Health has been progressively getting increasing attention over the past few decades and Covid19 has pushed healthcare to amongst the topmost priorities for all of us. In India, healthcare has become one of the largest industry/sector, both in terms of importance and employment.
Looking into this growing interest and importance of healthcare in India, I decided to provide a structured understanding of the ‘Indian Healthcare Industry’ through this book.
This book has been divided into five chapters. The first chapter
• The Indian Healthcare Industry: This chapter covers the various segments of the Indian Healthcare Industry. It also covers the evolution of Indian Pharma Market (IPM), Challenges to Healthcare in India and the Road ahead
• Government Healthcare Structure: covers the
structural side of the government infrastructure

in Indian Healthcare. This includes the
Regulatory framework, Budgetory allocation, Levels of healthcare setup, Future of state provided healthcare etc.
• Government Schemes and Various Programs: broadly covers the Healthcare policy in India, GOI healthcare initiatives, ‘Make in India’, Medical devices etc.
• Indian Healthcare Sector: Dawn of Opportunities: talks about the immense potential and opportunity available in the Indian healthcare sector ranging from R&D, Accreditation Schemes, SEZs, Medical tourism, Telemedicine, Medical insurance, Clinical trials etc.
• Artificial Intelligence and its uses in daily Healthcare operation: Digitilisation/IT/Artificial Intelligence etc have now stormed the modern era and have even become a household discussion topic across the globe & in India. This chapter covers the increasing digitilisation in the healthcare industry including Human and machine interface, Technological advancement, Evolution of Artificial Intelligence, Artificail Intelligence in healthcare, Telemedicine, Robotics, Legal framework around digital world etc.

This book will be useful for all those interested
to get a good understanding of the Indian Healthcare Industry. This includes all those in the academic sector/pharma - healthcare courses in Colleges. This book will also be useful for practicing professionals in the pharma/healthcare industry.