Dr Alisha Kalyanpur

Born to doctor parents, Alisha Kalyanpur, 25, is an MBBS graduate from JIPMER, Puducherry. After finishing medical school, she aspired to work in a rural hospital to get exposure to the ground reality of healthcare in rural areas. That’s when she found a lack of an organised way to find the vacancies in the hospitals of rural India. On discussing this with Dr Nandakumar, the idea of forming Rural Hospital Network came up.

She was working as a junior doctor at Gudalur Adivasi Hospital, under the mentorship of Dr Nandakumar, till recently. She believes in working towards bridging healthcare inequality in rural India.

• Junior Doctor at Gudalur Adivasi Hospital, March 2021 – January 2022
• Presented a talk on “Perspective of a Doctor in a Rural Hospital – Gudalur Adivasi Hospital” for the Acceleration Pre-incubation Program of IITM HTIC MedTech Incubator, October 2021
• Presented in a webinar on “Healthcare Opportunities in Rural India – a Panel Discussion”, hosted by Foundation For Excellence in collaboration with Rural Hospital Network, April 2022 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEiS5aZZPnQ)