B Schools Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.

Richa is the recipient of an award from President of India for running most energy-efficient hospitals across the country. She has also been conferred as Best Women Healthcare Leader by ABP news.

Mr. Sayantan Chatterjee

Executive Director, HealthTech Leader, PwC India.

Mr. Sayantan Chatterjee brings a blend of business and technology knowledge through his varied experience. He has more than seventeen years of professional experience ranging from Management Consulting, Digital Transformation and Project Management across multiple sectors, primary of which is Health industries - spanning across healthcare provider, payer, life sciences, pharmaceutical and medical devices organization across multiple geographies, both in the public and private space.

A trained design thinker, he works closely with the CXO community of Health industries organizations in helping them use Digital as a business lever to improve care delivery and drive operational efficiency. He specializes in leading technology-enabled transformation through Digital Operating Model definition for organizations, employing the concepts of Design Thinking. Through such engagements he has worked with organizations to translate their business vision into operational reality by defining the future state across people, process, technology and governance.
He has keen interest in helping develop products/solutions and use cases deploying emerging technologies of blockchain, AI/ML, IoT, RPA, cloud to solve business problems for clients.

He leads the Health Technology practice for PwC in India working closely with India and other geography Health industries sector leaders in helping scout and deliver Digital advisory projects across the globe. As part of his current role, he is responsible for delivery of transformation projects, client relation management, digital solution development and P&L management.

Mr. Rajdeep Ghosh

Chief Product & Technology Officer - Digital Health, Dr. Reddy's & Svaas Wellness.

An Intrapreneur and a Digital Transformation Pacesetter, Rajdeep possesses 18 years of successful track record of leading disruptive industry transformational digital initiatives for Fortune 100 organizations across the globe for Health Tech, Life Sciences and Medical Devices industries.

Rajdeep has strong expertise in all aspects of Digital Business Process Transformation, Digital Innovation and spearheading creation of new Digital Platform led Businesses Models. He has received 5 global patents and multiple awards for his leadership working for organizations such as Dr. Reddy's, Larsen & Toubro and Tech Mahindra. Currently as Chief Product & Technology Officer for Digital Products and Platforms at Dr. Reddy's, Rajdeep is leading the Digital Product and Engineering teams for driving the Horizon 2 growth strategy for the organization leveraging Digital Patient Platforms and Products around Treatment Management, Outpatient Care and Condition Management for fulfilling the organization's promise of Good Health Can't Wait.

He is passionate about solving unmet needs in healthcare leveraging power of Digital, Data & Design and sharing his knowledge & mentoring in the areas of Digital Innovation, Platform Thinking, Digital Product Management and Intrapreneurship.

Dr. Suren Shukla, Ph.D.

Empanelled Consultant AIIMS Jammu, Digital Health Leader & Health IT Strategist.

Dr. Shukla is currently advising businesses in Technology Adoption, Achieving Efficiency and Digital Transformation in the healthcare delivery. He is advisor to PwC and an empaneled consultant to AIIMS Jammu etc. He has worked with Healthcare IT and Core IT for over 35 years. His experience includes Consulting, leveraging IT for Healthcare Automation, Healthcare Delivery Innovations and Clinical Transformation with some of the global companies.

He had a unique opportunity of working as core member of the team working on World's largest Healthcare IT project (NPfIT program, England), and also lead & directed India's largest Healthcare IT program for Rajasthan Government - State wide Implementation of Healthcare IT System in their journey to digital transformation.

Dr. Shukla has provided consultancy in Technology Management, Product Management, Product Design, Project Planning, Process Mapping, Resource Optimization and Efficiency Enhancement for more than 100 healthcare delivery organizations in multilingual, multicultural environment in India, UK, Africa, Middle East, Netherlands, Spain, Germany and SEA.

In past Dr. Shukla has worked with OHUM as Director Strategy, HealthFore (earlier Religare) Technologies as President and Resource Director & Head of Global Services with iSOFT and M Tech India (InterSystems), USA.

Dr. Suren Shukla is a Ph.D. in mHealth and a Civil Engineer from IIT Kanpur. He has MS in Computer Science from Queen's University of Belfast, UK.

