“To fix India's healthcare scenario, what is most needed is 'systems thinking.' For far too long, India has followed a vertical approach in its health sector, which translated into disease-specific national programmes being set up.”

Indian lawyer and politician

Kapil Sibal is an Indian lawyer and politician. A designated Senior Advocate, he has spent much of his public life at the intersection of law and government, and has also served as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha for Uttar Pradesh. He was a Union Minister in the Manmohan Singh government and has represented several high-profile cases in the Supreme Court of India. He also served as President of the Supreme Court Bar Association from 1995 to 1998, from 2001 to 2002, and again from 2024 to 2025.