Purav Gandhi (Ahmedabad)
Founder & CEO
Purav is a physician and an entrepreneur with 12+ years of experience in Healthcare & Life Sciences industry spanning across strategy, market access, health informatics and Real World Evidence, digital health, analytics and data science. He's passionate about entrepreneurship, books, movies and traveling. Purav studied medicine from Gujarat University and also completed his MBA from Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode. Prior to starting Healthark Insights, Purav started his career with Deloitte working on strategy consulting engagements and also co-founded ConvergeHealth by Deloitte (an innovative business focused on healthcare analytics and real world evidence). An ardent lover of coffee, you can catch him for a conversation at a quaint, little cafe and get him talking about healthcare, travel or food all day long.
Sudeep Krishna (Hyderabad)
CO-FOUNDER & PRESIDENT
Sudeep till recently served as an MD and the leader of the Strategy practice at Monitor Deloitte. In his 20+ years of professional experience, Sudeep has built deep Strategy formulation expertise, executing multiple projects in Bio-Pharma and Medtech sectors across India, SEA, US, Japan. Sudeep has worked closely with global leadership teams, helping drive their outsourcing choices. He has immense experience in establishing and scaling biopharma GCCs in Hyderabad.
Anish Swaminathan(Bengaluru)
Managing Director
Anish has 15+ years of experience in management consulting in the life sciences sector, and has worked with diverse multinational firms in the US, India, Middle East and APAC regions. His primary area of interest is Customer and Market Strategy, Market Access, and Digital Health with special focus on emerging markets like Africa, Middle East and APAC. Outside of work, Anish loves his music and is currently training to be a guitarist. He also loves to travel, and he believes in cherishing cultural experiences in their most local, authentic forms – be it destinations, cuisines, traditions or beyond.
Dhaval Vasavada(Ahmedabad)
ENGAGEMENT MANAGER
Dhaval brings over two decades of diverse experience in successfully delivering projects and programs in the Analytics space across IT Services companies, product companies, and Global Capability Centers (GCCs). He is proficient in Agile methodologies, data analytics, and cloud platforms, with a deep understanding of optimizing operations and driving innovation across these environments.
Ritu Baliya(Ahmedabad)
ENGAGEMENT MANAGERr
Ritu has over 6 years of experience in strategy building, market assessments, market sizing, and RWE for multinational pharma clients across America, Europe, South East Asia and MENA regions. As a leader, Ritu believes in fostering growth in individual members in order to drive the collective growth of her team. Healthark’s most resourceful person for research, she’s passionate about creative writing, and is an avid coffee lover!
Shreshta Anantha(Bengaluru)
ENGAGEMENT MANAGER
Shreshta has 6+ years of industry experience in Healthcare, Pharma and Life Sciences specifically in the RWE, clinical trials research and data analytics. The forever changing and ever-so-uncertain nature of healthcare industry is what excites her the most about her work. When she’s off work, Shreshta loves to travel, and looks out for the offbeat and the unexplored in destinations. A foodie to the core, you can catch up with her over a fancy barbeque dinner and get to know her more!