Conference Agenda
Nov 16, 2025
| REGISTRATION (08:00 am - 9:00 am) | |||
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(9:00 AM – 9:05 AM) CAHO ANTHEM & OPENING REMARKS |
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| INAUGURAL (9:05 AM – 9:40 AM) Chief Guest - Welcome Address: Dr Achyuta Samanta (Founder, KIIT Bhubaneswar; Organizing Chairperson – CAHOTECH 2025) Guest of Honour: Prof. Suman Chakraborty (Director Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur) |
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Session I (9:40 AM – 10:40 AM) First Do No Harm: Delivering on Patient Outcomes and Experience |
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Chairpersons Mr. Som Mittal Chairperson, Patients for Patient Safety Foundation , Former President, NASSCOM |
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| 9:40 AM - 9:45 AM | Context Setting & Structure | Mr. Som Mittal Chairperson, Patients for Patient Safety Foundation Former President, NASSCOM |
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| 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM | Leveraging Tech for Patient Outcomes & Experiences | Mr. Jagadeesh R Group Chief Digital Officer & Chief Information Officer Narayana Health |
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| 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM | Enhancing Patient Safety by Involving & Engaging Patients | Dr. Balu Krishna Sasidharan Professor, Radiation Oncology Christian Medical College,Vellore |
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| 10:15 AM - 10:18 AM | Case Study Video : Consequences Of Not Taking Informed Consent | Dr. Pragati Sawhney Chocolatier Entrepreneur Health Professional |
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| 10:18 AM - 10:28 AM | Digital Consent & AI for Enhancing Patient Experience | Dr. Adil Khan Founder & CEO Tulu Health |
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| 10:28 AM – 10:40 AM | Panel Discussion followed by Q&A | ||
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Session II (10:40 AM – 11:40 AM) Innovation at the Intersection: Harnessing Opportunities to Leapfrog India’s Digital Adoption Journey |
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Chairpersons Mr. Prashant Sharma Managing Director, Charnock Hospital, SKM Group Dr Dipak Mitra Managing Director, Sun Hospital Pvt. Ltd |
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| 10:40 AM - 10:45 AM | Context Setting & Structure | Mr. Prashant Sharma Managing Director Charnock Hospital, SKM Group |
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| 10:45 AM - 10:57 AM | The Healthcare AI Stack: From Data to Copilots to Agents | Keshri Kr. Asthana Chief Technology Officer Microsoft India’s Public Sector |
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| 10:57 am - 11:09 am | Use of Data, Analytics and AI in Indian Healthcare Systems | Mr. Vivek Rajagopal Group Chief Analytics & AI Officer for Advanced Analytics Narayana Health |
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| 11:09 am - 11:21 am | Take a Leap of Faith - It's Your Opportunity | Dr. Sujoy Kar Chief Medical Information Officer & VP Apollo Hospitals |
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| 11:21 AM - 11:31 AM | Advancing Minimally Invasive Patient Care by da Vinci Surgery | Mr. Lakshay Arora Group Manager Marketing Intuitive India |
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| 11:31 AM – 11:40 AM | Panel Discussion followed by Q&A | ||
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Session III (11:40 AM – 12:40 PM) Creating Tomorrow’s Enterprise: Process Redesign and Change Management |
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Chairpersons Dr. Nitiraj Gandhi Managing Director, Medium Healthcare Consulting |
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| 11:40 AM - 11:45 AM | Context Setting & Structure | Dr. Nitiraj Gandhi Managing Partner Medium Healthcare Consulting |
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| 11:45 AM - 11:57 AM | Transforming Healthcare Access With Intelligent Digital Systems | Surjeet Thakur Chief Information Officer Rajagiri Hospital, Kochi |
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| 11:57 AM - 12:09 PM | Reengineering the Patient Experience using AI | Vijeth G Head – IT Business Partner Narayana Health |
