The convergence of synthetic intelligence, medication, and engineering is ushering in a brand new period of healthcare. The Hindu Sustainability Dialogues, to be held on October 13, brings collectively specialists to discover how expertise can drive smarter, extra sustainable healthcare whereas protecting it moral, inclusive, and human-centred. The occasion might be hosted by The Hindu Group, in affiliation with the Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS).
Centred on the theme, ‘The Way forward for Drugs: Harnessing AI for Higher Healthcare,’ the initiative will carry collectively main voices from healthcare, academia, expertise, and business to look at rising challenges and alternatives that would form a sustainable, equitable, and future-ready healthcare ecosystem.
The inaugural session will characteristic Okay.G. Arunraj, Tamil Nadu Minister for Well being, Medical Training, and Household Welfare, because the chief visitor, who will ship the keynote handle. N.M. Veeraiyan, chancellor of SIMATS, Chennai, will ship the particular handle.
AI-driven healthcare
A key spotlight of the occasion might be a particular hearth chat titled, ‘Future Healthcare Methods: Convergence of Synthetic Intelligence and Drugs.’ The session will characteristic Dr. Arunraj in dialog with Ramya Kannan, Well being Editor and Chief of Bureau (Tamil Nadu), The Hindu, exploring how AI and medical innovation may reshape healthcare supply, scientific decision-making, and affected person outcomes.
The primary panel dialogue, ‘AI-Pushed Healthcare: Innovation, Ethics, Accessibility and Sustainability’, will characteristic Richa Pant, Director – Analysis, DeepTek; Sindhuja Giritharan, Scientific Lead – Digital Well being and Affected person Engagement, Sundaram Medical Basis; Hariharan, Affiliate Professor, Division of Transfusion Drugs, Saveetha Medical Faculty, SIMATS; and Reuben Fernandes, Founder and CEO, Skyfire Utilized Intelligence Pvt. Ltd. (Atom360). The dialogue might be moderated by Zubeda Hamid, Senior Assistant Editor, The Hindu.
Sustaining a human contact
The second panel dialogue, ‘Human Contact within the Age of AI: Preserving Compassion, Belief and Ethics in Trendy Drugs,’ will deal with the significance of protecting human values on the coronary heart of an more and more technology-driven healthcare ecosystem. The session will characteristic Abdul Ghafur, Senior Marketing consultant and Adjunct Professor in Infectious Ailments, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai; Okay. Ganapathy, Honorary Distinguished Professor, IIM Jammu, Distinguished Professor, The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical College, and Emeritus Professor, Nationwide Academy of Medical Sciences; and Iniyan S., Professor and Scientific Head, Division of Psychiatry, Saveetha Medical Faculty, SIMATS. The session might be moderated by Geetha Srimathi S., Senior Reporter, The Hindu.
Via professional conversations and cross-sector views, Sustainability Dialogues 2026 will discover how synthetic intelligence could be harnessed to strengthen healthcare programs whereas addressing crucial questions round ethics, accessibility, sustainability and belief and preserving the irreplaceable position of human compassion in medication.
The occasion might be live-streamed at https://newsth.dwell/THSASDY
Revealed – October 08, 2026 10:46 pm IST
