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The Team
Founder and CEO
Founder and CEO
A veteran healthcare strategy consultant with two decades of rich experience in the global healthcare industry, Vikram Vuppala founded NephroPlus with a clear objective to redefine and transform healthcare in India.
Vikram is hailed for providing successful strategic support and solutions to various healthcare sectors, including hospitals, dialysis centres, and healthcare distributors resulting in their exponential growth and development.
Prior to setting up NephroPlus, Vikram was a strategic consultant at McKinsey & Company, New Jersey. He also founded an internal management consulting group at Abbott Laboratories where he helped the management with strategic and sales solutions.
Vikram Vuppala did his Masters in Computer Science from the University of Illinois, and MBA from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business.
Contact: vikram@nephroplus.com
Co-Founder
Co-Founder
Kamal D Shah comes with an overall experience of 25 years. Kamal is a firm believer that getting diagnosed with kidney dysfunction is not the end, but only the beginning. Although this new life comes with compromises, one can still continue doing their daily and normal life activities. As the Co-founder of NephroPlus, he aims to help every individual realise the endless potential and scope even after diagnosis.
Since he has been through the ups and lows of life especially due to his diagnosis, he has made it his goal to ensure that every individual visiting NephroPlus leaves the dialysis centre with a smile and full of hope and positivity about being able to thrive and achieve their fullest potential.
Kamal D Shah is a Chemical Engineer from Osmania University. He has an experience of 25 years; 10 years of which he has been developing software for Apple products before he decided to co-found NephroPlus.
Kamal journals his experiences with Dialysis in a popular blog which can be accessed at www.kamaldshah.com.
Contact: kamal@nephroplus.com
Chief Operating Officer – International Business
Chief Operating Officer – International Business
Rohit Singh comes with an overall experience of 18 years and expertise in profit and loss management, and network expansions. Rohit is a firm believer that India is fast transforming towards top quality, affordable, and far-reaching healthcare services.
Prior to joining NephroPlus, Rohit Singh was the Regional Business Head at Apollo Speciality Hospital where he was responsible for managing and delivering profit and loss. He was also the Senior Manager – Business Development and Strategy at Rattan India Power Ltd. where he provided effective strategic and planning solutions for new and existing businesses.
Rohit is an MBA in Strategy and Marketing from the Indian School of Business (ISB).
Contact: rohit@nephroplus.com
Senior Vice President – Operations
Senior Vice President – Operations
Sukaran Singh Saluja has rich experience in building effective and result-oriented teams. He is known for his expertise in providing strategic and operational solutions for growth and development in the entrepreneurial space. With a total of 15 years of experience, Sukaran is credited with an innumerable list of achievements, including revenue ownership, operational turnaround, effectively managing profit and loss, financial planning and budgeting, financial control and analytics, and international market entry, and strategic solutions for innovative new products.
He also specialises in Business Development, Operations Management, Business Planning, Process Planning, Sales Operations, Project Management, Strategy, Service Strategy, Market Entry, Market Analysis, Team Building, Budgeting, Data Analysis, General Management, Entrepreneurship, and e-commerce.
Prior to joining NephroPlus, Sukaran was a Technical Consultant at International Finance Corporation. He was also the Founder and CEO of Aplava Online Services. He is an MBA, in Operations and Finance, from IIT Madras.
Contact: sukaran@nephroplus.com
Senior Vice President,
Global Clinical Affairs
Senior Vice President,
Global Clinical Affairs
Dr. Sankar is a practicing Nephrologist with over 16 years of experience, he also comes with a global exposure of clinical leadership skills.
Dr. Sankar is an effective and dynamic team leader with expertise in designing and executing consistent quality improvement. With an overall experience of 23 years and a dual specialisation in Nephrology and Clinical Leadership, Dr. Sankar is a patient-centric practitioner.
He is also renowned and widely acknowledged for his proficiency in clinical research and teaching, bringing in newer ideas in clinical and operational synergies for a better and more effective patient outcome.
Dr. Sankar studied Diplomate American Board of Medical Specialities, Nephrology from The University of Rochester. He did his Diplomate American Board of Internal Medicines from Englewood Hospital and Medical Center; and Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, MBBS from Madras Medical College.
Contact: suresh.sankar@nephroplus.com
Vice President – Business Development & Marketing, India
Vice President – Business Development & Marketing, India
Deepthi Nemani joins NephroPlus with an overall experience of around 17 years. She has worked in different functions including Business Development, Product Management, Business Operations, P&L and Strategy.
