Digital healthcare platform Practo has appointed Jagnoor Singh as CEO as a part of a wider management reshuffle, with founder Shashank ND Singh transferring from the CEO place to grow to be managing director and government chairman.

Singh, who joined Practo as chief working officer in January 2025, took over as CEO with impact from 1 September 2026. He’ll lead the corporate’s total technique, development and operations throughout world markets.

Earlier than becoming a member of Practo, Singh held senior working roles at Bharti Airtel, Unacademy and OYO. Practo mentioned that since becoming a member of the corporate, he had performed a task in its development technique, operational execution and enlargement into new markets.

“Jagnoor has introduced sturdy working rigour and ambition to Practo, and has been instrumental in advancing our development technique,” Shashank mentioned.

In his new function, Shashank will proceed to form Practo’s total imaginative and prescient, product and technique. He will even lead its long-term innovation agenda, capital technique, inorganic development and company growth initiatives.

Different senior executives get expanded roles

Practo has additionally introduced adjustments to the tasks of a number of senior executives.

Cofounder Siddhartha Nihalani has taken on the extra function of chief working officer for the B2C division, the place he’ll oversee Practo’s shopper companies.

Rowel Coelho, beforehand head of monetisation, has been appointed chief working officer for the B2B division, with duty for the corporate’s enterprise and company companies.

Cofounder Abhinav Lal has in the meantime been named chief scientist. Within the research-focused function, he’ll lead Practo’s exploration of frontier purposes of AI in healthcare, develop analysis partnerships and construct an innovation hub centered on rising applied sciences.

The corporate mentioned the expanded leadership group will help its plans to scale internationally, deepen its presence throughout the healthcare ecosystem and introduce extra AI-led capabilities throughout current merchandise and new providers.

Practo additionally strengthened its board earlier this 12 months. In March, former Union well being secretary CK Mishra joined its board as an unbiased director.

Increasing within the US and UAE

Based in 2008 by Shashank ND and Abhinav Lal, Practo operates a healthcare platform that enables sufferers to find docs, guide appointments and consultations and entry different healthcare providers. It additionally offers software program merchandise to docs, clinics and hospitals.

Its shopper platform connects customers with greater than 700,000 docs and healthcare suppliers, whereas its care-navigation platform operates throughout greater than 2,400 cities globally.

Practo additionally operates Insta, a hospital info management system used throughout greater than 1,200 amenities by over 500 shoppers.

Worldwide enlargement has grow to be a rising a part of its technique. Practo launched its shopper platform within the UAE in Could 2025, overlaying Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah.

The corporate entered the US in April 2025 and formally launched its care-navigation platform there in January 2026.

On the time of the launch, Practo mentioned greater than 200,000 docs had been listed on its US platform and that it had reached an annualised gross merchandise worth run price of greater than $75 million. It additionally mentioned month-to-month lively customers within the nation had crossed 300,000.

Practo mentioned it was increasing its US group and evaluating strategic acquisitions because it sought so as to add unbiased practices, clinics, hospitals and huge healthcare chains to the platform.