Leading · Mumbai
Zealver Clubs
Retro-music seated dance fitness, memory activities and friendship for women 60+, in person in Mumbai and online.
zealverclubs.com →Dr. Namrata Bagaria · Public Health Innovator · Mumbai
Helping people age well, through music, movement and community.
I design programs that keep older adults active, connected and engaged. Public health researcher, entrepreneur and writer, sharing what I’m learning about aging as an “aging millennial” myself.
MBBS (Mumbai) · MPH, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health · PhD candidate, University of Ottawa
Everything I build rests on one framework for aging well:
Movement·Music·Memory·Meaning
What I’m building
Three projects, one aim: no one should age alone.
Ideas I write about
Essays on aging, elder care and a life well lived, on Medium and LinkedIn.
Rethinking Elder Care: What Failing Health Systems Can Learn from K-PopEssay
Music Discussion Clubs: A New Tradition for Aging WellEssay
From Byzantine Nursing Homes to Indian Ashramas: Rethinking Elder Care Across HistoryEssay
How I Found My Middle Fold PathReflection
All writing on Medium →
Books
Music Discussion Club™
A New Tradition of Aging Through Music, Memory, and Conversation · with Dr. Paul Merkley
Think book club, but for music. A practical guide to reflective listening and group conversation that sparks memories and connection.
Get it on Amazon →
Millennial Rumi
Poems, 2009–2021
Short poems on friendship, love, self-doubt, grief and joy, each written in under ten minutes. Everyone has a poet within them.
Get it on Amazon →Research & teaching
Turning evidence on social isolation into tools people can use.
Selected publications
- Health 4.0: Digital twins for health and well-being (book chapter)
- Towards a Decision Support Tool to Prescribe Recreation for Older Adults (conference)
- A Prototype for Decision Support Targeting Recreation Prescriptions (IEEE conference)
Teaching & past roles
- Part-time Professor, Ethics & Digital Health, Algonquin College (2024)
- Research Coordinator, ReGarde VR study, Perley Health
- Former Board Member, Ontario Public Health Association
- Founder & Principal Consultant, PHealth Solutions (2011–2017)
- Public health projects in Bihar, Afghanistan, Goa, Mumbai and Bangalore
Giving back · Since 2012
Public Health Justice
I co-founded this Mumbai charitable trust, which runs Step 1 Balwadi, a free pre-school for children in underserved communities.
Public Health Justice on Facebook → · Step 1 Balwadi on Instagram →
Many of its most loyal donors and volunteers are seniors. Aging well includes having somewhere to give.
Featured in DNA India →
Speaking & consulting
I speak and advise on building programs and products for older adults, in India and abroad.
Social prescribing
Music & brain health
Community-based healthy aging
AgeTech & digital health
Health tech ethics
Invite me to speak
Podcasts & media
Burlington Post & Hamilton Spectator, feature on empowering retirees through music appreciation
uOttawa Faculty of Engineering, 2nd prize, 2022 Entrepreneurial Idea Competition
uOttawa Impact Stories, combatting social isolation among seniors
EducationWorld, profile: “Child wellness missionary” (2013)
DNA India, on Public Health Justice training women to teach children public health (2015)
Let’s talk
Collaborations on healthy aging, senior living, caregiving or age-tech, talks and consulting. The easiest way to reach me is a WhatsApp message. Tap below and say hello.
Message me on WhatsApp · +91 98218 39887© 2026 Namrata Bagaria. All rights reserved.