Team - Kaieohealthcare

We Are KAIEO

Kaieo was founded with the belief that impactful health innovations should reach their intended end-users. Uncountable innovations have a high impact value but fail to reach the right customers or find the right commercialization pathway. We have been in your shoes and we are here to make it right.

Meet Our Team

Board Members

Pratik Bokadia

Co-Founder, CTO

Pratik Bokadia

Co-Founder, CTO

Pratik is a co-founder at Kaieo Healthcare. He is the Chief Technology Officer and spearheads the Business Development Team. Pratik has a Masters in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University, USA and an MBA from Quantic School of Business. Pratik is an expert in medical device development and has substantial experience in business development and commercialization. Pratik has co-founded and run 3 companies so far in the USA and India. Pratik believes that age is just a number. It doesn't define what you can achieve.

Manoj Bokadia

Co-Founder,Executive Director

Manoj Bokadia

Co-Founder,Executive Director

Manoj is the CEO and founder of PM Realty. He has 28+ years experience in real estate, marketing and legal activities. Over his long career he has overseen projects worth $100M. He is a director in multiple companies..

Abhinandan Sakla

Co-Founder, Director

Abhinandan Sakla

Co-Founder, Director

Abhinandan is the CEO of Raviraj Realty and has managed projects worth $40M. He has an EMBA degree from SP Jain, Mumbai and has diverse connections all across India, spanning from the healthcare industry to automobile industry.

Pratiksha Bokadia

Head of Company Operations

Pratiksha Bokadia

Head of Company Operations

Pratiksha is the Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer at Kaieo Healthcare. She spearheads the operations and marketing at Kaieo. Pratiksha holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration with specialization in Finance and a Certification in General Management. Pratiksha has substantial experience in Marketing and Finance having headed the departments for two other companies. Pratiksha is meticulous, dynamic and hardworking, she brings with her a unique perspective in everything she does. This is her first step in the journey of a thousand miles.

Suresh Balu

Director, Advisor

Suresh Balu

Director, Advisor

Suresh Balu is the Associate Dean for Innovation at Duke Hospital and the Program Director for Duke Institute of Health Innovation. He holds a MS in Computer Science and a MBA in Corporate Finance. He has 30+ International patents to his name.

Board of Doctors

Dr. Abhijeet Lodha

Advisor

Dr. Abhijeet Lodha

Advisor

Abhijeet currently a consultant of Internal Medicine at Ruby Hall Clinic Pune. He has 16 years of experience in the field of medicine in different capacities. He is also the recipient of International scholarship from CROI, Boston.

Dr. Safal Gandhi

Advisor

Dr. Safal Gandhi

Advisor

Dr. Aadesh Bardia

Advisor

Dr. Aadesh Bardia

Advisor

Aadesh is a consultant Pediatrician and Neonatologist. He is the founder of Rainbow Hospital and partner at Sigma Pathology Labs. Aadesh has 12 years of experience in the the field of Pediatrics and Neonatology.

Management team

Anand Bafna

Independent Director

Anand Bafna

Independent Director

Anand has 25+ years of experience in the distribution field and primarily works in the pharmaceutical and diagnostic industry.

Tushar Kankriya

Independent Director

Tushar Kankriya

Independent Director

Tushar Kankariya has almost 18 years of experience in medical distributorship. He has expanded his network across Maharashtra tremendously and has working relations with other medical device distributors across India

Business Development Team

Nisha T N

Technology & Business Associate

Nisha T N

Technology & Business Associate

Nisha is a technology & business associate at Kaieo Healthcare and is primarily a part of new products, research and needs finding team. She seeks to discover innovations in medical devices and products that would help strengthen the Indian healthcare system. Nisha has a Masters in Biochemistry from St. Aloysius College and a Post Graduate Diploma in Hospital & Healthcare Management from the James Lind Institute. She has experiences in research and administration that require great attention to details. Nisha believes that, alone we can do so little but together, we can do so much.

Avitaj Mitra

Head of New Products Research & Need Finding

Avitaj Mitra

Head of New Products Research & Need Finding

Avitaj is the department head of the New Products Research and Needs Finding team at Kaieo Healthcare. He is primarily responsible for the initial shortlisting and screening of products and companies that Kaieo enters into partnerships with. Avitaj has a Masters in Human Health Engineering from KU Leuven, Belgium and his core interest lies in medical product research. He also co-founded a company dealing with sleep biomechanics during his undergraduate degree. Avitaj believes that talent is easy to find, but dedication is tough to nurture.

Neha Goyal

Business Analyst - Verification and Validation

Neha Goyal

Business Analyst - Verification and Validation

Neha is a Technology and Business Associate at Kaieo Healthcare. Neha handles product verification and validation. Neha takes care of detailed technical, business and initial Market analysis of the products. Neha completed her bachelor's from VIT University and has worked in hospital settings. She brings with her a unique Indian perspective on medical devices, and has 2 years of on-field experience doing so. Neha believes that adopting a continuous learning mindset is and will continue to be needed to adjust to the changing healthcare landscape.

Our Interns

Keshav Gupta

Clinical Intern

Keshav Gupta

Clinical Intern

Keshav Gupta is a clinical intern at Kaieo Healthcare and works in the NPRNF team. He assists in clinical evaluations of medical devices and segments to identify and target gaps in medical care. He is a final year medical student at BJ Government Medical College Pune. Keshav is also interested in machine learning and believes that better technology is Imperative to improving patient outcomes.

Our Alumni

Suraj Susamma Sunilkumar

Business Intelligence & Products Analyst (Head of Deep Technology Analysis)

Suraj Susamma Sunilkumar

Business Intelligence & Products Analyst (Head of Deep Technology Analysis)

Suraj completed his master's in Biomedical Engineering with a specialization in Biomechanics and data processing from Katholieke Universiteit. He has experience in process development, medical device certification, and programming. His thesis is on FEM of porous deformable bone implants. He also has knowledge in numerical modelling and general clinical practices.

Priyanka Chauhan

BA Intern

Priyanka Chauhan

BA Intern

Priyanka was primarily a part of new products, research and needs finding team. Priyanka is currently pursuing MBA(Pharm) from NIPER, S.A.S Nagar and is a bachelor of pharmacy from DIPSAR, Delhi. She is an avid learner and tries to broaden her horizon of knowledge by integration of her positive and inquisitive attitude. She has experience in healthcare and pharmaceutical industry from her internships at AIIMS and Beryl India Pharmaceuticals, Delhi. Priyanka believes that she is sampled from a uniform continuous random variable whose support set is the set of humans.