Ameer Shahul

Ameer Shahul is an author and healthcare consultant focusing on public health and health policy. His latest book, The Silent Syndicate: How Big Finance is Destroying India’s Healthcare (Hachette, 2026), examines the growing influence of private equity, foreign capital and financial interests on India’s healthcare system. His debut, Heavy Metal: How a Global Corporation Poisoned Kodaikanal (Macmillan, 2023), won the GreenLitFest Book of the Year Award 2024 and was long-listed for the Tata Literature Live! Awards 2023. It is being adapted into a Hindi feature film. His second book, Vaccine Nation: How Immunisation Shaped India (Macmillan, 2025), traces India’s long journey in vaccine development and immunisation and has been commended by leading global vaccine scientists and public-health experts. It was shortlisted for the Atta Galatta- Bangalore Literature Festival Book Prize 2026.

Before turning to writing, Shahul held leadership roles in various global corporations handling their public policy agenda in South Asia for two decades. He started his career working as a journalist with Reuters, AFP and Press Trust of India.