Affiliations

Affiliations and External Service

Jul, 2011 - Jun, 2017

Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC), BetterBirth Clinical Trial, Harvard School of Public Health

A member of the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) of the Harvard School of Public Health's BetterBirth clinical trial. BetterBirth was focused on improving facility-based care during the period of highest risk of death and complications for women and babies – the 48 hours around childbirth. The BetterBirth Program used the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Safe Childbirth Checklist, a powerful tool that supports birth attendants to consistently deliver essential childbirth practices proven to address the biggest killers of women and babies.

Jan, 2014 - ONGOING

Member of Advisory Group, Surgo Foundation

Surgo Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to solving health and social problems with precision using tools available from behavioral science, data science, and artificial intelligence to unlock solutions that improve and save lives. Surgo works n the United States and in low-income countries on issues like COVID-19, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, maternal mortality, health care, housing, and more.

Apr, 2021 - ONGOING

Member of Advisory Committee, Post-Graduate Program (MBA) in Digital Governance & Management, IIM Visakhapatnam

The Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Visakhapatnam conducts a prestigious MBA Program in Digital Governance and Management under the aegis of and with the support of National e-Governance Division (NeGD), Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), Govt. of India (GOI). The Program Advisory Committee, consultation with the approval of NeGD, MeitY, GOI, will strengthen the Program on an ongoing basis as regards content and contemporaneity, relevance and rigour.

Dec, 2020 - ONGOING

Member Of Steering Committee, the One Health Antibiotic Stewardship In Society (OASIS) Study

The OASIS study is a collaboration between the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (UK), the Public Health Foundation of India in Gurugram (India), Institute of Development Studies in Brighton (UK), Royal Veterinary College in London ( UK) and the West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences in Kolkata (India). The main aims of the study are to engage with multiple stakeholders and co-design and implement (on a small scale) an intervention to operationalise antibiotic stewardship for human and livestock health in rural community settings in India.

Jan, 2011 - ONGOING

Member of National Committee on Midday Meal Scheme

The Mid-day Meal Scheme is a school meal program of the Government of India designed to better the nutritional standing of school-age children nationwide. The program supplies free lunches on working days for children in primary and upper primary classes, serving 120,000,000 children in over 1,265,000 schools and Education Guarantee Scheme centers, it is the largest of its kind program in the world.

Jul, 2010 - Jun, 2014

Project Director, IntraHealth International

Led Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) funded project for reduction in maternal and newbornmortality in Uttar Pradesh Generated specific local evidence through scientific research on impact of mHealth,transportation services, and skill birth attendants (SBA)on health workers and health system effectiveness Coordinated with Government of UP to adopt project’s learning and best practices Oversaw pan state scale-up of mHealth innovation and 108 transportation service