Mr Pradeep Thukral, an Engineer and MBA brings to the IMTA Secretariat valuable industry experience, having worked for over 20 years with top Indian and Multinational corporations in diversified industries like Healthcare, Consumer Durables and CRM consulting. He also holds Advanced Management Diplomas from Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi and OTC, Osaka, Japan.

Till recently, he was Group Head - International Marketing, Apollo Hospitals Group in India and responsible for driving and implementing marketing strategies for growing the group’s international business. Prior to Apollo Hospitals Mr Thukral worked for three years with Wockhardt Hospitals Group, where he very successfully set up its International Marketing function from the scratch and implemented a highly successful International PR program that elevated the Indian medical industry’s image in world media. His efforts resulted in media stories in global channels like BBC, Sky News, Fox News and also a much acclaimed cover story in the US News & World Report.

Besides being a pioneer in spearheading international marketing efforts at two of India’s leading hospital groups, Mr Pradeep Thukral has been an active member of various industry bodies and a frequent speaker at National and International conferences. He was invited to speak at Healthcare Globalization Summit at Las Vegas, Medical Tourism Summit at Washington DC, British Medical Forum at UK and various other Medical Travel Conferences at Singapore, Taiwan and South Africa.

Mr Pradeep Thukral has been an active member of the Task Force constituted by CII – India’s premier industry association and the Indian Ministry of Tourism to work on a strategy for promoting medical tourism to India.


Use of new technologies and innovative techniques for marketing of healthcare services is his special area of interest. The internet portal created by him won the top honours for being the “Best website for International Patients” at Healthcare Globalization Summit held at Las Vegas in May 2008.