A Note on My "Why"
Dear Reader,
If you clicked the link in my signature, you likely saw my life’s goal: to touch 10 million lives through MedTech innovation. It is an audacious number, and I want to share the story of how I arrived there.
Years ago, as a young medical student under my mentor, Professor Sinha, I watched spinal injury patients lose their lives - not from their primary trauma, but from preventable bedsores because there weren’t enough specialized mattresses or nursing hands to turn them. Later in my general practice, I watched diabetics navigate their illness completely blind to their daily blood sugar levels. In noisy, chaotic outpatient departments, I saw patients with heart murmurs go undiagnosed simply because a standard stethoscope couldn't compete with the ambient noise.
I came to a heavy realization: medicine gives us the knowledge to heal, but healthcare delivery lacks the tools. Clinicians understand the problem but lack the means to build; engineers have the knowhow to build but lack the clinical context.
To bridge this gap, I had to evolve how I practiced medicine. For half a day, every single week, I still put on my clinician’s coat and see patients. It keeps me anchored to the frontlines of human health. But the rest of my week is dedicated to a different kind of scale. I left full-time clinical practice to study biomedical engineering, design, and entrepreneurship, because I refused to accept that healthcare innovation should be left to chance.
If a physician treats one patient at a time, a well-designed technology can treat millions simultaneously.
The Target and the Legacy
Ten million is my relentless, direct target - the number of human beings I want to see healed by technologies I personally co-design, develop, and deploy. Yet, as an educator, my greatest joy is knowing this impact multiplies geometrically.
The fellows, students, and entrepreneurs I train are my most vital "products." They are the force multipliers who will take this mission far beyond what I can achieve alone.
A Philosophy of Equity
To me, affordability is not a compromise on quality for resource-poor settings; it is a universal mechanism for equity.
In Bharat (aka India), affordable design ensures that an out-of-pocket payor doesn't have to choose between financial ruin and medical care.
In G5 nations, it provides the breathing room that public systems like the NHS desperately need as healthcare costs climb toward unsustainable percentages of GDP.
My worldview is guided by the ancient Indian philosophies of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam—the world is one family—and Sarvajan Hitay, Sarvajan Sukhay—for the welfare of all, for the happiness of all. Whether designing for a leading research hospital in London or a rural clinic in India, the baseline human need is identical.
Thank you for taking a moment out of your day to understand my North Star. I look forward to building a healthier world together.
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Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam: Chapter 6, Maha Upanishad
The phrase “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” (Sanskrit: वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम्) can be broken down into three constituent words:
- Vasudha (Sanskrit: वसुधा) means ‘The Earth.’
- Eva (Sanskrit: एव) translates to ‘Is Thus.’
- Kutumbakam (Sanskrit: कुटुम्बकम्) means ‘Family.’