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Theme: Digital Transformation of Healthcare in the New Normal World

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Day 1 - 26th February 2021 (Friday)

Curtain Raiser: Where do we stand?


Dr. Alok Roy, [Chairperson of the Session] Past President, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Chairman, Medica Group of Hospitals.

Mr. Deb A Mukherjee, President, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Managing Director, Cenergist Energy Private Limited.

Prof. Randeep Guleria, Director, AIIMS.

(Honorary) Brigadier Dr Arvind Lal, Padma Shri, Executive Chairman, Dr. Lal PathLabs Ltd.

Ms. Anna Roy, Adviser (DM&A) NITI Aayog.

Dr. Rupali Basu, Director and CEO, Woodlands Multispeciality Hospital Limited.

Mr. Arnab Basu, Chairperson - IT Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Managing Partner - East; Advisory Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers Pvt. Ltd.

Dr. Rabin Chakraborty, MD (PGIMER, Chandigarh), DNB, MRCP, FRCP (London), FRCP (Glasgow), FRCP (Ireland), FACC (USA), FICC, FISE, FICP, FCSI, DM (Cardiology, PGIMER, Chandigarh), Chairperson - Health Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Senior Vice Chairman - Cardiology Services & Senior Consultant Interventional, Cardiologist, Medica Superspecialty Hospital.


Dr. Alok Roy

Bengal Chamber Health Tech Dr. Alok Roy, Past President, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Chairman, Medica Group of Hospitals.

Dr. Alok Roy, Chairman, Medica Group of Hospitals is a health entrepreneur. He has played many important roles in multiple healthcare chains across India.

 ▪ Dr Roy was responsible for conceptualizing Narayana Health story along with Dr. Devi Shetty and had built initial few hospitals at Bengal and Karnataka.

 ▪ As Vice President of Fortis, Dr. Roy saw through Fortis expansion in national capital region in early 2000.

 ▪ Dr Roy conceptualized and built Medica brand along with few trusted and capable colleagues across eastern India, which is now present in Bengal, Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand and Assam.

 ▪ Dr. Roy believes that health needs different outlook and different management styles, health institutions have more of social overtone and social expectation then industrial relevance.

 ▪ He believes that we must amalgamate social responsibility with industrial norms, we need to build social responsibilities in a manner which is not detrimental to industrial survival. At the end society must sustain along with industry as both are interdependent.



Mr. Deb A Mukherjee

Bengal Chamber HealthTech 2021 Mr. Deb A Mukherjee, President, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Managing Director, Cenergist Energy Private Limited.

An entrepreneur, professionally qualified as a lawyer, with over 38 years work experience in diverse business domains, engineering systems, information technology solutions and later in energy services for the last 15 years.

 ▪ He was Executive Chairman of Eaga Energy India Pvt Ltd (subsidiary of Eaga plc UK FTSE250 company) until 2012. Currently he is an Investor and Country Representative for Power Roll Ltd, UK and also Managing Director of Cenergist Energy Private Limited which is wholly owned subsidiary of Cenergist Ltd UK, which has operations in the UK, Spain, Germany, Italy and now India.

 ▪ Power Roll is exploring to invest in India.

 ▪ He has served on various Trade Committees in India and the UK and spoken at several international seminars on Sustainability Issues, Energy Efficiency, Renewables, Water Management and on Business Strategies.


Prof. Randeep Guleria

Bengal Chamber HealthTech 2021 Prof. Randeep Guleria, Director, AIIMS.


Dr. Arvind Lal

Bengal Chamber HealthTech 2021 (Honorary) Brigadier Dr. Arvind Lal, Padma Shri, Executive Chairman, Dr. Lal PathLabs Ltd.

Brig. Arvind Lal is a pioneer in bringing laboratory services in India at par with the Western world. He is an alumnus of the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune, having received his graduate and post-graduate medical degrees from the prestigious institute.

 ▪ Dr. Lal has revolutionized laboratory medicine by introducing the maximum number of new tests, instruments and ICT (Information, Communications, Technology) systems in India. His R&D unit has done India proud by developing the latest tests in Molecular Diagnostics, Cytogenetics, Genetics and many more. The aim of the R&D division is to provide highly specialized tests at low cost to the weaker sections of the society.

 ▪ Dr. Lal is accredited to having the first PPP (Public Private Partnership) in the field of laboratory testing with the Govt. of Tripura since 2004 and later with Govt. of Gujarat for testing over 30,000 new born babies in 2011- 2012. In 2017, NITI Aayog appointed him as the Convenor of the Working Group on Diagnostics for designing future PPPs.

