Her Excellency, Mrs.Preeti Saran
Consul General of India, Toronto
Mrs. Preeti Saran obtained her Masters Degree in English literature from Delhi University and shortly after joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1982.

Before taking up her assignment as Consul General of India in Toronto, Mrs. Saran was Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, heading the Northern Division and handling India's bilateral relations with Nepal and Bhutan.  She was Joint Secretary in charge of the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation Division in the Ministry during the 14th SAARC Summit held in New Delhi in April 2007. She has held varied assignments both at headquarters in New Delhi and in Indian Missions abroad, ranging from political, cultural, press and information and economic and commercial work.

Her experience Involves multilateral work and she has attended several international Conferences. In New Delhi she has served in different Divisions in the Ministry of External Affairs including the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, the Americas Division, the East Asia Division and Establishment.  Her overseas postings include Moscow, Dhaka, Washington, Cairo and Geneva.


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Distinguished Speakers


Master of Ceremonies
     Mr. Glenn Sergius    
Ms. Kelly Meloche

Her Excellency, The Consul General of India,
Mrs. Preeti Saran

Dr. Narottam Puri
President, Medical Strategy & Quality at Fortis Healthcare Limited

Mr. Ronjon Lahiri,
Director, India Tourism, Toronto

Dr. Vasanthi Srinivasan
Director, Health System Planning & Research Branch
Ontario Ministry of Health

Ms. Ann Kaplan
President & CEO,
Medicard Finance

Mr. Nadeem Ismail,
Director, Health System Performance Studies & Manager of the Alberta Policy Research Centre at the Fraser Institute.

Ms. Janet Walker,
Adjunct Professor, UBC
Writer / Author

Mr.Pradeep Thukral,
Executive Director,
Indian Medical Travel Association®

Ms. Kelly Meloche,CEO
International Health Care Providers Inc.

Ms. Yasmeen Sayeed,
President & CEO
Surgical Tourism Canada Inc.
Surgical Tourism USA Inc.

Ms. Tracy H. Simons
President and Principal
Custom Assurance Placements, Ltd. (CAP)

Mr. Frank Mesich,
Principal,
Mesich Media Advertising

Prof. K. Ganapathy
M.Ch. (Neuro), FACS, FICS, FAMS Ph.D
President, Apollo Telemedicine Networking Foundation

Ms. Asha Luthra
President
Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce

Mr. Hari Boolchandani
Head, International Patient Services,
Max Healthcare, India

Mrs. Suja Isaac
Co-Founder & Executive Director
Soukya  International Health Centre

Dr. K . Ravindranath
M.S., FRCS (Glasgow) FRCS (Edin.)
Chairman & Managing Director
Global Hospitals, India

Dr. Sajan K Hegde
M.S. (Ortho), Fellowship in Spine Surgery,
Fellow Spine Surgeon (France), Fellow Spine Surgeon (Germany) Fellow Spine Surgeon (Switzerland)
Consultant Spine Surgeon Apollo Hospitals, India
Medical Advisory board member:
Surgical Tourism Canada