Prior to joining NephroPlus, she was the Vice President for Hospital Growth, Ops and P&Ls at Vitraya Technologies. She also worked in Corporate brands like JP Morgan, Tata and Cognizant. She held roles in the Advisory boards of various start ups. Her domain expertise spans across BFSI, Healthcare, Media and Digital. Contributing to Healthcare in India is her passion and she believes that a small change in Healthcare eco system in the country can result in large scale transformation, given our limited resources.
Deepthi has a degree in Instrumentation Engineering from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati and an MBA from University of Leicester, UK.
Contact: deepthi@nephroplus.com
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Financial Officer
An effective leader in finance, Vaibhav Joshi is NephroPlus’ CFO with a proven track record of executing high-impact growth strategies, mergers & acquisitions, and creating efficient reporting mechanisms. Vaibhav comes with an inspiring range of experience in Technology, Telecom, Retail, and Health Care.
Vaibhav is also a qualified Chartered Accountant and a Certified Information Systems Auditor. With a total experience of 17 years, Vaibhav specialises in Strategy, Rapid Business Growth, Mergers & Acquisitions, Budgets & Forecasts, Financial Controls, Debt and Equity Financing, Investor Relations, Operational Excellence, Financial Analysis and Reporting, Cost Containment, Profit Management, Risk Management, Fraud Detection, SCM Operations, Process Automation, Stakeholder Engagement, and Team Management.
Prior to joining NephroPlus, Vaibhav Joshi was the Head of Finance at Maxrange Retail Pvt. Ltd.
Contact: vaibhav@nephroplus.com
Managing Director
Managing Director
A veteran healthcare strategy consultant with two decades of rich experience in the global healthcare industry, Vikram Vuppala founded NephroPlus with a clear objective to redefine and transform healthcare in India.
Vikram is hailed for providing successful strategic support and solutions to various healthcare sectors, including hospitals, dialysis centres, and healthcare distributors resulting in their exponential growth and development.
Prior to setting up NephroPlus, Vikram was a strategic consultant at McKinsey & Company, New Jersey. He also founded an internal management consulting group at Abbott Laboratories where he helped the management with strategic and sales solutions.
Vikram Vuppala did his Masters in Computer Science from the University of Illinois, and MBA from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business.
Contact: vikram@nephroplus.com
Director
Director
With an overall experience of 21 years, Vishal Gupta is the Managing Director at Bessemer Venture Partners. He joined BVP in the year 2006 with a clear target on consumer internet, marketplaces, financial, and healthcare services. Vishal serves as a board member of Hungama.com, Matrimony.com, Indian Energy Exchange Ltd., Medi Assist, Anunta Technology Management Services, Applied Solar Technologies, BigBasket, and a Brand Observer on SnapDeal.
Prior to joining Bessemer Venture Partners, Vishal was the Senior Manager at Reliance Capital Private Equity where he was responsible for building new businesses for the entire group. Vishal is an MBA from IIM – Calcutta and a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
Nominee Director
Nominee Director
Gaurav Sharma comes with nearly three decades of experience. He is currently the Partner, Head of Private Equity at Investcorp India. He also had a stint as an entrepreneur with Prime Gourmet (F&B) and Renewal Energy. Moreover, Gaurav was also Director of Providence Equity Partners and Vice President, Deutsche Bank.
Gaurav is an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and a B.Tech from IIT – Delhi.
Independent Director
Independent Director
Dr. Om Manchanda with 33 years of rich experience is reshaping the Indian Medical Diagnostic scenario. He is hailed for transforming a family-run pathology lab into India’s largest pathology chain and listing it on the Indian Stock Exchange, a first in the Indian diagnostic industry. He also introduced the best technological platforms and high-end diagnostic tests in India.
Dr. Om Manchanda is the Managing Director at Dr. Lal PathLabs where he has been for 16 years. Prior to joining Dr. Lal PathLabs, Dr. Manchanda was the GM – of International, and Innovation at Ranbaxy.
He has completed an Advanced Management Program from Harvard Business School, and MBA from IIM – Ahmedabad.
Independent Director
Independent Director
Hemant Sultania is a financial professional with around 25 years of experience in various sectors, including healthcare, education, fashion, retail, and online platforms, all of which have exponentially grown from their nascent stage. Hemant has also worked closely with the promoters and the senior management.
