VIKRAM VUPPALA FOUNDER & CEO

Vikram is a seasoned healthcare strategy consultant with over 12 years of global healthcare industry experience. His passion to redefine healthcare delivery in India prompted him to found NephroPlus, a chain of premium dialysis centers.

He has helped hospitals, dialysis centers, pharmacy benefit managers, healthcare distributors, consumer health, and pharmaceutical clients on various strategic issues such as business development, growth strategy, operational improvement, portfolio rationalization, redefining customer strategies, clinical trial strategy and M&A.

Prior to founding NephroPlus, Vikram was a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Company in their New Jersey office. He also founded an internal management consulting group at Abbott Laboratories helping key management on various strategic and sales force management issues. Prior to that Vikram worked for two years as a business analyst at ZS Associates, a worldwide leader in sales force management consulting.

Vikram did his Bachelors in Chemical engineering from IIT-Kharagpur, Masters in Computer Science from University of Illinois, and a full time MBA from the University of Chicago, Booth school of business. He is based out of Hyderabad, India and enjoys international travel, bollywood movies, roller blading, and sky diving.

Email: vikram@nephroplus.com

KAMAL D SHAH, CO-FOUNDER & DIRECTOR OF PATIENT SERVICES

Kamal has been on dialysis from July 1997. Diagnosed with atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome in July 1997, he was on hemodialysis for a year and a half before undergoing an unsuccessful renal transplant. His mother had donated her kidney.

Kamal was then on Peritoneal Dialysis for six years. He was caught in the Tsunami of December 2004 while holidaying in Mahabalipuram with some friends. A series of exit site, tunnel and peritoneal cavity infections later, he had to give up PD.

Kamal then switched to daily nocturnal home hemodialysis. He is currently on this modality.

Kamal did his Chemical Engineering from Osmania University. He developed software for Apple products for about 10 years before co-founding NephroPlus.

Kamal strongly believes that being diagnosed with kidney disease is not the end of life. Rather, it is the beginning of a new life – albeit a slightly different life. Yes, you do have to compromise on some aspects. However, it does not have to prevent you from living the life you want to live. Kamal swims every day, works full time and travels regularly. Kamal has a widely read blog about his journey with kidney disease: www.kamaldshah.com

Email: kamal@nephroplus.com

SOHIL BHAGAT, VP, STRATEGY

Sohil is a young and motivated professional who is committed to contributing to the society through scalable and sustainable initiatives. His passion to work in early-stage companies and help them grow led to him joining NephroPlus in June 2013. He currently manages the Strategy, MIS and Human Resources functions at NephroPlus.

Prior to joining NephroPlus, Sohil spent three years at A.T. Kearney advising large organizations across India, South-East Asia, Africa and Australia on important strategic and operational initiatives. While he had no prior healthcare experience, the exposure to strategic planning and implementation that Sohil gained through his A.T. Kearney stint has proved immensely helpful in the growth stage of NephroPlus.

Sohil is a Mechanical Engineer from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He is an avid reader, an (often over-)indulgent foodie and a self-confessed connoisseur of folk rock. He also spends a lot of time doing cryptic crosswords and solving Rubik’s cubes.

Email: sohil@nephroplus.com