SYMHEALTH 2025


April 11th & 12th, 2025

National Conference on

Advancing Equity and Inclusion: A Pathway to Achieving SDGs for Healthier Future Generations

Organized by

FACULTY OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES,
SYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL (DEEMED UNIVERSITY)

international health conference

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SYMHEALTH 2024


The Guest of Honour for the Valedictory ceremony: Dr. Nitin Kareer Chief Secretary, Government of Maharashtra

Mr. Lokesh Bohra
Practice Leader- ESG with SW India and Founder, SustainableX, Mumbai

Dr. Pratibha Kane
Senior Consultant Anaesthesiologist, Jehangir Hospitals, Pune

Col (retd) Dr.Sunil Rao
Group Chief Operating Officer, Sahyadri Hospitals, Pune

Mr. Vikrant Shrotriya
Corporate Vice President and Managing Director, Novo Nordisk, India, UAE

Dr. SubbaRao M Gavaravarapu,
Scientist F, National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad

Dr. Shweta Khandelwal
Senior Advisor, Nutrition, Jhpiego India

Dr. Meena Sharma,
Head Nutrigenomic Expert, Healeo, Bengulru

Dr. Aditi Roy
Senior Research Scientist, Centre for chronic disease control PHFI,Delhi

Ms. Rajashree Menon
Chief Business Officer - Digital Health, GOQii Mumbai

(L to R) Dr. Shashikala Gurpur, Dean,Faculty of Law, SIU ,Pune Dr. Nikhil Datar, Consultant Gynaecologist ,Criticare....

Dr. Sanjay Gupte, Director
Gupte Hospital,Pune

Prof. Supten Sarbadhikari Digital health Educationist, Kolkata

(Left) Ms. Sharvari Malushte, Co-Founder & COO, EasyHeals, Pune (Right) Ms. Anjali Mirchandani, Deputy GM - Health Insurance, New India Assurance, Mumbai

Dr. Shirish Lawoo Ghadi,
Specialist, Public Health, Transform Rural India, Mumbai.

Dr. Vijay Poshattirao Kandewad Additional Project Director, Maharashtra AIDS Control Society, Mumbai Former Joint Director Health Services, Public Health Department, GoM Mumbai

Dr. Atul Mohan Kochhar,
CEO, National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare providers, (NABH), New Delhi

Mr.Mihir Desai
Director, HOSMAC India Pvt. ltd Mumbai

Dr.Anoop Lal Medical Director Care Mithra,Trivandrum

STAR ALUMNUS AWARD 2024:
Dr. Rahul J Verma, from the Diploma in Clinical Research (DCR) batch of 2022




SYMHEALTH 2023


Effective Healthcare Communication Col (Dr) M P Cariappa Technical Advisor, Delta Zulu Consultancy

Effective Healthcare Communication Col (Dr) M P Cariappa Technical Advisor, Delta Zulu Consultancy

Precision Nutrition: The Way Forward for Personalized Nutrition Dr. A Sreekumar Founder, Soukhya Foundation

Precision Nutrition: The Way Forward for Personalized Nutrition Dr. A Sreekumar Founder, Soukhya Foundation

Finding the Leader Within Dr. Anupam Sibal Group Medical Director, Apollo Hospital, New Delhi

Finding the Leader Within Dr. Anupam Sibal Group Medical Director, Apollo Hospital, New Delhi

Finding the Leader Within Dr. Anupam Sibal Group Medical Director, Apollo Hospital, New Delhi

Good practices in clinical trials Dr. Arun Bhatt Consultant Clinical researchRole of Real world evidence in clinical trials Ms. Indrani Kakade Consultant, Clinical Trials, Data Management & Analytics

Millet based approach for ensuring food security Dr. Mansi Patil Chief Program Officer, Hypertension Core group, IAPEN

Nutrition & Dietetics: yesterday, today & tomorrow Dr. Prashanth Thankachan, Associate Professor, St. John’s Research Institute

