The Innovations for Universal Health Coverage Conclave in Bangalore, India will bring together innovators, policymakers, incubator/investors and other stakeholders to better understand how they can all be working together toward UHC.
Business Models around Innovation
10:15 a.m. -11:45 a.m.
This moderated panel will discuss different kinds of social innovation business models, replicability and costs. It will also debate what constitutes a successful public-private partnership and why traditional public-private partnerships in the health sector continue to be unsuccessful in many low/middle-income countries. Results for Development Senior Program Director Donika Dimovska will participate.
Session Chair | Moderator – Mr. Satya Prakash Dash, Director Impact Lab, PATH
- Mr. Ramanan Ramanathan, Mission Director, Atal Innovation Mission, Government of India
- Mr. Guhesh Ramanathan, Founder and CEO Excubater, India
- Mr. Siraj Dhanani, Founder & CEO Inn Accel Technologies, Bangalore
- Dr. Arvind Chari, Senior Associate, Eight Roads Ventures, India
- Ms. Donika Dimovska, Senior Program Director- Innovation, Results for Development, Washington D.C.
Innovators’ Deep Dive
2:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
This workshop will give participants a better understanding of their own role in the broader movement toward UHC, and what they can do now to strengthen a broken health system. Participants will get real-time support on their actual challenges, and develop new solutions that they can begin to implement now. Collaborative and participatory activities will create an environment where all stakeholders can be heard and share their perspectives. R4D Program Officer Emily Endres and Senior Program Associate Erin Swearing will host the workshop.
- Mr. Mohammad Ameel, Senior Consultant, Healthcare Technologies, National HealthSystems Resource Centre, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India
- Mr. Aleck Dhilwayo, Information Systems Manager, Population Services International, Zimbabwe
- Dr. Somen Saha, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar, Public Health Foundation of India
- Dheeman Vaidya, Director of PR & Communications, Indian Subcontinent, Medtronics
