By: Aanya Kumar
Global StartUp Summit 2024 was a gala event organized at Radisson, Gurugram by Global StartUp Club founded by Mohit Sureka. The event saw many panel discussions and insights into starting a successful StartUp.
One of the panel discussions on “Future of Health-tech StartUps” was curated by Amit R Agarwal, known to establish a reputed entertainment and media vertical, in a self-sustained eco-system space. The speakers were reputed practicing doctors and health-tech founders with a vast degree of knowledge to share with the audiences. The panelists included Lalit Singla, healthcare industry veteran, Konstantin Riabstev, co-founder and CEO, Lifetime Health, Dr. Sonali Kirde, Strategic Investor and Consultant at Health-tech Startups , Dhawal Jain, co-founder and CEO, Mave Health.
Speaking to an audience that were listening with rapt attention, Dr. Sonali, also a mentor at StartUp India, said “The future of HealthTech is poised to revolutionize healthcare through advancements in AI, telemedicine, wearable technology, and personalized medicine. Innovations will drive more precise diagnostics, enable remote and real-time patient monitoring, and offer tailored treatment plans. As these technologies integrate seamlessly with traditional healthcare systems, they will enhance patient outcomes, increase accessibility, and reduce costs. With continuous collaboration and overcoming regulatory, privacy, and interoperability challenges, HealthTech will lead to a more efficient, effective, and patient-centered healthcare landscape”.
They talked on various issues like the future of health-tech, use of AI in the health eco-system, the way Indians are going digital in health-care. The challenges faced in making Indians go from the conventional health-care to going digital.
The insights given by the industry-experts hugely bolstered a discussion around the shape, challenges and future of health-care.
Speaking to the writer Agarwal shared very interesting information. “I was the first media-person in the world to make a film on covid vaccine”. Featuring real-life doctors, Dr. K.K. Khanna and Dr. Swarupa Mitra, the film — CovidGo, is now part of Germany’s Unified filmmaker’s Media library.
“Next I made world’s 1st feature film on mental health awareness, Honey Kapoor Origins. It got me Karmaveer Chakra Award instituted by iCONGO partnered with the United Nations”.
On being queried about the use of films and AV’s to reach out, Agarwal gushed the power of films and AV can help anyone create an audience-base and reach untapped geo-regions.