Healthcare company Practo announced the elevation of its long-term executive and growth head, Siddhartha Nihalani to the position of Co-founder. Nihalani, a part of the Practo team since its inception, has been a driving force behind the technology, growth, and business strategy.

According to the company's release, in the new role, Nihalani will focus on building products for Practo's digital-first surgery business. In addition, he will work towards new product development that will help Practo provide affordable healthcare to over a billion Indians. Along with this, he would also work with Practo's core leadership on business strategy and expansion.

Earlier, Nihalani has worn many hats at the healthcare startup working across functions of design, engineering, and product management. With this elevation, he will accompany Shashank ND and Abhinav Lal, the other co-founders, who started the company back in 2008.

According to the company's release, Nihalani began his professional journey with Practo, straight out of college as a Mechanical engineer from the National Institute of Technology, Karnataka (NITK) Surathkal where Shashank and Lal were his batchmates.

Bengaluru-based Practo is an integrated healthcare company that interconnects the health ecosystem including patients, doctors, hospitals, pharmacies, and diagnostics. It integrates different parts of the patients' healthcare from primary healthcare, finding and booking an appointment with verified doctors to consulting doctors online.