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The People Behind the Mission

Built by people who know
the problem from the inside.

BMIIL is led by clinicians, technology entrepreneurs, and institution builders — people who have spent careers inside India's healthcare system and know exactly where it breaks down.

Founders & Board

The founding leadership.

Dr. Varun Agarwal
Dr. Varun Agarwal
Founder & Advisory Board Member
MBBS · MD Orthopaedics & Spine Surgery

A practicing spine surgeon and President of the UP Spine Surgeons Association, Dr. Varun brings the rarest combination in medtech — deep clinical knowledge and an entrepreneur's instinct for where the system fails patients.

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Dr. Arjun Agarwal
Dr. Arjun Agarwal
Co-founder & Advisory Board Member
Medical Professional · BIU Faculty

Co-founder and advisory board member of BMIIL, bringing deep medical expertise and institutional knowledge from Bareilly International University to guide the incubator's clinical strategy.

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Claudius Lazarus
Claudius Lazarus
Co-founder & CEO
Technology Entrepreneur · 25+ Years

With over 25 years building and scaling technology startups across the US, Europe, and India, Claudius brings the operational and strategic firepower to turn BMIIL's vision into an institution.

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Core Operations

The team that keeps it running.

Meet the people driving BMIIL's day-to-day operations, partnerships, and growth.

Meenal Vaish
Meenal Vaish
Corporate Relations Coordinator
Surabhi Chatterjee
Surabhi Chatterjee
Manager – International Relations & Alliances
Dr. Utkarsh Raja
Dr. Utkarsh Raja
Centre Manager, Bareilly Med-tech Incubation & Innovation Labs
Clement James Butterfield
Clement James Butterfield
Team Member

Join the team building India's medtech future.

We're looking for people with deep domain expertise, a bias for action, and a genuine belief that healthcare innovation needs to reach every corner of India — not just the metros.