09 February, 2017: Dr. Ajay Bakshi, CEO of Manipal Hospitals, will speak on Healthcare Economics: Theory and Practice from 4:15 to 5:45 pm on February 09, 2017 in Classroom L-11. He will focus on understanding the larger context of the health sector, the economic principles around which competition, provision, and growth of scarce health services are currently taking place in India. Dr. Bakshi will be speaking on a range of interesting questions that have been crowd-sourced from the class and woven into a broader narrative explicitly focusing on how resource constraints shape and identify opportunities for growth in the health space. 

Dr. Ajay Bakshi serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director at Manipal Health Enterprises Private Limited. He served as Managing Director of Max Healthcare Institute Limited since June 2013 and also served as its Chief Executive Officer from October 31, 2011 to June 2013. He served as an Associate Principal of Mckinsey & Company. He is an experienced healthcare professional and has played diverse roles across the globe, ranging from practicing neurosurgeon in India, stem cell scientist in USA, to a management consultant with McKinsey & Co. He serves as a Director at Manipal Health Enterprises Private Limited. Dr. Bakshi is an AIIMS graduate.