The 2024 Rising Stars of the Profession: Navya Kumar

Navya is a Senior Manager within Cognizant Consulting's Health Sciences practice. She has more than 10 years of experience in facilitating strategic transformation and sustainable change management across payer, provider and life sciences clients. Navya specializes in enterprise-wide strategic planning, service line planning, market entry and capability planning, along with competitor analysis and industry benchmarking. Additionally, she designs cohesive stakeholder experiences and journeys focused on optimizing "moments that matter" and empowering healthcare constituents with digital tools. Navya enjoys helping clients navigate changing market dynamics and balancing competing priorities of research, education, and clinical delivery within their tripartite mission to develop innovative solutions for cost-effective and patient-centric care.