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April 25-27, 2025
Bharat Mandapam
Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, Delhi 110001

PROGRAM THEME

Scaling Access to Ensure Health Equity

Central Topics

Digital Health and AI Futures >
Future of Health >
Health Diplomacy and Cooperation >
Climate Change and Planetary Health >
Innovation and Leadership >
Health and Peace >
Communication and Healthcare >
Women and Children Health >

Distinguished Guests

Shri. Piyush Goyal

Hon’ble Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Government of India Hon’ble Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Government of India

Shri. Mansukh L. Mandaviya

Hon’ble Union Minister Ministry of Labour, Employment and Youth Affairs and Sports; Former - Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Chemical and Fertiliser Government of India Hon’ble Union Minister Ministry of Labour, Employment and Youth Affairs and Sports; Former - Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Chemical and Fertiliser Government of India

Shri. Arjun Ram Meghwal

Hon’ble Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Law and Justice; Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs Government of India Hon’ble Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Law and Justice; Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs Government of India

Shri. Prataprao G. Jadhav

Hon’ble Union Minister of State of Health and Family Welfare & Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India Hon’ble Union Minister of State of Health and Family Welfare & Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India

Shri. Anurag Singh Thakur

Former Cabinet Minister, Government of india Member of Parliament of Lok Sabha Chairman- Parliamentary Standing Committee on Coal, Mines & Steel Former Cabinet Minister, Government of india Member of Parliament. of Lok Sabha Chairman- Parliamentary Standing Committee on Coal, Mines & Steel

Dr Harsh Vardhan

Former Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Science and Technology,Government of India Former Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Science and Technology,Government of India

Dr. Suresh Prabhu

Former Union Minister of Civil Aviation, Railways, Commerce and Industry, Chemical & Fertilizer, Goverment of India ,Chancellor Rishihood University, Sonipat, Haryana Former Union Minister of Civil Aviation, Railways, Commerce and Industry, Chemical & Fertilizer, Goverment of India ,Chancellor Rishihood University, Sonipat, Haryana

Saima Wazed

Regional Director – WHO SEARO Regional Director – WHO SEARO

Sanjay Wijesekera

Regional Director, UNICEF, South Asia Regional Director, UNICEF, South Asia

Eduardo P. Banzon

Director, Health Practice Team, Human and Social Development Office, Asian Development Bank's Sectors Group Director, Health Practice Team, Human and Social Development Office, Asian Development Bank's Sectors Group

Eamonn Murphy

Regional Director, UNAIDS Asia Pacific Eastern Europe and Central Asia Regional Director, UNAIDS Asia Pacific Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Priya Basu

Executive Head of the Pandemic Fund Executive Head of the Pandemic Fund

Rt Helen Clark

Board Chair – PMNCH; Co-Chair of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response; Former Prime Minister of New Zealand; Former Administrator UNDP Board Chair – PMNCH; Co-Chair of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response; Former Prime Minister of New Zealand; Former Administrator UNDP

Nilima Prasad Divi

Divi’s Foundation for Gifted Children Divi’s Foundation for Gifted Children

Vinod Paul

Member Health, NITI Ayog, Government of India Member Health, NITI Ayog, Government of India

Rajiv Bahl

Secretary Department of Health Research & Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research, Government of India Secretary Department of Health Research & Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research, Government of India

Rajiv Raghuvanshi

Drugs Controller General of India Drugs Controller General of India

Dinesh Arora

Principal Health Specialist, Human and Social Development, ADB's Sectors Group Principal Health Specialist, Human and Social Development, ADB's Sectors Group

Roderico Ofrin

WHO Representative to India WHO Representative to India

Ms. Cynthia McCaffrey

Representative, UNICEF India Country Office Representative, UNICEF India Country Office

Indu Bhushan

Former CEO, Ayushman Bharat and President-iLEAP, Pahle India Foundation Former CEO, Ayushman Bharat and President-iLEAP, Pahle India Foundation

Dr Gaurav Singh

CEO, Blockchain For Impact (BFI) CEO, Blockchain For Impact (BFI)

Ayako Inagaki

Senior Director, HSD, Asian Development Bank (ADB) Senior Director, HSD, Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Lwando Maki

President, Public Health Association of South Africa President, Public Health Association of South Africa

Eloise Todd

Executive Director & Co-Founder of Pandemic Action Network Executive Director & Co-Founder of Pandemic Action Network

