CEO of Quality & Accreditation Institute
CEO of Quality & Accreditation Institute
Dr. B.K. Rana is the CEO of Quality & Accreditation Institute (QAI). Prior to the current assignment, he was Director & CEO-In-charge of National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH), Quality Council of India. He served as a Board Member of the International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua) and President of the Asian Society for Quality in Healthcare (ASQua). He also served as Chairman of ISQua Accreditation Council. He is Founding Member of the International Academy of Quality & Safety (IAQS) and Scientific Advisory Board, International Alliance of Patients’ Organisations (IAPO). He is appointed to the Academic Advisory Board of CT University Punjab. He is Advisor, National Referral Centre for Lead Poisoning in India (NRCLPI).
Dr Rana is Chairman of Documentation Review Committee and Member of Complaints & Appeals Committee of National GLP Compliance Monitoring Authority, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India.
He is ISQua Team Leader for its International Accreditation Program. He is an International Consultant and Expert for the WHO, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, USAID, ISQua, UNFCCC, GIZ and several other national and international organisations. His expertise includes establishing Accreditation Bodies and Standard Development in the field of Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety. He holds a Ph.D in Biochemistry, Diploma in German and a Post Graduate Diploma in Hospital and Health Management. He has published twelve research papers in international journals, contributed chapters in books and presented in several national and international conferences. His passion for doing different things differently keeps him motivated to innovate and create new standards and programs.
An Advisor in Manipal group and an independent Health care advisor.
An Advisor in Manipal group and an independent Health care advisor.
He continues as member of the board for Columbia Pacific communities.
He holds the position of President for the RBANMS trust
He serves on the Board of ACESO a non profit organization for global health initiatives.
He was the Chairman of the NABH under the auspices of QCI (Quality Council of India), and Past Chairman of the health services committee of FICCI. He was a member of the Health insurance forum of IRDA and FICCI. He is the founder member of NATHEALTH and Secretary of GAPIO as well as the founder trustee for Terry Fox foundation Bangalore until its existence. He founded Krishna charitable trust.
He has been a recipient of many coveted awards including the health personality of the year award of FICCI and the ALERT award.
Till recently, Dr. Jairam was also a Consultant Colorectal and General Surgery for Columbia Asia. He is also responsible for the development of the self -help group for Ostomy patients, and was the Vice President of Ostomates, India until 2007. He was the Chairman, Health CII institute of quality from 1999 for a period of two years. He also led the delegation of health professionals as its Chairman, to England under the Indo UK partnership treaty. From 1996 to 1998 he was the Medical director of Mallya Hospital, Bangalore.
He was secretary of a charitable hospital the Dhanavanthri Hospital between 1997 and 2000. Between 1980 and 1994, he served at St John’s Medical College and Hospital firstly as lecturer, later as assistant professor, associate professor, Professor and head of Surgery and member of the Board of administration of SJMCH.
Dr Nandakumar Jairam is trained in colorectal and Minimally Invasive Surgery. He has spent time in the UK and the USA. He attended a course at St Marks Hospital in Colorectal surgery in 1986. He is an alumnus of Bangalore Medical College, National College, Basavanagudi and Bishop Cottons School, Bangalore, India. He has been an examiner for MBBS and the MS examinations of several Indian Universities and he was also an examiner for DNBE in surgery and inspector for the National Board. He has several papers including publications in the prestigious British journal of Surgery and presentations to his credit.
He was awarded the FRCS in 2017, awarded as the health care personality of India by FICCI in 2017 and the life time achievement award by ALERT in 2019.
Chief Information Officer, Apollo Hospitals
Chief Information Officer, Apollo Hospitals
Arvind Sivaramakrishnan is the CIO of Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd, India and is based out Chennai, India. He is responsible for the IT strategy and implementation across the Apollo Hospitals group. Arvind has extensive experience in management consulting, architecting, and building solutions for enterprise wide applications. He also leads the digital transformation initiatives at the Apollo Hospitals Groups.
He has led Apollo Hospitals in achieving the prestigious HIMSS Level 6 Health care IT maturity model certification in 2013 which is a rare maturity level attained in Asia Pacific Arvind has lead the Apollo team to be recognized with the HiMSS- Elsevier award (2013 , 2016, 2018) for outstanding use of IT in patient care delivery in Asia Pacific . Under his leadership, Apollo Hospitals was awarded the Microsoft Health Innovation award in 2016 for the use of effective big data analytics using Microsoft solution in Infection control surveillance in health systems.
His experience in the domain of health care IT has spanned geographies across the world. Prior to his current assignment, Arvind was with the Healthcare Practice of Computer Sciences Corporation, in Michigan USA.
