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Health Parliament Innovation Lab

Spotlighting the most impactful public-health innovators, the real work, bold decisions, and policy interventions transforming healthcare at the grassroots.

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Episode 11 · 19 Jun 2026

Episode 11 featuring Dr. K. Srinath Reddy

Latest · Ep 11

19 June 2026 · 6:00 p.m. IST

Dr. K. Srinath Reddy

Founding President, Public Health Foundation of India

A transformative session on why healthcare systems are failing and how to rebuild them. Dr. Reddy reveals the critical gap between clinical medicine and public health, exploring how prevention, social determinants, cross-sector collaboration, and community engagement are reshaping India's approach to health. From the One Health approach to combating misinformation, discover why "clinical medicine delivers health in retail; public health delivers health in wholesale."

Public HealthPreventionPolicyOne Health

The journey · May 2024 to today

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The archive

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Episode 10 featuring Dr. Sivaranjani Santosh

Ep 10

30 November 2025

Dr. Sivaranjani Santosh

Senior Paediatrician · First Aid & CPR Trainer · Social Activist

An extraordinary eight-year journey that led to one of the most significant public-health labelling reforms, ending the misleading use of "ORS" on high-sugar products that failed WHO standards. Through parent education, regulator engagement, and ultimately a Public Interest Litigation, her evidence-based advocacy placed patient safety above commercial interests.

Labelling ReformChild Health

Episode 9 featuring Mr. R. Poornalingam, IAS (Retd.)

Ep 9

18 July 2025

Mr. R. Poornalingam, IAS (Retd.)

Former Secretary, Government of India; Former Home Secretary, Tamil Nadu

How the Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation transformed healthcare logistics, a model recognized by the WHO and World Bank for improving access to medicines and reducing infant mortality.

Healthcare LogisticsMedicines Access

Episode 8 featuring (Prof) Dr. Nikhil Datar

Ep 8

21 March 2025

(Prof) Dr. Nikhil Datar

Senior Gynecologist & Medical Director, Cloudnine Hospital, Mumbai; Health Rights Activist

A landmark PIL in the Bombay High Court on death with dignity, pioneering advance directives in India, and legal activism reshaping reproductive rights and patient-centric policy.

Health RightsLegal Reform

Ep 7

28 February 2025

Dr. Sunil Shroff

Founder & Managing Trustee, MOHAN Foundation

Pioneering work in organ donation and transplantation, with innovations in deceased donation, public-health impact, and the leadership needed to change transplantation practice in India.

Organ DonationTransplantation

Ep 6

8 January 2025

Dr. Abhay Bang

Founder, SEARCH (Society for Education, Action and Research in Community Health)

The Home-based Newborn Care model that cut infant mortality, tribal health advocacy, and leadership named a Global Health Hero by TIME Magazine.

Rural HealthCommunity Health

Ep 5

14 December 2024

Dr. Surya Bali

Professor, Community & Family Medicine, AIIMS Bhopal

Translating critical health science into Bhojpuri and Awadhi through songs and poems, and the transformative power of music in spreading public-health knowledge.

Health Communication

Episode 4 featuring Dr. Venkatesh Thuppil

Ep 4

8 November 2024

Dr. Venkatesh Thuppil

Professor Emeritus, St. John's Medical College; CEO, Foundation for Quality India

The "Lead Man of India" on Project Lead Free, transitioning India to unleaded petrol, and decades of policy change protecting communities from lead exposure.

Environmental HealthLead Poisoning

Ep 3

24 October 2024

Mr. Tazin Shadid

Founder & Executive Director, Spreeha Foundation

Supporting underprivileged communities in Bangladesh and beyond through healthcare, education, and skills training, an inclusive model for sustainable empowerment.

Community Empowerment

Episode 2 featuring Mr. Govind Singh Rathore

Ep 2

13 July 2024

Mr. Govind Singh Rathore

Founder, Sambhali Trust

Empowering women through education, health workshops, self-defence training, and entrepreneurship, and supporting victims of domestic violence with critical medical care.

Women's Empowerment

Ep 1

17 May 2024

Dr. B.S. Garg

Emeritus Professor, Community Medicine & Former Dean, MGIMS

How MGIMS and Kasturba Health Society transformed healthcare for tribal communities in Wardha, with innovative rural strategies and scalable solutions for the underserved.

Tribal HealthRural Healthcare

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