After a painful slip disc, my doctor prescribed swimming—not as a hobby, but as a healing strategy. In this episode, I explore why swimming is one of the best isotonic exercises for people over 40, helping to build muscle, protect joints, improve posture, and reverse the impact of a sedentary lifestyle. Discover how water workouts support bone health, strengthen the core, decompress the spine, and offer a low-impact yet powerful alternative to high-intensity training. Whether you’re recovering from injury, battling back pain, or looking to age actively, this episode will inspire you to dive in and make swimming your lifelong wellness habit.

In this episode of the Healthcare India Podcast, Dr. Vikram Venkateswaran explores how healthcare startup founders can identify and navigate risk using the Known/Unknown Framework—a strategy model inspired by military intelligence. Learn how to apply this mental model to clinical operations, market strategy, and policy awareness, and why traditional traction metrics won’t protect you from blind spots.

Suppose you’re building a digital health, medtech, or healthcare SaaS venture in India. In that case, this episode will help you de-risk your model, stay ahead of regulatory shocks, and build for resilience. Tune in to future-proof your healthcare startup journey.

As always, do write in to me with your thoughts and comments at contact@healthcare-in-india.net

In this episode of the Healthcare India Podcast, Dr. Vikram Venkateswaran unpacks one of the most critical (and often misunderstood) topics in the healthtech startup journey: raising capital.

Why do over 90% of healthcare startups in India fail to move beyond Series A? From regulatory readiness and clinical validation to GTM strategies and founder team dynamics, Dr. Vikram shares candid stories, investor insights, and practical advice to help founders scale the right way.

You'll hear:

• What healthcare investors look for

• Real-world fundraising stories from India’s digital health space

• How to build your “proof deck” instead of a pitch deck

• Why your team, metrics, and market strategy matter more than hype

• Whether you should raise from family offices or healthcare-focused VCs

Whether you're launching a diagnostics platform, a medtech solution, or a digital therapeutic venture, this episode will help you become fundraise-ready.

As always do reach out to me with your comments or suggestions on Linkedin or X (@drvikram)

If you want to write to me then please mail me on drvikram@healthcare-in-india.net.

Curious how wearable health trackers can help you unlock better sleep, fitness, and longevity — no medical degree required?

In this insightful episode of the Healthcare India Podcast, host Dr. Vikram explores the top 5 health metrics every non-medical user should track using wearables like the Ultrahuman Ring, Oura, Garmin, and more.

Discover how to monitor your Sleep Score, Sleep Debt, HRV (Heart Rate Variability), VO₂ Max, and Biological Age to boost recovery, reduce stress, and live healthier.

Whether you’re a biohacker, fitness enthusiast, or simply looking to optimise your wellbeing, this episode is packed with practical tips and personal insights to help you turn wearable analytics into real health gains.

As always, looking forward to your comments and suggestions

Please write to us at contact@Healthcare-in-india.net

or reach out on twitter @doc_health

In this episode, we look at how one man's vision created India's largest and comprehensive cancer care center. HCG or Healthcare Global Enterprises has grown from its inception in Bangalore to a national chain with 25 comprehensive cancer care centers.

Learn more in this episode. As alwways do reach out to us on contact@healthcare-in-india.net if you have some comments or suggestions.

Stay healthy and own your health.

In this episode of the Healthcare India Podcast, we discuss a simple yet profound topic that impacts us all - Sleep.

I discuss deep sleep, REM Sleep, what sleep deprivation does to you,u and finally, how important sleep is for leaders.

A lot of what I discuss is from the book ' Why We Sleep' by Matthew Walker. You must read this more a personal guide- this is the link to the book on Amazon.

https://amzn.in/d/aYrUPdq

As always, looking forward to a discussion. Please feel free to write in with your suggestions. As always, sleep well, feel better, Own Your Health.

Welcome to another episode of the Healthcare India Podcast, where I try to summarise the key learnings from the book 'Outlive by Peter Attia.

The book breaks down 4 important pillars that are important for increasing the healthspan of your life

1) Exercise

2) Diet

3) Sleep

4) Emotional Wellbeing.

As always would love to hear your views on the same.

In this episode of the Healthcare India Podcast, season 3 episode 5. We will look at the key aspects to scale the AI programs in hospitals.

Let's understand key aspects like use case selection, ownership and maturity of organisations.

Let's continue this discussion, and would love to hear your views on the same.