The Leadership

With specific expertise in policy advocacy and health systems strengthening Dr. Patil has been working in the field of social development for 24 years and has led several large-scale projects. She has worked with the World Bank, the EU, the British High Commission (DFID), the UN agencies and various national and international development partners. As a researcher, Dr. Patil has been a Principle Investigator for a number of research studies in India, Nepal, Bangladesh & the UAE, specifically in the domain of RMNCAH, Neglected Tropical Diseases, and Non-Communicable Diseases. Dr. Patil has authored various national and international reports, policy documents, articles and publications with Government of India and international organizations specifically on Health Systems, RMNCAH and Urban Health, with national and international journals like ‘Journal of Perinatology and ‘Indian Journal of Medical Ethics’. She has authored two academic books: 1.Communication Strategies in Reproductive Health; and 2.Body image, human reproduction and birth control – a tribal perspective.

As technical health specialist Dr. Pathak has contributed to large scale, multi-country, global health programs like MCHIP and MCSP and global health platforms like ‘Call to Action’ forending preventable maternal and child death and ‘Partnership for Maternal Newborn and ChildHealth’. He is well versed in addressing implementation level challenges both at the communityand facility levels so as to ensure effective program outcomes. With more than 16 years of workexperience, he brings in a skill-mix of teaching, training and mentoring on health systems,service provision, and thematic subjects.

A healthcare specialist with more than 20 years of experience, Dr. Gautam has a strong acumenof attaining balance between Public Health programs and the value addition private health carebrings in. Having played an instrumental role in developing & designing implementation oflarge-scale public health programs from local to national level, he is a strategist at heart andhence provides strategic advice and support in orienting, mentoring and capacitating publichealth professionals, health systems staff, service providers and field support staff. He brings incore expertise for key thematic areas of RMNCH+A, HIV and NCDs.

A public health specialist with 18 years of techno-managerial experience, Dr. Bhadouria bringsin expertise for implementing multi-sectoral programs right from grass root level. He hasworked with WHO, UNICEF and many other national and international developmentorganizations. He has contributed to many health care innovations in the country including thatof Special Newborn Care Units; Model Maternity Wings; Integrated Paediatric Units; FRUoperationalization; and Nutritional Rehabilitation Centres. His technical skill-set pertain toMNCH, Nutrition and HIV/AIDS.