 ▪ He is currently the Advisor of FICCI's Health Services Committee and is it's outgoing Chairman. Dr. Lal is the former President of NATHEALTH and the Health Services Committee of the PHD Chamber of Commerce.



Ms. Anna Roy

Bengal Chamber HealthTech 2021 Ms. Anna Roy, Adviser (DM&A) NITI Aayog.

Ms. Anna Roy is a 1992-batch officer of the Indian Economic Service. She has received her education from Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University, and Delhi School of Economics. She was a lecturer at Delhi University and TERI before joining the IES. In the government she has worked in the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Civil Aviation, and NITI Aayog. She has held various positions like Deputy Director, Joint Director, Director in Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance and also Ministry of Civil Aviation during the period from 1996 to 2012. She was Officer on Special Duty to the Finance Minister and the Finance Secretary during 2009-2012. She has also served as Joint Secretary in the Department of Financial Services. She has worked in important sectors like Infrastructure reforms, public-private partnerships, the financial sector, and the banking sector.

 ▪ At NITI Aayog she heads the vertical dealing with data management and frontier technologies. In this role, she has led teams, which have brought out major reports like the National Strategy on Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain- the India Strategy, Approach Paper on AIRAWAT, Responsible AI- Principles & Enforcement Mechanism, the Data Empowerment & Protection Architecture (DEPA) etc.. Ms. Roy also heads the Women Entrepreneurship Platform, a NITI flagship that works towards developing the entrepreneurial ecosystem for women.



Dr. Rupali Basu

Bengal Chamber HealthTech 2021 Director and CEO, Woodlands Multispeciality Hospital Limited.


Mr. Arnab Basu

Bengal Chamber HealthTech 2021 Mr. Arnab Basu, Chairperson - IT Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Managing Partner - East; 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, Arnab 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. Rabin Chakraborty

Bengal Chamber HealthTech 2021 Dr. Rabin Chakraborty, MD (PGIMER, Chandigarh), DNB, MRCP, FRCP (London), FRCP (Glasgow), FRCP (Ireland), FACC (USA), FICC, FISE, FICP, FCSI, DM (Cardiology, PGIMER, Chandigarh), Chairperson - Health Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Senior Vice Chairman - Cardiology Services & Senior Consultant Interventional, Cardiologist, Medica Superspecialty Hospital.

Dr. Chakraborty is a renowned Cardiologist based in Kolkata. He is the Senior Vice Chairman - Cardiology Services & Senior Consultant Interventional, Cardiologist & Electrophysiologist, Medica Hospitals Pvt. Ltd.

 ▪ Dr. Chakraborty practices as an Interventional Cardiologist and Electro physiologist. He treats patients with problems of the cardiovascular system - heart, valves and blood vessels.

 ▪ He is also adept at handling conduction disorders apart from angioplasty (elective and primary). Dr Chakraborty is one of the few cardiologists in Asia specializing in heart rhythm disorders for patients with recurrent palpitations.



Session: Trends in Health Tech

Mr. Arnab Basu, [Chairperson of the Session] Chairperson - IT Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Managing Partner - East; Advisory Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Sayantan Chatterjee, PwC, Consulting, Director.

Dr. Sujoy Kar, Chief Medical Information Officer & Vice President at Apollo Hospitals.

Mr. Claus F. Nielsen, Global Digital Health & Virtual Care Expert.

Mr. Avik Ghose, Head, Connected Digital Health, TCS Research.

Mr. Eyad AL-Musa, ME Healthcare IT Leader, PwC.

Change Over


Mr. Arnab Basu

Bengal Chamber HealthTech 2021 Mr. Arnab Basu, Chairperson - IT Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Managing Partner - East; 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, Arnab 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.


Mr. Sayantan Chatterjee

Bengal Chamber HealthTech 2021 Mr. Sayantan Chatterjee, PwC, Consulting, Director.

Mr. Sayantan Chatterjee brings a blend of business and technology knowledge though his varied experience. He has fifteen 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.

 ▪ 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 Industries Technology Strategy 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 consulting projects, client relation management, digital solution development and P&L management.


Dr. Sujoy Kar

Bengal Chamber HealthTech 2021 Dr. Sujoy Kar, Chief Medical Information Officer & Vice President at Apollo Hospitals.

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 Institute and 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.



Mr. Claus F. Nielsen,

Bengal Chamber HealthTech 2021 Mr. Claus F. Nielsen, Global Digital Health & Virtual Care Expert.

