16th January, 2026 (Friday)
Public Health Transformation Summit
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Registrations and Networking
Prof. K. Srinath Reddy
Chair, Public Health Transformation Summit 2026; Founding President, Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI)
Dr. Rajendra Pratap Gupta
Co-Chair, Public Health Transformation Summit 2026; Founder & Chairman, Health Parliament
Dr. Sunil Kumar Barnwal, IAS
Chief Executive Officer, National Health Authority (NHA)
Dr. Narendra Kumar Arora
Executive Director, The INCLEN Trust International
Mr. Mathew Cherian
Chairperson, CARE India; Global Ambassador, HelpAge International; Former CEO, HelpAge India
Dr. Harish Iyer
Director, Health R&D, Digital Innovations & AI, Gates Foundation
Dr. Girish N Rao
Professor of Epidemiology, Centre for Public Health, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS); Principal Investigator, National Mental Health Survey
Moderator
Ms. Mevish P. Vaishnav
President, Health Parliament
Dr. Vinod K. Paul
Member (Health), NITI Aayog, Government of India
Prof. K. Srinath Reddy
Founding President, Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI)
Moderator
Dr. Rajendra Pratap Gupta
Founder & Chairman, Health Parliament
Dr. K Madan Gopal
Advisor & Head, Public Health Administration, National Health Systems Resource Centre
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Tea Break
Shri. Bharat Lal
Secretary General, National Human Rights Commission, India
Shri Rajit Punhani, IAS
Secretary, Government of India; Chief Executive Officer, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)
Dr. Sunita Narain
Director General, Center for Science and Environment; Editor, Down To Earth
Moderator
Brig. Jyothikumar S. Dharamadheeran
Country Director & CEO, Brooke India
Dr. Rajiv Kumar Jain
Chair, Scientific Committee on Education and Training in Occupational Health (SCETOH)
01:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Lunch
Moderator
Dr. Rajendra Pratap Gupta
Founder & Chairman, Health Parliament
Dr. Krishnan Ganapathy
Past President, Telemedicine Society of India; Emeritus Professor, National Academy of Medical Sciences
Dr. Indu Bhushan
Founding CEO, National Health Authority; Former Director General, Asian Development Bank
Mr. Gopi Gopalakrishnan
Founder & President, World Health Partners
Smt. Vijaya K. Rahatkar
Chairperson, National Commission for Women; Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India
Dr. R.K. Srivastava
Former Chairman, Medical Council of India & Former Director General of Health Services, Government of India
Dr. Sivaranjani Santosh
Senior Paediatrician; First Aid and CPR Trainer; Social Activist
Mr. Annaswamy Vaidheesh
Former Executive Chairperson, Suven Pharmaceuticals Ltd; Former Managing Director, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Pharmaceuticals
Prof. (Dr.) Nimesh G. Desai
Former Director, Institute of Human Behaviour & Allied Sciences (IHBAS)
Mr. Praveen Akkinepally
Country President & Managing Director, AstraZeneca India
Moderator
Ms. Viveka Roychowdhury
Editor, Express Pharma, Express Healthcare and Express Nutra, The Indian Express (P) Limited
Mr. Ravi Uday Bhaskar
Director-General, All India Drugs Control Officers' Confederation (AIDCOC)
4:30 PM - 4:55 PM
Open Mic
Ms. Mevish P. Vaishnav
President, Health Parliament
5:00 PM Onwards
High Tea