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- July 7, 2026
We thank all those participants who registered and those who attended, and the dozens of questions that were asked for a very rich dialog during the Webinar.
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Some of the feedback received from the audience:
“Wow to My Happy Health initiative. Congratulations WHEELS!” – Shivang Swaminarayan
“Very impressive. Wonderful Presentations. Appreciate all the great work WHEELS Foundation is facilitating” – Jit Tandon
“Very informative and educational Webinar” – Vijaykumar Kansupada
“Great presentations – very informative and inspiring – thank you very much to our amazing speakers and our Council Chairs! I’m sure this audience will agree!
” – Amit Pramanik
With 3.3m NGOs registered in the country, even if 10% are active, that multiplier effect by all NGOs replicating successful innovations in their territories is the best way to shorten the time. Hence, we are looking forward to all mission-aligned entities and professionals to come join our journey. Together we can get there faster.
Please find the links to relevant material from the Webinar:
1. Slide deck used for introducing WGF Programs.
2. Slide Deck of the panelists
3. Questions & Answers from the session.
♦ Call to Action: Visit ‘Get Involved’ page to join us and learn about our solutions.
♦ Watch out for our next webinars which will bring similar group of innovators in Health, Livelihood, and Water.
♦ For questions, please write to info@wheelsglobal.org
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LIVE Webinar – 25th July 2026
Leveraging AI to Improve Health
Saturday ~ July 25, 2026
10 am EST, 7:00 am PST, 7:30 pm IST
(Registration is Free)
Webinar Panelists
Manubhai Shah ~ Co-Founder and CEO Emeritus, MSI International Inc.
Smit Doshi ~ AI Developer, MSI International Inc.
Dr. Rahul Gupta ~ President, GATC Health
Dr. Kautila Shaurya ~ Founder & CEO, HealthyMe AI
Dr. Santhosh Mathew ~ India Country Lead for Public Policy and Finance at the Gates Foundation
Webinar Moderator
Dr. Raj Shah – Chairman, WHEELS Health Council
Webinar Summary
AI is a hot topic currently. Discussions about the good and bad effects of AI are everywhere. Health and wellness are also topics that are of great interest to people in the WHEELS network. That’s why WHEELS has brought together four exciting speakers who are connecting the worlds of AI and Health in their own unique way. And doing so in practical ways that will make a real difference to peoples’ health and wellness. All you need to do to find out more is to spare 90 minutes of your time to join us on 25th July
Saturday ~ July 25, 2026
10 am EST, 7:00 am PST, 7:30 pm IST
(Registration is Free)
You can join the webinar 15 min early (i.e. 09:45 AM EST OR 7:15 PM IST) to watch the slide show on WGF-related projects & videos.
WHEELS Global Foundation is an initiative of global IIT Alumni community and joined by hundreds of mission-aligned professionals such as doctors & lawyers, with the mission of Technology-Enabled Philanthropy at-scale. WHEELS has also been selected by NITI Aayog, Govt. of India as a member of the Committee for Innovation and Technology Transfer. WHEELS has also signed an MOU with the Ministry for Panchayati Raj for a technology partnership in Rural Development.WHEELS Global Foundation received a Poshan Award from Sadguru Sai Madhusudhan of the Sri Sathya Sai Annapurna Trust for impacting 10 million children. This award recognized WGF's work in nutritional health, maternal and newborn care, and telehealth innovation."
Panelists Overview
Manubhai Shah is the co-founder and CEO emeritus of M S International, Inc. (MSI), a philanthropist, a strong believer in education and literacy. Manu Came to USA in 1967 after completing Mechanical Engineering at VJTI for further study to complete Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University. Manu married to Rika in 1971. Manu While working as Project engineer during day time and joining hands at night with his wife and two young kids in small export-import business M S International (MSI) in Fort Wayne, Indiana from basement of their home.
MSI now headquartered in Orange, California where his two sons are Co-CEO; is now the largest distributor of countertops, wall tiles, flooring, and landscaping material – Manmade or Natural Stone. MSI employs over 3000 associates in North America. MSI is family-owned private Company. never laid off anyone for lack of work despite 6 recessions in 49 years.
Manu was named national Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst and Young in 2007
Manu & Rika has been involved with many philanthropy activities for the past 25 years.
