Apr 2025 – Jan 2026 · 9 mos · India · On-site

Jan 2024 – Mar 2025 · 1 yr 2 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India · On-site

• Technical support to Central TB Division (MoHFW) in development of Protocol, Operational guidelines, Learning Resource Packages and advocacy materials, logistic management of consumables and capacity building of States for Adult BCG Vaccination study, Liasioning with multiple stakeholders involved in the study (ICMR, Line ministries, UNDP, WHO), Technical assistance in development of TB-WIN, Ni-kshay module and SAFEVAC software, Development of technical dossiers for several scientific deliberations and conferences on international platforms.

Jul 2022 – Jan 2024 · 1 yr 6 mos · Delhi, India · On-site

Sep 2018 – Jul 2022 · 3 yrs 10 mos · Mumbai

• Saksham Pravaah is a TISS, Mumbai project that has been implementing counselling services for Drug Resistant (DR) TB patients in collaboration with the Mumbai District Tuberculosis (TB) Control Society (MDTCS). The programme supported by the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria was initiated in August 2014 as an extension of the HIV counselling capacity building initiative. Based on the experience of Mumbai, Saksham in partnership with the Central TB Division (CTD), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has scaled up this project to the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Karnataka. The Major goals of this project are to
• 1. To strengthen Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka and Rajasthan state’s TB prevention, treatment and care programme through psycho-social counselling services including HIV counselling, testing and treatment initiation for Drug Resistant TB patients.
• 2. To improve treatment adherence among DR TB patients through counselling and by linking them with required social protection services.
• I work as a Program Manager for the state of Maharashtra. I manage a team of 106 counselors and 6 Program Officers across the state and responsible for monitoring of counseling activities, training of counselors and data management

Feb 2014 – Aug 2020 · 6 yrs 6 mos · India

• My doctoral work involved needs assessment of primary caregivers of children with locomotor and intellectual disability. It was a mixed methods study where needs of caregivers and public heath and social sector services responsible for the needs were determined using in depth interviews.

Sep 2013 – Jan 2014 · 4 mos · Maharashtra, India

• Title of the project was reversing son preference: A study of role of contributory factors. It involved
• 1. In-depth interviews and Focus Group Discussions in three districts namely Kolhapur. Ratnagiri and Mumbai suburban to identify the facilitating factors for reversing son preference
• 2. Transcription and translation of interviews

Feb 2013 – Sep 2013 · 7 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

• Handled two projects:
• 1. Evaluation of Special newborn care units in Maharashtra in collaboration with State Health systems resources centre (SHSRC) Maharashtra and National health systems resources centre (NHSRC)- Delhi
• 2. Study of respiratory and cardiovascular health of people living in Chandrapur district with State Health systems resources centre (SHSRC), Maharashtra, India
• Key responsibilities
• 1. Research protocol development
• 2. Designing of data collection tools
• 3. Training of community health workers
• 4. Data collection and analysis
• 5. Monitoring

Jun 2011 – Oct 2012 · 1 yr 4 mos · Gadchiroli

• key roles:
• 1. Designing model comprehensive malaria control program for 45 tribal villages
• 2. Qualitative research in malaria, stroke and diabetes
• 3. A project on malaria in collaboration with Harvard medical school
• 4. A project under ITDP ( Integrated tribal development plan) on bed net distribution
• Training experience
• 1. Preparation of training manuals and modules on malaria for community health workers in Gadchiroli
• 2. Facilitation of training of health workers and health supervisors