Who We Are
Navya empowers every cancer patient, caregiver, and physician with timely, personalized, and affordable treatment plans based on clinical evidence and consensus-driven, real-time expertise of Tata Memorial Centre and National Cancer Grid, a network of India's leading expert cancer centers.
300+
EXPERTS IN OUR NETWORK
50,000+
PATIENTS HELPED
74
COUNTRIES
OUR VALUES
We built Navya on the belief that every cancer patient deserves access to expertise, no matter their location, socioeconomic status, or ability to research medical information.
Democratizing Access to Cancer Experts
There is only one cancer expert for every 16,000 cancer cases in India. We connect patients to organ-specific expert oncologists who are concentrated in major hospitals in Tier 1 cities.
Patient-Centric Healthcare
We use technology to simplify the complex process of cancer care, giving patients the best odds to beat cancer. Access to expert opinions at the right time empowers patients to make informed treatment decisions.
End-to-End Empathetic Care
Our patient advocates help patients navigate treatment decisions. Our treatment plans consider data, experts, and patients’ personal preferences before recommending a plan that will ensure the best outcome.
Our Founders
Gitika Srivastava
Gitika has a a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Harvard and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management. She has 17+ years of experience as an entrepreneur and investor in early-stage tech and healthcare companies. She is a Partner at KAHM Capital, an early stage venture capital firm investing globally in technology and healthcare. Gitika holds patents in distributed networking, databases, search technologies, and automated decision making.
Dr. Naresh Ramarajan
Dr. Ramarajan leads research and development at Navya. He holds patents in medical search technologies and has multiple publications on medical decision making. He is one of the few American physicians specialized in both Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine, and has a subspecialty in Clinical Informatics. Dr. Ramarajan graduated from Harvard College, where he was a recipient of the Rockefeller Memorial Fellowship, and Stanford Medical School.
CO-CREATORS
Paul Perry: Senior Executive in information technology, formerly at Microsoft and Verizon
Dr. Rajendra Badwe: Professor of Surgical Oncology and Director of Tata Memorial Centre
Dr. Anil D’Cruz: Director, Tata Memorial Hospital
Dr. CS Pramesh: Coordinator, National Cancer Grid (NCG)
Dr. Sudeep Gupta: Professor in Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre
Dr. Elizabeth Lamont: Medical Oncologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Nancy Feldman: Adjunct Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Dr. Ben Anderson: Professor of Surgery and Global Health Medicine, University of Washington. Director of Breast Health Clinic, University of Washington and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
Dr. Lakshmi Ramarajan: Assistant Professor, Harvard Business School
Dr. Rekha A. Kumbla: Hematology and Oncology Specialist, Piedmont Hospital
Sasha Mirchandani: Founder, Mumbai Angels and KAE Capital, India
Rajiv Gulati: Industry veteran and former senior executive at Ranbaxy, Eli Lily
Dr. Hari Menon: Senior Consultant of Hemato-Oncology and Cytecare, former Professor, Tata Memorial Centre
Dr. Tushar Vora: Professor of Pediatric Oncology and Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre
Dr. Pankaj Chaturvedi: Professor of Head and Neck Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre
Dr. Nita Nair: Surgical Oncologist, Tata Memorial Centre