Managing Affordable Healthcare Services for Emerging Economies: An Operations Perspective

Rahul Gope is fourth year UG student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and also pursuing a minor in Management under Sailesh J Mehta School of Management, IIT-Bombay. Having authored more than 10 research papers on various topics of operations and strategy management for Bottom of Pyramid, Rahul is a recipient of ＂Gandhiyan Young Technological Innovation Award＂ by the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Bio-Technology Ignition Grant of 47.4 Lakhs INR and was also awarded the prestigious Dr. Arun K Jain Best Paper award at CMEE international conference, IIM-Lucknow and Young Researcher Awards at Humanizing Work and Working Environment Conference, National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar. Abhishek Ekka is also a fourth year UG student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and also pursuing a minor in Management under Sailesh J Mehta School of Management, IIT-Bombay. He hails from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Township, Odisha in the southern border. Experienced Coordinator with a demonstrated history of working in the non-profit organization management industry he has strong professional skills in R, Matlab, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Solid Works, ANSYS and Engineering. Being part of IIT-Bombay Student Satellite Team and having rich experience of research at a leading French University (ICAMS), he brings strong analytical and statistical skills. He has also presented his research in many international conferences and journals. Learning and experiencing new things, recognition and doing challenging work are some of the important things that motivates him.