Arvind holds the credentials of CHCIO certified by the College of Health Information Executives, USA as a Healthcare CIO. He currently serves as the Secretary of CHiME’s India chapter and is a member of the board of CHiME in India. He has been inducted into the CIO Hall of fame by the prestigious CIO.in magazine. In 2019, he was felicitated by CIO&Leader for Exemplary Leadership , Professional excellence and Community contribution.
Apart from ICT solutions in the Healthcare domain, Arvind has keen interest in IT solutions that aid Quality and Service excellence in service industries. Arvind lives in Chennai with his family and is a very keen Carnatic music enthusiast.
CEO, Medivalley Incubation Centre of Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone (AMTZ)
CEO, Medivalley Incubation Centre of Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone (AMTZ)
CEO of Quality & Accreditation Institute
CEO of Quality & Accreditation Institute
Dr. B.K. Rana is the CEO of Quality & Accreditation Institute (QAI). Prior to the current assignment, he was Director & CEO-In-charge of National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH), Quality Council of India. He served as a Board Member of the International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua) and President of the Asian Society for Quality in Healthcare (ASQua). He also served as Chairman of ISQua Accreditation Council. He is Founding Member of the International Academy of Quality & Safety (IAQS) and Scientific Advisory Board, International Alliance of Patients’ Organisations (IAPO). He is appointed to the Academic Advisory Board of CT University Punjab. He is Advisor, National Referral Centre for Lead Poisoning in India (NRCLPI).
Dr Rana is Chairman of Documentation Review Committee and Member of Complaints & Appeals Committee of National GLP Compliance Monitoring Authority, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India.
He is ISQua Team Leader for its International Accreditation Program. He is an International Consultant and Expert for the WHO, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, USAID, ISQua, UNFCCC, GIZ and several other national and international organisations. His expertise includes establishing Accreditation Bodies and Standard Development in the field of Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety. He holds a Ph.D in Biochemistry, Diploma in German and a Post Graduate Diploma in Hospital and Health Management. He has published twelve research papers in international journals, contributed chapters in books and presented in several national and international conferences. His passion for doing different things differently keeps him motivated to innovate and create new standards and programs.
Group Head - Medical Strategy & Operation Group, Fortis Healthcare Ltd.
Group Head - Medical Strategy & Operation Group, Fortis Healthcare Ltd.
Chief Operating Officer-Meghe Group of Hospitals, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Science
Chief Operating Officer-Meghe Group of Hospitals, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Science
Dr George Noel Fernandes comes for more than 24 years experience. He did his graduation in allopathic medicine from St. John’s Medical College. Subsequently he did his post-graduation in Preventive and social medicine; travel medicine from Royal College of Physicians and surgeons, Scotland; Emergency Medicine and Quality in healthcare practices from Boston. He is also trained in disaster management, power based selling from Holder International, USA and business continuity planning.
He has serviced at various leadership roles as CEO, COO, Vice-President and Medical Director for premium hospitals abroad (St Mary’s Hospital, Pennsylvania; Saudi German Hospital, Dubai) and in India (Apollo Hospitals, CK Birla Hospitals, Parkway Pantai Hospitals, Medicover fertility group). He has been actively involved with marketing, creating new products, involving the medical and non-medical community to build a community and loyalty driven hospital with centers of clinical excellences that would act as a referral center for the neighboring towns. He has rolled out a number of medical programs that work to help in the active growth of the hospital. His P&L drivers are clinical excellence, quality, improving patient experience, creating new services and upgrading existing services, change in case and payer mix to affect improved clinical and financial outputs. He has been trained and has successfully lead NABH, JCI, CAP and Accreditation Canada accreditations & clinical, operational and financial audits.
He has also worked as Medical Director and Business Head with insurance and assistance companies (International SOS in South East Asia and Americas; Europe Assistance-HIS in France and Thailand). During this period, he worked in various disaster areas such as the Bali Bomb blast, Haiti, various pandemics, tsunami etc and personally done more than 500 medical air evacuations. He has been a first responder and on-ground commander in various disaster situations across the globe, such as Earthquakes, Tsunami, Bomb Blasts, Hostage situations, SARS, HINI pandemic and more recently the COVID-19.