Sanjeev Arora

Founder and Director, Project ECHO Founder and Director, Project ECHO

Katherine Urbáez

Founder and Executive director at Health Diplomacy Alliance Founder and Executive director at Health Diplomacy Alliance

Anders Nordström

Former Swedish Ambassador for Global Health Former Swedish Ambassador for Global Health

Janhavi Nilekani

Founder and Chairperson, Aastrika Foundation Founder and Chairperson, Aastrika Foundation

Balram Bhargava

Former Director General at the Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi; Former Secretary of the Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of I... Former Director General at the Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi; Former Secretary of the Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India; Past President, The National Academy of Sciences; Chief, Cardiothoracic Centre, AIIMS, New Delhi Read More

Tomoko Fukuda

Regional Director, International Planned Parenthood Federation, South Asia Regional Office Regional Director, International Planned Parenthood Federation, South Asia Regional Office

Uma Mahadevan, IAS(I/C)

Additional Chief Secretary, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, Government of Karnataka Additional Chief Secretary, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, Government of Karnataka

Ms. Sujata Saunik, IAS

Chief Secretary, Government of Maharashtra Chief Secretary, Government of Maharashtra

Dr. Rajan Khobragade, IAS

Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare, AYUSH and Culture Affairs, Government of Kerala Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare, AYUSH and Culture Affairs, Government of Kerala

Aradhana Patnaik, IAS

Additional Secretary and Mission Director at the National Health Mission, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India Additional Secretary and Mission Director at the National Health Mission, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India

V K Sharma

Senior Professor, Disaster Management/ Consultant at the Indian Institute of Public Administration, and Vice Chairman at Sikkim State Disaster Management Authority, Government of Sikkim Senior Professor, Disaster Management/ Consultant at the Indian Institute of Public Administration, and Vice Chairman at Sikkim State Disaster Management Authority, Government of Sikkim

Prashant Tandon

Co-Founder and CEO, TATA 1mg Co-Founder and CEO, TATA 1mg

Laura Magana

President & CEO at the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH), Global Network of Academic Public Health (GNAPH), USA President & CEO at the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH), Global Network of Academic Public Health (GNAPH), USA

Anand Grover

Former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health and Commissioner of the Global Commission on Drug Policy Former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health and Commissioner of the Global Commission on Drug Policy

Adeeba Kamarulzaman

CEO of Monash University Malaysia and Commissioner of the Global Commission on Drug Policy CEO of Monash University Malaysia and Commissioner of the Global Commission on Drug Policy

Vivek Virendra Singh

Chief, Health, a.i UNICEF India Country Office Chief, Health, a.i UNICEF India Country Office

Garry Aslanyan

Manager, Partnerships and Governance at the WHO Special Programme on Research and Training on Tropical Diseases Manager, Partnerships and Governance at the WHO Special Programme on Research and Training on Tropical Diseases

Lt Gen Madhuri Kanitkar (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

Vice-Chancellor of the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences Vice-Chancellor of the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences

Gulshan Sachdeva

Chief Coordinator - Dakshin Chief Coordinator - Dakshin

Santosh Kraleti

Associate Dean, School of Healthcare Rishihood University; Senior Public Health Specialist Member, National Medical Commission Associate Dean, School of Healthcare Rishihood University; Senior Public Health Specialist Member, National Medical Commission

patron

Ilona Kickbusch

Founding Director
Global Health Center
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Switzerland

scientific PATRONS

Soumya Swaminathan

Former Chief Scientist
World Health Organization

Ashutosh Sharma

President
Indian National Science Academy

SN Basu

Principal Director & HOD, Obstetrics And Gynaecology, Max Super Speciality Hospital; Advisory Committee Chair, International Association for Communication in
Healthcare

POLICY PATRONS

K Vijayraghavan

Former Principal Scientific Advisor to
Government of India

R.S. Sharma

Former CEO
National Health Authority
Government of India

Rajat Khosla

Executive Director- PMNCH, WHO
Geneva

WHS Academic Alliance Governance

Axel R. Pries

President
World Health Summit

Balvir S. Tomar

International President 2025
Founder and Chancellor
NIMS University Rajasthan
India

Sophia Zoungas

International President 2024 Head, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine Monash University
Australia

Adnan A. Hyder

International President 2023 Senior Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Global Health Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University
United States of America

Amirhossein Takian

International President 2019 Director Department of Global Health and Public Policy, Vice Dean, School of Public Health Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Iran