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Dr K Sarat Chandra is one of the most experienced interventional cardiologists of India. After completing his DM from the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh in 1989, he has been working in Hyderabad, India. He is one of the early interventional cardiologists of India and did the first device closure of congenital heart disease in Hyderabad and also the first case of rotational atherectomy in 1994. He has a special interest in left main artery interventions. He has many publications in the area of interventional cardiology. He was Chairman of the National Interventional Council of India during the years 2008 and 2009. He was Editor of the Indian Heart Journal from 2012 to 2014. He was elected President of the Cardiological Society of India in 2018.

Dr AJ Swamy is an accomplished interventional cardiologist with a strong research background and wide-ranging experience with a variety of complex cases. He completed his graduate and postgraduate degrees from the Armed Forces Medical College, joined the Indian Air Force and completed his DM Cardiology from the PGIMER, Chandigarh in 2006. He was awarded gold medals for his research work both for his MD and DM and has won the best case award at APICON, NIC and IJCTO, among others. He was awarded a Senior Scientist Fellowship by the Indian Council of Medical Research in 2016. He has always been an enthusiastic and eager student of cardiology, keen to learn and share knowledge at any forum. He has numerous publications in national and international journals and has been guiding students for more than a decade. He is presently serving in the Indian Air Force with more than 25 years of service and is currently working as Professor of Cardiology at the Armed Forces Medical College and the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences in India.