Emerging Trends in Clinical Trials : Dr. Sanish Davis R&D Director, GCO India, Johnson & Johnson

Food and Mood Dr. Sayali Dindorkar, Founder of SHWAS 4 U

Nutrition Transition Dr. Suparna Ghosh-Jerath, Programme Head, George Institute of Global Health

Forging, scaling and assessment of outcomes in healthcare collaborations Mr. Lalit Mistry Partner and Co-Head, Healthcare Sector, KPMG, Mumbai

Forging, scaling and assessment of outcomes in healthcare collaborations Mr. Lalit Mistry Partner and Co-Head, Healthcare Sector, KPMG, Mumbai

Changing Landscape of Health Insurance in India Mr Bhaskar Nerurkar Head of Health Administration Team, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co. Ltdi

Changing Landscape of Health Insurance in India Mr Bhaskar Nerurkar Head of Health Administration Team, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co. Ltd

Forging, scaling and assessment of outcomes in healthcare collaborations Mr. Lalit Mistry Partner and Co-Head, Healthcare Sector, KPMG, Mumbai

Forging, scaling and assessment of outcomes in healthcare collaborations Mr. Lalit Mistry Partner and Co-Head, Healthcare Sector, KPMG, Mumbai

Leveraging technology for Pharmacovigilance Mr. Moin Don CEO & Founder,PVCON Consulting

Systems Thinking and Health System Strengthening Dr. Rahul Shidhaye, MD Ph.D, Public Health Specialist, Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences

Systems Thinking and Health System Strengthening Dr. Rahul Shidhaye, MD Ph.D, Public Health Specialist, Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences

Inaugural Function Keynote Address Mr. Siddhartha Bhattacharya Country Director, Access Health International President, NATHEALTH

Inaugural Function Keynote Address Mr. Siddhartha Bhattacharya Country Director, Access Health International President, NATHEALTH

Regulatory Landscape of Pharmaceutical industry Dr. Manjusha Rajashi, Founder of Regulus Healthcare

Safe and Sustainable Hospitals Ms. Shweta Menon, Co-Director, ACME Consulting.

Safe and Sustainable Hospitals Ms. Shweta Menon, Co-Director, ACME Consulting.



SYMHEALTH 2022


Mr. Sunil Karanjikar, Director - Human Resource & Employee Relations, Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre, Mumbai

Pathology - Dr. Arshad Khan, Head Lab. Operations Maharashtra & Goa, Dr. Lal Pathlabs Ltd Anchor: Dr. Venkat Sudigali, Director and COO Excell Hospital, Hyderabad

Pharmaceuticals – Dr. Aparna Bhagat, Head International Business, Wallace Pharmaceutical, Mumbai Insurance – Mr. Biswajit Nayak, Head Claims and Networking, SBI General Insurance, Pune

Dr. Aniruddha Pant, Founder and CEO AlgoAnalytics, Pune

Track I Dr. Ketan Kotecha, Dean, Faculty of Engineering, SIU

Track I Dr. Sanjay Gupte, Medico Legal Expert, Past President- FOGSI

Mr. Ajit Nagraj, Chairman and CEO, Scitara Corporation, USA Ms. Namita Thapar, Executive Director, Emcure Pharmaceuticals, Pune

Mr. Vishwas Mahajan, Founder Whizibke, EC Member and Chairman Startups and Incubation Committee, MCCIA, Pune Dr Yogesh Bramhankar, CEO, SCEI, SIU

Dr Dileep Kumar, President, INC

Chief Guest : Dr. Raman Gangakhedkar, C.G. Pandit National Chair, ICMR

Group Photo



SYMHEALTH 2021


Chief Guest: Dr.Harsh Mahajan, President NATHEALTH(Healthcare Federation of India), New Delhi

Valedictory Ceremony (Golden Jubilee Lecture Series) Guest of Honor: Dr. Devi Shetty, Chairman, Narayana Hrudayalaya Limited...

