From Silent Suffering to Systemic Change | Dr. Garima Sawhney on Women, Work & Healthcare |SheSparks

Organisations need to develop a more mature understanding of hormonal cycles and biological clocks,” says Dr. Garima Sawhney, Gynecologist & Co-Founder of Pristyn Care, a doctor-turned-entrepreneur building one of India’s fastest-growing health tech platforms.

Before Pristyn Care’s unicorn status and multi-city scale, Dr. Sawhney spent years listening to what women are conditioned not to acknowledge, observing how they silently normalise pain.

In this episode of UpClose: Road to #SheSparks, we sit down with Dr. Garima Sawhney to unpack stigma, systems, and why supporting women’s health isn’t a concession, but common sense. Because as she puts it, women aren’t weaker at the workplace for navigating cycles, fertility, and menopause, they’re often stronger, delivering more precise outcomes because they’ve mastered balance.

Going beyond her founder journey this is a conversation calling for a systems rethink, cultural reset and delivering patient-first care led by clear communication, compassion and trust.

We talk about:

• The “aha” moment inside hospital systems that led to building Pristyn Care

• Scaling surgical care, making it predictable without compromising ethics

• Why healthcare should stress on conversations & communication over diagnosis

• Why women are conditioned to normalise pain - from periods to menopause

• Stigma that makes women put family and work before their own health

• Why workplaces must evolve policies around biological realities

• “Health-tech” vs “Human-tech” - why technology must enhance, not replace care

If you care about leadership, women’s health, entrepreneurship, or building with ethics at scale, this conversation will challenge how you think.

SheSparks 2026 | March 14th | IIT - Delhi

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