Hemant Sultania is the Ex Group CFO at Aakash Educational Services Ltd. and prior to this he was the Group CFO at Vaibhav Global Ltd. Hemant did his FCA, Accounting and Finance from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India; Company Secretary from The Institute of Company Secretaries of India and Cost Accountant from the Institute of Cost Accountants of India.
Nominee Director
Nominee Director
Karthik Tiruvarur has 15 years of experience in various financial sectors. Currently residing in the US, Karthik is Investment Lead, Consumer Internet Investments (Global) at IFC – International Finance Corporation. Prior to his current role, Karthik was Vice President (Operations) at IIT Madras Foundation.
He did his MBA from Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management and B.Tech from IIT – Madras.
Nominee Director
Nominee Director
Nidhi Ghuman is a Non-Executive Director of our Company as a nominee of IIFL Fund and has been on our Board since June 20, 2022. She holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and a postgraduate diploma in business management from Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur.
She was previously associated with SBI Capital Markets Limited as a manager with non-infra group, with GE Capital Services India as management trainee and with Multiple Alternate Asset Management Private Limited.
Chairman
Chairman
Professor Vivekanand Jha (MBBS, MD, DM, Ph.D., FRCP (edin) FAMS), has close to five decades of experience. He is currently Executive Director at The George Institute for Global Health. He is an MBBS from Patna University and received his MD, DM, Medicine, and Nephrology training from the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research. He was also a Professor of Nephrology at PGIMER for three decades and went on to establish the department of Translational and Regenerative Medicine at PGIMER, by the Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India. In addition to all this as a professor, he taught Nephrology at the University of Oxford for seven years.
Professor Jha set up a basic science research laboratory in 2001 which went on to become India’s first such laboratory in the Nephrology division. In addition to these roles, Professor Jha has been actively involved in the professional societies of Nephrology at both national and international levels. He was on the Board of Directors of Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) for six long years and has served in various advisory groups for the World Health Organisation (WHO). He was also part of the Expert Committees for the Govt. of India, to develop policy and clinical practice guidelines for kidney disease treatment.
Member
Member
Dr. Umesh has an overall experience of over 30 years. He is currently a Consultant Nephrologist and Transplant Physician based in Mumbai. He is an accomplished and dynamic professional with a vast experience in Clinical Nephrology, Hemodialysis, Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD), Kidney Transplants, Critical Care Medicine, CAVH, CAVHD & IPD, and Hypertension. Dr. Khanna is highly skilled and renowned for successfully managing nephrological problems in adults, and children and is a pioneer in managing patients with acute intoxications.
Dr. Khanna is credited with many firsts. He was the first to start a Nephrologist managed private dialysis unit in Mumbai and the first to institute the concept of free-standing dialysis units or community dialysis centres in India. Dr. Khanna is also hailed for successfully establishing the Nephrology Department for a number of hospitals and clinics across the Country. Dr. Khanna completed his graduate and postgraduate medical education at Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital in Mumbai.
Convenor
Convenor
Dr. Sankar is a practicing Nephrologist with over 16 years of experience, he also comes with a global exposure of clinical leadership skills.
Dr. Sankar is an effective and dynamic team leader with expertise in designing and executing consistent quality improvement. With an overall experience of 23 years and a dual specialisation in Nephrology and Clinical Leadership, Dr. Sankar is a patient-centric practitioner.
He is also renowned and widely acknowledged for his proficiency in clinical research and teaching, bringing in newer ideas in clinical and operational synergies for a better and more effective patient outcome.
Dr. Sankar studied Diplomate American Board of Medical Specialities, Nephrology from The University of Rochester. He did his Diplomate American Board of Internal Medicines from Englewood Hospital and Medical Center; and Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, MBBS from Madras Medical College.
Contact: suresh.sankar@nephroplus.com
Member
Member
Dr. Avinash Ignatius (MBBS, MD and DM) is a Senior Consultant Nephrologist and Transplant Physician and Head of the Department of Nephrology at Noble Hospital. With 15 years of rich experience, Dr. Ignatius has expertise in treating critically ill patients with acute and chronic renal failure, patients on dialysis, and renal transplants. With an overall experience of 15 years, Dr. Ignatius is a Principal Investigator in multiple national and global clinical trials and also consults at Ruby Hall Clinic, Wanowrie.
Awarded with Pune Healthcare Leadership Awards 2018 and Icons of Health, Pune 2018 by the Times of India Group, Dr. Ignatius is a D.M Nephrology from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. He did his Senior Residence – Nephrology at Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences. M.D Internal Medicine from St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore, and MBBS from Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences, Bellary.