Vikas Chauhan, one of the co-founders of digital healthcare company Tata 1mg, recalled handing Prashant Tandon, his co-founder, a framed note from 2012. This was in 2025, at a gathering to celebrate the 10th anniversary since 1mg had shed its earlier avatar as Healthkartplus.

“Tandon had drawn what we wanted to do in the next five to seven years,” said Chauhan. Tandon’s flowchart included plans to start a diagnostics vertical and retail clinics—everything 1mg, which was acquired by Tata Digital in 2021, has........

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