What happened: CEO Roundtable at India Medical Device 2026
Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers and Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda addressed the CEO Roundtable on the second day of India Medical Device 2026. The event was organised by the Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Government of India, in association with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). The venue was Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
The CEO Roundtable brought senior policymakers and leaders of the medical device industry together to deliberate on the future of India’s MedTech sector.
Attendees named in the government communication included:
Manoj Joshi, Secretary, Department of PharmaceuticalsDr. M Srinivas, Member, NITI AayogDr. Rajiv Bahl, Secretary, Department of Health Research and Director General, ICMRPunya Salila Srivastava, Secretary, Department of Health and Family WelfareAmardeep Singh Bhatia, Secretary, Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)Sunil Kumar Barnwal, CEO, National Health AuthorityAnant Swarup, Secretary General, FICCITushar Sharma, Chair, FICCI Medical Devices CommitteeHimanshu Baid, Co-Chair, FICCI Medical Devices CommitteeBharath Sesha, Co-Chair, FICCI Medical Devices Committee
More than 40 CEOs of global and domestic MedTech companies, along with MSMEs (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises), participated in the Roundtable.
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