Dr. Rana Mehta

Partner and Healthcare Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers Private Limited.

Dr. Mehta has more than 23 years' of experience in strategizing, planning, commissioning and operations of over 50 hospitals and healthcare systems in Asia. He is conversant with the excellence of services expected in the present competitive scenario across the entire healthcare value chain. He has worked on numerous assignments to develop customized healthcare solutions to suit client needs within political, socio economic, geographic, and demographic imperatives.

During a decade long stint with Apollo Hospitals (India's largest healthcare provider), he was instrumental in commissioning and operating the group's hospitals in New Delhi and Colombo.

His extensive client experience, which includes some of the largest integrated health systems and payers in the Asia, Middle East and Africa has allowed him to pioneer innovative solutions that improve quality and cost for all stakeholders in the delivery system - patients, providers and payers.

He has also been advising clients in the mobile and remote healthcare space, to implement transformation of healthcare in a rapidly changing, information-intensive environment

Dr. Mehta's views are extensively sought after by both international and domestic media on a variety of matters effecting healthcare in the subcontinent and globally. He travels and speaks extensively at leading healthcare forums and management schools across the world.

Dr. Mehta holds Master of Hospital Administration (MHA) from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India and Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), Medical College, Kolkata, India.

Dr. Sujoy Kar

Chief Medical Information Officer, Apollo Hospitals Group.

Dr. Sujoy Kar is the Chief Medical Information Officer and the Vice-President of Apollo Hospitals, previously Medical Director of Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals, Kolkata. He is a Clinical Microbiologist by background with subsequent post graduations from Indian Statistical Instituteand MIT Sloan School.

He is an Adjunct Faculty for Healthcare Analytics and Management at IIM Calcutta and IIT Kharagpur. His current and ongoing research interests are in the development and adoption of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Digital Health Platforms. In his current role, Sujoy actively collaborates with multiple organizations like MIT, CSAIL, Microsoft, Google, World Economic Forum, ICMR, Maastricht University etc.

Shri Aditya Kumar Sinha

Director, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Kolkata, (Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India).

Mr. Aditya Kumar Sinha has twenty-eight years of progressive and successful experience in providing strategic and operational leadership, he also worked with National Research Lab, premier National Institute and IT organizations. Mr. Sinha serves as Director & Centre Head at Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Kolkata and Patna, which is a Scientific R&D Organization of the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India.

In addition to being Centre Head, Mr. Sinha is leading various projects with the R&D teams at C-DAC Kolkata and Patna working in collaboration with premier academic and research organizations. Mr. Sinha is also a core contributor in establishment of AI scalable HPC facility of 2 Petaflops at C-DAC Patna and other high computing infrastructures. He is leading the Experts Team in Digital Transformation, Future thinking, Human-Centric Healthcare, Smart AgriTech, UAV, Quantum Computing, Cyber Security Research, and Education & Technology. Mr. Sinha is also actively engaged in Education Technology and eLearning Solutions, he is the Member of Academic Council, a national committee on E&T. He is the Program Head in Development of high-end Post Graduate Diploma & Certificate programs on Advanced ICT at levels 7-8 of National Skill Qualification Framework.

He has involved in the development and maintenance of eight diverse portfolios as follows:
•Research & Development (AI, IoT, Cyber Security, Quantum Computing, Digital Twin).
•Technology development for the Strategic Sector.
•International Collaborations and development.
•Education & Training (Advanced Computing Domains).
•Education Technology Product Development.
•Capacity building and Skill Development.
•Quality Management.

Mr. Sinha has graduated from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, Masters in Computer Science from MNNIT Allahabad, and attended certificate programs from IIM Ahmedabad, IIT Kharagpur, and other prestigious institutions in varied domains.

Dr. Devi Prasad Samaddar

Director - Medical Affairs, Ruby General Hospital, Kolkata.

MD, FICCM, FICA.

Present engagement: Director Medical Affairs, Academics, Quality Assurance, Ruby General Hospital, Kolkata.