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| 12:09 PM - 12:21 PM | The Future-Ready Laboratory: Innovating Beyond Today’s Challenges Through Total Laboratory Automation | Dr. Mamta Soni Chief of Laboratory Services Apollo Central Reference Laboratory |
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| 12:21 PM - 12:31 PM | From Insights to Action: Bridging Clinical Intelligence and Operational Efficiency | Dr. Amitesh Khare Chief Medical Officer DocsTribe AI |
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| 12:31 PM – 12:40 PM | Panel Discussion followed by Q&A | ||
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Session IV (12:40 PM – 1:15 PM) Best of PitchFest – Healthcare Startups Transforming Care |
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Chairpersons Dr. Muthu Singaram CEO , IIT Madras HTIC Incubator Mrs. Mukta Arora Founder & CEO , Gleeo Health |
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| Networking Lunch (1:15 PM – 1:50 PM) | |||
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Session V (1:50 PM – 2:50 PM) Best of Hospitals Championing Innovation and Early Technology Adoption |
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Chairpersons Dr. Aayush Gupta Consultant- Internal Medicine , Sarvodaya Healthcare Capt. Bobby Ramesh Group Director Nursing Excellence , Sarvodaya Healthcare Mr Rajarajan S Group COO , ASRAM Hospitals |
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Session VI (2:40 PM – 3:40 PM) Transformation Strategies to Unlock Opportunities in Tier 2 and 3 Cities |
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Chairpersons Dr. Narin Sehgal Medical Director , Sehgal Neo Hospital, New Delhi Dr. Babu Narayan Chief Business Officer, GEM Hospital, Chennai |
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| 2:40 PM - 2:48 PM | SHCO: Making an impact | Dr. Narin Sehgal Medical Director Sehgal Neo Hospital, New Delhi Dr. Babu Narayan Chief Business Officer, GEM Hospital, Chennai |
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| 2:49 PM - 2:56 PM | Choosing technology wisely—what works (and what doesn’t) for small hospitals | Mr. Aravind Ganesan Digital Products Head Kauvery Hospitals Group |
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| 2:57 PM - 3:04 PM | Changing the mindest-building a culture that welcomes technology in small hospitals | Mr. Gerald Jaideep CEO Medvarsity |
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| 3:05 PM - 3:11 PM | Embracing cost-effective technology- Making small hospitals efficient and profitable | Mr. U K Ananthapadmanabhan Founder & CEO Tenxhealth Technologies Pvt Ltd | |
| 3:12 PM - 3:18 PM | Building the digitally smart small hospital- A blueprint for the future | Vishal Gupta Head – Healthcare Business, India Ingram Micro India Pvt Ltd, New Delhi |
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| 3:19 pm - 3:40 pm | Panel Discussion followed by Q&A | ||
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Session VII (3:40 PM – 4:40 PM) Meeting Patients Where They Are Best Served: Role of Tech in Care Continuum |
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Chairpersons Dr. Rahul Deshmukh Medical Director & HOD Anesthesiology, MEDCARE Orthopedics and Spine Hospital, Dubai Dr. Vishal Goyal Group COO, ILS Hospitals, GPT Healthcare Ltd |
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| 3:40 PM - 3:45 PM | Context Setting & Structure | Dr Rahul Deshmukh Medical Director HOD-Anesthesiology, MEDCARE Orthopaedics and Spine Hospital, Dubai, UAE Dr. Vishal Goyal Group COO, ILS Hospitals, GPT Healthcare Ltd |
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| 3:45 PM - 3:48 PM | Digital Bridges, Connecting to Safe & Quality Care | Dr. Manish Kohli Founder and President, Pul Alliance for Digital Health and Equity Former Chairman of Board, HIMSS |
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| 3:48 PM - 3:58 AM | Technology as a Catalyst for ACCESS to Quality Critical Care | Dr. Sanu Anand Director, Smart-ICU Strategy and Growth Cloudphysician Healthcare Pvt Ltd |
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| 3:58 PM - 4:05 PM | Continuous Wireless Monitoring Integrated with MET - A Study using Isansys PSE Platform | Dr. Rajavardhan Rangappa Lead Consultant Manipal Hospital, Bangalore |
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| 4:05 PM - 4:12 PM | From Sick Care to Health Care | Dr Sumit Puri CEO & Co Founder Prana-AI Wellness |
