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'''Serving as UIF Since:''' Fall 2017 Cohort [[File:DC.jpg|thumb|Picture: March 2023 SVM Meetup]]<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">'''School:''' Aditya University<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">'''Current Occupation:''' Programme Director for the National MedTech Foundation<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">'''Who Dinesh Is:''' Dinesh is a healthcare innovation strategist uniquely positioned at the intersection of engineering, business acumen, design thinking, and healthcare systems knowledge. He believes that equitable healthcare innovation requires bridging the gap between technical excellence and inclusive design—ensuring that medical technologies serve all populations fairly. His career trajectory reflects a deliberate evolution from solving technical problems to addressing systemic inequities in healthcare, underpinned by both analytical rigour and contemplative reflection.<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">'''Role Description:''' The National MedTech Foundation is a non-profit committed to driving advancements in medical technology through collaboration amongst students and early-career professionals across various disciplines. Dinesh orchestrates impactful experiences that unite diverse talents and drive revolutionary solutions, whilst advancing research into bias in medical devices to ensure equitable healthcare innovation. He leads strategic planning and execution, forging partnerships with industry leaders and mentoring aspiring innovators to foster environments where inclusive practice and evidence-based policy inform solution design. His work has generated 15+ startup ideas, established innovation centres, and is now advancing evidence-based policy recommendations for medical device validation standards.
<br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">'''Contact him about''': Dinesh is available to consult, mentor, or collaborate on:
Dinesh's approach to innovation and leadership is fundamentally contemplative. He practises mindfulness and yoga not as wellness activities, but as deliberate epistemological choices—ways of engaging complexity with both intellectual rigour and emotional intelligence. Currently based in Oxford, he maintains an active lifestyle through running and cycling, and has refined his communication skills as Vice President of the Oxford Speakers Club, believing that articulate leadership is essential to driving systemic change. His passion for travel and cultural immersion reflects a deeper commitment: understanding how different contexts shape innovation needs, ensuring that solutions are contextualised rather than universalised.
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