Global Digital Health & Virtual Care expert, with 25 years+ strategic advisory, tech driven project & management, product development, public procurement and deployment, experience in creating permanent, impactful and measurable change, open new markets & services. Global Keynote speaker, (social) entrepreneur and change maker.

 ▪ He is the board member & Co-founder of Data for Good Foundation, Co-Founder of new Asian virtual care startup B-Healthy Asia & and is a Digital Health Subject matter expert for PwC.


Mr. Avik Ghose

Bengal Chamber HealthTech 2021 Mr. Avik Ghose, Head, Connected Digital Health, TCS Research.

Mr. Avik Ghose received his Maste's in the year 1997. 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 several granted patents in India and United States and published multiple papers on the topic.


Mr. Eyad AL-Musa

Bengal Chamber HealthTech 2021 Mr. Eyad AL-Musa, ME Healthcare IT Leader, PwC.


Session: Users Experience of Technology
Mr. Rupak Barua, [Chairperson of the Session] Group CEO, AMRI Hospitals.

Mr. Rajiv Sikka, CIO, Technology Leadership and Program Execution, Medanta- The Medicity Hospital.

Dr. Saumitra Bharadwaj, President, Medica Superspecialty Hospital.

Mr. Partha Dey, Founder CEO U4RAD Technologies & Director PAS Digital.

Mr. J. P. Dwivedi, Chief Information Officer, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre.

Mr. Suresh Ramu, Co-founder & Director, Cytespace Research Pvt Ltd.

Change Over

Mr. Rupak Barua

Bengal Chamber HealthTech 2021 Mr. Rupak Barua, Group CEO, AMRI Hospitals.

Mr. Rupak Barua is a name to reckon with in the world of healthcare in eastern India. He carved a niche for himself with rare qualities like insatiable urge to accept challenges, inherent talent to look beyond the barriers, futuristic views to break new grounds in induction of new technology and new methods. He has been the most versatile captain to take his ship to the right direction roughing all the turbulent waves as far as the health care industry is concerned. He has led many hospitals to reach its apex before he joined AMRI Hospitals as Group CEO.

 ▪ In his healthcare career spanning for more than three decades Mr. Barua held several senior positions in major corporate hospitals of the city. He has a profound passion for marketing and always explored new spheres of activity.

 ▪ Before joining AMRI in 2014 as Group CEO, he was heading CMRI and later B M Birla Heart Research Institute, which are parts of CK Birla Group.

 ▪ When he took the charge of AMRI after the incident, it was perhaps the difficult most challenge he accepted in his career in healthcare. This time too he succeeded in re-establishing AMRI to a niche position


Mr. Rajiv Sikka

Bengal Chamber HealthTech 2021 Mr. Rajiv Sikka, CIO, Technology Leadership and Program Execution, Medanta- The Medicity Hospital.

Mr. Rajiv Sikka is Group CIO for Medanta multi-super specialties group of hospitals span across multiple locations in India. In the current role he is responsible for group IT Function covering initiatives for digital transformation and IT Operations.

 ▪ He writes in various forums on HealthTech subjects and a regular panelist on digital initiatives in healthcare.

 ▪ Prior to joining Medanta, Rajiv had worked at Polaris as Senior Vice President for 13 years. In early days of his career, he has worked extensively in multiple regions covering US, Europe, Japan & Asia.


Dr. Saumitra Bharadwaj

Bengal Chamber HealthTech 2021 Dr. Saumitra Bharadwaj, President, Medica Superspecialty Hospital.


Mr. Partha Dey

Bengal Chamber HealthTech 2021 Mr. Partha Dey, Founder CEO U4RAD Technologies & Director PAS Digital.


Mr. J. P. Dwivedi

Bengal Chamber HealthTech 2021 Mr. J. P. Dwivedi, Chief Information Officer, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre.

Mr. JP Dwivedi is a senior IT leader with over 30 years of experience in the industry. He is the CIO of Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre (RGCI & RC), Delhi since 2011.

 ▪ Mr. Dwivedi specializes in IT Service Transformation, preparing IT Service Strategy and drawing roadmaps for successful execution. He has several large-scale success stories to his credit. These include leading technology implementation and adoption as well as leading software development projects from specifying the requirements to final rollout. He has successfully managed several system re-engineering projects, which transformed disparate legacy applications into integrated application suites, built using state-of-the-art technology.

