2023 India Cohort

WomenLift Health has selected the inspiring leaders below to participate in the second India Cohort of the Leadership Journey, a fully-funded leadership initiative designed to support women through the challenges and opportunities of advancing to senior leadership positions in global health. 

Aarti Kumar

CEO
Community Empowerment Lab

Aditi Pusalkar-Apte

Senior Medical Scientist
KEM Hospital Research Centre

Anagha Amte

Medical officer, Trustee
Lok Biradari Prakalp

Anu Oommen

Professor, Department of Community Health
Christian Medical College, Vellore

Anupama Jha

Program Director, Leadership Development
Piramal Foundation

Apoorva Sharan

Global Safety Expert- Noval Oral Poliovirus Vaccine Type 2
World Health Organization- Global Polio Eradication Initiative

Brunda Ganneru

Team Lead, Developmental Quality Control - Biology
Bharat Biotech International Limited

Farzana Islam

Professor & Head
Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences & Research (HIMSR), New Delhi

Hephsiba Korlapati

Joint Secretary
Government of Karnataka

Jayeeta Chowdhury

Program Director - India Health Fund & Lead - Strategic Health Initiative, Tata Trusts
Tata Trusts - India Health Fund

Jyoti Bajpai

Professor Medical Oncology
Tata Memorial Centre

Kajal Jain

Programme Coordinator, Health Programme
Mahila Sarvangeen Utkarsh Mandal (MASUM), Pune

Kusum Moray

Assistant Professor
Ashwini Rural Medical College Hospital and Research Center

Manisha Jain

Health Officer
UNICEF

Mansharan Seth

Deputy Director, SRHR and Maternal Health
Clinton Health access Initiative (CHAI India)

Neeta Rao

Senior Health Lead
United States Agency for International Development

Nemthianngai Guite

Associate Professor,
Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Netravathi M

Professor Of Neurology
National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences (NIMHANS)

Poulome Mukherjee

Surgical oncologist
Cachar cancer hospital and Research center

Prachi Deo

Executive Director
Nayi Disha Resource Centre

Pragati Hebbar

Faculty and DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance Early Career Fellow
Institute of Public Health Bengaluru

Pragyan Acharya

Additional Professor
All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Priyanka Sharma

State PMU Lead
KPMG India

Rohini Saran

Lead-Nutrition (South Asia Hub)
PATH

Roopa Hariprasad

Scientist E
ICMR-NICPR

Shalini Verma

Senior National Programme Manager - Monitoring and Evaluation
United Nations Development Programme

Shikha Malik

Senior Programme Manager
Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC)

Sonali Vaid

Co-founder and Director
Incluve Labs LLP

Tanya Seshadri

Director, Tribal Health Resource Centre
Vivekananda Girijana Kalyana Kendra

Vidhya Viswanathan

Deputy Director NCD and Research
Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine

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