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The People Behind the Mission

Built by people who know
the problem from the inside.

BMIIL is led by clinicians, technology entrepreneurs, and institution builders — people who have spent careers inside India’s healthcare system and know exactly where it breaks down.

“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.”
— Phil Jackson

Founders & Board

The founding leadership.

Dr. Varun Agarwal
Dr. Varun Agarwal
Founder & Advisory Board Member
MBBS · MD Orthopaedics & Spine Surgery

A practicing spine surgeon and President of the UP Spine Surgeons Association, Dr. Varun brings the rarest combination in medtech — deep clinical knowledge and an entrepreneur's instinct for where the system fails patients.

Dr. Arjun Agarwal
Dr. Arjun Agarwal
Co-Founder & Advisory Board Member
MBBS, MS, MCh Surgical Oncology · Director, Rohilkhand Cancer Institute

Director, Rohilkhand Cancer Institute. Co-founder of BMIIL, bringing deep surgical and oncology expertise to guide the incubator's clinical strategy and research direction.

Claudius Lazarus
Claudius Lazarus
Co-founder & CEO
Technology Entrepreneur · 25+ Years

With over 25 years building and scaling technology startups across the US, Europe, and India, Claudius brings the operational and strategic firepower to turn BMIIL's vision into an institution.

Core Operations

The team that keeps it running.

Meet the people driving BMIIL's day-to-day operations, partnerships, and growth.

Meenal Vaish
Meenal Vaish
Corporate Relations Coordinator
Surabhi Chatterjee
Surabhi Chatterjee
Manager – International Relations & Alliances
Dr. Utkarsh Raja
Dr. Utkarsh Raja
Centre Manager, Bareilly Med-tech Incubation & Innovation Labs
Clement James Butterfield
Clement James Butterfield
Social Media Coordinator

Campus Catalysts

Driving Innovation Across Campuses

Our campus catalysts are BMIIL's frontline ambassadors in partner institutions. They spark collaboration, scout promising innovators, and help transform ideas into impactful ventures. Many have secured patents and government grants — making them not just facilitators, but innovators themselves.

Dr. Nitesh Mohan Agarwal
Dr. Nitesh Mohan Agarwal
Professor (Research)
Rohilkhand Medical College & Hospital
Campus Catalyst
Dr. Shimi Ben
Dr. Shimi Ben
Assoc. Professor & HOD, Ayurvedic Pharmaceutics
Rohilkhand Ayurvedic Medical College & Hospital
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Dr. Shivangi Sharma
Dr. Shivangi Sharma
Professor (Pedodontics)
Institute of Dental Sciences
Campus Catalyst
Dr. Abhinav Srivastava
Dr. Abhinav Srivastava
Professor (ENT)
Rohilkhand Medical College & Hospital
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Mr. Tarun Dhyani
Mr. Tarun Dhyani
Nursing
Rohilkhand College of Nursing
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Dr. Paras Prajapati
Dr. Paras Prajapati
Associate Professor (Pharmacy)
BIU College of Pharmacy
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Ms. Shreya Singh
Ms. Shreya Singh
Asst. Professor (Forensic Sciences)
Faculty of Forensic Sciences
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Dr. Mansi Agrawal
Dr. Mansi Agrawal
Asst. Professor (M.Pharm, Ph.D.)
Varun Arjun College of Pharmacy
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Dr. Masuram Bharath Kumar
Dr. Masuram Bharath Kumar
Associate Professor (Pharmacology)
Varun Arjun Medical College & Rohilkhand Hospital
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Join the team building India's medtech future.

We're looking for people with deep domain expertise, a bias for action, and a genuine belief that healthcare innovation needs to reach every corner of India — not just the metros.