Voice of Youth S2 E21: Dr Saarthak Bakshi, CEO of RISAA IVF
Dr Saarthak Bakshi, CEO of the fertility chain RISAA IVF, talks about moving from engineering into healthcare and backing startups.
Dr Saarthak Bakshi runs RISAA IVF, a fertility chain with more than 10 clinics in India and Nepal, and was named in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list for healthcare and science. In episode 21 of Voice of Youth Season 2, released on 28 December 2025, he talks to host Meera Sharma about building it.
He moved into healthcare from engineering and corporate technology jobs. He also talks about backing more than 30 startups through his angel network, about putting patients first in fertility treatment, about resilience, and about where healthcare startups in India go from here.
Listen to Season 2, Episode 21
The episode runs for about 37 minutes. Play it above, or find it on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
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