Emerging Role of Consultancy in Healthcare: Mr. Amit Mookim, Managing Director, IQVIA, South Asia, Mumbai

Dr. Lallu Joseph, Quality Manager and Associate General Superintendent, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu and Secretary General, Consortium of Accredited Healthcare Organizations

Medico Legal Expert Past President- Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India and Director, Gupte Hospital, Pune

COVID-19 Vaccination: Myths Vs Facts: Dr. Raman Gangakhedkar, Padma Shri Awardee 2020, Dr. CG Pandit National Chair, Indian Council of Medical Research and Former Head...

Examining COVID-19 from Behavioral Perspectives: Dr. Pradeep Krishnatray, Director, Research and Strategic Planning, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Centre for Communication Programs(JHUCCP), New Delhi

Towards Strengthening Primary Healthcare in India- Dr. Sanjiv Kumar, Former Executive Director, National Health Systems Resource Centre, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare- GoI, New Delhi



SYMHEALTH 2019


Chief Guest Dr Sanjeev Kumar IAS Divisional Commissioner Nagpur

Dr Anirudha Malpani Director & Founder Malpani Ventures

Dr Col Ajay Gangoli Group Medical Director Apollo Health & Lifestyle Ltd

Dr Raman Gangakhedkar Head Epidemiology & Communicable Diseases ICMR

Dr. Dinesh Pashankar Associate Professor Yale University USA

Dr Sanjay Gupte Medico Legal Expert

Dr Sanjay Zodpey, Vice President - Academics, Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi Director – Indian Institute of Public Health, Delhi

Dr Simmardeep Singh Gill COO CK Birla Group

Dr Sitarama Budaraju Consultant Healthcare Projects Tata Trust

Mr Anand Mote, COO Aster Hospital

Mr Arunesh Punetha, Regional Director Narayana Health

Mr Bhaskar Nerurkar, Head Health Bajaj Allianz ltd

Mr George Chemban, Business Head Suburban Diagnostics

Mr Prabal Chakraborty, Vice President & Managing Director Boston Scientific India (2)

Mr Rohit Sathe, President Health Systems Philips

Mr Sanjay Nirwan, Director Healthcare Practice at Mirum India

Mr Surendra Deodhar, VP Reliance Life Sciences Pvt Ltd

Mr Vidhi Prasad, K V Head Wipro GE South Asia

Ms Gayatri Iyer, Regional Manager NIC (2)

Ms Nishi Saini, Head North Clove Dental Clinics

Surg Vice Admiral Ravi Kalra, NMVSM Director and Commandant Armed Forces Medical College, Pune

Felicitation of Dr. Sanjeev Kumar IAS Divisional Commissioner, Nagpur

Felicitation of Mr. Prabal Chakraborty, Vice President & Managing Director, Boston Scientific, India

Felicitation Surg Vice Admiral Ravi Kalra, NMVSM Director and Commandant Armed Forces Medical College, Pune

Release of Symbiosis Health Times 2019

Inaugural ceremony



SYMHEALTH 2018


Inaugural ceremony

Registrations Desk

Mr. Ashish Bhatia, COO (North and East), Fortis Healthcare, India

Mr. Virender Kapoor A Thinker, Educationist and an Inspirational Guru

Mr. Anurag Bhusari, CEO, S2 Infoline Solutions

Mr. Tirupathi Karthik, CEO, Napier Healthcare Solutions

Dr. H. P. Singh, Chief of Medical Administration, Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, Delhi

Dr. Rajeev Boudhankar, CEO of Bhatia Hospital

Dr. Geeta Bhardwaj, General Manager at MD India Healthcare Services

Dr. Nilima Kadambi, Director and Vice president, Belle Sante

Mr. Anurav Rane, Founder and CEO, PlanMyMedicalTrip.com

Mr. Anthony D'Costa, Product Manger, Haylard Health India Pvt. Ltd

Dr. Viraj Suvarna, Medical Director, Boehringer Ingelheim

Dr. Rohini Kelkar, Director Laboratories, Professor & Head Dept of Microbiology Tata Memorial Centre

