“From boardrooms to classrooms — shaping the next generation of healthcare professionals.”
With over two decades of experience in Leadership Hiring across Pharma, Biotech, HealthTech, and Global Capability Centers, Gayatri Rao has spent her career at the intersection of talent and business — understanding what truly defines employability. Having worked closely with CXOs, Business Heads, and Hiring Managers, she has seen firsthand how career decisions are made — why some candidates move ahead, and why others get left behind. That inside view shaped her belief that graduates don’t fail because of lack of knowledge — they fail because they were never guided on how the industry thinks.

Through NextGen HealthTech Academy, Gayatri brings that perspective forward — transforming her corporate experience into structured, practical learning that prepares students to meet real hiring expectations. She believes that when education is blended with professional readiness, students don’t just secure jobs — they step into careers with clarity, confidence, and purpose. Today, she is deeply driven by one goal — to give back to the industry that shaped her career by Empowering Young Graduates to rise with Knowledge, Skill, and Self-belief.