Life is the greatest university on this universe. Trying to learn from it till fees are paid. I take interest in philosophy, literature, technology, psychology and in nuances of human emotions. If you like it then we can be friends.

Life as Sakti

About Sakti

Who is Sakti?

Sakti Prasad Bagchi

Where technology meets the depth of human insight.

A technologist, storyteller and student of human nature. I translate the complexity of engineering into the language of leadership, and the wisdom of experience into words worth reading.

Engineering Leader · Writer · Speaker · Author · Toastmaster

Portrait of Sakti Prasad Bagchi

What I do

Engineering leadership

With over 25 years in healthcare IT, I have built systems that US hospitals depend on, from Revenue Cycle Management to Electronic Health Records. As Senior Development Manager at Altera Digital Health, I lead cross-geographic engineering teams across India and the US. I don’t just build systems; I build the teams and cultures that sustain them.

Writing and thought leadership

My 2018 book How to Manage Your Manager has guided young professionals through the unwritten rules of the workplace. Today I write on this blog, on Medium and in my newsletter The Tech Strategist’s Edge, from RAG architectures and AI coding to cross-cultural team dynamics. My second book, a novel, is in progress.

Speaking and mentoring

As Past President of the IIMB Orators Toastmasters Club, public speaking is both passion and platform, from technical keynotes to the philosophy of leadership. Over the years I have also mentored many professionals through career transitions: I listen deeply, ask hard questions and help people find their own answers.

The journey

PresentSenior Development Manager, Altera Digital Health
Leading cross-geographic teams delivering Patient Access, Patient Accounting and Advanced Revenue Cycle products, and serving as Release Train Engineer in SAFe Agile.
Past PresidentIIMB Orators Toastmasters Club
Led one of the most active Toastmasters clubs among the IIM Bangalore community, cultivating communication and leadership.
2018Author, How to Manage Your Manager
A practical guide to reading your organisation and navigating your career with clarity and confidence.
Executive MBAIIM Bangalore
A program that fused 25 years of technical depth with the strategic vocabulary of business leadership.
The foundationA career in healthcare IT
A journey that began with code, grew into architecture and then leadership, and settled into a philosophy: the best technology is built by humans who understand other humans.

The best leaders don’t just understand their domain. They understand the people living inside it.

The writer

“The greatest university we are enrolled in is Life. I am simply trying to learn something from this institution, and share the notes.”

I began writing to express myself. Somewhere along the way I discovered that the most personal stories are also the most universal ones. A barefoot walk on a Kerala beach became a meditation on healing. A parking dispute became a window into the nature of human conflict. A conversation with my own inner voice became a map back to mental peace.

My writing draws from two rivers that run through my life in parallel: the ancient and the contemporary. I reach for the Purusharthas and Ashrama Dharma when modern language falls short. I hear Ghalib on a morning drive through the Kerala backwaters. I see Ganesha not as mythology but as a blueprint for leadership that still holds. The other river is honest self-examination.

That is what this blog is: not a platform, not a brand, but a journal kept in public, for anyone who has felt the gap between the life they are living and the life they sense is possible. I do not write to impress. I write to stay honest.

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Let’s connect

I’m open to keynotes, workshops and conversations on technology leadership, AI adoption and the future of work.

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