Mr. Dilip Jose, MD & CEO, Manipal Health Enterprises

Mr. Shishir Gupta, National Manager – Strategy and Innovation a Roche Diagnostics, India

Ms. Jayata Sharma, Founder & Editor, Health Biz Insight

Mr. Meghraj Gore, Vice President, operations- Fortis healthcare limited, India

Dr. Rakesh Verma, Managing Director, Falcon Skills

Dr. Sanjay Gupte, Managing Director & Founder, Gupte Hospitals

Dr. Vaijayanti Patwardhan, MD, DGO, Consultant Gynecologist, Project Coordinator, KEM Hospital,

Dr. Shyam Vasudevrao, Founder & Chairman, Renalyx Health Systems Pvt Ltd

Dr. Parag R Rindani, Head, New Age Wockhardt Hospitals Ltd.

Dr. Rajendra Patankar, COO Nanavati Super Speciality Hospital, Mumbai

Guests of Honor :Dr. Ravi Wankhedkar, National President, IMA

Chief Guest: Shri. Girish Mahajan, Cabinet Minister for Water Resources & Medical Education Govt. of Maharashtra

Release of Symbiosis Health Times



SYMHEALTH 2017


Press Releases




NATIONAL SEMINAR 2016


2016 (From L to R) : Dr.Rajiv Yeravdekar, Mr. Sushobhan Dasgupta, Ms. Shobha Mishra, Mr.Aniruddha Rajurkar, Adv.Ram Jethmalani,Dr.S.B.Mujumdar, Mr.Thumbay Moideen,Dr.Vidya Yervadekar,Dr.R.V.Karanjekar Mr.Kaushik Sen,Dr.Rajani Gupte

2016 (From L to R): Dr.Rajiv Yeravdekar, Dr.Vidya Yeravdekar, Dr.Ranjeet Patil, Dr.Rajani Gupte, Lt.Gen.Akhil Nagpal




NATIONAL SEMINAR 2015


2015 (From L to R) : Dr.Rajiv Yeravdekar, Mr. Dinesh Lodha, Mr. Anjan Bose, Dr.Vidya Yeravdekar, Dr.Rajani Gupte, Mr.Anand Deshpande

2015 (From L to R) : Dr. Rajiv Yeravdekar, Dr. Vidya Yeravdekar, Adv. Ram Jethmalani, Ms. Suneeta Reddy, Dr. Rajani Gupte




NATIONAL SEMINAR 2014


2014 (From L to R) : Dr.Rajiv Yeravdekar, Dr.Rajen Padukone, Dr. Harish Pillai, Dr.Vidya Yeravdekar, Dr.Rajani Gupte, Mr.Reddy, Mr. Jain

2014 (From L to R) : Dr. Rajiv Yeravdekar, Mr. Shivinder Mohan Singh, Dr. S. B. Mujumdar, Adv. Ram Jethmalani, Dr. Rajani Gupte, Dr. Vidya Yeravdekar




NATIONAL SEMINAR 2013


2013 (From L to R) : Mr. Shankar Haveri, Mr. Ratan Jalan, Dr.Vishal Gupta, Dr.Rajiv Yeravdekar, Dr.Rajani Gupte, Mr.Hemant Dande, Dr. Nagendra Swamy Dr. Bughediwala

2013 (From L to R) : Dr.Rajiv Yeravdekar, Dr. Mohandas, Dr.S.B.Mujumdar, Adv. Ram Jethmalani, Dr. Vidya Yeravdekar, Dr.Rajani Gupte




NATIONAL SEMINAR 2012


2012 (From L to R) : Dr. Vishal Tahiliani, Dr. Narottam Puri, Dr. Rajiv Yeravdekar, Dr. GSK Velu, Dr. R.S. Paranjape, Dr. Abhay Shukla