 ▪ He has received several prestigious awards including 'Innovation Hero' and 'Healthcare Hero' from Dynamic CIO Forum and 'Healthcare Transformation Leader' award from CeBIT. Under his leadership, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute has been chosen as one of the '21 Jewels of Digital' by Core Quadrant and Dynamic CIO Forum in 2015. He has been part of CIO Power list 2017 and 2018 published by Core Media and has been recognized as one of the 'World CIO 200 - 2018-19' by Global CIO Forum. In 2019, he has been recognized by IDC with 'Information Visionary' award. In Aug '20, CXO TV has announced him as winner of 'Best CIO of Year 2020' for his services on business enablement post COVID-19.


Mr. Suresh Ramu

Bengal Chamber HealthTech 2021 Mr. Suresh Ramu, Co-founder & Director, Cytespace Research Pvt Ltd.

Mr. Suresh Ramu is a Co-founder and CEO of CyteCare Hospitals, a comprehensive cancer care hospital network. The first cancer 150-bed organ-site focused cancer hospital that went live November 2016 on Airport Road, Yelahanka, Bangalore.

 ▪ He is also a Co-founder of Cytespace Research, a clinical research solutions organization. Earlier, Ramu was with Quintiles for about 10 years in various global business roles. Prior to joining Quintiles in 2001, Ramu was a consultant for a PricewaterhouseCoopers. He was also an early team member for a startup telemedicine company in India.

 ▪ He has a Bachelor's engineering degree from the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras,and a Master's in Business Administration from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta.

 ▪ He is is passionate about excellence in healthcare and research.


Session: Smart Hospital Management Systems

Mr. Sanjoy Sen, [Chairperson of the Session] Co-Chairperson - IT Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Senior Vice President, ITC Infotech India Limited.

Dr. Shrutin Ulman, Head-Clinical Research Board (APAC) & Head Philips Research Africa, Philips.

Dr. Pankaj Gupta, Head - Digital Health, ACCESS Health.

Mr. Jimmy Jagwani, Head of Digital Transf. & Innovation, Bayer AG.

Arogyam Medisoft Solution Pvt. Ltd, [Startup Story] Incubate, Webel-BCC&I Tech Incubation Centre.

Change Over

Mr. Sanjoy Sen

Bengal Chamber HealthTech 2021 Mr. Sanjoy Sen, Co-Chairperson - IT Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Senior Vice President, ITC Infotech India Limited.

Mr. Sanjoy Sen is the Senior Vice President of ITC Infotech and the Divisional Chief Information Officer of the ITC Group. He is responsible for providing strategic IT leadership to various divisions of ITC.

 ▪ As member of various technology groups in the industry, he drives the philosophy of enhancing business value through innovative application of Information Technology.

 ▪ He has extensive experience in large-scale enterprise applications and integration. His domains of interest are in the areas of Manufacturing, FMCG and Retail.

 ▪ He is an active Speaker in Institutes and Industry forums. He chairs IT Committees of various Chambers and other associations.

 ▪ Mr. Sen is an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur, and IIT Madars. He was a visiting faculty at XLRI Jamshedpur for more than 5 years.



Dr. Shrutin Ulman

Bengal Chamber HealthTech 2021 Dr. Shrutin Ulman, Head-Clinical Research Board (APAC) & Head Philips Research Africa, Philips.

Medical doctor with a specialization in Community Health with a MBA and PhD Biomedical Engineering.

 ▪ Responsible for ecosystem connect to build an innovation pipeline.

 ▪ Several years of experience in Clinical Research, Start-up Ecosystem and Prototype validation and market introduction.


Dr. Pankaj Gupta

Bengal Chamber HealthTech 2021 Dr. Pankaj Gupta, Head - Digital Health, ACCESS Health.

Dr. Pankaj Gupta is Geek Doctor, Visionary Leader, Technocrat with Masters in Computer Science, Bioinformatics [GGB] and Management [IIMB].

 ▪ For over 2 decades been working in Healthcare/Pharma Technology business and Healthcare/Pharma process standardization.

 ▪ He started with running Primary Care Clinics for 8 years before getting into HealthTech Leadership roles globally. Now Consultant at Board level of Healthcare funds and large Healthcare Organizations.

 ▪ He was Venture Partner - HealthTech Products, Bluesky Capital; Advisor - HealthTech Products Seiler Holdings Germany; Consultant - HealthTech Products, Norwest Venture Partners; Non Executive Director, Taurus Glocal Consulting Services; CIO at Max Healthcare Group; Practice Lead - eHealth and Pharma, Canada at Infosys; Client Results Executive and Engineering Manager at Cerner Corporation; Project Manager at FCG (Now CSC); Program Manager at Johnson & Johnson (through Satyam computer services); Program Manager at GSK ( through Satyam computer services) and Business Analyst at Applied Biosystems (through Selectica Inc.).


