Senthilnathan Padmanaban Email & Phone Number

Bengaluru, Ka, In

I represent the private sector and health systems strengthening component in the network that mostly has digital health professionals from across Asia. We support Ministries of Health/Digital Health Agencies in regional countries to strengthen digital health and health information systems. I coordinated with 15 regional countries to identify critical gaps in digital health governance, architecture/blueprint, people and program management, and standards and interoperability and drafted a "Call to Action" for the Ministries of Health to strengthen Digital Health in the respective countries. AeHIN launched the call to action in Jakarta in the AeHIN GM 2023. I collaborated to build AeHIN's consulting practice to make the network self-sustainable and was instrumental in winning the first project we applied for. I am also leading this project funded by the Global Fund to strengthen digital health and health information systems in Bangladesh and Myanmar.

India

I led the public health consulting practice in the Middle East Region, expanding and executing projects in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Qatar, Oman, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, Iraq, and Somalia. During my tenure, we won multiple projects of national and international significance, the team strength grew by nearly 300%, and we established ourselves as a strong player in the healthcare consulting space in the region. Some of the flagship projects won and executed under my leadership include the WHO’s GHFD initiative, the development of a Public Health Data Strategy for the Saudi Public Health Authority, the USAID-funded OSRA initiative in Egypt, Gap analysis for strengthening communicable disease surveillance in Jordan, the development of a business and operational model for a super-specialty hospital in Jordan, and PPP model for a hospital in Ethiopia.

India

As part of the MEA team, I led some of the flagship projects executed by the company in the Africa and Middle East regions. I was also involved in business development activities, building partnerships, responding to RFPs, and managing large deals (>USD 1 million) for proactive BD. We developed strong partnerships with many organizations, including WHO, the Global Fund, UNICEF, UNDP, USAID, FIND, Pathfinder, and MMV. I was instrumental in improving the practice through quick resource mobilization, timely execution, implementation of radical and innovative approaches, and delivery of large-scale projects to client satisfaction. Some of the projects led by me include the WHO’s GHFD Initiative in 29 countries across Southeast Asia, Africa, and Eastern Mediterranean Regions, the iPTI modeling project for MMV in 9 African countries, the Global Fund supply-chain spot-checks in 13 African countries, and ISP assessment project for UNDP in Zimbabwe.

India

I executed projects for Transform Health, World Health Organization, HISP, PwC, KPMG, IMT, Universal Consulting, and many private healthcare provider organizations. I was involved in 50+ hospital and PPP projects with a cumulative capacity of 9000+hospital beds in India, Nigeria, and Afghanistan. I have also executed large-scale HRH capacity-building programs.

Chennai Area, India

I was leading a team of software consultants in designing and creating MIS reports for some of the major hospitals in the United States. My responsibilities included active stakeholder management. I was also responsible for responding to RFPs and creating capability decks for the Health IT practice.

Chennai Area, India

I functioned as a Senior Healthcare Business Analyst in implementing and managing Health Information systems for Stanford University Hospital, USA. I was also involved in requirements gathering, designing, and functional testing of home-grown health-tech applications. I also developed internal training decks on health information technology.

Kolkata Area, India

I worked as a healthcare strategy consultant in designing and implementing projects in both public health and hospital planning domains. I was also involved in the due diligence of healthcare business models and mergers and acquisitions. I was part of the teams that conceptualised, designed, and commissioned Medica Superspecialty Hospital and Sankara Nethralaya in Kolkata, developing decentralised planning under NRHM in the states of Meghalaya, Tripura, and Sikkim, and designing a health insurance scheme for landless agricultural labourers in West Bengal, India.