Anuradha has a master's in psychology. She has worked with vulnerable populations and provided psycho-social counselling and support for people living with HIV/AIDS and high-risk populations, including intravenous drug users, transgenders, migrants, truckers, female sex workers, link workers and men having sex with men. She also has experience working with the scavenging community.
Key Skills: Situational analysis, Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) for adolescents and adults.
Asifa is a dedicated public health professional with a specialisation in RMNCH+A. She has a strong track record of counselling, managing, and enhancing adolescent health, child health, and women's programs in rural pockets of Bihar.
Key Skills: Project management and Capacity Building
Kaushik has been associated with the WASH department of the Government of Jharkhand for 8 years. At PHIA Foundation he has led state teams for over five years having developed intervention strategies and water security plans for the districts of West Singhbhum and Khunti.
Key Skills: Programme implementation, time-bound outcome-based delivery, advocacy, capacity building and IEC/BCC
Rahul Agarwal has a PhD in CSR and is a development professional with nine years of experience. He has significantly contributed to addressing public health challenges and enhancing educational and employability programs through innovative data-driven insights.
Key Skills: Monitoring and Evaluation, Program Data Analysis and Project Management.
Dr. Deepak Kumaraswamy is trained in Ayurveda medicine and has been a practitioner of public health for the past 18 years. He has worked with various civil society organisations including a public policy think tank as a researcher in public health. He has also worked with the health department across various states in the country.
Key Skills: Data management and analysis, scientific writing and public health research
Mallikarjuna is a postgraduate in Business Management (MBA) in Finance from the University of Mysore. With 12 years of diverse experience across various organisations and projects. He has successfully led training programs, organised impactful public awareness campaigns, and mobilized resources for initiatives such as the "Smoke-Free Bengaluru Initiative".
Key Skills: Coordination in government and private entities, working closely with government officials, fostering collaboration and facilitating constructive discussions.
Nimisha is a Public Health professional with a background in research, planning, and evaluation of community-based health programs. She has served as a District Vector-Borne Disease Specialist, supporting project implementation and healthcare staff and ensuring effective program execution. She has also been an RA at the Indian Institute of Public Health, Shillong, contributing to optimising supplementary nutrition provisions for ICDS.
Key Skills: Data analysis, public health research, program management
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Debarghya Chakraborty is a public health professional with over 3.5 of experience. His work spans public health, migration, RMNCH+A, and climate change across various states in India. He is UGC-NET qualified, a GoI fellowship recipient, and a winner of the IITB-ISRO-AICTE Mapathon. Throughout his career, he has worked closely with state governments, central ministries, NHM, NHSRC, and various development partners.
