Praava Health Investor Event

Exploring the Future of Healthcare in Bangladesh & Across Emerging Markets

Join Praava Health's Founder and CEO, Sylvana Q. Sinha, along with other Praava executives, members of Praava's Global Advisory Board, Praava investors, and a host of highly-regarded industry experts for a series of interactive discussions surrounding Praava's story of healthcare innovation and growth, as well as insights into forward-looking industry trends in South Asia and worldwide, including emerging market investing, value-based care, healthcare technology innovations, and much more.

Event Agenda


9:30 AM - 9:35 AM Welcome Sylvana Q. Sinha
Founder, Chair, & CEO, Praava Health
9:35 AM - 9:40 AM A Virtual Visit to Praava Health (Video) Sylvana Q. Sinha
Founder, Chair, & CEO, Praava Health
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM General David Petraeus on Emerging Market Investments & Praava Health
Ret. U.S. Army General David H. Petraeus
Partner, KKR & Chairman, KKR Global Institute
Sylvana Q. Sinha
Founder, Chair, & CEO, Praava Health
10:00 AM - 10:25 AM Praava Strategic Overview: Review of 2021, looking ahead, Q&A Sylvana Q. Sinha
Founder, Chair, & CEO, Praava Health
10:25 AM - 10:50 AM Healthcare Industry Insights Roundtable Discussion
Dr. Rushika Fernandopulle (Moderator)
Chief Innovation Officer, One Medical
Member, Global Advisory Council, Praava Health
Dr. Jeremy Lim
Co-Founder and CEO, AMiLi
NUS Programme Director & Associate Professor,
Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health,
National University of Singapore
Patrick Edelmann
Managing Director, Code Advisors
Member, Global Advisory Council, Praava Health
Dr. Zaheed Husain
Senior Lab Director, Praava Health
Dr. Simeen Akhtar
Chief Medical Officer, Praava Health
Chinta Bhagat
Managing Partner, Asia, L Catterton
Member, Global Advisory Council, Praava Health
10:50 AM - 11:05 AM Dr. Omar Ishrak Keynote Dr. Omar Ishrak (Keynote Speaker)
Chairman of the Board of Directors,
Intel Corporation
Former Chairman & CEO, Medtronic
11:05 AM - 11:30 AM Praava as an Impact Investment
Kerry Breen (Moderator)
Member, Global Advisory Council, Praava Health
Professor Michael Chu
Co-Founder & Managing Director, The IGNIA Fund
Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School
Author, HBS Case, “Praava Health: A New Model for Bangladesh”
Professor Gita Rao
Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management
Assoc. Faculty Director, MFin Program,
MIT Sloan School of Management
11:30 AM - 11:55 AM Bangladesh Investment Opportunity Roundtable Discussion
Faisal Ghori (Moderator)
Chief Operating Officer, Consilium Acquisition Corporation 1
Sonia Bashir Kabir
Founder & Managing Partner, SBK Tech Ventures & SBK Foundation
Vice Chair, UN Tech Bank for LDCs
Jamieson Odell
Portfolio Manager, Sandglass Capital
Kamal Quadir
Founder & CEO, bKash
11:55 AM - 12:20 PM Healthcare Technology Innovations Roundtable Discussion
Sylvana Q. Sinha (Moderator)
Founder, Chair, & CEO, Praava Health
Dr. Kurt Herzer
Senior Advisor of Data, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Member, Global Advisory Council, Praava Health
Dr. Fred Hersh Product Leader and Global Health, Google Health
Member, Global Advisory Council, Praava Health
Fredrik Debong
Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer, hi.health
Member, Global Advisory Council, Praava Health
Keith de Alwis
Chief Technology Officer and Member of Global Advisory Council, Praava Health
Lorraine Marchand
General Manager, Life Sciences Watson Health at IBM
Adjunct Professor, Columbia Business School
Member, Global Advisory Council, Praava Health
Shwetank Verma
Co-Founder & General Partner, Leo Capital
Member, Global Advisory Council, Praava Health
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM Wrap up & Closing Q&A Sylvana Q. Sinha
Founder, Chair, & CEO, Praava Health

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About Praava Health

Launched in 2018, Praava has become one of the fastest-growing healthcare providers in emerging markets, having already served above 600k patients to date. Its unique click-and-brick platform that combines innovative telehealth offerings with a full suite of quality in-person patient care services can serve as a model for healthcare providers in other emerging markets and beyond.