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BCG's Abhishek Gopalka takes the TED@BCG stage to share his insight on sparking people's competitive spirit to fix broken-public systems.

Abhishek Gopalka is a managing director and partner in the New Delhi office of Boston Consulting Group. He is a senior leader in the Social Impact and Public Sector practices and has more than 11 years of experience working with governments, foundations, international institutions, NGOs, and the private sector. 

Abhishek has deep expertise in large-scale transformation of public delivery systems to drive citizen outcomes. He has significant experience with developing and implementing strategies for transforming public sector areas, including governance, public health, education (ECE, school education), nutrition, water, mining, and tourism. 

He has worked across multiple geographies, including India and the US. 

Abhishek’s TED@BCG talk in Mumbai in 2019 focuses on how social accountability can be a driver for motivating personnel in public sector delivery systems, like those for healthcare and education. 

Prior to working at BCG, Abhishek was a principal with Booz & Company, where he was focused on strategy development within healthcare and social impact.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

EDUCATION

  • BE, computer science, R.V. College of Engineering Bangalore, Visvesvaraya Technological University
  • MBA, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan Ann Arbor

Publications and Videos

How Public Health Leaders Can Fight the Next Pandemic | rectangle

How Public-Health Leaders Can Fight the Next Pandemic

COVID-19 offered valuable lessons in combating epidemic-level disease. Four measures can help institutionalize what we’ve learned.

Recalling a Message from a BCG Mentor with Abhishek Gopalka, Managing Director & Partner

Abhishek recollects what one of his mentors at BCG once told him that has held true for him.

Economic Resilience Is Built on Societal Well-Being |Sustainable Economic Development Assessment 2020

Economic Resilience Is Built on Societal Well-Being

Governments need to look beyond traditional economic metrics like GDP to foster sustainable development and prepare for future crises. They can start by focusing on three priorities.
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Winning the Fight Against Endemic COVID-19

COVID-19 will likely become endemic. If so, a global surveillance, treatment and vaccination infrastructure for monitoring and responding to outbreaks must be developed now.
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Recasting Government in the Wake of COVID-19

Four organizational imperatives will help governments meet constituents’ evolving needs.
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Reimagining Global Health After the Coronavirus

What has worked, what can be improved, and what needs to be reimagined so that we are better prepared for the next pandemic and better able to improve health in the world’s poorest nations?
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Leapfrogging to a Digital Healthcare System Re-imagining Healthcare for Every Indian

Healthcare delivery transformation can be achieved through the creation of an “open digital health ecosystem” or a health ODE.

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Six Ways to Speed Progress on the Health SDGs

To meet the UN’s health-related Sustainable Development Goals, NGOs and low-income countries will have to do two to four times as much with every dollar that they currently spend.