As a founder of the Sarva Mangal Family Trust (SMFT) & Shah Happiness Foundation, he has continually sponsored and donated many Philanthropic causes. – The family trust also supports SAHARA (South Asian Help to abused Women), Pratham (Every Child in school and learning well), AIF (America India Foundation) and 50 other charities US and India base organizations – Most ambitious project is myhappy.health at charge to anyone worldwide providing educational and useful health information based on AI in 26+ languages. already being used by over millions time. (Manubhai Shah | LinkedIn)
Smit Doshi is a strategic and hands-on IT leader with 10+ years of experience transforming global IT operations, infrastructure, and end-user support across North America, Asia, and Europe. He leads a 42-member global team supporting 14,000+ users at Euronet Worldwide, including RIA, XE, Marker Trax, and Koin. Smit’s expertise spans enterprise hardware standardization, endpoint management with Intune Autopilot, cost optimization, and global IT support transformation through Jira GSD.
He specializes in aligning IT solutions with business goals while ensuring scalability, efficiency, and user satisfaction. Smit is known for turning complex challenges into actionable, sustainable IT solutions and is passionate about building cohesive global teams, modernizing infrastructure, and creating future-ready systems that scale with growth. t scale with growth. (Smit Doshi | LinkedIn)
Dr. Rahul Gupta currently serves as the President of GATC Health, an AI-driven technology company focused on drug discovery, precision medicine and predictive analytics. From November 2021 to January 2025, Dr. Gupta served as Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), becoming the first physician to lead the agency. As the senior-most drug policy advisor to the President of the United States, he coordinated the nation’s $44 billion drug control budget across 19 federal agencies. Working at the intersection of national security, international diplomacy, economic policy, and public health, Dr. Gupta is widely credited with helping drive the most significant recent progress in addressing the U.S. overdose crisis. His leadership helped remove barriers to addiction treatment, overdose prevention, and recovery services while expanding access to care, and making the lifesaving medication naloxone available over-the-counter—efforts credited with saving tens of thousands of American lives.
A physician, policymaker, educator, and global health leader, Dr. Gupta has dedicated his career to improving public health and public safety. Prior to his White House service, he served as Chief Medical and Health Officer and Senior Vice President at March of Dimes, where he provided strategic leadership for the organization’s domestic and global medical and public health initiatives. (Dr. Rahul Gupta | LinkedIn)
After seven years in England, Dr. Kautilya Shaurya returned to live with his maternal grandparents in Ranchi through age 14, when he joined his parents in the US. Completed an MD and an MBA in Health Sector Policy from the University of Miami’s Herbert Business School, and a dermatology residency at Howard University Hospital. 11+ years of clinical experience, currently in private practice in New York. Director at Schweiger Dermatology Group – one of the largest dermatology groups in the United States, with hundreds of providers across 160+ locations and continuing to expand through acquisitions. Has run the group’s national Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner training program for the past seven years, training mid-level providers to deliver care safely and at scale.
Founder and CEO of HealthyMe AI — an AI- native clinical platform designed to augment dermatologists and primary care providers at the point of care. Trained on roughly ten years of biopsy-paired patient image data – one of the largest such datasets in existence – and demonstrating 90%+ diagnostic concordance with board-certified dermatologists. Currently in active clinical use at a major US dermatology group, where PAs and NPs use the platform as part of their daily clinical workflow. (Kautila | Linkedin)
Dr. Santhosh Mathew is the India Country Lead for Public Policy and Finance at the Gates Foundation. Prior to joining the Gates Foundation in 2018, he was an Indian Administrative Service officer of the Bihar cadre for 32 years, having served as Additional Chief Secretary, Chair of the National Council for Teacher Education, Professor of Social Management at India’s civil service college in Mussoorie (1994 to 2000) and Joint Secretary in India’s Ministry of Rural Development (2013 to 2017).
From 2000 to 2003, he took time out from his government duties to serve as the Country Director for the Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD) program in India. Dr. Mathew has a PhD in Development Studies from IDS, Sussex, an MSc in Social Research Methods from the University of Sussex, an MA in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics and a BA in Economics from Loyola College, Chennai. (Dr. Santosh Mathew)
Dr. Raj Shah is the Chairman of Health Council. He is a practicing cardiologist, philanthropist, and entrepreneur based in Philadelphia. He is educated at the University of Pennsylvania and Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at the Temple and Drexel University faculties. He is a pioneer in the field of telemedicine and the creator of the SmartCareDoc telemedicine system which was deployed at “The Clinic at Wal-Mart” in 2012-14: The first telemedicine clinic in a retail store in America. He established a TeleRetinopathy screening program at the Temple University Health System in 2016 and a teaching Teleclinic at the School of Nursing at Rutgers University. He is also a Research Fellow at the Blanche and Irwin Lerner Center at Rutgers University for the study of Pharmaceutical Management and Healthcare and lectures about Telemedicine. He is a member of the Advisory Board of Kean University College of Business and Public Management and Global Business School, and a Trustee of S.M. Shah Law College, and Sarvajanik School in Mehsana, India. (Dr. Raj Shah | LinkedIn)
