WomenLift Health has selected the inspiring leaders below to participate in the 2024 India Leadership Journey, a fully funded leadership initiative designed to support women through the challenges and opportunities of advancing to senior leadership positions in global and public health.Â
Cohort A
Aditi Vyas
Assistant Director: Gender, Youth, and Development, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
Amrita Goswami
Development Assistance Specialist, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), India
Aparna Chakravarty
Associate Professor, Amrita Hospital Faridabad
Arshi Mehboob
Senior Manager - Programmes, Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council
Arundati Muralidharan
Co-Founder, MHAi
Bhakti Sarang
Professor, Terna Medical College & Hospital
Bhavana Issar
Founder & CEO, Caregiver Saathi
Divya Santhanam
Deputy Team Lead, RajPusht, IPE Global
Dr Kanica Kaushal
Assistant Professor, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi
Kranti Vora
Professor, School of Public Health Ahmedabad University
Kusum Sahijpal
Communication and Media Relations Manager, Apollo Hospitals
Dr Monalisha Sahu
Associate Professor & Head Department of Occupational Health, All India Institute of Hygiene & Public Health
Nidhi Dubey
Lead - MEL, Piramal Swasthya Management and Research Institute
Pallavi Kshetrapal
Associate Professor, Translational health Science and Technology Institute
Priya Das
Gender and Health Lead, Global Gender Focal Point, Oxford Policy Management
Priya Ranganathan
Professor, Anaesthesiology, Tata Memorial Centre
Priyamboda Mohanty
State Director, SAATHII
Priyanka Salil Kochar
Adolescent & Youth Programs Lead/Senior Manager, EngenderHealth
Rutuja Patil
Senior Scientist, KEM Hospital Research Centre Pune
Shilpa Khanna
Team Lead, Palliative Care and Executive Committee Member, Sangwari People's Association of Equity and Health
Shrinkhla Sahai
Executive Director, Swayam Foundation
Shwetanjali Kumari
CSR - Head, Siemens Healthineers
Siuli Mitra
Science Communication and Public Engagement Consultant, DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance
Smriti Vasisht
Assistant Director, MAMTA- Health Institute for Mother & Child
Sunita Rao
General Manager Fundraising, Tata Memorial Centre Mumbai
Sushmita Malaviya
Co-Founder, Kaaya Palat Consultants
Dr Swati Deshpande
Associate Professor, General Surgery, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, DMIHER (DU), Wardha
Cohort B
Abha Mehndiratta
Non-Resident Fellow, Center for Global Development
Aiswarya Lakshmi A.S.
State NCD Medical Officer, WHO India
Amrit Virk
Professor & Head, Department of Community Medicine, Dr BR Ambedkar State Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS), Mohali, Punjab
Anupam Pathni
Technical Director, Resolve to Save Lives
Anupama Srinivasan
Assistant Director, REACH
Aruna Bhattacharya
Lead - Academics and Research, Indian Institute for Human Settlements
Bhuvaneswari Sunil
Director - Research, Monitoring and Evaluation, ARPAN
Gauri Singh
Head - Technology, Training & Innovation, Lifebox
Farah Fathima
Associate Professor, St John's Medical College
Kanupriya Singhal
Health Specialist, UNICEF
Karishma Kaushik
Executive Director, IndiaBioscience
Kavita Chauhan
Principal Consultant and India Health Hub Lead, Oxford Policy Management
Keerty Nakray
Senior Fellow and Head, Centre for Sustainable Development and Social Policy Studies, Institute of Social Science, New Delhi
Leyanna Susan George
Scientist E (Medical), Indian Council of Medical Research
Madhur Gupta
Nationa Professional Officer- Pharmaceuticals, World Health Organization India Country Office
Mangayarkarasi V
Professor of Clinical Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Madurai, Tamil Nadu
Manisha Mandal
Senior Project Officer, United Nations Development Programme
Nandini Kumar Shailabh
CEO, Uplift India Association
Neha Gulati
Regional Coordinator, South Asia, Fleming Fund, Mott MacDonald Private Limited
Nidhi Thakur
Team Lead- One Health PMU, Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India
Nisha Hariharan
Consultant, Breast Oncosurgeon, Basavatarakam Indo American Cancer Hospital & Research Institute
Nivedita Telang
Head Medical and Regulatory, SANOFI
Paramjeet Kaur
Training Program Head, Bindi International
Priyanka Roy
Deputy Chief Inspector of Factories (Medical) and Certifying Surgeon, Department of Labour
Rashmi Ardey
Consultant Advisor, Villgro
Rijuta Sawant
Manager-Monitoring and Evaluation, SNEHA (Society of Nutrition Education and Health Action)
Ritumoni Das
State Consultant, Social Protection and Gender Programming, UNICEF
Sapna Surendran
Health Specialist (Extended-term Consultant), World Bank
Vandana Bhatia
Health Specialist, UNICEF
Vidhya Venugopal
Professor, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research
