Actively engaged as a Serial Entrepreneur, Smita Sahay has created various successful endeavours like Caresoft, Medicircle, Hospital Suggest, Medical Exchange, to help society benefit from the powerful innovations of Information Technology in the healthcare domain.
A small-town girl from Patna, Bihar, she came to Mumbai with dreams in her eyes to make it big someday. “I’m not sure if I have reached my destination because, for me, the journey of success is not enduring”, she says. Smita believes in the saying, “success is a journey, not a destination”. The doing is usually more important than the outcome.
Smita is an entrepreneur, a mentor, a mother, a human being. She has 15 years worth of experience in Technology and Product Development and in-depth knowledge of the healthcare insights and the overall industry practices. Her domain expertise and experience have helped individuals and organisations improve productivity through her products, blogs, consulting, and keynote speeches.
She has been awarded the Indian National Small Industries Co-operation for ‘Women Entrepreneur Award’. She was one of the entrants in ‘Your Story’, an Indian platform which recognizes the entrepreneurs of substance.
Being a mentor and a healthcare IT transformer, Smita actively participates in startup mentoring and other networking sessions conducted by Startup India and other bodies. She is also a Growth Hacker and Keynote Speaker.
Smita is Co-Founder and Editor at Medicircle (Voice of Healthcare) which is an exclusive Healthcare News Destination. It is India’s fastest-growing healthcare news portal. In just 12-months, it has gained more than 6 million unique visitors and 10K visitors daily and is growing across India. Alexa 15K in India, they have a viewer base of 2 lac+ in Daily Hunt.
She is also Co-Founder of CARESOFT Group of companies, a global healthcare IT company based in Mumbai, India. She has helped several healthcare organizations recognize their goals and automate processes by using their solutions. Caresoft (www.caresoft.co.in) is India’s leading Healthcare IT firm, providing solutions to 500+ healthcare providers across India with a decent global presence in 9 countries for over 14 years.
Passionate about communication and effective usage of IT, Smita believes in helping others achieve enduring successes and dreams. She is skilled to blend extensive empirical research with interesting case examples and user experiences to yield practical ideas that help businesses grow, adapt, and consistently outperform themselves.
In her deep urge to benefit the end-user and one of the key stakeholders of the healthcare ecosystem, the Patient, she founded Hospital Suggest (https://www.hospitalsuggest.com/): an aggregator platform to connect patients with their preferred healthcare providers for planned medical treatments. She is also working on automated insurance claims by tying up with multiple insurance companies to automate claim that would revolutionise the healthcare especially, the insurance sector.
When asked about herself and everything she has achieved, Smita said, “I keep on learning every day and am a go-getter. I’m good at execution and believe that success has no shortcuts; it requires hard work, dedication and perseverance. I empower and inspire the next generation entrepreneurs and leaders to make our world a better place to live. Whatever I am today, I owe my success to my mother, (Late) Mrs Vidya Sahay who despite being a homemaker and not a businesswoman, inspired me in every sphere of my life.”