A senior development professional having more than TWENTY YEARS of experience in the development sector, during which have worked at the grassroots as well as at the national level in leaderships positions on various thematic areas that includes Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, family planning, IEC (Information, Education and Communication), rural development, environment, forestry, and education across a host of reputed organizations.

Over the years had opportunities to work on areas of strategic planning, leadership, team management, program planning and management, research, M&E, using M&E for programmatic decision-making and organization management. On the aspect of program management and organization management have held leadership roles of leading teams to deliver results in a quality and timely manner.

I have a unique mix of management, program, and research experience, which has made me realize the importance of each of them. Moreover, I have had experience of working in different geographical locations – district, state and national, across different kinds of organizations – NGOs, limited companies, international NGOs, UN organizations and Government of India, and in three major public health programs – polio, HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis.