Dr Ruchi Saxena

Public Speaker | Writer | Independent Director | Consultant | Researcher | Mentor | Lifelong Learner

Dr Ruchi Saxena

Dr Ruchi Saxena

Mumbai, India

Introduction

Dr Ruchi Saxena is the Founder-Director of Caerobotics - a social impact consultancy that helps large-scale adoption of emerging technologies such as drones and geospatial data for public health, disaster risk reduction and sustainable development projects.

She is a medical and management graduate, a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, a quality systems auditor and a certified professional coach. 

She has worked with diverse technologies that strengthen health systems and helped design processes and protocols for lean operations of public health facilities. She has built national and global multilateral collaboration networks. She coordinates and facilitates knowledge-sharing events at a global scale. She works with academics, policymakers, think tanks, global non-profits, and private companies. She has mentored on national and international-level hackathons and student-led events. 

She is building a dedicated deep learning model for supporting women's health through local language support with a generative-AI chatbot, and data-driven evidence-based research on non-communicable diseases in women.

She has been awarded the 'People's Choice Award' in the 'Disruptor' category at Airwards and was among the '50 Women in Robotics You Must Know About' list in 2021. 

She is a Chevening Scholar (2022-23) and an alumnus of the University of Oxford.

Expertise

Key Roles

Key Projects

Medical Intelligence and Network Analysis (MINA)

FEMINA DLM

Building a localised deep learning model and medical intelligence application for women's health and longevity.

With Global Alliance on Drones in Development, expanded the knowledge-sharing platform to 37 countries with 50+ partners.

Advanced Course on Drones in Development

Designed, facilitated and delivered a 30-day hands-on live online course with 40+ topics, for a cohort of 120 people from 37 countries in 2 batches.

International Conference on Drones in Development

Designed, convened and facilitated a 3-day online conference with 30+ speakers from 25 countries and 15 tracks.

Drones and Data in Sustainable Development

Facilitated and delivered a live in-person workshop in Mumbai for understanding challenges and opportunities for applications of drones in sustainable development. 

Capacity Building Framework for Drones in Development

Published a framework for grassroots capacity building in the countries of the global south for adopting drones in development.

With India Flying Labs, build an active network of 200+ professionals and 40+ partners in India to accelerate adoption of drones.

UAV Task Force

Built a community of 200+ drone pilots across India for responding to climate emergencies.

Co-Creating Sustainable Futures with Drones and AI

A 3-day workshop at IIT Delhi to build India's ecosystem for adopting drones for good. 

Cyclone Fani Drone Data Response

Coordinated the first project to demonstrate use of drones and AI in damage assessment.

Drones and Data in Disasters

Designed, organized and facilitated a 5-day hands-on workshop on use of drones and data for disaster response in Odisha, Nagaland and Maharashtra.

Drones for Daughters

Enabled an inspiration and knowledge sharing for girls for careers in STEM, aviation, and robotics.

Project WINGS

Enabled a capacity building program for young adults from schools to learn about drones and their applications in development sector in the most fun way.

With Danish Red Cross, designed pre-hospital medical referral protocols for emergency response of medical teams, hospitals, ambulances, and emergency operations centers, to mass fatalities and climate emergencies or Far-West Nepal alongside Ministry of Health, Ministry of Home Affairs and Nepal Red Cross Society.

With the International Society of Quality and Safety in Healthcare, facilitated launch of certification and accreditation programs in 17 countries in healthcare quality, nursing quality, biomedical quality and pharmaceutical quality.

With British Standards Institution, conducted quality audits of hospitals, clinics and labs in Mumbai.

With Dr Batra's, built the foundation of data-driven quality of care protocols.

Clinic Management System

Tested, help in blueprinting of processes, and overall user friendliness of the CMS. Then helped in launch, change management, training, and user support for medical teams.

Medical Audits and Quality Management

Monitored the quality of cases, prescriptions, and follow-ups, with training of doctors and medical teams, to improve overall treatment and service quality.

Patient Experience Research and Medical Protocols

Led in-depth research on patient experience and designed medical protocols and service standards according to the research outcomes.

Medical Operations Data Intelligence

Designed and monitored data intelligence systems for monitoring medical operations and protocols.

EDUCATION

MSc International Health and Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford

Doctor of Medicine

Masters in Business Administration

Bachelor in Homoeopathic Medicine and Surgery

CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Independent Director

Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs

Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

Juran Academy

Certified ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor

British Standards Institution

Certified NABH Internal Counsellor

Quality Council of India

Professional Diploma in Coaching

Austin Peay University

Social Intrapreneurship for Innovation in Health and Wellness

Ashoka Changemakers

Precision Medicine

University of Geneva

Health in Complex Human Emergencies

Emory University

Responsible AI for Digital Leaders

Google Cloud

Strategy and Game Theory for Management

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

Systems Thinking in Public Health

John Hopkins University

Infectious Diseases Transmission Models for Decision Makers

John Hopkins University

CASA Remote Pilot Online Training

Global Drone Solutions

Human-Centered Design

Ideo

Design Thinking - Prototyping 

Ideo

Drones in Humanitarian Action

WeRobotics

Medical Cargo Drone Delivery

WeRobotics

Remote Sensing for Environment and Biodiversity

NASA

AidRobotics

MIT/ Penn University/ / Direct Relief/ WeRobotics

HealthRobotics

MIT/ Penn University/ / Direct Relief/ WeRobotics

Rapid Response Drone Data

Scholar Farms

Building Customer Focused Organizations

Indian School of Business

SheMaps EduDrone Trainer Training

SheMaps/ WeRobotics

Panel discussions/ Presentations/ Conferences

Global AI Summit

Drones and Data in Disasters

SIDRA, Riyadh, 2022

Global AI Summit - Now, Next, Never

AI Ethics in Emerging Technologies

SIDRA, Riyadh, 2024

WeRobotics Regional Meet

Opportunities for Drone Ecosystem for Climate Resilience in India and Indian Subcontinent

Rockefeller Foundation, New York, 2019

India Economic Summit

Drones for Public Health Panel

World Economic Forum, New Delhi, 2019

India Economic Summit

Women in Leadership

BBC Worklife, New Delhi, 2019

Patient Safety Conference

Building Quality through Process Excellence

Fundación para la Seguridad del Paciente, San Tiago, 2017

Other Key Presentations At

Events Convened

Publications

Slogans of Soul

Messages to Whisper When Facing Your Storms

Recognitions

Chevening Award

FCDO, UK

50 Women in Robotics that You Need to Know About

Women in Robotics

People's Choice: Disruptor

Airwards

Mentors

Professional DBA Program

Roxbourg Institute of Social Entrepreneurship

Flying Labs Leadership

WeRobotics

Women on Boards

Aspire for Her/ USAID

EmpowerHer Program

UNDP/ Villgro

WEP-Unnati Program

NITI Aayog

Women on Boards

Aspire for Her/ USAID

Contact Me

For Appointments, Project Consultation, Speaking Opportunities, and Collaborations:

ruchi@caerobotics.org/ wa.me/918828005345

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