Fireside Chat with Shashak ND of Practo (SPC India)
Fireside Chat with Shashank ND | Founder of Practo & Cent | at SPC India
South Park Commons India is hosting a fireside chat with Shashank ND, Founder & CEO of Practo and now building Cent. The conversation will cover building and scaling India's largest integrated healthcare platform over nearly two decades, what it takes to start again after an iconic first company, and how he thinks about India's future in preventive healthcare.
5:00 PM: Doors Open
5:30–6:30 PM: Fireside Chat
6:30–7:00 PM: Networking
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About Shashank
Shashank is the Founder & CEO of Practo, which he started in 2008 and built into one of India's largest integrated digital healthcare platforms, live across 20+ countries. He's been recognized on the Forbes 30 Under 30 and Fortune 40 Under 40 lists, chairs the CII Subcommittee on Digital Health, and serves on the board of Swasth Alliance. He holds a B.Tech from NIT Karnataka.
He's now building Cent, a preventive healthcare company tackling what he calls India's "discovery problem" — less than 2% of India's population is screened for disease. Cent runs whole-body diagnostic scanning centers across Bengaluru, Mumbai, and Gurugram, with a stated goal of saving one million lives by 2035.
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About South Park Commons (SPC):
SPC is a technical community and venture fund dedicated to helping founders, researchers, and technologists figure out what to work on next—what we call the -1 to 0 stage of your career. We believe this is best accomplished in the most talent-dense community possible.
SPC events are open to members, alumni, and special guests of the community. The best way to join events at SPC is to apply for SPC membership.
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A quick note on logistics:
Registration is by approval and space is limited. RSVP early to secure a spot.
Doors close at 5:30 PM sharp, when the fireside begins. We're unable to accommodate late arrivals or unapproved guests on the day.
If you're on the waitlist, we'll be in touch if a spot opens up.