Jayapal Sudharssen
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
The Strategic Architect
Jayapal Sudharssen is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of PractoPulse Healthcare Services. A distinguished executive with over two decades of academic and operational excellence, Jayapal provides the overarching strategic vision and leadership driving the company’s strong position in the global Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) sector.
Jayapal’s journey is built on a rare, multidisciplinary academic foundation bridging clinical workflows, healthcare law, and operational excellence. He holds a Master’s in Hospital Management from Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, a Post Graduate Diploma in Medical Law and Ethics from the National Law School of India University, and a Post Graduate degree in Total Quality Management. This cross-functional skillset allows him to seamlessly integrate international quality benchmarks, corporate fiscal policy, and scalable business architecture.
Before channeling his passion into entrepreneurship, Jayapal spent 15 years mastering the inner workings of India’s top healthcare institutions. He began his career at Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, followed by 13 transformative years at Yashoda Hospitals, Hyderabad, where he served as the Principal Quality Officer and engineered robust operational quality frameworks.
When Jayapal founded PractoPulse in April 2017, he did so with a deeply rooted personal mission: to create and sustain 1,000 meaningful jobs. This vision was proven during the pandemic, where his resilient, people-first leadership protected his team and was vital in guiding the firm through global chaos. Today, the PractoPulse family has flourished into a vibrant team of 200+ professionals working in harmony to make healthcare revenue cycles completely seamless and dependable worldwide.
Gaayatri Jayapal
Co-Founder
The Backbone of PractoPulse
Every great organization has an anchor, and at PractoPulse, that anchor is Gaayatri Jayapal. As Co-Founder, she serves as the absolute backbone of the firm—a renowned Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) Subject Matter Expert, passionate educator, and globally respected leader.
With a foundational background in Biochemistry, Gaayatri built her career from the ground up, refining her craft at premier international RCM organizations like Nittany, Phycare, and RevenueMed. During senior tenures at Elico and Medico, she transitioned into a powerful operational force, securing major sales leads and managing massive business units of 300+ members without ever sacrificing quality.
On the global stage, she stands as a historic trailblazer. She holds the proud distinction of being the first Indian to pass the AHIMA Approved Trainer for Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDIP) credential, alongside being the first woman in India to clear the AHIMA CCS-P exam and successfully pass the rigorous Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) examination. With this elite background, her operational expertise spans US Physician Groups, Ambulatory Surgery Centers, and complex Inpatient systems.
She specializes in handholding new medical practices from scratch—stabilizing provider credentialing and workflows to optimize revenue cycles. Her unyielding resilience served as the structural shield for the company during the COVID-19 pandemic. Driven by a passion for mentorship, Gaayatri has personally trained over 5,000+ medical coders who successfully passed their AHIMA CCS certification, nurturing a corporate culture of accuracy, empathy, and absolute dependability at PractoPulse.
Liyakat Ali Shaik (“Shaik”)
Partner & Executive Director
The Catalyst for Scale
If Jayapal is the strategic architect of PractoPulse and Gaayatri is its operational anchor, Shaik is the powerful engine driving the company toward its next grand horizon. Joining the leadership bench in January 2024, Shaik brought a rare combination of industrial muscle, data-driven mastery, and process excellence, transforming the enterprise into a highly scalable, tech-embedded global force.
Shaik’s distinguished 20-year healthcare BPO career is built on a solid scientific foundation. His capacity for institutional leadership shone during a remarkable 20-year tenure at iMedX Information Services and Rapid Care Group. As an expert in full P&L responsibility for complex business units, he has successfully commanded large-scale corporate operations of over 1,800 staff members, including multiple business heads and managers, while delivering exceptional client success.
An expert at the intersection of analytics and quality, Shaik holds an MBA in Data Science and Business Analytics alongside AHIMA Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) and Lean Six Sigma Practitioner credentials. This unique toolkit enables him to translate complex operations into actionable growth strategies with mathematical precision while seamlessly managing high-level relationships with CXOs, promoters, and business owners.
Upon partnering with the company, Shaik was instrumental in rebranding PractoPulse for the post-pandemic era, revolutionizing value delivery by embedding automated, tech-driven precision directly into Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) workflows. Deeply aligned with the company’s core mission to create and sustain 1,000 meaningful jobs, he leverages his massive scale-up experience and strategic project management to rapidly expand PractoPulse’s physical, technological, and operational footprint worldwide.