Dr Sudhanshu Patwardhan (“Sud”) is a licensed medical doctor and healthtech entrepreneur. Sud qualified as a doctor from India, did post graduate studies at the Keck Graduate Institute, California, USA, and holds an MBA from the London Business School, UK. For the past two decades, he has lived and worked in three continents, doing senior roles in research, strategy and policy in the pharmaceutical and tobacco industries. In 2018, Sud co-founded the Centre for Health Research and Education (CHRE), an independent healthcare company working globally in cancer prevention. CHRE has received grants from the Global Action to End Smoking for smoking cessation projects. Sud now splits time between the U.K. and South Asia on projects that address the needs of the most disadvantaged tobacco users. He also consults for companies on tobacco harm reduction. Since 2021, Sud is working with digital tech partners for innovating in oral cancer screening.