Mr. Jimmy Jagwani

Bengal Chamber HealthTech 2021 Mr. Jimmy Jagwani, Head of Digital Transf. & Innovation, Bayer AG.

Mr. Jagwani is Vice President and Head of Digital Transformation and Innovation (IT) at Bayer AG. Since January, 2016 at Bayer AG in IT and Strategy roles, focusing on New Business Models and Digital Transformation.

 ▪ Five years of Management Consulting experience with McKinsey & Company focusing on organic and inorganic growth strategy and large-scale transformations.

 ▪ Two years of Venture Capital experience managing investee companies.

 ▪ Two years of Operations and Maintenance experience on LPG ships with Mitsui OSK Lines.

 ▪ MBA in Strategy and Finance from Asian Institute of Management, Manila.

 ▪ Bachelor's in Marine Engineering, Jadavpur University, India.


Day 2 - 27th February 2021 (Saturday)


Session: Korea's K-Quarantine ICT Solution 2020

Mr. Saejun Park, Country Head Korea, Frost and Sullivan and Member of Advisory Committee (KOTRA, Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency) (from Seoul)

Dr. Manuel Théodet, Associate Director, Frost and Sullivan (from Tokyo).

Mr. Kshitij Chitransh, ICT Head Frost and Sullivan (from Kuala Lumpur)




Mr. Saejun Park,

Bengal Chamber HealthTech 2021 Mr. Saejun Park, Country Head Korea, Frost and Sullivan and Member of Advisory Committee (KOTRA, Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency) (from Seoul).


Dr. Manuel Théodet

Bengal Chamber HealthTech 2021 Dr. Manuel Théodet, Associate Director, Frost and Sullivan (from Tokyo).


Mr. Kshitij Chitransh

Bengal Chamber HealthTech 2021 Mr. Kshitij Chitransh, ICT Head Frost and Sullivan (from Kuala Lumpur).


Panel Discussion: Role of Technology in Care, Caution, Prevention in Normal life

Dr. Rana Mehta, [Chairperson of the Session] Partner and Healthcare Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers Private Limited

Dr. Suman Chakraborty, Institute Chair Professor & Sir J C Bose National Fellow; Dean, Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy and Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur.

Prof. Santanu K Tripathi, HOD, Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, Department of Clinical & Experimental Pharmacology

Prof. Dr. Rakesh Yadav, Professor of Cardiology, AIIMS, New Delhi & Ex Sub Dean (Academics), AIIMS

Dr. Dipak Nandi, MD, New York, USA




Dr. Rana Mehta,

Bengal Chamber HealthTech 2021 Dr. Rana Mehta, Partner and Healthcare Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers Private Limited.

Dr. Mehta has more than 21 years of experience in strategizing, planning, commissioning and operations of over 75 hospitals and healthcare systems around the world. 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. Suman Chakraborty

Bengal Chamber HealthTech 2021 Dr. Suman Chakraborty, Institute Chair Professor & Sir J C Bose National Fellow; Dean, Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy and Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur.

Dr. Suman Chakraborty is a Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department of the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India and Sir J. C. Bose National Fellow as bestowed by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. He has been Institute Chair Professor. He is currently the Dean of Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy. Formerly, he was the Head of the School of Medical Science and Technology. His current areas of research include microfluidics, nanofluidics, micro-nano scale transport, with particular focus on biomedical applications including diagnostic technology. He has been awarded the Santi Swaroop Bhatnagar Prize in the year 2013, which is the highest Scientific Award from the Government of India.

 ▪ He has been elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Fellow of ASME, Fellow of all the Indian National Academies of Science and Engineering, recipient of the Indo-US Research Fellowship, Scopus Young Scientist Award for high citation of his research in scientific/technical Journals, and Young Scientist/ Young Engineer Awards from various National Academies of Science and Engineering. He has also been an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, and a visiting Professor at various leading Universities abroad. He has a large volume of impactful publications in top International Journals with high citations and a unique expertise in technology development for the under-served population and community health-care.


Prof. Santanu K Tripathi

Bengal Chamber HealthTech 2021 Prof. Santanu K Tripathi, HOD, Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, Department of Clinical & Experimental Pharmacology.

