DHN Policy Roundtable Bengaluru

The Next Decade of Healthcare: What Must Change, What Must Endure

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Healthcare Is Entering a New Era

Healthcare is no longer being shaped by technology alone. It is being redefined by how technology, policy, leadership, and clinical excellence come together.

Artificial Intelligence is moving into clinical workflows. Digital infrastructure is becoming foundational. Care is extending beyond hospital walls. Patients expect more connected, personalized, and seamless healthcare experiences.

As India enters the next phase of healthcare transformation, the focus must shift from adoption to execution, from isolated innovation to system-wide impact, and from individual success stories to sustainable change.

The DHN Policy Roundtable | Bengaluru brings together senior healthcare leaders for a focused conversation on the decisions, collaborations, and priorities that will define the next decade of healthcare.

Why This Roundtable

The future of healthcare will not be built by one institution, one technology, or one policy.

It will be shaped through collaboration between hospitals, government, industry, innovators, academia, and the broader healthcare ecosystem.

The DHN Policy Roundtable is designed to facilitate exactly those conversations.

Hosted in a confidential, closed-door setting, the roundtable enables healthcare leaders to openly discuss emerging opportunities, systemic challenges, policy priorities, and practical strategies that can accelerate meaningful transformation across India's healthcare landscape.

Why Bengaluru

Bengaluru stands at the intersection of healthcare, technology, research, and innovation.

With one of India's strongest ecosystems of hospitals, Global Capability Centers, HealthTech startups, AI companies, research institutions, and digital health innovators, the city has become a catalyst for the future of healthcare.

The Bengaluru edition will explore how India can strengthen its position as a global leader in healthcare innovation while building more connected, intelligent, and resilient health systems.

Theme

The Next Decade of Healthcare: What Must Change, What Must Endure

Healthcare is evolving faster than ever before.

Technology will continue to reshape how care is delivered, managed, and experienced. Yet the foundations of great healthcare remain unchanged - trust, clinical excellence, patient safety, accessibility, and compassionate care.

This roundtable will examine how healthcare leaders can embrace transformation while preserving the principles that matter most.

The Conversations That Matter

The Future of Care Delivery

How will healthcare be delivered in 2035?

As healthcare moves beyond traditional care settings, organizations must prepare for a future driven by connected care, intelligent systems, predictive insights, and personalized patient experiences.

The discussion will explore how hospitals can build future-ready care models while strengthening operational resilience, workforce readiness, and patient outcomes.

Key discussion areas

  • Patient-centric and connected care models
  • Virtual, home-based, and hybrid care
  • Consumer expectations and future patient experiences
  • Preventive, predictive, and personalized healthcare
  • Workforce transformation and clinician experience
  • Preparing healthcare organizations for the next decade
Leadership Question

What will define a leading healthcare organization in 2035, and what decisions must leaders make today to build it?

Innovation, Intelligence & the New Healthcare Economy

Healthcare innovation is becoming one of the defining economic opportunities of the decade.

India has the talent, capability, and ecosystem to lead the next generation of healthcare innovation - from Artificial Intelligence and digital platforms to globally scalable healthcare products and research.

This discussion will examine how collaboration between providers, government, academia, startups, and industry can position India as a global creator of healthcare innovation.

Key discussion areas

  • AI and intelligent healthcare systems
  • Healthcare GCCs and innovation ecosystems
  • Building globally competitive healthcare products
  • Public-private collaboration
  • New healthcare business models
  • Bengaluru's role in shaping the future of healthcare innovation
Leadership Question

How can India move from adopting healthcare innovation to creating it at global scale?

Roundtable Experience

The DHN Policy Roundtable is intentionally designed as a focused leadership forum.

Every aspect of the experience encourages meaningful participation, strategic dialogue, and executive networking.

Participants can expect:

  • Closed-door leadership discussions Closed-door leadership discussions
  • Curated participation by senior decision-makers Curated participation by senior decision-makers
  • Moderated strategic conversations Moderated strategic conversations
  • Executive networking over lunch and high tea Executive networking over lunch and high tea
  • Premium boardroom experience Premium boardroom experience
  • Collaborative discussions focused on policy and execution Collaborative discussions focused on policy and execution

This is not a conference.

It is a leadership conversation where every voice around the table contributes to shaping the future of healthcare.