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| 4:12 PM - 4:15 PM | Can Technology Improve Handoff and Communication in Healthcare for Safer Care? | Ms. Akanksha Dicholkar Group Chief Nursing Officer MEDCARE Hospitals & Medical Centers, Dubai (UAE) |
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| 4:15 PM - 4:40 PM | Panel Discussion followed by Q&A | ||
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Session VIII (4:40 PM – 5:10 PM) Digital Adoption Roadmap to Improve Medication Safety in India |
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Chairpersons Dr. Vijay Agarwal President, CAHO Dr. Lallu Joseph Secretary General, CAHO |
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| 4:40 PM - 4:45 PM | Context Setting & Structure | Dr. Vijay Agrawal President, CAHO Dr. Lallu Joseph Secretary General, CAHO |
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| 4:45 PM - 4:57 PM | The Dual Engines of Medication Safety: Digitization and Automation | Dr. Rabih Dabliz CEO and Founder, AmanViva Former Senior Manager, Quality & Medication Safety Services, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi |
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| 4:57 PM - 5:10 PM | Call To Action : Goal of Achieving Zero Harm due to Avoidable Medical Errors | ||
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Valedictory & Awards Ceremony (5:10 PM – 6:00 PM)
Guests of Honour |
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(9:00 AM – 9:05 AM)
CAHO ANTHEM & OPENING REMARKS
INAUGURAL (9:05 AM – 9:40 AM)
Chief Guest
Welcome Address
Dr Achyuta Samanta
(Founder, KIIT Bhubaneswar; Organizing Chairperson – CAHOTECH 2025)
Guest of Honour
Prof. Suman Chakraborty (Director Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur)
Session I (9:40 AM – 10:40 AM)
First Do No Harm: Delivering on Patient Outcomes and Experience
Context Setting & Structure
- 9:40 AM - 9:45 AM
Mr. Som Mittal
Chairperson, Patients for Patient Safety Foundation, Former President, NASSCOM
Leveraging Tech for Patient Outcomes & Experiences
- 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Mr. Jagadeesh R
Group Chief Digital Officer & Chief Information Officer, Narayana Health
Enhancing Patient Safety by Involving & Engaging Patients
- 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Dr. Balu Krishna Sasidharan
Professor, Radiation Oncology, Christian Medical College,Vellore
Case Study Video : Consequences Of Not Taking Informed Consent
- 10:15 AM - 10:18 AM
Dr. Pragati Sawhney
Chocolatier Entrepreneur Health Professional,
Digital Consent & AI for Enhancing Patient Experience
- 10:18 AM - 10:28 AM
Dr. Adil Khan
Founder & CEO, Tulu Health
(10:28 AM – 10:40 AM)
Panel Discussion followed by Q&A
Session II (10:40 AM – 11:40 AM)
Innovation at the Intersection: Harnessing Opportunities to Leapfrog India’s Digital Adoption Journey
Chairpersons
Mr. Prashant Sharma
Managing Director,Charnock Hospital, SKM Group
Dr Dipak Mitra
Managing Director,Sun Hospital, Cuttack
Context Setting & Structure
- 10:40 AM - 10:45 AM
Mr. Prashant Sharma
Managing Director, Charnock Hospital, SKM Group
The Healthcare AI Stack: From Data to Copilots to Agents
- 10:45 AM - 10:57 AM
Mr.Keshri Kr. Asthana
Chief Technology Officer, Microsoft India’s Public Sector
Use of Data, Analytics and AI in Indian Healthcare Systems
- 10:57 AM - 11:09 AM
Mr. Vivek Rajagopal
Group Chief Analytics & AI Officer for Advanced Analytics, Narayana Health
Take a Leap of Faith - It's Your Opportunity
- 11:09 AM - 11:21 AM
Dr. Sujoy Kar
Chief Medical Information Officer & VP, Apollo Hospitals
Advancing Minimally Invasive Patient Care by da Vinci Surgery
- 11:21 AM - 11:31 AM
Mr. Lakshay Arora
Group Manager Marketing, Intuitive India
(11:31 AM – 11:40 AM)
Panel Discussion followed by Q&A
Session III (11:40 AM – 12:40 PM)
Creating Tomorrow’s Enterprise: Process Redesign and Change Management
Context Setting & Structure
- 11:40 AM - 11:45 AM
Dr. Nitiraj Gandhi
Managing Partner, Medium Healthcare Consulting
Transforming Healthcare Access With Intelligent Digital Systems
- 11:45 AM - 11:57 AM
Mr.Surjeet Thakur
Chief Information Officer, Rajagiri Hospital, Kochi
Reengineering the Patient Experience using AI
- 11:57 AM - 12:09 PM
Mr.Vijeth G
Head – IT Business Partner, Narayana Health
