Chennai: The AHMP India Foundation (Association of Healthcare Marketing Professionals) has announced its National Core Committee for the 2026–2028 term, appointing Chennai-based healthcare branding expert Mohammed Ilias as Chairman.
The appointment marks a significant recognition for South India’s growing contribution to healthcare marketing and communication, with Mohammed Ilias set to lead the organisation’s efforts towards strengthening ethical, patient-centric, and collaborative healthcare marketing practices across India.
Mohammed Ilias is the Founder & Director of BCC Healthcare and serves as a Chief Brand Strategist with over 17 years of experience in healthcare branding and strategic communication. Over the course of his career, he has worked with more than 450 hospital brands across India and international markets and is widely known for advocating ethical and patient-focused healthcare marketing approaches.
Commenting on the announcement, Akhil Dave, Founder & Chairman of AHMP India Foundation, said, “AHMP was founded with the vision of fostering professionalism, ethical practices, and meaningful collaboration in healthcare marketing, while strengthening and elevating India’s healthcare marketing ecosystem. We believe Mohammed Ilias’ leadership as Chairman of the National Core Committee will further accelerate AHMP’s mission of building a scalable and ethical healthcare marketing community. His leadership will play a key role in building stronger industry-academia partnerships, promoting professional development, and nurturing the next generation of healthcare marketing leaders across the country”.
“Furthermore, his appointment as Chairman reflects AHMP India Foundation’s commitment to experienced, visionary, and value-driven leadership at a time when the healthcare industry is undergoing rapid transformation driven by digital innovation, evolving patient expectations, and growing awareness around ethical healthcare communication”, he added.
Alongside Chairman Mohammed Ilias, the AHMP India Foundation also announced its National Core Committee for the 2026–2028 term, comprising industry leaders from healthcare communication, consulting, academia, and allied healthcare services.
Kapil Pandya, Group Head, Healthcare Communication, Branding & Strategy at Krish Heart Care, has been appointed Convener of the committee.
The National Leads include Dr. Sumit Kapadia for Clinician Partnerships, Rajarajan S for Healthcare Marcom Organisations, Raju Parekh for Healthcare Allied Services, D S Chakravarthi for Healthcare Organisations, Ekta Modi for Academic Partnerships, Mahender Pala for Healthcare Consulting Partnerships, and Chitra Baskar for Emerging Marketeers.
According to the organisation, the newly formed leadership team brings together a diverse blend of clinical expertise, operational leadership, academic insight, and healthcare marketing experience aimed at strengthening India’s healthcare marketing ecosystem through ethical collaboration, professional development, and industry-academia partnerships.
