External Members

Dr. Anant Bhan - Dr. Anant Bhan works with Sangath at it's Bhopal Hub office. He is a medical graduate with a Master's (MHSc) in Bioethics from the University of Toronto in Canada. He is a researcher in global health, health policy and bioetics with over 18 years of experience and numerous publications to his name.

Dr. Surinder Jaswal - Dr. Surinder Jaswal is currently working as the Deputy Director (Research) at Tata Institute of Social Sciences. She holds a doctorate degree in Public Health from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London and an M.A. degree in Social Work from Tata Institute of Social Sciences. Her research interests focus on Social Work Education, Public Health, Public Mental Health, Disaster studies and Social Science Research

Dr. Nilangi Sardeshpande - Dr Nilangi Sardeshpande is working as an independent health researcher. She holds a doctorate degree from Tata Institutte of Social Sciences (Mumbai). Her research interests include health equity, nutrition, women's access to health care, and health budgets.

Ms. Anubha Rastogi - Ms. Anubha Rastogi is an independent lawyer. She has a vast legal and human rights background with 16 years' expereince in providing survivors of human rights violations of access to justice with a special focus on women's rights.

Ms. Kajal Jain - Ms. Kajal Jain is working as a Programme Coordinator at Masum, Pune, Maharashtra. She has over 14 years of progressive experience in the development sector at grass root in Programme development, management and coordination, strong gender and development perspective, strategy development, multiple task management, monitoring and evaluation, facilitation of community led processes, training.

Secretariat

Dr. Sanjida Arora (Member Secretary), Research Officer, CEHAT, Mumbai - A trained dentist with Masters in Public Health from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. She has 7 years of expereince of working on women's health issues at CEHAT.

Shweta Marathe (Member Secretary), Senior Research Coordinator, Sathi, Pune - a Health Systems researcher with an academic background in hospital and healthcare management. With a decade-long experience in SATHI, she is keen to undertake action-oriented research that actively supports advocacy efforts for a better health system.