Academic: Faculty DNB, Reviewer (Indian Journal of Anaesthesiology, Indian Journal Critical Care).

Previous position : Ex - Head of department Critical Care, Anaesthesiology and Chief of Indoor Medical Services.

Honor: Awarded position of Adjunct Professor of Anaesthesiology by National Board.

Mr. Sujit Bhattacherjee

CIO, AMRI Hospitals.

A passionate Healthcare IT professional with over 21 years of rich experience in patient care with the prime focus and motivation on enriching the patient's care in the hospital through the implementation of cost-effective and innovative use of IT solutions.

Directed IT in Large Multi-Specialty & Super-Specialty Healthcare Organization for driving resolutions to IT Operations in Healthcare Industry.

Mr. Subho Samanta

Mentor, WEBEL-BCC&I Tech Incubation Centre and Founder, Diracsol Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Subho has over 30 years of experience leading and integrating very large Delivery Centers across the globe with more than 13,000 associates. A true strategic thinker and a recognized leader, he has managed P&L over a billion dollars and built CRM practices for global consulting companies such as Cognizant Technology Solutions, Atos and TCS. Subho has built teams from scratch that grew to 7000+ people delivering projects for Fortune 500 companies worldwide.

He thrives on creating an engaging environment for colleagues by embracing opportunities created through operational efficiencies using the latest technology, including robotics and automation.

Subho holds a B.E. in Electrical & Electronics Engineering and Master of Science in Physics. He is also TOGAF^®9 Certified.

Mr. Ishan Bajpei

Chief Executive Officer, MELT RAPID LLP and Incubatee, WEBEL- BCC&I Tech Incubation Centre.

Mr. Ishan Bajpai is the Founder and Chief Executive-Officer of MELT RAPID LLP working with a vision to bridging the product development gap using 3D printing technology. As a Mechanical Engineer and a Certified Solidworks Professional himself he has been utilizing his industrial expertise in product design to cater the needs of various industrial verticals - Industrial Design & Automation, Bio-Medical, Architecture to name a few. Within just few years he has been able to scale MELT to be a DPIIT recognized Startup and one of the East India's leading 3D Printing Service provider.

Mr. Debasis Mazumdar

Director - Webel Fujisoft Vara Centre of Excellence.

Mr. Debasis Mazumdar is an experienced professional with over 19 years expertise in analysing markets, developing innovative business strategies and overseeing company-wide implementation. He has strong global experience across leading companies in technology, financial services and consulting services. He has In-depth expertise in product development, market testing, marketing and sales in, Middle East, South East Asia, Indian subcontinent and other emerging markets. In his current role he is responsible for developing business for Fujisoft Inc, Japan in India. He is also on the Board of Fujisoft Vara Private Limited.

Ms. Suparna Sengupta

CEO, IQ City Medical College Hospital.

Business Development and Chief Executive Officer with over 25+years in Healthcare Industry.

General Management, Marketing, Sales, Strategic Planning,Business Development & Healthcare Communications. Hospitals, Fertility Centers, Pharmaceuticals (Biotechnology,Ethical, OTC) & Diagnostics.

Demonstrated ability in:
Leading, motivating & developing a professional team. Organisational networking & coordination with excellent interpersonal skills. Consistent delivery of high growths (Revenues, Profits) aboveindustry standards. Transforming start-up ventures into leadership position. Turnaround of EBIDTA negative units to positive. Identification, Negotiating and "Closing" deals forging newalliances/partnerships.

Experience:
IQ City Knowledge & Health Campus, Chief Executive Officer, July 2022 - Present (6 months), Durgapur, West Bengal, India.

Narayan Memorial Hospital, Chief Executive Officer, April 2020 - July 2022 (2 years 4 months), Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

IQ City Narayana Multispeciality Hospital, Chief Operating Officer, January 2019 - April 2020 (1 year 4 months), Durgapur Area, India.

The Mission Hospital, General Manager, November 2017 - December 2018 (1 year 2 months), Durgapur Area, India.

