Surgeon. Innovator. Healthcare Builder.

Translating clinical insight into scalable, globally deployable healthcare technologies.

ENT Surgeon · MedTech Innovator · Chairman · Founder · Advisor

Overview

A surgeon-led approach to innovation — grounded in real clinical challenges and focused on meaningful outcomes.

This work sits at the intersection of medicine, engineering, and entrepreneurship — ensuring that every solution is practical, safe, and deployable across diverse healthcare systems.

Innovation Portfolio

Affordable Video Laryngoscope — enabling airway access in low-resource environments

UVC Disinfection Systems — scalable infection control solutions

AI-based diagnostic platforms — improving early detection

IoT-enabled monitoring systems — enhancing patient safety

Global Impact

Designed for real-world deployment across varied healthcare environments.

Deployed across hospitals and emergency care settings

Adaptable to both high-resource and constrained environments

Focused on affordability and accessibility

Improving safety and clinical outcomes

Patents & Intellectual Property

Building defensible innovation through proprietary technologies.

Holds multiple Intellectual Property Rights and patents across medical devices, diagnostics, and healthcare systems — reflecting a consistent focus on usability, safety, and scalability.

Leadership & Institutional Roles

Active participation in shaping healthcare innovation ecosystems.

Chairman of the Board — HealthTech enterprise

Founder — Multiple healthcare startups

Member — Institutional Innovation Boards

Mentor — National innovation initiatives

Philosophy

Innovation must remain practical, scalable, and patient-centered.

Technology should simplify care, improve outcomes, and remain grounded in real clinical need — ensuring that innovation translates into meaningful impact.

Innovation Journey

International collaboration

Innovation & invention

Mentorship & leadership

Milestone & exit

Present

2013

International collaboration

Appointed India Head — Bacterial Robotics

US-based synthetic biology venture; first major cross-border healthcare-tech leadership role

2015

Innovation & invention

Co-founded Waste2Watts

Converting organic & medical waste to renewable energy; joined the board of directors

2018

Mentorship & leadership

Appointed Mentor — Indigram Labs Foundation

Supporting agri-health tech innovators at the intersection of farming and healthcare

2019

Mentorship & leadership

First cohort — National Innovation Mentor, AIM Niti Aayog

One of India's inaugural national mentors under the Atal Innovation Mission; shaping the country's startup ecosystem at policy level

2020

Innovation & invention

Co-developed world's first wireless handheld video laryngoscope

Filed first patents; cut costs by 60% vs imported equivalents; entered Middle East market

2020

Innovation & invention

Launched UVC disinfection systems

Deployed indigenous UV-C bots and disinfection units for hospital infection control during the pandemic

2021

Mentorship & leadership

Appointed Board Member — RUSA, Bharathiar University

Bridging academic innovation policy with industry; also began collaborating with Institutes of National Importance

2022

Milestone & exit

Startup scaled to ₹30 Cr valuation — profitable exit

Zero debt throughout; US regulatory clearance secured; 30× growth from inception in under two years

2023

Innovation & invention

Founded Asta Healthtech

Building AI/ML-powered diagnostics — early cancer detection, cardiac events, glaucoma management

2025

Mentorship & leadership

Advisor to VCs and investors in healthcare

Helping investors evaluate health-tech deals, avoid regulatory pitfalls, and identify high-growth opportunities

2026

Present

Appointed Chairman of the Board — Asta Healthtech

Actively mentoring via AIM & Tamil Nadu Startup Mission; driving IoT IV monitoring, smart stethoscope, and AI glaucoma R&D toward commercialisation

STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

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