PARTICIPATING INDUSTRY LEADERS

Dr. Uma Nambiar

Dr. Uma Nambiar

CEO

Indian Institute of Science Medical School Foundation & Chairperson, DHIA (DHIndia Association)

Dr. Bhaskar Rajakumar

Dr. Bhaskar Rajakumar

CEO

CHARAKA, Centre of Excellence for HealthTech, MedTech, and Assistive Technologies, Govt of Karnataka

Dr. Amrut Sadashiv Kadam

Dr. Amrut Sadashiv Kadam

Prof & Head, Radiation Oncology

Victoria Hospital, Bangalore Medical College & Research Institute

Dr. Umashankar

Dr. Umashankar

Hon. Secretary

Telemedicine Society of India

Shrinath Honnavali

Shrinath Honnavali

Indian Administrative Fellow HFW Dept

Govt of Karnataka

Srikant Subudhi

Srikant Subudhi

COO

Aster DM Healthcare, India

Ramesh Kannan

Ramesh Kannan

Partner

Somerset Indus Health Fund

Vivek Rajagopal

Vivek Rajagopal

CAIO

Narayana Health

Akshay Oleti

Akshay Oleti

CEO

Apollo Hospitals Karnataka

Prateek Jain

Prateek Jain

CEO

Sagar Hospital

Mahesh Babu

Mahesh Babu

COO

Hosmat Hospitals

Dr. Pravin Nikhade

Dr. Pravin Nikhade

COO

HCG

Sudeep Dey

Sudeep Dey

CIO & CISO

Aster DM Healthcare, India

Krishna Murthy G

Krishna Murthy G

Hospital Head

Medicover Hospital

Dr. Vijay Raghavan

Dr. Vijay Raghavan

Managing Director

PwC

Ganesh Hiregoudar

Ganesh Hiregoudar

Director

Dell

Dilip Kumar P

Dilip Kumar P

Head, Software R&D, IGT Mobile Surgery

Philips

Dr. Tony D S Raj

Dr. Tony DS Raj

Dean

St John's Medical College and Research Centre

Sanjeev Krishnan

Sanjeev Krishnan

VP and Business Segment Head

Siemens Healthineers

Dr. Anil Bidri

Dr. Anil Bidri

MD

SeCURE Hospitals

Sajan Nair

Sajan Nair

CIO, MHAT

Managing Director, Sales Datanyx

Ajay Kumar Kuruba

Ajay Kumar Kuruba

Solution Architect

NVIDIA

Venkata Krishna Rao Ravinuthala

Venkata Krishna Rao Ravinuthala

Group VP & Head IT

Sparsh Hospital

Agenda

01:00 PM – 02:00 PM
Registration, Networking & Lunch
02:00 PM – 02:15 PM
Opening Address & Context Setting
02:15 PM – 03:15 PM
Leadership Discussion 1 The Future of Care Delivery: How Will Healthcare Be Delivered in 2035? Key Topics
  • The shift from hospital-centric to patient-centric care
  • Virtual, home-based, and hybrid care models
  • Consumer expectations and the future patient experience
  • Preventive, predictive, and personalized healthcare
  • Workforce and clinician experience in the future of care
  • What healthcare organizations must do today to prepare for tomorrow's care models
Key Question : What will a leading healthcare organization look like ten years from now, and what needs to change today to get there?
03:15 PM – 04:15 PM
Leadership Discussion 2 Innovation, Intelligence & the New Healthcare Economy Key Topics
  • AI's long-term impact on healthcare organizations
  • The role of healthcare GCCs, research, and innovation ecosystems
  • Building globally competitive healthcare products and solutions from India
  • Collaboration between providers, industry, academia, startups, and government
  • New business models and revenue opportunities in healthcare
  • Bengaluru's role in shaping the future of healthcare innovation
Key Question : How can India move from being a consumer of healthcare innovation to becoming a global creator of it?
04:15 PM – 05:00 PM
Open Leadership Roundtable A moderated open-floor discussion focused on:
  • Key national gaps
  • Policy recommendations
  • What hospitals need most over the next 3 years
  • Priorities for digital infrastructure and adoption in India
05:00 PM onwards
High Tea, Group Photo and Felicitations
Radisson Hotel Bengaluru City Center
Venue

Radisson Hotel Bengaluru City Center

Date Thursday, 23rd July 2026
Time 01:00 PM - 06:00 PM
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Our Partners

Strategic Ecosystem Partner
HEALTHCARE ANALYTICS PARTNER

Who Will Be in the Room

The roundtable will convene senior leaders from across India's healthcare ecosystem, including:

Hospitals & Health Systems

CEOs, CIOs, CTOs, CMIOs, COOs, Heads of Digital Transformation, Innovation Leaders, Smart Hospital Leaders.

Government & Policy

ABDM ecosystem leaders, Mission Directors, Public Health Leaders, Policy Advisors, Government representatives.

Healthcare Innovation Ecosystem

HealthTech founders, AI leaders, Digital Health experts, Clinical Informatics leaders, Healthcare IT companies, Cybersecurity leaders, Research institutions, Investors, and ecosystem partners.

Expected Outcomes

The objective of the DHN Policy Roundtable extends beyond dialogue.

The discussions will contribute towards:

About DHN Policy Roundtable

The DHN Policy Roundtable is an invitation-only leadership initiative that convenes senior decision-makers to discuss the opportunities and challenges shaping the future of healthcare.

Each edition brings together leaders from hospitals, government, HealthTech, academia, and industry to exchange perspectives, address critical priorities, and foster collaboration that drives meaningful change across the healthcare ecosystem.

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