Dr. Shravan Subramanyam, Managing Director, Wipro GE Healthcare is the new President of  NATHEALTH – an apex body representing the entire ecosystem of the Indian healthcare industry. He takes over from Dr. Harsh Mahajan. This was announced at the recently concluded AGM in the 8th Annual Summit for FY 2022-23 of NATHEALTH.

 The new elected NATHEALTH leadership team also includes other industry luminaries: Dr. Ashutosh Raghuvanshi as Senior Vice President, NATHEALTH and Managing Director & CEO, Fortis Healthcare, Ameera Shah as Vice President, NATHEALTH and MD, Metropolis India,. Vrinda Mathur as Secretary, NATHEALTH and Head - Services, Management Consulting, PI/RWI, IQVIA South Asia and Sunil Thakur as Treasurer NATHEALTH and Partner, Quadria Capital.

 Siddhartha Bhattacharya, Secretary-General, NATHEALTH will continue to lead and head NATHEALTH secretariat.

 Speaking on his appointment as the President of NATHEALTH, Dr. Shravan Subramanyam said, “COVID-19 taught us the value of not just rethinking healthcare but also rebuilding healthcare infrastructure. We know this isn’t our first pandemic and not the last. To be future-ready, the ‘new normal’ will rest on the foundations of innovation, digitalization and collaboration. We will have to move outside the four walls of healthcare delivery systems and work towards making healthcare accessible to all by using technological innovations. “

“Hopefully, as a unified voice of the entire healthcare ecosystem, NATHEALTH will be able to contribute towards discovering the ways to improve patient outcomes in a cost-effective manner for a better tomorrow. NATHEALTH is the forum that will facilitate the collaborations, will influence the decision-making procedures and might also be the driving force behind required policy changes to make atmanirbhar bharat a reality."- Dr. Subramanyam further added.

 Dr. Ashutosh Raghuvanshi, Senior Vice President, NATHEALTH & Managing Director & CEO, Fortis Healthcare said, "As the entire healthcare ecosystem has entered into the recovery mode in the post-pandemic era, we should now focus on expanding the overall health capacity through advanced technologies to improve healthcare access, efficiency and quality. With an aim to bring some path-breaking ideas to re-imagine the future of health sector in India, NATHEALTH will continue to connect to the best of the minds in the healthcare sector for a unified voice that shapes the healthcare narrative towards achieving the universal health coverage.