 ▪ Principal Investigator, COVOVAX Phase 2/3 Clinical Trial.
 ▪ Member, Standing National Committee on Medicines (SNCM), Govt of India.
 ▪ Honorary Advisor to Govt of West Bengal, for Covid19 Vaccines & Vaccination.
 ▪ Member, West Bengal State Committee for AEFI Surveillance.
 ▪ Member, Core Training Panel under Pharmacovigilance Programme of India (PvPI), Govt of India.
 ▪ Member, Expert Committee for Clinical Trial SAE & Compensation Assessment, Govt of India.
 ▪ Chairperson, Clinical Research Ethics Committees of many hospitals and research institutes.
 ▪ Received numerous awards and prizes.
 ▪ Delivered many orations and guest lectures.
 ▪ Published around 200 research articles, reviews in national and international journals.
 ▪ Coordinator, Adverse Drug Reaction Monitoring Centre (AMC), under PvPI, Medical Device Monitoring Centre (MDMC) under MvPI, and Vaccine Safety Monitoring Centre, at School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata (2010-2020).
 ▪ Member, Expert Committee for Review of Schedule Y for Amendment, and Framing of New Drugs & Clinical Trials Rules, 2019, Govt of India.
 ▪ Member, Committee for Framing of National Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research 2017, ICMR.
 ▪ Co-Authored the ISDB EU: Berlin Declaration on Pharmacovigilance, 2004.
 ▪ WHO Visiting Fellowship on Rational Use of Medicines, Geneva in 1998.


Prof. Dr. Rakesh Yadav

Bengal Chamber HealthTech 2021 Prof. Dr. Rakesh Yadav, Professor of Cardiology, AIIMS, New Delhi & Ex Sub Dean (Academics), AIIMS.

Prof. Dr. Yadav is currently working as Professor, Department of Cardiology AIIMS, New Delhi. He was formally Sub-Dean (Academic) of AIIMS New Delhi. Has passed MBBS from Gorakhpur Medical College with many distinctions. He passed the MD degree from Agra Medical College with gold medal and DM in Cardiology from AIIMS with gold medal.

 ▪ He is an an Interventional Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist and editor of prestigious cardiology journal 'Indian Heart Journal'.

 ▪ He is founder secretary and current treasurer of Cardiology Society of India, Delhi branch, Joint Secretory of Heart Failure Society of India and international society for heart research (Indian section) and Executive member of Indian Heart Rhythm Society.

 ▪ He is Reviewer for ICMR, DST, DBT Projects and many national & international journals. Delivered > 250 Guest Lectures in Various conferences. Have taken public lectures, written articles in newspapers and given many educational talks regarding health on All India Radio & Televisions.

 ▪ He is currently Member of many prestigious committees of Government of India, ICMR, DST etc.


Dr. Dipak Nandi

Bengal Chamber HealthTech 2021 Dr. Dipak Nandi, MD, New York, USA.

Dr. Dipak Nandi, MD, has been a pioneer in the field of healthcare outsourcing and telehealth solutions. Recipient of several entrepreneurial awards, Dr. Nandi has been involved across United States and India with key strategic initiatives in healthcare services like medical billing and telemedicine. A proud member of the prestigious AIIMS alumni, he has been a board certified psychiatrist, undertaking many roles in the field of healthcare.

 ▪ Leadership Ventures Undertaken: As a firm believer in outsourcing, Dr. Nandi, has been the Managing Partner of Customer-First IT solutions provider, an India based managed healthcare service provider.

 ▪ Soon he founded the Triboro Healthcare Management Inc which specialized in Holistic Medicine, Pain Management Services and developed it into a healthcare provider with $48 million in annual sales.

 ▪ Customer First became a cross border IT enabled healthcare services company serving Fortune 500 groups. Currently, he is the Chairman of GoTelecare, a leading edge solution provider of cutting edge telemedicine and medical billing services under one roof!

 ▪ Philanthropic/Social Contributions: Dr Dipak Nandi, had been a member of the United States India Business Council (USIBC). Known for his entrepreneurial abilities, he is also member of the Board of Directors for the NargisDutt Memorial Foundation, primarily for Oncology treatment in the Indian subcontinent. He has also co-founded the NY Kali Mandir and have also contributed to the Ananda Mandir, NJ as a temple of worship for native Indians in United States.


Session: Technology adoption in healthcare delivery: Cardio Vascular

Dr. Rabin Chakraborty, [Chairperson of the Session] MD (PGIMER, Chandigarh), DNB, MRCP, FRCP (London), FRCP (Glasgow), FRCP (Ireland), FACC (USA), FICC, FISE, FICP, FCSI, DM (Cardiology, PGIMER, Chandigarh), Chairperson - Health Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Senior Vice Chairman - Cardiology Services & Senior Consultant Interventional, Cardiologist, Medica Superspecialty Hospital.

