“Aging is not a problem to be managed. It is a life stage that deserves dignity, care, and design.”

When Tara Singh Vachani chose to build in senior care, the category barely existed in India. What did exist was a clear belief that the way India ages needed to change.

In this episode of The Prognosis Podcast, Tara, Founder and Executive Chairperson of Antara Senior Care, reflects on that choice and the journey that followed. Rather than focusing on outcomes alone, the conversation explores how Antara was built, the thinking behind key decisions, and what it truly takes to create a category in Indian healthcare.

In this episode:

• Why Tara chose senior care as her mission at 23 and what she saw that others didn't
• How Antara is shifting cultural mindsets around aging and assisted living in India
• The philosophy of care that anchors everything Antara builds
• The unique challenges and opportunities of scaling home care in India's diverse landscape

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“We didn’t reinvent surgery. We reinvented everything around it.”

What began as three failed startups and a stubborn belief that India deserved better became the foundation of Pristyn Care — one of India’s most scaled and tech-enabled surgical care platforms.

Harsimarbir Singh, Co-founder of Pristyn Care and BeatXP, breaks down how Pristyn Care scaled to 300,000+ surgeries, built a network of 300+ exclusive surgeons, and leveraged technology to reengineer long-broken processes inside the operating theatre.

In this episode:
- How a “build for India” conviction shaped Harsh’s entrepreneurial journey
- The road to co-founding Pristyn Care
- Why owning the end-to-end surgical journey changed the game in Indian healthcare
- Reengineering admissions, discharge, insurance processing, and OT workflows
- Scaling to 300,000+ surgeries with a network of 300+ exclusive surgeons
- How digitisation improved patient outcomes

00:00 - 2:15 - Sneak Peek of the episode
2:15 - 3:27 - Introduction to Emversity
3:27 - 12:22 - Harsh’s Startup Journey
12:22 - 20:17 - The thought of building in America and the youth population’s potential
20:18 - 25:03 - Young Entrepreneurs and their challenges
25:03 - 54:20 - Inception story of Prisytn
54:20 - 57:35 - Occupancy Problems in Hospitals
57:35 - 1:10:18 - AI in Healthcare
1:10:18 - 1:16:55 - Investment in Technology for Pristyn
1:16:55 - 1:23:38 - Raising Funds and the responsibilities that come with it for Hospitals
1:23:38 - 1:28:54 - BeatXP Journey
1:29:06 - 1:33:05 - Advice for budding entrepreneurs building in healthcare

Whether you’re a healthcare professional, entrepreneur, student or operator, this episode is a deep dive into how technology, clinical expertise and first-principles thinking can transform surgical care at scale.

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Vishal Bali, one of India’s most respected healthcare leaders, joins us on this episode of #ThePrognosisPodcast to reflect on a three-decade journey that has helped shape the modern Indian healthcare landscape.

From helping build Wockhardt’s first corporate hospitals to steering Fortis international expansion, and now shaping AHH’s single-specialty platform, Vishal carries a rare view of operations, leadership, and institution-building inside Indian healthcare.

In this episode:
- How Vishal’s early years in hospital operations shaped his approach to scale
- The shift from multi-specialty hospitals to focused, single-specialty formats
- The AHH's full stack healthcare model
- Why “own and operate” beats “invest and observe” in healthcare
- What India needs to focus on to unlock the next decade of healthcare growth
- Vishal’s leadership principles across 30 years of running, building, and scaling healthcare enterprises

0:00 - 2:37 - Trailer
2:37 - 3:48 - Introduction to Emversity
3:48 - 16:01 - Vishal Bali’s Leadership Journey
16:01 - 19:55 - Entrepreneurship Challenges
19:55 - 25:28 - The thought of building in India
25:28 - 27:27 - Vishal Bali's approach to navigating obstacles while building in India
27:27 - 28:19 - Multi-speciality VS Single-Speciality Setups
28:19 - 37:04 - The idea behind starting Asia Healthcare Holdings
37:05 - 40:03 - Vishal Bali’s take on Investments
40:03 - 43:05 - Specialities that Vishal Bali finds interesting
43:05 - 44:36 - Take on the growth of Clinics via Celebrity Clinicians
44:36 - 47:47 - Private equity takeovers and the myth of destruction
47:47 - 50:02 - Roles that Vishal Bali has played in his career: Operator, Entrepreneur & Investor
50:02 - 53:09 - Vishal Bali’s Leadership Style
53:09 - 55:23 - Impact of AI in Healthcare
55:23 - 1:02:57 - Challenges in Building in Healthcare
1:02:57 - 1:08:46 - The Healthcare Policy framework in India
1:08:46 - 1:11:03 - Vishal Bali’s learnings from advanced nations
1:11:03 - 1:15:26 - Important Lessons Vishal Bali has learnt in his career
1:15:26 - 1:18:06 - Vishal Bali’s plan for the future

A grounded, insightful exploration of healthcare and institution building, from a leader who has influenced the past 30 years of the healthcare industry and is helping define its next chapter.

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