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Sushant Dutt
Class of 2005
Sloan Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
 

Previous Occupation: Senior Director & Global Head − Consulting, UnitedHealth Group
Present Occupation: Sloan Fellow (SF’15), MIT, Cambridge, Boston
Sector: Healthcare
Work Experience:15.5 years
Interests – Professional/ Personal: Rural primary/ urgent care, genomics, health exchanges, clean energy, distressed buy-outs, microfinance, stocks and trading

Can you tell us a little about your family background/ history?
My father was a surgeon and worked for Coal India Limited (CIL), Government of India, for 30 years. My mother lives in Kolkata and is a homemaker and teacher.

Briefly describe your personal and professional achievements (including recent awards/ special projects).
I was selected by the MIT Sloan Council to attend their prestigious MIT Sloan Fellowship SF'15 at Cambridge, Boston. I was also offered a place in the Stanford MsX Program (formerly Sloan Master’s Program) at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Earlier this year, I received the UnitedHealth Group-Executive Development Program (UHG EDP) Fellowship from Wharton School, Pennsylvania.

Tell us about your profile pre-ISB, and recap your professional life after ISB, including your career progression.
Pre-ISB, I worked with Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and GE for eight years, starting as GET and moving up to Project Manager.
Post-ISB, I was sent to Dalian, China by GE Capital to set up and run a consulting practice catering to the Asia-Pacific (APJ) and Australia-New Zealand (ANZ) market. After two years,
I was moved to a Geo P&L role of a client partner based out of Shanghai. I have gone to every small village in the mainland to grow the information technology (IT) and services business. Recently with UnitedHealth group, I established the Global Healthcare consulting practice from scratch, imparted health education and services to Las Vegas casino and bar workers and led multiple regional public and private health exchange strategies.

Describe your fondest memory of ISB.
The birthday dunking ceremony and possession; random CP and Solstice 2004.

In your personal life, how have you changed post-ISB? Do you see yourself doing something differently because you went to ISB? What has left a lasting impression?
The one year I spent at ISB has changed me form a job executioner to a job creator

How do you think ISB has contributed to your career growth?
It has contributed immensely, through academic infusion, broad-based thinking, an extended network and the skill to produce quality work in the shortest time under pressure.

If you have to sum up ISB in one word:
Transformative.

Word of advice for the current class?
Strategy by Professor Harbir Singh.

What are the areas in which you can contribute to ISB?
Recruitment/ campus hiring and research.

What do you enjoy most about your current career position?
It is entrepreneurial.

What is the next new thing in the industry or vertical you are working in? Any trends that you can see?
There are multiple things, for instance:
I think there is a huge need and opportunity for rural primary and urgent care business models in India. It is a scattered space and current payers and providers have a very myopic approach.
Evolving dynamics in healthcare services (payer and provider) with the adoption of health exchanges.
Standardisation and consolidation of healthcare programmes and players across the Japan and Asia-Pacific region (JAPAC) will trigger enormous opportunities in private equity (PE) and venture firms and business plans.
Microfinance in developing nations is big bet in JAPAC across healthcare, manufacturing, consumer goods and media.
Genomics is giving us the ability to use gene signatures to predict the pattern of major illnesses in the life span of an individual. Some clinical trials are on, but more work is required, especially with respect to social norms.

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