Dr. Shuvanan Ray, Interventional Cardiologist, Fortis Hospital, Anandapur.

Prof. Dr. Afzalur Rahman, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Dr. P. K. Hazra, Interventional Cardiologist, AMRI Dhakuria.

Dr. Dilip Kumar, Director, Cardiac Cath Lab, Medica Institute of Cardiac Sciences (Cardiology Services), Medica Superspecialty Hospital.



Change Over


Dr. Rabin Chakraborty

Bengal Chamber HealthTech 2021 Dr. Rabin Chakraborty, MD (PGIMER, Chandigarh), DNB, MRCP, FRCP (London), FRCP (Glasgow), FRCP (Ireland), FACC (USA), FICC, FISE, FICP, FCSI, DM (Cardiology, PGIMER, Chandigarh), Chairperson - Health Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Senior Vice Chairman - Cardiology Services & Senior Consultant Interventional, Cardiologist, Medica Superspecialty Hospital.

Dr. Chakraborty is a renowned Cardiologist based in Kolkata. He is the Senior Vice Chairman - Cardiology Services & Senior Consultant Interventional, Cardiologist & Electrophysiologist, Medica Hospitals Pvt. Ltd.

 ▪ Dr. Chakraborty practices as an Interventional Cardiologist and Electro physiologist. He treats patients with problems of the cardiovascular system - heart, valves and blood vessels.

 ▪ He is also adept at handling conduction disorders apart from angioplasty (elective and primary). Dr Chakraborty is one of the few cardiologists in Asia specializing in heart rhythm disorders for patients with recurrent palpitations.



Dr. Shuvanan Ray

Bengal Chamber HealthTech 2021 Dr. Shuvanan Ray, Interventional Cardiologist, Fortis Hospital, Anandapur.


Prof. Dr. Afzalur Rahman

Bengal Chamber HealthTech 2021 Prof. Dr. Afzalur Rahman, Dhaka, Bangladesh.


Dr. P. K. Hazra

Bengal Chamber HealthTech 2021 Dr. P. K. Hazra, Interventional Cardiologist, AMRI Dhakuria.


Dr. Dilip Kumar

Bengal Chamber HealthTech 2021 Dr. Dilip Kumar, Director, Cardiac Cath Lab, Medica Institute of Cardiac Sciences (Cardiology Services), Medica Superspecialty Hospital.


Session: Technology adoption in healthcare delivery: Immunology & Rheumatology

Prof. Dr. Kanjaksha Ghosh, [Chairperson of the Session] MD, MRCP, FRCP, FRCPath, Former Director, National Institute of Immnunohaematology, ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research).

Dr. Rabin Chakraborty, [Co-Chairperson of the Session] MD (PGIMER, Chandigarh), DNB, MRCP, FRCP (London), FRCP (Glasgow), FRCP (Ireland), FACC (USA), FICC, FISE, FICP, FCSI, DM (Cardiology, PGIMER, Chandigarh), Chairperson - Health Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Senior Vice Chairman - Cardiology Services & Senior Consultant Interventional, Cardiologist, Medica Superspecialty Hospital.

Dr. Sibaprasad Ray Chaudhuri, MD, FACP, FACR, FAAD, Professor; Medicine, Dermatology, and Immunology Program Director Rheumatology, Chief, Rheumatology and Immunology, Veteran Medical Center, Sacramento, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.

Dr. Amit Dinda, MD, PhD, Professor Dept of Pathology, AIIMS.

Dr. Smritikana Raychaudhuri, MD, Professor, Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, California Northstate University College of Medicine & Research Biologist, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Sacramento, Researcher, University of California, Davis..




Closing Session


Prof. Dr. Kanjaksha Ghosh

Bengal Chamber HealthTech 2021 Prof. Dr. Kanjaksha Ghosh, MD, MRCP, FRCP, FRCPath, Former Director, National Institute of Immnunohaematology, ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research).


Dr. Rabin Chakraborty

Bengal Chamber HealthTech 2021 Dr. Rabin Chakraborty, MD (PGIMER, Chandigarh), DNB, MRCP, FRCP (London), FRCP (Glasgow), FRCP (Ireland), FACC (USA), FICC, FISE, FICP, FCSI, DM (Cardiology, PGIMER, Chandigarh), Chairperson - Health Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Senior Vice Chairman - Cardiology Services & Senior Consultant Interventional, Cardiologist, Medica Superspecialty Hospital.

