Author

Gauri Kamath has been a reporter and senior features writer at various leading Indian business publications namely The Economic Times, Businessworld and Business Standard for 14 years.  Gauri started her career in Business Standard – then India’s second-largest business newspaper -  in 1998 where she was assigned the simultaneously challenging and exciting task of leading the newspaper’s reportage on India’s drug industry from its nerve centre Mumbai.

Gauri learned quickly beating more established journalists in rival publications on several occasions to break stories about corporate strategy, dealmaking and government policy.  Between 2000 and 2012  she worked for India’s largest-selling newspaper The Economic Times and  leading business weekly Businessworld where she continued to write enlightening and impactful articles on the sector. Over the years, she has expanded her reporting and commentary to include India’s burgeoning healthcare industry.

She is no longer in mainstream journalism but continues to stay in touch with writing and the business of medicine through this blog.  Gauri holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Mumbai and a post graduate diploma in social communications media from the city’s Sophia Shri B K Somani Polytechnic.

The views expressed are personal and do not reflect those of any organisation she may have professional dealings with.