Dr. BS Ajaikumar

Founder Antardhwani & Executive Chairman & CEO, HCG Cancer Centres

Dr. Ajaikumar is a doctorpreneur and the chairman & CEO of HealthCare Global Enterprises Ltd. that operates South Asia's largest network of cancer hospitals. He is a radiation and medical oncologist with over 40 years of experience in the US and India. His hub-and-spoke model of hospitals has made high-end cancer care affordable and accessible in India. A social entrepreneur, he has provided financial aid to needy cancer patients, empowered thousands of women through microfinance and educated hundreds of children in rural areas in the past two decades.

Seethalakshmi S

Chief Mission Officer, Antardhwani

Seethalakshmi Srilal is a seven-time award winning journalist and the former metro editor of The Times of India Bengaluru. In her 17 years in journalism, she has extensively reported on politics and governance, science, health, education, environment, women and child issues, and urban development. An alumnus of the US Government''s premier International Visitor Leadership Program, she now co-heads an independent think tank, Antardhwani, engaged in healthcare, education, governance, and livelihood. She has also been the recipient of a European Union scholarship for a malnutrition project. Her prominent accolades include the Namma Bengaluru Award for excellence in journalism, the best young journalist award by Zee Group and Editor of the Year Award 2017. She co-authored the first ever lead article of The Journal of the Indian Institute of Science (October 2020 issue). She has advised and helped IIIT Bangalore with innovative outreach initiatives. While continuing to write for prominent national publications, she inspires young aspiring journalists. She is one of the contributing authors of Perils in Practice: The Prevention of Violence Against Healthcare Professionals andDr Mathai's ABC To Health published by Penguin. Most recently, she featured among the 15 prominent women personalities from across India in the 'A Gem of a Woman' initiative by CKC Group in 2022.

Rahul Nandan

Chief Mission Officer, Antardhwani

Rahul Nandan is a senior journalist and former deputy news editor of The Times of India Delhi and Bengaluru. In his decade-long journey in mainstream journalism, he has held various editorial positions in some of the country's leading news publications including The Times of India, The Indian Express and The Statesman. He now co-heads a Bengaluru-based independent think tank, Antardhwani, focused on healthcare, education, governance, and sustainable livelihood. He was one of the two journalists from India to attend the Global Smart City Conference in Singapore in 2015. Selected by the US Department of State for the prestigious Foreign Press Reporting Tour on 'Emerging Women Entrepreneurs in America', as a prelude to the Global Entrepreneurship Summit held in India in 2017, he studied and reported on the thriving immigrant women ecosystem in America. He continues to write on a range of issues for major news platforms across India, most recently writing a series of eye-opening reports on the state of healthcare in India during the Covid crisis apart from intriguing articles on science and Buddhism. As a former senior consultant, he advised and helped IIIT Bangalore with innovative outreach initiatives. He is the co-author of the first ever lead article ofThe Journal of the Indian Institute of Science (October 2020 issue) on digital health and one of the contributing authors of Dr Mathai's ABC To Health published by Penguin recently.