Dr. Chakraborty is a renowned Cardiologist based in Kolkata. He is the Senior Vice Chairman - Cardiology Services & Senior Consultant Interventional, Cardiologist & Electrophysiologist, Medica Hospitals Pvt. Ltd.

 ▪ Dr. Chakraborty practices as an Interventional Cardiologist and Electro physiologist. He treats patients with problems of the cardiovascular system - heart, valves and blood vessels.

 ▪ He is also adept at handling conduction disorders apart from angioplasty (elective and primary). Dr Chakraborty is one of the few cardiologists in Asia specializing in heart rhythm disorders for patients with recurrent palpitations.



Dr. Sibaprasad Raychaudhuri

Bengal Chamber HealthTech 2021 Dr. Sibaprasad Raychaudhuri, MD, FACP, FACR, FAAD, Professor; Medicine, Dermatology, and Immunology Program Director Rheumatology, Chief, Rheumatology and Immunology, Veteran Medical Center, Sacramento, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.

M.B.B.S. in Medical Science from Medical College Calcutta, Calcutta in 1983. MD in Dermatology from PGIMER, Chandigarh, India in 1987. Postdoctoral Fellowship in Dermatology from Stanford University School of Medicine and Psoriasis Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA (1990-1992). Diplomat, American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine from UCSF (VA Medical Center Fresno,) and Kaiser Medical center Oakland in 1995. Fellow, American College of Rheumatology in Rheumatology from Stanford University, School of Medicine in 2006.

 ▪ He has edited the books: Advances In Immunology (2005), Research Signpost Publishers, Trivandrum, Kerela, India; Arthritis: Pathophysiology, Prevention, and Therapeutics (2011), CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, USA ; Chronic Inflammation: Molecular Pathophysiology, Nutritional and Therapeutic Interventions (2012) CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, USA; Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis: Pathophysiology, Therapeutic Intervention, and Complementary Medicine (2018) CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, USA.


Dr. Amit Dinda

Bengal Chamber HealthTech 2021 Dr. Amit Dinda, MD, PhD, Professor Dept of Pathology, AIIMS.

Dr. Amit K. Dinda is a Emeritus Scientist/Professor in Department of Pathology, at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. He was head of Division of Renal & Transplant pathology. He has keen interest in experimental pathology with interdisciplinary research in immunopathology, tissue engineering, Nanomedicine and Regulatory Science.

 ▪ For the past five years he is actively working in the area of application of Nanotechnology in Medicine and Nanotoxicology. His laboratory has developed nanoparticle based oral gene delivery system and nanoadjuvant for developing single shot booster free vaccine, nano-formulation for oral Amphotericin B, combined chemo and phtothermal therapy for superficial bladder cancer, study of long term fate and toxicity of gold nanoparticle, novel antioxident collagen nanoparticle for cosmecuticals and wound healing. He is actively involved in collaborative groups for developing marketable dermal supplement, genetically engineered human serum albumin, extracellular matrix spray as a first aid device for superficial wound and burn.


Dr. Smritikana Raychaudhuri

Bengal Chamber HealthTech 2021 Dr. Smritikana Raychaudhuri, MD, Professor, Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, California Northstate University College of Medicine & Research Biologist, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Sacramento, Researcher, University of California, Davis.

MBBS in Medicine from Medical College Calcutta, Kolkata, India in 1983. MD in Medical Microbiology from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India in 1987. Postdoctoral fellow in Infectious Diseases from Stanford University School of Medicine (1989-1992).

 ▪ Her main research goal is to understand the immune mechanisms of inflammatory and infectious diseases. They pursue this goal by carrying out both precinical and clinical studies. Her research field includes inflammation, cytokine network, cell signaling, cell biology, nerve growth factor (NGF), animal models of inflammation and human autoimmune diseases. They have been working on NGF for almost three decades. In both in vitro and in vivo experiments they have demonstrated efficacy of anti-NGF therapy in psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. Using the humanized SCID mouse model of psoriasis they were the first to report clinical efficacy of anti-NGF therapy in a human autoimmune inflammatory conditions. They have also established the role of IL-17 in the cytokine net work of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.

 ▪ Membership in professional organizations: American Society for Microbiology; American Association for the Advancement of Science; American Association of Immunologists; New York Academy of Sciences and Clinical Immunology Society.

 ▪ She is the book editor - Advances In Immunology (2005), Research Signpost Publishers, Trivandrum, Kerela, India; Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis: Pathophysiology, Therapeutic Intervention, and Complementary Medicine (2018) CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, USA.



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