He has worked as a corporate medical director for few of the fortune 500 companies such as CISCO, PepsiCo, Boeing, Goldman Sachs Group, Deer, Fluor, HCL. During this tenure, he built wellness centers in India as well as abroad. As the Corporate Medical Director, he has helping organizations to identify and manage the various medical and safety needs of its business travelers, expatriates and work force. He has been responsible to develop work place health programs and business and organization risk programs; Corporate Planning such as Emergency Response Plan (ERP) Program; Global Travel Health Program; Global Health Screening (Pre-deployment) Program; Global Injury-Illness Management Program; Health Incident Management program (Pandemic); Global Wellness Program; Travel and Expat Health ; Understanding the overall (medical) risk exposure to a corporate as well as finding cost effective solutions; Operational strategy and medical management ( case management); Underwriting and pricing support ; Designing, developing and implementing new products in different market sectors; Defining Occupational Health tools, Compliance Audits, Health Program Cost Analysis, Medical Data; Management, Injury/ Disease Management, Health Surveillance Exams, Wellness Programs, In-House Clinics, Auditing Programs, Post Project Exams; Issues that need consideration for Expatriates, Families and Business Travelers; Special considerations for VIPs traveling to foreign countries for board meeting/Survey/Conference; Special considerations for organizations working at remote sites and issues for local Employees – OH and Wellness and site clinics.
He drives revenue growth by developing new products/services, marketing initiatives, medical quality, clinical excellence, clinical governance, and patient safety, on-boarding of doctors with excellent clinical acumen, leadership, innovative multi-channel distribution strategies and strategic alliances. He is a strategic thought leader with focus on superior analytical skills, rigorous project management and record of strong execution. He has a global mindset, high energy, am intellectually curious, comfortable leading across matrix organizations, participatory management style and accountable for results. He is a keen medical academician and leading expert in Hospital Mergers and Acquisition; Hospital Operations and Management, Disaster Management, managing Global Emergencies, Pandemic preparedness, International Corporate Health, Medical Risk Management and planning of Global Health Incidents and is a frequent speaker and regular expert resource for TV and print media.
Managing Director & Founder CEO of Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone (AMTZ)
Managing Director & Founder CEO of Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone (AMTZ)
Dr. Jitendra Sharma is the Managing Director & Founder CEO of Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone (AMTZ) which is Asia’s first medical devices manufacturing park. He is Founder Executive Director of Kalam Institute of Health Technology (KIHT) - that serves as medical technology policy institute to various departments & ministries of Govt. of India. He is Member Secretary of National Medical Devices Promotion Council, and founder Chairman of two med-tech incubators - Medi-Valley, and Bio-Valley. He is adjunct lecturer at University of Adelaide, Australia; Chairman of Indian Biomedical Skill Council and a Distinguished Senior Fellow at Niti Aayog, the national policy making institution of Govt. of India.
Dr Sharma has been Awarded the European Union–India Young Leaders Award at EU Parliament, Brussels and AAMI-Laufman Greatbatch Award for his distinguished work in medical technology sector. He is also known in professional circles as Med-Tech Man of India.
Chief Operating Officer P.D.Hinduja Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Mumbai
Chief Operating Officer P.D.Hinduja Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Mumbai
Joy Chakrabortyis currently holding the position of Chief Operating Officer at P. D. Hinduja Hospital & Medical Research Centre with 21 years of experience in healthcare industry.
Prior to joining P.D. Hinduja Hospital he had worked for 9 years with Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre (SRMC), Chennai that is also associated with Sri Ramachandra Medical College (Deemed University). As an administrator he managed the entire operations and administration function of the hospital. Joy was actively involved in the developing and teaching programs related to healthcare management field in SRMC.
Before starting his career, he completed his Post Graduation in Healthcare Management. He has undergone advanced Executive Education from Harvard Business School, Boston, USA in Managing Healthcare Delivery and attended MDP on ‘Finance for Business leaders’ organized by IIM – Ahmedabad.
Joy is currently, Chairman - Healthcare Initiatives of CII (Western Region), Member of National Healthcare Committee of CII and Sports Committee of CII; He has been elected for the Governing Council Member for CAHO (Consortium of Accredited Healthcare Organization) as Zonal Coordinator – West. He is President of Association of Healthcare Providers of India (AHPI - Maharashtra & Goa); Member of Advisory Board of Healthcare Programs (IIM-Calcutta); Member of Industry Academia Board (XLRI – Jamshedpur). He has been nominated as Chairman of Health Sector Skill Council (HSSC) for Western Region. He is on the Academic Board of Several institutes including IIHMR – Jaipur, Welingkar Business School – Mumbai. Joy is advisor for Symbiosis Institute of Health Sciences which is a part of Symbiosis University. He is an Advisory Board Member of QAI (Quality Accreditation Institute) and also an Advisory Board member of K G Hospital, Coimbatore. He is former National President – Voice of Healthcare (VOH), and was a member of Accreditation Committee of NABH. Joy has travelled foreign countries as part of healthcare delegation for India.
