Pristyn Care sees leadership exits amid expansion plans

Pristyn Care opened 11 hospitals across five cities since April, with three more in the pipeline

- Sowmya Ramasubramanian

Senior exits are testing Pristyn Care's leadership bench, raising questions over stability just as the unicorn doubles down on building its own hospital chain.

The firm will see two of its key executives depart next month. Gaurav Bagga, the firm's chief product and technology officer (who went by the title senior vice-president [SVP] of product and engineering), has stepped down from his role after a five-and-a-half-year stint, two people with direct knowledge of the matter told Mint. This comes nearly seven months after the firm's finance head resigned.

Bagga is currently serving his notice and will fully exit by the end of October first week, said the people cited above. Bagga and Pristyn's co-founder and chief executive Harsimarbir Singh confirmed the development.

"As Pristyn moves into a deeper direction of building a nationwide hospital chain, Gaurav has chosen to amicably pursue new areas in technology, such as AI and data engineering. Our relationship goes far beyond being colleagues, and he will always remain a friend to me personally and to the company. His role will be taken up by our product and tech leaders who have also been with the firm for 6+ years," Singh said in response to Mint's queries.