Each year, cardiovascular disease takes over 20 million lives worldwide, and in India alone, 3 million families lose loved ones to heart attacks or strokes. Driving this crisis are the twin epidemics of diabetes and hypertension, which strike Indians earlier and harder than almost anywhere else. As an interventional cardiologist, Dr. Charit Bhograj has witnessed firsthand the tragedy of delayed diagnosis — where every minute lost can mean the difference between life and death. This reality led him to ask a radical question: What if advanced cardiac care could reach patients not just in large hospitals, but also in small towns, villages, and even homes?

That question gave birth to Tricog. Over the past decade, the company has harnessed AI and vast clinical data to bring expert cardiac diagnosis from elite centres to more than 12,500 community clinics and hospitals across 14 countries, saving countless lives in the process. A graduate of Bijapur (MBBS), with an MD in General Medicine from Belgaum and a DM in Cardiology from Madras, he trained under his mentors, the renowned Dr. Thankachalam and Dr Ranganath Nayak. Deeply inspired by his father, Padmashree Dr. Ramana Rao, and mother, Mrs. Hema, he continues to serve at the family’s Sunday Village Clinic. He is supported by his wife, Dr. Shantnini, a Pediatric Dermatologist, and together they are raising two sons: Ram, an aspiring doctor, and Arnav, an aspiring pilot.