Joy is passionate about “Quality Care” and has taken up many projects as well as initiatives that have been exemplary achievements in the same. For the same recently Joy has been awarded “Patient Experience Professional of the Year” by Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and CRM Academy of Asia in 2019. He also has been featured in Top News Makers of 2018 & 2019 “Who Impacted The Healthcare Industry” by Medgate Today. He has been a recipient of Rashtriya Sanman Award by National Education & Human Resource Development Organization. Joy was recognized with HealthCare Leadership award at the 2019 ABP News 5th HealthCare leadership awards and most recently in June 2020, he was recognized as one of “Inspiring HealthCare Leaders of India” at the 3rd edition of Economic Times - Doctor’s Day Conclave. Joy was recently recognized with “CXO Health Excellence Award” at the 6th CXO Digital Innovation Health Summit held in February 2021.
Joy is a member of Lions Club, Shivaji Park and honorary Trustee of “Spare A Moment”, an NGO that works for animals, environment, underprivileged and senior citizens. He is the past President of Bengal Club, Shivaji Park.
Joy has closely worked with and on projects of central government, state government including government bodies like Niti Aayog for HealthCare domain. He has been an expert member who contributed National Education Policy.
As an ardent professional for “Quality Care”, he has ensured that the same has given to the society even by the Bengal Club of Shivaji Park, Mumbai for which has been the past president and now serves as mentor to this oldest and most prestigious club. His activities are not just restricted to quality in healthcare but also outside health care. Educate the girl child, food for the poor and needy are a few campaigns that the club runs currently under Joy’s mentorship
Joy is currently Member of Harvard Business Review Advisory Council.
An Advisor in Manipal group and an independent Health care advisor.
An Advisor in Manipal group and an independent Health care advisor.
Dr. Mudit Saxena is one of the pioneer clinicians who trained to be an administrator with a MHA and MBA from IIM Bangalore. He did his MBBS from SMS Medical College, Jaipur and pursued academics with Johns Hopkins University, U.S.A. and Singapore Management University.
Mudit has over 22 years of experience in leadership roles in corporate, trust and public sector healthcare organizations. He started his career serving at a rural health centre in India. He held key positions with super-specialty chain of hospitals like Wockhardt and Fortis Hospital, Bangalore. He was the Chief Operating Officer (COO) with HCG Enterprises Ltd. – the leading Cancer Chain of Hospitals in India. He also served as Group CEO for CARE Hospitals – the fifth largest chain of hospitals in India. He is currently serving as Managing Director & CEO with Ovum Hospitals – a well-known chain of premium Birthing Hospitals.
Dr. Mudit has served as Chairman at the Healthcare World Asia Conference, Singapore and UK India Healthcare Summit at UK Parliament, London. For his deep and incisive knowledge of Indian Healthcare Industry, he was also honored among the 50 STARS of IIM B at EGMP Summit at IIM Bangalore. Dr. Mudit has also been awarded by ASIA One as the World’s Greatest Leaders in Asia and GCC (Healthcare) at Dubai.
An Advisor in Manipal group and an independent Health care advisor.
An Advisor in Manipal group and an independent Health care advisor.
He continues as member of the board for Columbia Pacific communities.
He holds the position of President for the RBANMS trust
He serves on the Board of ACESO a non profit organization for global health initiatives.
He was the Chairman of the NABH under the auspices of QCI (Quality Council of India), and Past Chairman of the health services committee of FICCI. He was a member of the Health insurance forum of IRDA and FICCI. He is the founder member of NATHEALTH and Secretary of GAPIO as well as the founder trustee for Terry Fox foundation Bangalore until its existence. He founded Krishna charitable trust.
He has been a recipient of many coveted awards including the health personality of the year award of FICCI and the ALERT award.
Till recently, Dr. Jairam was also a Consultant Colorectal and General Surgery for Columbia Asia. He is also responsible for the development of the self -help group for Ostomy patients, and was the Vice President of Ostomates, India until 2007. He was the Chairman, Health CII institute of quality from 1999 for a period of two years. He also led the delegation of health professionals as its Chairman, to England under the Indo UK partnership treaty. From 1996 to 1998 he was the Medical director of Mallya Hospital, Bangalore.
He was secretary of a charitable hospital the Dhanavanthri Hospital between 1997 and 2000. Between 1980 and 1994, he served at St John’s Medical College and Hospital firstly as lecturer, later as assistant professor, associate professor, Professor and head of Surgery and member of the Board of administration of SJMCH.
Dr Nandakumar Jairam is trained in colorectal and Minimally Invasive Surgery. He has spent time in the UK and the USA. He attended a course at St Marks Hospital in Colorectal surgery in 1986. He is an alumnus of Bangalore Medical College, National College, Basavanagudi and Bishop Cottons School, Bangalore, India. He has been an examiner for MBBS and the MS examinations of several Indian Universities and he was also an examiner for DNBE in surgery and inspector for the National Board. He has several papers including publications in the prestigious British journal of Surgery and presentations to his credit.
He was awarded the FRCS in 2017, awarded as the health care personality of India by FICCI in 2017 and the life time achievement award by ALERT in 2019.
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