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  • Vivekanand Jha

    Professor Vivekanand Jha

    India

    • Executive Director, The George Institute for Global Health, India
    • Professor and Chair of Global Kidney Health, Imperial College, London
    • Conjoint Professor of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney
    • Professor, Prasanna school of Public Health, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India
    • Immediate Past President (2019 – 2021) International Society of Nephrology

    Professor Vivekanand Jha is the Executive Director at The George Institute for Global...

Senior People

  • Abhinav Bassi

    Abhinav Bassi

    India

    • Senior Research Fellow and Operations Lead - CORE India

    Abhinav Bassi is a physiotherapist trained in public health, currently working as a...

  • Amit Khanna

    Amit Khanna

    India

    • Director - Finance & Operations

    Amit manages Operations and Finance for India offices at The George Institute for...

  • Dr Arpita Ghosh

    India

    • Head Biostatistics and Data Science

    Dr Arpita Ghosh works at the George Institute for Global Health India as a Head...

  • Chhavi Bhandari

    Chhavi Bhandari

    India

    • Head, Impact and Engagement

    Chhavi leads the Impact & Engagement programme of work in India with activities...

  • Dr Praveen

    Dr D Praveen

    India

    • Global Strategic Priority Lead - Better Care & Director Primary Health Care
    • Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Sydney

    Dr. Praveen is a public health specialist with thorough knowledge of epidemiological...

  • Dr Devaki Nambiar

    India

    • Program Director, Healthier Societies

    Devaki Nambiar is Program Director, Healthier Societies Strategy at the George...

  • Jagnoor Jagnoor

    Dr Jagnoor Jagnoor

    India

    • Senior Research Fellow, Injury Program
    • Head, India Injury Division
    • Co-director, WHO Collaborating Centre on Injury Prevention and Trauma Care
    • Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Sydney
    • Honorary Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health University of Sydney and The John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research

    Jagnoor is Senior Research Fellow, with a background in injury epidemiology. She has...

  • Joygopal Podder

    Joygopal Podder

    India

    • Head of Resource Mobilisation

    Joygopal heads Resource Mobilisation at The George Institute for Global Health, India...

  • Madhuri Dutta

    Dr Madhuri Dutta

    India

    • Head - Centre for Operational Research Excellence

    Madhuri is the Head - Centre for Operational Research Excellence at George Institute...

  • Mercian Daniel

    India

    • Senior Research Fellow

    Mercian Daniel is Senior Research Fellow in, Mental Health Program at George...

  • Dr. Mohammad Abdul Salam

    India

    • Program Head, Cardiovascular Research
    • Conjoint Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Sydney
    • DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance Intermediate Fellow
    • Conjoint Senior Lecturer, University of New South Wales, Australia
    • Assistant Professor, Prasanna School of Public Health, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India

    Abdul Salam is a clinical and public health researcher interested in cardiovascular...

  • Niveditha Devasenapathy

    Dr. Niveditha Devasenapathy

    India

    • Program Lead, Academic Clinical Trials Unit
    • DBT/Wellcome trust India Alliance Intermediate fellow

    Niveditha is a medical doctor, trained in clinical research and applied statistics...

  • Dr Oommen John

    India

    • Programme Head, Research Innovations and Outreach

    Oommen John is Senior Research Fellow at The George Institute. He completed his...

  • Pallab Maulik

    Professor Pallab K. Maulik

    India

    • Deputy Director and Director of Research
    • Professor, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Sydney
    • Professor, Prasanna School of Public Health, Manipal Academy of Higher Education
    • Provost’s Visiting Professor of Mental Health, Imperial College London

    Pallab leads Research department at The George Institute for Global Health, India. He...

  • Preety R Rajbangshi

    Preety R Rajbangshi

    India

    • Senior Research Fellow, Global Women’s Health Programme

    Preety R Rajbangshi works at the George Institute for Global Health India as a Senior...

  • Rohina Joshi

    Prof Rohina Joshi

    Australia

    • Senior Research Fellow
    • Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Sydney

    Rohina is an Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Sydney and holds an...

  • Suparna Ghosh-Jerath

    Dr Suparna Ghosh-Jerath

    India

    • Program Head, Nutrition, The George Institute for Global Health, India
    • Intermediate Fellow, DBT Wellcome Trust India Alliance
    • Principal Investigator, Team Science Grant, DBT Wellcome Trust India Alliance

    Dr Suparna is a nutritionist by training and has more than 26 years of experience as...

  • Surekha Garimella

    Dr Surekha Garimella

    India

    • Senior Research Fellow

    Surekha Garimella is a Senior Research Fellow at the George Institute, working on the...

  • Dr Susmita Chatterjee

    India

    • Program Lead - Health Economics Health Systems Science

    Dr Susmita Chaterjee works at The George Institute for Global Health India as a...

  • Vikash Ranjan Keshri

    Dr Vikash R Keshri

    India

    • Senior Research Fellow, Injury Division

    Vikash R Keshri is Senior Research Fellow at the George Institute for Global Health...

  • Dr Sandhya

    Dr Y.K. Sandhya

    India

    • Senior Research Fellow, Mental health

    Sandhya received her doctoral degree in Social Medicine and Community Health from...

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