Mission Possible
About the Authors
Swami Subramaniam
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Swami is a physician-scientist who spent most of his corporate career in the biopharmaceutical industry. He co-founded Aurigene Discovery Technologies, headed business development for a Danish biotech, and spent several years in R&D at Merck (MSD) and Abbott Nutrition. He currently serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of Ignite Life Science Foundation, a science philanthropy with the mission - “Making Science Work for India”. Furthermore, he is the author of two previous books – "Mastering Sleep, the science behind sleeping well", and "Healing Hands" – the biography of a plastic surgeon who set up the world's largest hand injury service at a Government Hospital in Chennai. He can be reached at swami2m@gmail.com.
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Aparajithan Srivathsan
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Over the past three decades, Srivathsan has built world-class solutions for India’s healthcare needs with a ringside view of private healthcare, health insurance, and health-tech. He is a hospital strategist and health systems tinkerer. He believes in the ability of technology to democratize access to healthcare and the need for tech-enabled frontline community health workers to take healthcare into the community. He believes in the promise of India as a hub for global medicine and an innovator of solutions that can be applied to healthcare globally. He can be reached at srivathsan.aparajithan@gmail.com.
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