The Future-Ready Laboratory: Innovating Beyond Today’s Challenges Through Total Laboratory Automation
- 12:09 PM - 12:21 PM
Dr. Mamta Soni
Chief of Laboratory Services, Apollo Central Reference Laboratory
From Insights to Action: Bridging Clinical Intelligence and Operational Efficiency
- 12:21 PM - 12:31 PM
Dr. Amitesh Khare
DocsTribe, Chief Medical Officer, DocsTribe AI
(12:31 PM – 12:40 PM)
Panel Discussion followed by Q&A
Session IV (12:40 PM – 1:15 PM)
Best of PitchFest – Healthcare Startups Transforming Care
Chairpersons
Dr. Muthu Singaram
CEO,IIT Madras HTIC Incubator
Mrs. Mukta Arora
Founder & CEO,Gleeo Health
Networking Lunch (1:15 PM – 1:50 PM)
Session V (1:50 PM – 2:50 PM)
Best of Hospitals Championing Innovation and Early Technology Adoption
Chairpersons
Dr. Aayush Gupta
Consultant- Internal Medicine,Sarvodaya Healthcare
Capt. Bobby Ramesh
Group Director Nursing Excellence,Sarvodaya Healthcare
Mr Rajarajan S
Group COO,ASRAM Hospitals
Session VI (2:40 PM – 3:40 PM)
Transformation Strategies to Unlock Opportunities in Tier 2 and 3 Cities
Chairpersons
Dr. Narin Sehgal
Medical Director,Sehgal Neo Hospital, New Delhi
Dr. Babu Narayan
Chief Business Officer,GEM Hospital, Chennai
SHCO: Making an impact
- 2:40 PM - 2:48 PM
Dr. Narin Sehgal
Medical Director, Sehgal Neo Hospital, New Delhi
Dr. Babu Narayan
Chief Business Officer, GEM Hospital, Chennai
Choosing technology wisely—what works (and what doesn’t) for small hospitals
- 2:49 PM - 2:56 PM
Mr. Aravind Ganesan
Digital Products Head, Kauvery Hospitals Group
Changing the mindest-building a culture that welcomes technology in small hospitals
- 2:57 PM - 3:04 PM
Mr. Gerald Jaideep
CEO, Medvarsity
Embracing cost-effective technology- Making small hospitals efficient and profitable
- 3:05 PM - 3:11 PM
Mr. U K Ananthapadmanabhan
Founder & CEO, Tenxhealth Technologies Pvt Ltd
Building the digitally smart small hospital- A blueprint for the future
- 3:12 PM - 3:18 PM
Mr. Vishal Gupta
Head – Healthcare Business, India, Ingram Micro India Pvt Ltd, New Delhi
(3:19 PM – 3:40 PM)
Panel Discussion followed by Q&A
Session VII (3:40 PM – 4:40 PM)
Meeting Patients Where They Are Best Served: Role of Tech in Care Continuum
Chairpersons
Dr. Rahul Deshmukh
Medical Director & HOD Anesthesiology,MEDCARE Orthopedics and Spine Hospital, Dubai (UAE)
Dr. Vishal Goyal
Group COO,ILS Hospitals, GPT Healthcare Ltd
Context Setting & Structure
- 3:40 PM - 3:45 PM
Dr. Rahul Deshmukh
Medical Director & HOD Anesthesiology, MEDCARE Orthopedics and Spine Hospital, Dubai (UAE)
Dr. Vishal Goyal
Group COO, ILS Hospitals, GPT Healthcare Ltd
Digital Bridges, Connecting to Safe & Quality Care
- 3:45 PM - 3:48 PM
Dr. Manish Kohli
Founder and President, Pul Alliance for Digital Health and Equity, Former Chairman of Board, HIMSS
Technology as a Catalyst for ACCESS to Quality Critical Care
- 3:48 PM - 3:58 PM
TBD
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Continuous Wireless Monitoring Integrated with MET - A Study using Isansys PSE Platform
- 3:58 PM - 4:05 AM
Dr. Rajavardhan Rangappa
Lead Consultant, Manipal Hospital, Bangalore
From Sick Care to Health Care
- 4:05 PM - 4:12 PM
Dr. Sumit Puri
CEO, boutique healthcare consulting firm , Zenvive Wellness
Can Technology Improve Handoff and Communication in Healthcare for Safer Care?
- 4:12 PM - 4:15 PM
Ms. Akanksha Dicholkar
Group Chief Nursing Officer, MEDCARE Hospitals & Medical Centers, Dubai (UAE)
Panel Discussion followed by Q&A (4:15 PM – 4:40 PM)
Session VIII (4:40 PM – 5:10 PM)
Digital Adoption Roadmap to Improve Medication Safety in India
Chairpersons
Dr. Vijay Agrawal
President,CAHO
Dr Lallu Joseph
Associate GS & Quality Manager, CMC Vellore | Secretary General, CAHO,CAHO | Christian Medical College, Vellore
Context Setting & Structure
- 4:40 PM - 4:45 PM
Dr. Vijay Agrawal
President, CAHO
Dr. Lallu Joseph
Secretary General, CAHO
The Dual Engines of Medication Safety: Digitization and Automation
- 4:45 PM - 4:57 PM
Dr. Rabih Dabliz
CEO and Founder, AmanViva, Former Senior Manager, Quality & Medication Safety Services, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Call To Action : Goal of Achieving Zero Harm due to Avoidable Medical Errors (4:57 PM – 5:10 PM)
Valedictory & Awards Ceremony (5:10 PM – 6:00 PM)
Guests of Honour
Dr Mrutyunjay Suar
Director General-Industry Institute Innovation Interface KIIT University & CEO KIITTBI
Dr Jitendra Sharma
(Managing Director and Founder CEO, AMTZ)