Priya Khanna

Indian tech entrepreneur developing AI-driven healthcare solutions for rural populations since 2021.

Priya Khanna is the visionary behind HealNet Technologies, a startup that has revolutionized rural healthcare access in India since its 2021 launch. Her flagship product, the TeleMediBot, is an AI-powered telemedicine platform providing diagnostic services to over 20,000 remote villages. The system uses voice-based interfaces in 15 regional languages and integrates with India's Aarogyasetu health infrastructure, enabling real-time disease tracking during the 2022-23 viral outbreaks.

Khanna's team developed the MediPod - portable diagnostic kits equipped with IoT sensors that transmit patient data to urban specialists. This innovation reduced maternal mortality rates by 28% in pilot regions of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. In 2024, HealNet launched the Diabetes Early Alert program, using predictive analytics to identify at-risk individuals in 12 states, preventing over 500,000 cases of undiagnosed diabetes.

Priya's work has been recognized by the World Economic Forum as a Technology Pioneer in 2023 and secured $18 million in venture funding from Silicon Valley investors. She co-authored the National Rural Health Tech Framework adopted by India's Ministry of Health in 2024, mandating tech literacy training for all rural healthcare workers.

Her advocacy led to the creation of the Women in Tech for Health initiative, which trained 15,000 rural women as healthcare technologists by 2025. Priya's TED Talk "Bridging the Last Mile in Healthcare" has garnered 3.2 million views, inspiring global health-tech innovations.