Mr. Kiran Anandampillai
BE (Telecommunications)
CEO and Founder - iDrishti, Volunteer / Advisor - Technology at National Health Authority

Mr. Kiran Anandampillai is an Advisor (Technology) to the National Health Authority (NHA). He is a volunteer supporting NHA to create digital public goods under India’s two large digital health initiatives - The Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) and Ayushman Bharat PMJAY.

He is a telecom engineer by training and was one of the founding members of OnMobile, where he helped the company grow from a 10 people startup to a publicly listed company. He has volunteered with UIDAI for the Aadhaar program in 2010 where he worked on how eKYC would benefit telcom operators and last mile printing and delivery of Aadhaar letters.

Mr. Kiran is the founder and CEO of iDrishti, which delivers high quality eyecare from a district capital to the village level. iDrishti currently manages 12 eye hospitals across Karnataka, India. He dedicates his time to driving impact in healthcare. Apart from the leadership he brings to iDrishti, Kiran is a core volunteer with the iSPIRT foundation. He has worked on improving adoption of digital health care in India and has worked on the National Health Stack, National Digital Health Blueprint and the NHA IRDAI JWG report on Common IT for Health Insurance.

 

 

Dr. (Group Captain) Suchitra Mankar
MBBS, MD, MMS, AFIH
Founder and Director of Doorstep Health Services Pvt. Ltd.

Dr. Suchitra Mankar combines a robust medical education with extensive field experience. She holds an MBBS and an MD in Community Medicine from the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), further augmented by a Masters in Management Studies from Osmania University and Post Graduate Diplomas in Hospital and Healthcare Management and Medico-legal Systems from Symbiosis. Certified as a Social Impact Practitioner by SAN India, she has also contributed to academics as an Associate Professor and Postgraduate Teacher since 2007.

With more than 40+ years in Health Care as a doctor, teacher, administrator and soldier in diverse habitats, Dr. Suchitra followed her passion to start her own Primary Health Care Company. Professionally, she is the Founder and Director of Doorstep Health Services Pvt Ltd, established in 2012 to provide telemedicine and primary care services. Her previous roles include serving as Medical Director at Lokmanya Group of Hospitals and a nearly three-decade-long career in the Indian Air Force, culminating in the rank of Group Captain.

Her leadership extends to the Telemedicine Society of India, where she has been an Executive Committee Member at the national level and President of the Maharashtra chapter.