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Doctor Hunter

Well, almost a year back, I was doing my summers in a Pharma company. As part of my project, I had to meet the marketing managers and collect information from them. That's when I met him for the first time.

Me: Hi, I want some information from you..

Abhi: Come tomorrow and get some stuff for me..

Me: What is this stuff?

Abhi: Grass (with a grin on his face)

Well, the following day he agreed to spent some time with me without the stuff. Boy, what a meeting it was. He asked very pertinent questions as to why this project was being done and he said that until he was satisfied, he wouldnt help me out. Thankfully, he got convinced.

From then on, he was one of the persons I got closely associated in the organization. Primarily, because, he wasnt satisfied with the way the organization was growing and I liked that..his sense of positive dissatisfaction. I knew that this guy was different but never to this extend that he had such an entrepreneurial blood running in his veins..... Well, I am referring to Dr.Abhilash Tirupathy, the maverick behind HealthcareMagic.com who has been currently selected as one of the top eight finalists for the Tie (The Indus Entrepreneurs) Cannan Entrepreneurial Challenge.

There literally hundreds of doctors and dozens of hospitals in Bangalore, but if you’re new to India’s IT Capital, you’ll probably be lost if you need to judge the competence of your neighbourhood doctor or the specialty clinic some blocks away. “There is very little transparency on the data available for healthcare providers,” says Dr Abhilash Thirupathy, a dentist by training who co-founded HealthcareMagic.com with Kunal Sinha a second-time entrepreneur. The portal, according to Thirupathy, is India’s first portal and call centre to provide medical advice and referral in real time. Doctors chat with patients online and provide initial medical advice. The patients are also referred to a specialist if needed. (Courtesy: Business Today, July 13)