Woodlands Multispeciality Hospital Ltd, Chief Operating Officer & Business development, May 2009 - November 2017 (8 years 7 months), Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

Reputed Mother & Child Care hospital, General Manager - Admin, May 2006 - May 2009 (3 years 1 month), India.

Dr. Subhrojyoti Bhowmick

Clinical Director - Academics & Research, Peerless Hospital & B.K.Roy Research Centre

Dr. Subhrojyoti Bhowmick is a medical graduate from Calcutta University with a Gold Medal in Gynecology & Obstetrics. He has completed M.D in Pharmacology from IPGME&R, Kolkata and has over 12 years of experience in the field of Clinical Research, Pharmacovigilance and Medication management in Hospitals. He has completed PG Diploma in Diabetes and Endocrinology from the Royal College of Physicians, UK. He has a certification in Clinical Research Administration & Project Management from Stanford University, USA and in Patient Safety from Johns Hopkins University, USA. He is the Lead Clinician Surveyor for the American Accreditation Commission International, USA for India.

He is an Assessor for National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Health care providers (NABH), India assessing hospitals for medication safety and clinical quality standards. He is a qualified NABH Assessor for Ethics Committee Accreditation program in India. He serves as the Chairperson, Institutional Ethics Committee of Health Point Hospital, Kolkata and is associated with 2 other Hospital ethics committees as a member. He has completed Fellowship in Healthcare Quality from International Society of Quality in Healthcare (ISQua) from Ireland.

He is the first Indian doctor to be awarded the prestigious Lucian Leape Patient safety fellowship by ISQua for 2019. He has been conferred the Honorary Lecturer position at the Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK for his contribution to clinical research and healthcare quality. He has a considerable experience in training and conducting workshops on Clinical trial methodology, Research Ethics, Evidence based medicine and Biostatistics.

He has number of publications to his credit and has also authored few chapters on "Regulations governing Clinical Trial" in the book "Fundamentals of Clinical Trial & Research". He has been awarded the U K Seth Oration Award for Best Clinical Pharmacology paper by the Indian Pharmacological Society in 2009. He has been awarded as the "Most promising Healthcare professional in Patient Safety" by the Asian African Chamber of Commerce and Industry in October, 2018. He has been awarded the Young Quality Achiever award by Consortium of Accredited Healthcare Organizations, India for 2019. He has been invited as a Subject expert in Pharmacology in the WHO sponsored MBBS/MD/DM curriculum National review meeting.

He is the Editorial Board Member of the prestigious journal "Drug Safety" and peer reviewer for international journals like British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology & CNS Drugs. He is a former visiting faculty and examiner for the Clinical Research & Pharmacovigilance certificate course at Jadavpur University, India.

He worked at Stanford University School of Medicine, USA as a Senior Clinical Research Associate from 2015 to 2017 and finished certification in Biostatistics; Evidence based Medicine and Medical Writing from Stanford University. He worked in the Patient safety and Risk Management Unit of the World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva for 3 months as volunteer staff as part of the Lucian Leape Patient safety fellowship award in 2019. He was a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Patient Safety Research and Practice, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.

He is a Consultant, Digital Health Programs at MAKAUT, West Bengal, which is the state Technology University. Currently; he is the Clinical Director of Academics, Medical Quality and Clinical Research at Peerless Hospital and B K Roy Research Centre, Kolkata.

Prof. Manoshi Roychowdhury

Co-Chairperson, Techno India Group

In today's world of Education, Prof. Manoshi Roychowdhury is an eminent personality. She is the Co-Chairperson of the Techno India Group and when it comes to women empowerment, she is the leading torch bearer. Throughout the last two decades she has established the schools and is successfully managing the smooth operation of 20 schools spread across the states of West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh with the mission to ensure quality education among the masses, and this endeavour has earned her quite a few awards & recognitions. Being an Eduprenur she takes equal interest in schools , colleges and Universities. She tries to contribute in academics, cultural events, extracurricular activities and all aspects that can help every students to benefit. Under her leadership she navigates the path of learning and performing opportunities for her employees. She empowers all to be at their best. Single-handedly, always wearing a smile she sets out to venture new avenues for the University, colleges and for it's students. She is the recipient of Mother Teresa International Award for education.

