Courses & Events
Digital Technologies and Access to Healthcare: NPOs respond to COVID-19 in India
Thursday, Oct 1, 2020
04:30 pm - 05:50 pm
Join us for a panel discussion about the use of digital technologies to improve access
to healthcare in underserved communities in India, an examination of whether digital technologies can scale up fast enough to have a meaningful impact on the Covid-19 response in India, and if the current situation will serve to accelerate digital transformation of healthcare access in India.
Details
All seminars will be held online via Zoom, 4:30 PM -5:50 PM, with informal networking following until about 6:30 PM (PST). REGISTER below for the entire series*.
Register in advance:
https://stanford.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIldu6srDsjG9yX-9Mhl6v2VCtCcBUhSLYo
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
*You may cancel your registration at any time and attend only the sessions you wish.
The series is available to Stanford students for credit; register for EASTASN 402A “Topics in International Technology Management,” also cross-listed as EE-402A and EALC-402A, 1 unit S/NC.
Speakers
Dr. Priyanjali Datta
Founder & CEO, Aaroogya
Dr. Priyanjali Datta, Founder & CEO of Aaroogya, is an alumnus of ESIC, a public health focused Central Government hospital. She has also been recognized as a Top 50 Global healthcare Leader’18; Outlook & Hero Honda Top 10 women Achiever’18 ; and a Rex Karamveer Chakra Awardee’19; Best Non Fiction documentary film 2018 at 4th International Film Festival.
Ms. Rekha Pai-Kamath
Board Director, Intelehealth and Partner, Silicon Venture Fund
Rekha Pai Kamath is an angel investor and managing director at Kamath Family Foundation. Prior to this, she led New Business Incubation at Juniper Networks. She has 20+ years in various product management, marketing, and product development positions at companies such as Symantec Corp, Applied Materials, Sun Microsystems, and ProcketNetworks (acquired by Cisco). Rekha also serves on the board of Fast Forward, an Accelerator for Tech Non-profits based in San Francisco and Intelehealth, a tech nonprofit building Intelligent tech for Last mile health. Rekha also currently serves on the Alumni Council for Techwomen and has been a Foreign speaker for the US Department of State to several countries. She is also an investor, mentor, and advisor to several start-ups at Stanford Angels and Entrepreneurs (SA&E) and previously at StartX. She holds a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University and an MBA from Santa Clara University.
Mr. Ravishankar Rao
Head of Strategy, Planning and Operations, India R&D Site, Cisco
Ravishankar Rao is the Head of Strategy and Operations for Cisco India’s R&D site, a role in which he drives several site-wide strategic initiatives. He has extensive experience across a broad spectrum of areas – services, strategy, operations, sales enablement, global delivery, business and channel development. In his prior roles, he has worked with healthcare customers and partners across multiple geographies and currently advises healthcare non-profits in India. Ravishankar holds a post graduate degree in management from the Indian School of Business.