2012 (From L to R) : Dr. Rajiv Yeravdekar, Dr. NataMenabde, Adv. Ram Jethmalani,Dr. Vidya Yeravdekar




NATIONAL SEMINAR 2011


2011 (From L to R) :Dr.Rajiv Yeravdekar, Dr. Karanjekar, Dr. Sangita Reddy, Dr.S.B.Mujumdar, Mr.Ganesh Nayak, Dr. Rakesh Kapoor, Mr.Ragupathi Cavale

2011 (From L to R) : Dr.Rajiv Yeravdekar, Dr.Arun Jamkar, Dr.S.B.Mujumdar, Hon’ble Shri.Ghulam Nabi Azad




NATIONAL SEMINAR 2010


2010 (From L to R) : Dr.Rajiv Yeravdekar, Dr.Sanjiv Malik, Mr.V.Raja, Ms.Preeta Reddy, Dr.GSK.Velu, Mr. Kal Sundaram, Dr. Rakesh Kapoor




NATIONAL SEMINAR 2009


2009 (From L to R) : Dr. Chandrashekhar Potkar, Mr. B. K. Agarwala, Mr. Anjan Bose, Dr.Rajiv Yeravdekar, Dr.Krishna Reddy, Dr. Soma Raju, Dr.Narottam Puri, Dr. Rakesh Kapoor

2009 (From L to R) : Dr.Rajiv Yeravdekar, Lt. Gen. Shivkumar Sharma, Dr.S.B.Mujumdar, Mr. Rajesh Tope, Adv. Ram Jethmalani




NATIONAL SEMINAR 2008


2008 (From L to R) : Dr. Rajiv Yeravdekar, Adv. Ram Jethmalani, Mr. Mohammad Nasim, Dr. Anil Kohli, Dr. S.B. Mujumdar

2008 (From L to R) Dr.Rajiv Yeravdekar, Adv. Ram Jethmalani, Lt. Gen. N. K. Parmar, Dr.S.B.Mujumdar




NATIONAL SEMINAR 2007


2007 (From L to R) :Dr.Rajiv Yeravdekar, Mr.Shivinder Mohan Singh, Lt.Gen.Saibal Mukherjee, Dr.S.B.Mujumdar, Adv. Ram Jethmalani, Smt.Rajlakshmi Bhosale, Dr.A.Rajashekharan, Dr.K.H.Sancheti




NATIONAL SEMINAR 2006


2006 (From L to R) : Adv.Ram.Jethmalani, Dr.Paramita Sudharto, Dr.S.B.Mujumdar, Hon’ble Justice M.B.Shah, Dr.K.H.Sancheti




NATIONAL SEMINAR 2005


2005:Dr. Rajiv Yeravdekar, Adv. Ram Jethmalani, Dr. B. M. Hegde, Dr. S. B. Mujumdar, Mr. Dilip Walse Patil, Dr. Sancheti, Dr. M. A. Tutakne




NATIONAL SEMINAR 2003


2003 (From L to R) : Dr.M.A.Tutakne, Dr.S.B.Mujumdar, Mr.Digvijay Khanvilkar

2003 (From L to R): Dr.S.B.Mujumdar, Adv. Ram Jethmalani, Mr. Justice D.P. Wadhwa, Lt. Gen. R. K. Jetley, Mr.T.N.Seshan, Dr.Vidya Yeravdekar




NATIONAL SEMINAR 2002


2002 (From L to R) : Hon’ble Justice Mr. M. B. Shah, Dr. Ved Prakash Mishra, Dr. Hari Gautam, Dr. S.B.Mujumdar, Mr.T.N.Seshan




NATIONAL SEMINAR 2001


2001: (From L to R) Dr. V. Ranjan, Dr.Vidya Yeravdekar, Mr. T.C. Benjamin




NATIONAL SEMINAR 1999


1999: (From L to R) Dr. Banoo Coyaji, Adv. Ram Jethmalani, Dr.S.B.Mujumdar