The MSc alum who became the award-winning voice of Indian medical journalism

When Meghna Singhania reflects on the year she spent completing her MSc Finance & Economics at Warwick Business School, two themes rise above all others: the power of combining theory with practice, and the strength of a community that stays with you long after graduation.

That was back in 2008-09, but today the award-winning founder and editor-in-chief of Medical Dialogues, a leading force in medical news and fact-checking in India, still credits the Master’s for creating the architecture that would later support her entrepreneurial leap.

“Economics was my first love,” says Meghna, who arrived at the University of Warwick as a young economics graduate from Delhi, India. “But finance was new to me. The financial modelling, the accounting ratios, the company analysis – those were the things that stayed with me when it came to starting and running my business.

“It was a beautiful course,” she says. “It equipped me with rigorous theory but also practical learning that set me on my journey.”

That journey led her from the MSc Finance & Economics delivered by Warwick Business School with the University's Department of Economics to launching Medical Dialogues in 2015, and most recently to an accolade from the British Council.

The Science and Sustainability Award was presented to Meghna for her work providing credible health information to India while tackling medical misinformation across the country. It was awarded at a special ceremony in Bengaluru, India, as part of the British Council’s Study UK Alumni Awards 2026 for alumni in India – the twelfth edition of a scheme that celebrates the achievements of UK alumni around the world.

A sense of community

All this Meghna might not have imagined when she arrived on Warwick’s leafy campus in 2008 as a 21-year-old embarking on her first experience abroad.

At that point, WBS was a just a highly ranked business school but it soon became a crash course in global living as well. “I didn’t know how to cook. I didn’t really know how to take care of myself,” she says. “The curriculum apart, Warwick was the biggest learning experience of my life.”

She lived in the Claycroft student residences – though not by choice at first. Wanting to live in Lakeside, she remembers marching to the accommodation office to request a change, only to be told to return in six months. But the disappointment quicky faded. “My flatmate became my closest friend,” she says. “And being next to a Tesco store meant I became the envy of everyone!”

Meanwhile, her cohort bonded through late-night study sessions, and the shared experience of navigating an intense academic programme.

She still remembers the group project that required her team to analyse the financial statements of beverages group Diageo. “We would stay in the business school until two or three in the morning, taking breaks only to get hot cocoa from the vending machine,” she says. “That project taught me how to read financial accounts – something I use every single day while running my business.”

Beyond the studying, the campus continued to leave an imprint: the greenery, the sense of community but also the freedom to use it as base to travel around the UK with new friends. “We made a lot of weekend trips – Oxford, Cambridge, Liverpool, even a camping weekend in Wales. Wales was beautiful.

“It was holistic development in the truest sense” 

She and her Warwick friends remain in touch today, attending each other’s children’s birthday parties and staying connected through the global Warwick network.

Even her early professional life was shaped by this community. Her first employer in Delhi after returning from her Master’s studies was a Warwick alum – something she describes as “a wonderful coincidence but also a reminder of how strong the alumni network is”.  

“My closest friends are the same friends I made at Warwick.”

Medical communications

After Warwick Business School, Meghna pursued a second master’s degree, specialising in health economics at the London School of Economics. A PhD and a teaching role at Delhi University followed. And although she never completed the PhD, something more enduring emerged: writing.

“As I studied health economics, I started blogging,” she says. “I would simplify public-private partnership models or complex policy issues. Doctors and policymakers began reading it.”

The blog would eventually grow into Medical Dialogues, aimed at doctors, nurses, hospitals and, increasingly, patients. “A decade ago, the concept of medical journalism was non-existent in India,” says Meghna.

“So, the idea of my health news platform was to provide clear, authentic information to all the stakeholders of healthcare, whether it's doctors or patients, and to combat widespread misinformation on the issue.

“I grew up in Delhi in a family of doctors so, although I never became a practitioner myself, medicine has always served as an inspiration to me.”

Launched as a start-up with just a team of three, Medical Dialogues now employs more than 100 people, including medically trained journalists across multiple regions and specialisms.

The platform runs a dedicated medical fact-checking unit; publishes in English, Hindi and Bengali; and collaborates with hospitals, pharmaceutical companies and public health bodies on patient education. Grants and training from initiatives like the Google News Initiative and the International Fact-Checking Network have helped scale its reach.

Meghna’s most cherished achievement is trust. “When healthcare professionals tell me ‘we read Medical Dialogues regularly, we trust it’ that means everything.”

The WBS journey

All in all, Meghna sees WBS as the start of a journey that brought together academic excellence, practical application and a global network.

Her advice to future generations of students, especially those coming from India, is clear. “The blend of theory and practice, the community – the overall development you get at Warwick is difficult to surpass.”

And although she has not visited the campus since before the pandemic, she keeps Warwick close. “I remember every path and every turn,” she says.

“I have vivid memories of my time there. Many of my core memories are from Warwick.”

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