Meet the Team

Jagruti Bhatia
Partner
With a background in Microbiology backed with Hospital Administration and MBA in HR, Jagruti brings a rich experience panning 30 years in operations, healthcare consultancy, planning & accreditation having advised over 450 odd projects in the private and public sector. Along with founding Aarka Consultants, she also set up and was Senior Advisor – KPMG Healthcare Consultancy practice & serves on the board of select healthcare start ups. Lead Quality Assessor -NABH and is a trained JCI Assessor.

Neteni Thapiyal
Partner
Neteni is a distinguished interior designer and brings the world of design to the discipline of healthcare. With a professional experience of over 23 years in interior design and marketing, she has been designing healthcare spaces using high quality hospitality design standards. She works passionately and with acute attention to detail to bring the desired aesthetic to healthcare environments. Apart from healthcare, she has also excelled in designing corporate projects, hotels, homes and showrooms.

Saumya Pathak
Business Associate
Saumya has a diversified & versatile portfolio in the Healthcare domain. With a double degree in Hospital Administration & Health Informatics, she is a part of the industry for over a decade. She has good conceptual & practical understanding of systems, processes, MIS, business intelligence and HIS implementation. She is a trainer and QCI certified NABH internal assessor.

Dr. Rakesh Chavan
Business Associate
With a Master’s degree in Public Health, Health Policy; Economics & Finance, Dr. Chavan specializes in Health and Pharmaceutical Economics, Healthcare Finance and Strategic Planning. He holds many accolades in healthcare from reputed institutes such as Harvard Business School (Innovating in Helathcare), John Hopkins (Global Helath) and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.

Dr. Nisha Gadkari
Principal Consultant
Dr.Gadkari is an astute professional with more than seven years of experience in diversified areas ranging from hospital planning, operations, administration and quality. A B.A.M.S. graduate with Masters in Hospital Administration, she is a certified Internal counsellor and Internal Auditor for ISO 9000:2000.

Ananya Apte
Management Consultant
Ananya comes with a rich domain knowledge having graduated in Cardiovascular Perfusion and Mastered in Hospital Administration. Having assisted in several cardiac cases and interned with reputed hospitals, she brings valuable work experience in the field of planning, customer care and process implementation.
With over 100 man-years of combined experience, our well seasoned team draws on rich industry knowledge to bring the best
outcomes for our clients. The core team is supported by a distinguished business associates and advisory board that includes seasoned professionals across Architecture, Operations and Consultancy.

Kunal Vaidya
Healthcare Architect

Kshititi Nagarkar
Healthcare Architect

Rajendra Kadu
Biomedical Engineer

Dr. Bavaskar
Senior Advisor

Mr. Hussain
Senior Advisor