Living in the Age of Disasters: From Multilateral to Bilateral Aid

What is Operation Dost?

Introduction In July 2013, I wrote an article titled The Business of Disasters in my column (w)Health Check ((W)Health Check | Kapil Khandelwal KK). The idea in the article was to encourage the corporate sector in India to innovate business models to manage disasters. (see the text of the article below). The world in the… Continue reading Living in the Age of Disasters: From Multilateral to Bilateral Aid

2023 India Healthcare and Lifesciences Investment Outlook

2023 India Healthcare and Lifesciences Investment Outlook

Since 2013 our algos have been accurately predicting the investment heatmap in the healthcare and life sciences in India which were predicting with 95% accuracy on the sectoral investment cycle in India till the end of 2019. Since the Covid Pandemic in 2020 we lowered levels of prediction accuracy like we started back in 2013.… Continue reading 2023 India Healthcare and Lifesciences Investment Outlook

2022: Healthcare and Life Sciences Investment Outlook

2022: Healthcare and Life Sciences Investment Outlook

Since 2013 our algos have been accurately predicting the investment heatmap in the healthcare and life sciences in India which were predicting with 95% accuracy on the sectoral investment cycle in India till the end of 2019. Since the Covid Pandemic in 2020 we lowered levels of prediction accuracy like we started back in 2013.… Continue reading 2022: Healthcare and Life Sciences Investment Outlook

Why India is not selling its Healthcare Assets Under National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) 2021?

Healthcare Assets Under National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) 2021

Preamble On 23 August 2021 the government announced a National Monetisation Pipeline of INR 6 tn, (~2.6% of GDP), aimed at monetising its brownfield infrastructure to fund greenfield ones. Most of these projects will be concentrated in the roads, railways, and power sectors and no monetisation of India’s healthcare assets. NMP provides the guide to… Continue reading Why India is not selling its Healthcare Assets Under National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) 2021?

Health Economics of Tomato!

Health Economics of Tomato!

Background Finally one of the unicorns in the foodtech space has turned profitable. Zomato is going public with its IPO. With public money it will raise, will also come the public scrutiny of what it does to the public and society at large. Here are some of the data from the Zomato prospectus that summarizes… Continue reading Health Economics of Tomato!

Excerpts of Kapil Khandelwal KK’s Keynote Address to Healthcare and Education Start Ups

KK's KeyNote Address

Salutations Madam Secretary, members on the dais, dignitaries, my mentor friends and budding start up entrepreneurs. I invoke the blessing of his holiness to bestow the positive energies and blessing to one and all. Delivering Key Note Address  Delivering keynote Address is always a matter of honour and pride on which one stands amongst ones… Continue reading Excerpts of Kapil Khandelwal KK’s Keynote Address to Healthcare and Education Start Ups

Healthcare and Life Sciences in 2021: Part 1- Sectoral Investments Heat Map

2021 Healthcare and Life Sciences Outlook

Since 2013 our algos have been accurately predicting the investment heatmap in the healthcare and life sciences in India which were predicting with 95% accuracy on the sectoral investment cycle in India till the end of 2019. Covid Pandemic has completely disrupted and reset the investment cycle in India and we missed out all our… Continue reading Healthcare and Life Sciences in 2021: Part 1- Sectoral Investments Heat Map