She grew up reading three books a day, became a high-flying consultant, and then became hyperfocused on healthcare. Amrita Agarwal joins Amit Varma in episode 393 of The Seen and the Unseen to share her learnings from years of studying the field. Also discussed: first-principles thinking, consulting, philanthropy, longevity and sunscreen.

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Also check out:
1. Amrita Agarwal at LinkedIn.
2. Lant Pritchett Is on Team Prosperity — Episode 379 of The Seen and the Unseen.
3. Episodes of The Seen and the Unseen with Ajay Shah: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13.
4. How to Do Development -- Episode 57 of Everything is Everything.
5. Understanding Indian Healthcare — Episode 225 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Karthik Muralidharan).
6. The Life and Times of Chess -- Episode 52 of Everything is Everything.

7. Strong Medicine -- Arthur Hailey.
8. Atlas Shrugged -- Ayn Rand.
9. The Life and Times of KP Krishnan — Episode 355 of The Seen and the Unseen.
10. The Acting Life — Episode 189 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Rasika Dugal and Mukul Chadda).
11. The case for Universal Health Care is weak -- Jeffrey S Hammer.
12. In Service of the Republic — Vijay Kelkar & Ajay Shah.
13. Sanjiv Sharma Sails Through 45 Years of Indian Entertainment -- Episode 390 of The Seen and the Unseen.
14. A Deep Dive Into Education -- Episode 54 of Everything is Everything.
15. The Importance of the 1991 Reforms — Episode 237 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Rajagopalan and Ajay Shah).
16. The Life and Times of Montek Singh Ahluwalia — Episode 285 of The Seen and the Unseen.
17. The Forgotten Greatness of PV Narasimha Rao — Episode 283 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vinay Sitapati).
18. The Reformers — Episode 28 of Everything is Everything.
19. The Practice of Medicine — Episode 229 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Lancelot Pinto).
20. The Dark Side of Indian Pharma — Episode 245 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Dinesh Thakur).
21. The Truth Pill: The Myth of Drug Regulation in India -- Dinesh Thakur and Prashant Vaidya.
22. Distribution of self-reported health in India: The role of income and geography -- Ila Patnaik, Renuka Sane, Ajay Shah and SV Subramanian.
23. Our Unlucky Children (2007) -- Amit Varma.
24. India Needs Decentralization -- Episode 47 of Everything is Everything.
25. Economic Learnings of India for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Bihar — Episode 345 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Mohit Satyanand and Kumar Anand).
26. What's Wrong With Indian Agriculture? -- Episode 18 of Everything is Everything.
27. Karthik Muralidharan and the Bureaucrat’s Burden -- Episode 375 of The Seen and the Unseen.
28. The Life and Times of the Indian Economy -- Episode 387 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Rajeswari Sengupta).
29. Abby Philips Fights for Science and Medicine — Episode 310 of The Seen and the Unseen.
30. Why We Sleep -- Matthew Walker.
31. Everybody's Free To Wear Sunscreen -- Baz Luhrmann.
32. Sandman -- Neil Gaiman.
33. Dune -- Frank Herbert.
34. Ender's Game -- Orson Scott Card.
35. Speaker for the Dead -- Orson Scott Card.

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