Prashant Tandon's guest appearances

Prashant Tandon

The Medicine Box

The Startup Green Room

Prime Venture Partners Podcast

1947 Rise

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The Indian healthcare market is fragmented and has efficiency gaps. But, health technology is helping bridge this gap. The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a fundamental behavioural change in India in terms of health technology, which means buying more medicines online, booking diagnostic tests, Teleconsultations, etc.   In this edition of the Medicine Box Podcast season 5, CNBC-TV18’s Ekta Batra catches up with Prashant Tandon, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Tata 1MG to discuss the Indian health tech market and its potential growth.   ​Health tech also comprises new technologies such as the Internet of things (IOT), artificial intelligence (AI), and data sciences, Tandon said, adding that data will be a huge part of health tech in the future.  Pointing to digitisation of the entire value chain such as pharma and diagnostics, Tata 1MG founder said, COVID-19 led to a 3x rise in people transacting on digital health platforms. Tata 1 MG’s traffic has risen to 150 million unique users vs 90 million users in FY20, he said. According to him, healthcare, as an ecosystem, is very profitable and digital will make it more efficient  Tune in to Medicine Box Podcast to know more about B2C health tech market and what the future holds for it

The Indian healthcare market is fragmented and has efficiency gaps. But, health technology is helping bridge this gap. The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a fundamental behavioural change in India in terms of health technology, which means buying more medicines online, booking diagnostic tests, Teleconsultations, etc.  In this edition of the Medicine Box Podcast season 5, CNBC-TV18’s Ekta Batra catches up with Prashant Tandon, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Tata 1MG to discuss the Indian health tech market and its potential growth.  ​Health tech also comprises new technologies such as the Internet of things (IOT), artificial intelligence (AI), and data sciences, Tandon said, adding that data will be a huge part of health tech in the future. Pointing to digitisation of the entire value chain such as pharma and diagnostics, Tata 1MG founder said, COVID-19 led to a 3x rise in people transacting on digital health platforms. Tata 1 MG’s traffic has risen to 150 million unique users vs 90 million users in FY20, he said. According to him, healthcare, as an ecosystem, is very profitable and digital will make it more efficient Tune in to Medicine Box Podcast to know more about B2C health tech market and what the future holds for it

33: The Medicine Box: Tata 1MG founder Prashant Tandon on India’s health tech market 

Prashant Tandon is the co-founder of 1mg &amp; Healthkart. Both companies have become household names in India. SHOW NOTES  The journey from growing up in India to moving to the US and then moving back to India (1:00) What made him move back to India (2:53) His entrepreneurial journey back in India (5:20) Was there a time when he thought this was it, if so, how did he manage to overcome it? (10:00) If he had recently moved back to India, what would he work on? India is a lot different than what it was back when he moved back? Advise to Indians living abroad and thinking about moving back to India (13:50) Skills that he picked up from his experience in the US that ended up becoming valuable in India (17:10) Any life event, book or a decision that changed your life (20:00) What does he struggle with (22:15) Rapid-fire questions (23:30)

Prashant Tandon is the co-founder of 1mg &amp; Healthkart. Both companies have become household names in India. <h3>SHOW NOTES</h3> <ul> <li>The journey from growing up in India to moving to the US and then moving back to India (1:00)</li> <li>What made him move back to India (2:53)</li> <li>His entrepreneurial journey back in India (5:20)</li> <li>Was there a time when he thought this was it, if so, how did he manage to overcome it? (10:00)</li> <li>If he had recently moved back to India, what would he work on? India is a lot different than what it was back when he moved back? Advise to Indians living abroad and thinking about moving back to India (13:50)</li> <li>Skills that he picked up from his experience in the US that ended up becoming valuable in India (17:10)</li> <li>Any life event, book or a decision that changed your life (20:00)</li> <li>What does he struggle with (22:15)</li> <li>Rapid-fire questions (23:30)</li></ul>