Realizing the vision of a women led self-reliant Bharat, lately she has been honoured with the Atmanirbhar Bharat, Women Achiever's Award. At Edu-meet 2023 TIG has been bestowed upon the best chain of schools award consecutive 2 years by ASSOCHAM and also Tigps, Konnagar won the award for Best School in Teaching and learning practices under her able guidance.

Her latest award apart from excellence award in private education at the Education Excellence 2022 by 24 Ghanta, the Bharat Dignity Award, she won the most promising womam leader in the field of education by News18, Leasership conclave. She is associated with other philanthropic and environment friendly ventures. Monoshij, the brain child of Manoshi RoyChowdhury is not only a mental wellness forum addressing the psychological needs of students and staff of TIG as well as others outside the group, but it also works towards the management of an array of contemporary concerns such as stress and behavioural issues, learning disabilities, substance dependence just to name a few.

Prof. Manoshi Roychowdhury possesses a heart of gold, which enables her to meet the educational and socio-economic developmental needs of students in Amtala by establishing a school along with a new building, clean washrooms, books, uniforms and supportive teaching staff. One of her dream project, Techno Olympica Knights was held where 43 schools, 700+ students participated in 11 various kinds of sports. A strong woman like her values every other strong women.

Mr. K. K. Gupta

Vice Chairman, Jagannath Gupta Institute of Medical Sciences and Hospital.

Mr. K.K. Gupta, a businessman and philanthropist who is involved in creation of world-class healthcare facilities and educational establishments in the district of South 24 Parganas, West Bengal. He returned back to India in 2002 after completing his MBA program from Ohio University, USA.

Mr. K.K.Gupta, the Vice Chairman of Jagannath Gupta Institute of Medical Sciences & Hospital (JIMSH), Jagannath Gupta Institute of Nursing Sciences (JINS), Budge Budge Institute of Technology (BBIT), and BBIT Public School (BBITPS), acting as a strong pillar of these growing organizations and has acquired a stellar reputation in India for its effort to promote excellence in teaching, patient care, research, capacity building, and community service.

To establish these as one of the knowledge Hub in Medical Institution and Engineering Institution respectively in India and abroad and so to keep pace with the emerging challenges, his continuous efforts in launching innovative courses, ultramodern infrastructure, renowned & dedicated faculty, well-equipped labs, augmented & well-stocked libraries, etc. are the foremost cause in these journey of success since the beginning. To cut a special niche in the history of Medical Education and research, Engineering Learning in India as well as abroad.

Dr. Asima Mukhopadhyay

Founder & Director, Kolkata Gynaecological Oncology Trials and Translational Research Group (KolGo Trg)

•Founder & Director, Kolkata Gynaecological Oncology Trials and Translational Research Group (KolGo Trg).
•Consultant Gynaecological Oncology and Lead cytoreductive surgery, James Cook University Hospital and Northern Cancer Alliance, UK.
•Clinical Senior Lecturer ( honorary), Newcastle University, UK.
•Professor, School of Allied Health Sciences and Translational Medicine, Sister Nivedita University, Kolkata.
•GCIG- member Executive Board of directors.
•IGCS International Mentor, Global Curriculum Program (Nepal and India) and Program lead, India.
•IGCS Research Publication Committee Co-Chair.
•Programme Director, MCh Gyn Oncology ( Cytoreductive surgery)- Tee side University, UK.
•Programme Director, ESGO fellowship, India 2019.
•Welcome Trust IA Clinician Scientist awardee.
•Editor, VSI, Global issue Gyn Oncology Reports.

Professional Qualifications
•MBBS ( Medical College, Kolkata).
•DGO (RG Kar Medical College Kolkata).
•MD (AIIMS, New Delhi, Gold Medal), DNB.
•MSc (Clinical trials, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London).
•PhD (Cancer biology - Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, UK, Faculty prize).
•MRCOG.
•CCT (Subspecialist accreditation in Gynaecological Oncology, NGOC, Gateshead, UK).

