Today, Dr. Pankaj Gupta joins us on The News at GeneArche, where he shares his insights on GeneArche and beyond. Going back to the beginning, could you share with us how you became associated with the idea behind GeneArche? I was introduced to Manish as an investor. The investment didn’t happen but we became friends. We bootstrapped. Manish took my advice and pivoted from a Lab business to a Tech and Data play. With your extensive experience in the Indian Healthcare Sector, where do you see the future of consumer genomics heading? Consumers are happy spending on beauty, fitness, nutrition, well-being. Moreso after Covid because the fitter survived. Sickness is a push business whereas Wellness has a pull. Wellness is bigger than the Sickness business model. The Government of India recently passed the DPDP (Digital Personal Data Protection) Bill. How do you think this will impact companies like GeneArche and the healthcare/wellness sector in India? For the first time ever, the data belongs to the person or the consumer. The rest are just fiduciaries in the system. Consent must be obtained for every single purpose and duration of storage. All of these are completely alien concepts for India’s healthcare and wellness businesses. AI has recently become the talk of the town, but there are also many misconceptions surrounding it. Given your experience, how do you see AI affecting healthcare especially in a country like ours? Learn to ride it rather than resist the change. This change is inevitable. LLM models are proving to be better than medical residents and wellness coaches already. How do you ensure that GeneArche stays ahead of the curve in an ever-evolving health and wellness landscape? The healthcare financial value chain always accrues to the payer and pharma. However, wellness is different. The average consumer wants to look good and feel good. Once they fall in love, there is no stopping. At GeneArche, we are always focused on leveraging AI and our extensive R&D history for Indian subpopulation research How is AI and tech in healthcare, transforming processes at GeneArche? GeneArche is a digital-first consumer business walking at the cutting edge of Digital innovation and AI. We’re utilising these advancements to curate more precise care plans, deliver data-driven insights, enhance patient engagement, advance our own Indian Subpopulation research and generate predictive models for genetic risk. The impact is simply immeasurable! Disclaimer: The image in display was – Designed by Freepik.