Dr.AjayBakshi

Dr. Ajay Bakshi is a former neurosurgeon, neuroscientist, McKinsey consultant and ex-CEO of Max Healthcare, Manipal Hospitals and India Operations of IHH/Parkway Hospitals. He has recently co-founded BuddhiMed Technologies which is an AI based health tech startup that is working to merge modern medicine with computer science to benefit doctors, patients, well individuals and other members of the healthcare ecosystem. Dr. Bakshi trained as a neurosurgeon at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) from where he completed his MBBS and M.Ch. (Neurosurgery) in 1997. He then worked as a clinical neurosurgeon at a not-for-profit institution in New Delhi for four years. Thereafter he moved to the Department of Neurobiology at Drexel University to set up his stem cell transplantation lab. From both these stints, Dr Bakshi published 8 peer reviewed scientific papers including those in Journal of Neurosurgery, Journal of Neurotrauma, Brain Research and Cell Transplant. At this time, Dr. Bakshi also completed his Wharton Management Program from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Bakshi entered management professionally in 2005 when he joined McKinsey & Company at their New Jersey office. The next 6 plus years Dr. Bakshi worked at McKinsey and served clients in USA, Europe, Africa, Middle East, India and Asia on topics related to Strategy, M&A, Technology and Innovation. In 2011, Dr Bakshi was invited to lead Max Healthcare based out of New Delhi as their CEO following which he was asked to lead Manipal Hospitals based out Bangalore. His last corporate stint was as the CEO of India Operations for Singapore based IHH/Parkway Hospitals. During this period Dr. Bakshi has served on the Boards of nearly 14 companies including those associated with the Max group, Manipal Group, IHH Group and Apollo Group. Apart from his professional journey, Dr Bakshi is passionate about classical music, reading philosophy and science and travelling. His wife is a successful neurosurgeon with a large clinical practice in Delhi and his daughter is a budding lawyer.