Welcome back to the Healthcare India Podcast. Today, we’re unlocking one of the most underrated health tools you already use every day—music. Not just as entertainment, but as a science-backed intervention that can shift your hormones, sharpen your focus, power your workouts, and even improve your sleep.
From Mozart to Bollywood, Carnatic ragas to 70s classics, your playlist may actually be shaping your biology more than you think.
Stay with me as we decode which genres optimise your morning, which fuel performance, which supercharge learning, and which lull your brain into deep restorative sleep.
This isn’t a music episode… It’s a longevity protocol.”

In this insightful episode of the Healthcare India Podcast, Dr Vikram Venkateswaran is in discussion with Dr Anup, unpacking the evolving role of physiotherapy in modern healthcare—far beyond pain relief.

We explore how physiotherapy is shifting from a reactive service to a preventive, tech-enabled discipline that directly shapes patient recovery, functional independence, and long-term health outcomes.

Dr. Anup brings decades of clinical experience, real-world case insights, and a futurist lens on how mobility, musculoskeletal health, and personalised therapy will redefine India’s care pathways.

A must-listen for clinicians, founders, and anyone curious about the science and strategy behind movement-based care.

There are many posts on social media showing that there is one doctor for every 834 people. But here’s the catch: that includes AYUSH practitioners. When we count only allopathic doctors, the ratio drops sharply to one for every 1,366 Indians.

In this episode, Dr Vikram Venkateswaran unpacks what this means for India’s healthcare system, explores which states are leading and lagging, and examines the real-world impact on access to quality care. From the policy gap to the human story behind the numbers, this conversation dives deep into why the doctor shortage is one of India’s silent health crises — and what needs to change.

🎧 Tune in to understand the numbers behind the headlines — and the urgent need to strengthen our medical workforce for a healthier India.