Dr. Somil Nagpal is Senior Health Specialist with the South Asia region of the World Bank and is based at the New Delhi office of the Bank since 2009. Prior to this, he served the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority, India, where he was responsible for setting up the country’s first-ever specialized health insurance regulation unit and headed the regulatory and developmental initiatives for the health insurance sector of the country from 2007 to 2009. As an officer in the Indian civil service, he has also served at the Indian ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the National Commission on Macroeconomics and Health (NCMH), the World Health Organization and the Ministry of Finance.  He is associated with the Board of the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH), is a member of the Governing Council of the Insurance Information Bureau and is on the Health Insurance Advisory Board constituted by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry.   A top-scoring scholar, having qualified as a medical doctor with his postgraduation in healthcare management, he is also an MBA in Financial Management and a Fellow of the Insurance Institute of India. His academic interests include ongoing research, training and publications on Health Financing, particularly Health Insurance and Health Accounts.