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Practo appoints Shoumyan Biswas as Global Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer
NATHEALTH Foundation appoints Gautam Khanna to its Board
The NATHEALTH Foundation has appointed Gautam Khanna to its Board effective March 19, 2025. A distinguished industry leader and General Council Member of NATHEALTH, Khanna brings with him a wealth of expertise in healthcare operations, strategic leadership, and cross-sectoral partnerships. His appointment marks a significant step
Practo, one of the India’ s largest health services platform, has announced the appointment of Shoumyan Biswas as its new Global Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer. He brings over two decades of extensive leadership experience and a proven track record of building customer-centric growth engines across diverse industries. His expertise will be invaluable in advancing Practo’ s mission to help people live healthier, longer lives through strategic clarity.
Shoumyan will lead Practo’ s global business expansion along with focusing on deepening customer engagement and accelerating profitable growth in India. He will play a key role in shaping the company’ s global growth strategy plans, with a strong emphasis on category expansion and a sharper consumer focus. Shoumyan’ s career includes positions such as CMO & Group Loyalty Head at Tata Digital, CBO at Rebel Foods, and CMO at Flipkart.
forward in the Foundation’ s ongoing efforts to build a resilient, inclusive, and innovation-led healthcare ecosystem.
Gautam Khanna is a distinguished healthcare leader with over thirty five years of experience across hospital management, medical technology, and health systems. As CEO of P. D. Hinduja Hospital & Medical Research Centre, he has been pivotal in driving patient-centred care, operational excellence, and institutional innovation. An alumnus of IIT Kanpur and IIM Calcutta, Mr Khanna spent over two decades with 3M.
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