Raghuveer Surupa

Raghuveer Surupa – an entrepreneur, a visionary and an empath. He is an alumni of IIM Ranchi, who started his career in the healthcare industry. He started his entrepreneurship journey at a young age while he was still a product manager at a leading pharmaceutical company. Working with oncology patients day in and day out drove him to build a startup that would improvie their treatment experience. Raghuveer went on to found Stemtech Medical Devices which has designed and developed India’s first scalp cooling system. This device reduces hair loss caused by chemotherapy, significantly improving patients experience as well as emotional well being during treatment.In a country like India, where early stage investing is yet to grow, starting a hardware company, that too in a heavily regulated medical device space presented several obstacles. Raghuveer navigated several professional as well as personal challenges in his start up journey. He is also a father to a 10 month old baby and a husband to a career oriented professional woman who looks to him for support as they navigate parenthood on a daily basis.Raghuveer will take the stage at TEDxBistupur to share his story of grit, determination and passion for improving patient’s lives despite the odds. His journey will make you look into your own lives & think WHAT NEXT?