India, Aug. 2 -- Reimagination and transformation are words often used by experts, commentators, and decision-makers while referring to the future of health care in India. In most cases, this reimagining and transforming refers to decisions that need to be taken--about ways to boost cutting-edge research and build infrastructure, addressing open regulatory questions, and embracing AI and other digital technology tools. Far less often, however, do these conversations consider who takes these decisions and how they will be taken.

Leadership--both who leads and how they lead--is the invisible foundation of designing any health care solution. It is the behind-the-scenes mechanism that determines which solutions are explored, introduced, and ...