Made diagnostics affordable. Helped bring new drugs to patients faster. Passionate about History, Art, Public Health & early stage life science ventures
His book shows how entrepreneurs have helped transform healthcare in India to benefit large sections of the poor. It is a personal pleasure to have known and worked with Mr. Prasanna for the last 3 decades.
I recommend the book to be read by Medical & Health Care personnel. 3/3
Dr. H S Ballal Pro Chancelor MAHE - as a Radiologist and Educationist, I have witness the evolution of Radiology at grassroots. GE was instrumental in revolutionized reach to smaller towns. Earlier imaging modalities and was available only in few centers of big cities. 1/3
Thanks to the dynamic leadership of Mr. Prasanna, GE made imaging available in smaller cities at affordable cost.
GE has become market leader revolutionized health care delivery in India. Expensive imaging tests now become available and affordable to the general public.
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Prasanna,
You should feel very proud of completing this important body of work. I hope by sharing these stories, you will encourage a legion of others to step up to the challenge to build India’s health tech industry.
Terri S Bresenham
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Terri: Through a series of stories, “Innovate Locally to Win Globally” is a clarion call for India’s innovative capacity and its potential to unleash new ideas to solve the world’s healthcare challenges 3/3
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Terri S Bresenham, former Chief Innovation Officer of GE Health Care says: 1/3
Terri: India has all the ingredients to become a global, health tech powerhouse; a domestic market demand for innovative, affordable platforms, a wealth of science and engineering talent, and relatively low production costs to competitively serve the world. 2/3
Prasanna School of Public Health (PSPH) is one of the three Indian universities to make it to top 500 in public health in the world in Shanghai Ranking 2022.
Three Indian institutions are AIIMS, CMC Vellore and PSPH, Manipal. 1/3
Setup in 2017 in Manipal University with an endowment by Prasanna Family, it is founded on the belief that human health indices in india and the world can go up if equal attention is paid to public health as societies pay to curative health.
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Insights shared take a deeper dive into the heart of healthcare and presents experiences less known to the wider audience. For someone who believes in the power of knowledge, the book captures the many facets of healthcare. Hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did!
Azim Premji
I recommend the book highly for an insight into successful practices- it is truly an enjoyable read.
Omar Ishrak
Chairman INTEL Corporation, Former Chairman Medtronic
The team largely under the leadership of Pras, responded creatively and courageously with a great deal of success; they not only established a strong presence for GE in India but also made a difference to millions of lives globally through the healthcare technology they developed