The HealthTech Narrative Podcast

Vishnu, the CEO of Paradigm IT Cybersecurity, discusses the unique challenges of cybersecurity in the healthcare industry in India. He highlights that healthcare is one of the most targeted sectors for cyber attacks, with valuable data being a major motivation for attackers. He emphasizes the need for strict access control, compliance, and phishing training to prevent attacks. Vishnu also mentions...

Back in 2021, Akash Parvatikar Co-authored a paper titled - 'Prototypical models for classifying high-risk atypical breast lesions'. The premise was that some breast lesions are particularly challenging to classify, leading to different pathologists making different diagnoses based on the same information. The paper aimed to reduce this variability by providing a consistent computational...

In this episode, Srikrishna Seshadri shares insights into the design and implementation of care coordination and data aggregation solutions at Tata Consultancy Services (where he was a product manager). The implementation of the Tata Digital Nerve Center, a centralised capacity management center, is highlighted as a successful model for improving healthcare delivery. The key takeaways include the...

Nitesh heads product development and commercialisation at InAccel (a medical device company from India), and has been referred to as a trailblazer by the Royal College of Engineering.  In this episode, Nitesh discusses his background and role within InAccel. He shares his experience with the Stanford India BioDesign Program and how it shaped his approach to health technology innovation. Nitesh exp...

Dr. Jaideep Rayapudi is the VP of Clinical Solutions at Precognitas, an #ai #healthcare company that offers its solutions to organisations and care communities in the US. But he also pushes for digital health adoption in India. He's well placed to provide a critical and unique perspective of the same and he discusses the role of AI-driven solutions in healthcare and the challenges and opportu...

In this episode of 'The HealthTech Narrative Podcast' Bhavesh Hemani, Group CFO at 2070 Health and W Health Ventures, puts his CFO hat on, and brings 2 decades of his experience to talk about what #healthtech startups should be thinking about when building for India and the world. Hear what a CFO has to say on all things #digitalhealth . He, discusses the venture studio model and the sup...

Shalini Aggarwal, a postdoctoral researcher at the Weizmann Institute of Science, discusses her work on gene cards and using AI to diagnose malaria. Shalini shares her journey of using AI in disease diagnosis and the importance of digital health records. She also discusses the integration of AI in educational institutions and the need for collaboration with hospitals. The conversation concludes wi...

Sohit is the Co-Founder of HealthTech Startup - DRiefcase.  DRiefcase is a digital health platform that aims to revolutionize India's healthcare landscape. The company's vision is to provide a trusted platform for users to manage their health information. One of the key features of DRiefcase is the rapid retrieval of medical records, which plays a crucial role in medical emergencies. The...

Welcome to Part I of our insightful conversation with Dr. Indu Bhushan, a visionary leader in global health and former CEO of Ayushman Bharat. In this episode, we delve into Dr. Bhushan's remarkable career journey - from his roots as an IIT graduate in Electrical and Electronics Engineering to his transition into the world of public health, navigating roles as diverse as an Indian Administrat...

Speech therapy for so long has been about undergoing many one-to-one sessions with a therapist, with the added condition of a high cost. More over, the lack of training and stigma to not being able to speak well, coupled with the lack of access to competent speech therapists has resulted in a situation where speech therapy is an oft ignored problem.  Not for digital health and certainly not for St...

In this episode, we speak to Dr. Arbinder Singal, a Pediatric Urologist, and CEO of Fitterfly. Fitterfly is an Indian DTx healthtech startup that seeks to prevent, manage and treat certain lifestyle diseases like diabetes, PCOS/PCOD, obesity et al. In this episode hear Dr. Arbinder talk about: 1. What Fitterfly does. 2. What does the customer/patient journey look like on Fitterfly's platform....

Fedo is an Insurtech startup leveraging its tech or the benefit of health and life insurance companies in India and the world. Its proprietary Fedo Score is an AI based health score that provides a snapshot of the overall health of an individual. Insurers can use the Fedo Score to assess the extent of coverage an individual could be provided.  Fedo, through its AI/ML based engine, also helps healt...

In this episode, we talk to Suthirth Vaidya, the CEO and Co-Founder of Predible Health. Predible Health is a healthtech startup that uses AI to measure abnormalities within the body seeking to not only make the work of radiologists easier, but also to provide a quicker, effective, efficient and more accurate diagnosis. What started out as a cancer radiology platform, quickly evolved into products...

In this episode, we speak to Arvind S.A., Co-Founder, Flexmotiv. Flexmotiv is a biomechanical product design and manufacturing healthtech startup, which uses technology to manufacture pain free and slip resistant crutches empowering people with limited mobility to be independent, and literally be mobile, anywhere! Along with the journey of Flexmotiv, Arvind also talks about the need for such assis...

In this episode, Divyam provides an insight into the NHA's NDHM which aims to be the blueprint for the how the digital health ecosystem in India develops. This episode provides insights into the architecture and building blocks that would make up the NDHM and exposits on certain key concepts including the FHIR interoperability standards.  You may reach out to Divyam at: divyam@narrativecounse...

In this episode, Divyam speaks about the history of India's healthcare with an overview of the state of India's healthcare system, how healthcare objectives have changed over time  and the governance and financing of healthcare in India.  You may reach out to Divyam at: divyam@narrativecounsel.in 

In this episode, Divyam provides an introduction to himself, his work and most importantly, what this podcast will be about. He then goes on to speak about certain aspects of the HealthTech Startup space in India and why we should be excited about the same. You may reach out to Divyam at: divyam@narrativecounsel.in