Areas of Interest:
•Cytoreductive surgery and research in ovarian cancer.
•Translational research- DNA repair in gynaecological cancers (ovarian and cervix).
•Health inequality and advocacy.

Ms. Richa Singh Debgupta

Chairperson Health Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Chief of Strategy & Operations, Fortis Healthcare.

Richa Singh Debgupta, is Chief of Strategy & Operations for Fortis Healthcare Group which is one of the largest healthcare providers of India with 27 hospitals across the country.

Leading the strategy function for the group her core responsibility is to have a forward-looking plan for Fortis: she is also responsible for identifying key areas which could be of concern, conceptualizing solutions for that and implementing them across the network hospitals. In currently growth strategy for the group, she is responsible for identifying the assets for merger and acquisition and taking it up to the closure of the deal. Richa is considered as a turnaround specialist and leads the hospitals which requires process re-engineering and turnaround for over all performance improvement.

She has completed her Master's Program in Hospital Management from the prestigious Indian Institute of Healthcare Management Research, Jaipur. She has further augmented her training in transformational leadership from one of the best B Schools Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.

Richa is the recipient of an award from President of India for running most energy-efficient hospitals across the country. She has also been conferred as Best Women Healthcare Leader by ABP news.

Mr. S. Radhakrishnan

Executive Director & President, Infinity Group.

An Alumnus of St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, Mr. Radhakrishnan obtained a Law degree and qualified as a professional Company Secretary. He is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and a Member of the All India Management Association.

He joined Dishergarh Power Supply Company Limited (now India Power Co. Ltd.), a Power Generation and Distribution Company as Company Secretary and went on to be at the helm of affairs as Managing Director of DPSC Limited on January 25, 2003, a post at which he remained till February 10, 2010.

Mr. Radhakrishnan was also instrumental in forming DESCON Limited in March, 1995. DESCON was a knowledge based Consultancy Company specializing in the field of IT, ITES, GIS, Power Engineering & Design and Consultancy Services. He was also Managing Director of Descon Limited from 2003 till 30th April, 2014.

Past:
•President - The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Kolkata - 2007-2008 & 2008-2009.
•Chairman - Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council, Government of India, New Delhi - 2011-12 & 2012-13.
•President - TIE, The Indus Entrepreneurs - Kolkata - 2015-16 to 2017-18.
•Non-Executive Director, Descon Ltd., Kolkata - 2014 - 2019.
•Non-Executive Director, JSW Bengal Steel Ltd., Kolkata - 2011(May) - 2019(March).

Presently, he is:
•Executive Director & President, Infinity Infotech Parks Ltd., Kolkata.
•Chairman & Managing Partner, Imperium Energy Utility Services LLP, Kolkata.
•Non-executive Chairman, Teknowlegion Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata.
•Member - Board of Nabadiganta Industrial Township Authority, Kolkata.
•President - Salt Lake Sector V Stakeholders' Association, Kolkata.
•President - National High Schools, Kolkata, N.R. Iyer Memorial Education Society, Kolkata.
•Member - Governing Body, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Kolkata.

Mr. Avik Ghose

Principal Scientist, Embedded Devices and Intelligent Systems, TCS Research

Introduction Mr. Avik Ghose received his Master's in the year 1999. He has more than 20 years of experience in embedded systems and has been with TCS Research since 2006. His area of research is human sensing, and he currently heads a research program called "Connected Digital Health" which aims at improving quality of life using wearables, AI, and vision-based technologies. He has more than 100 patents.

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Mr. Manoj Maity

Co-Founder, Nestcare Techserve Pvt Ltd and Incubatee, WEBEL-BCC&I Tech Incubation Centre.

Manoj Kumar Maity - an MSC and MBA in Sales & Marketing and has done his EDP from Stanford. He worked in various senior profiles with various corporates like Tata, Airtel and Idea.

He is also a serial entrepreneur having two Startups - one in Preschool segment and the other in Elderly Care segment. His Startup - MAITYS is an emerging brand in elderly care segment, where they are solving the geriatric problems with the help of Technology along with human touch.