TEW Magazine

  The Data Alchemist: Umesh Kumar’s Leadership in AI-Driven Healthcare Transformation The contemporary healthcare landscape is defined by an enduring paradox. While clinical and real-world data volumes continue to expand at unprecedented scale, the journey from molecule discovery to patient access remains slow, costly, and operationally constrained. The limitation is not data availability, but the ability to translate complex, regulated information into timely, explainable, and actionable insight. It is within this gap between information and impact that  Umesh Kumar  operates. As Associate Stat Programming Director at  IQVIA , he is guided by a consistent conviction: accelerating patient outcomes requires not more data, but more effective ways of interpreting, explaining, and applying it across the clinical development lifecycle. Combining deep expertise in clinical statistical programming with emerging capabilities in generative and explainable artificial intellig...

  The Corporate Warrior Who Found His Purpose on the Football Field: Vijayaraghavan’s Unconventional Journey In a country where football still battles for attention amid cricketing frenzy, building a grassroots academy that commands respect is nothing short of a revolution. At the heart of this quiet transformation in Chennai’s sports landscape stands  Vijayaraghavan P ,  Chief Business Officer  of   FC Madras Football Academy . What makes his journey remarkable is not just his current role, but the 25-year corporate pilgrimage that preceded it, a journey across multiple corporations and diverse roles that was always, he confesses, leading toward a single destination: the chance to give back.  When he speaks of Mr. Girish Mathrubootham (Founder of FC Madras Football Academy,  Founding Partner at Together. Fund, Founder of Freshworks), and the unwavering passion for sports that drives the academy, there is a rare authenticity in his voice, the kind that...