I am a public health professional, committed to work at the intersection of implementation, evidence and policy. This deep interest started early in my career when I developed and implemented HIV prevention interventions for sex workers and their partners, and was further cemented during my doctoral research on sexual and reproductive help seeking behaviors of adolescents in slums. Working on universal health coverage, social determinants of health, and water, sanitation and hygiene in India helped me gain a nuanced appreciation of using field insights and research to inform policy in direct and subtle ways, and the power of bringing together multi-sector stakeholders to enable action at scale.
I bring these learnings to build the menstrual health eco-system in India through my work at MHAi (Menstrual Health Action for Impact), and internationally through the Global Menstrual Collective.
I have a Doctorate in Public Health from Boston University, and a Masters in Social Work from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences.
