Pankhuri Jain

Associate Consultant

India6 yrs 1 mo experience

Key Highlights

  • Expert in public health policy and maternal health.
  • Strong leadership in fostering collaboration among scholars.
  • Proven track record in evidence-based policy recommendations.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Healthcare and Education policy expert with a focus on community development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Policy Analysis And DevelopmentProject ManagementResearch And Development (r&d)LeadershipCommunity DevelopmentPolicy Advocacy And DevelopmentResearch And AnalysisAdministrationStrategic Leadership

Other Skills

Data VisualizationTeam BuildingEvent ManagementCultural competency and inclusivityStrategic Planning and Decision MakingStakeholder CollaborationLegislative Research and AnalysisParliamentary Procedure and Legislative DraftingStakeholder EngagementStrategic CommunicationsRegional ExpertiseLeadership and RepresentationStudent AdvocacyCollaboration and TeamworkOrganizational & Writing Skills

About

Pankhuri Jain is a public health policy professional committed to advancing equitable healthcare for marginalized communities. She currently serves as a Policy Design & Management Expert (Public Health) at the Asian Development Bank (ADB), where she contributes to health systems strengthening and evidence-informed program design. A Commonwealth Scholar, Pankhuri holds an MSc in Global Health Policy from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Her academic work explored community-driven approaches to improving maternal health in resource-limited settings. Previously, she worked as a World Bank Consultant in Meghalaya, supporting adolescent health initiatives and designing community-centered strategies to strengthen health systems. She began her career as a Legislative Assistant to a Member of Parliament, championing issues from India’s North-East and contributing to policy initiatives on health and urban development. Pankhuri also serves as the Commonwealth London Regional Network Coordinator, fostering collaboration and knowledge exchange among scholars across the UK. Her interests include maternal and child health, adolescent health, mental health, nutrition, and health systems policy, with a particular focus on India’s North-East and mountainous regions. She remains open to part-time and consulting opportunities that advance health equity and sustainable development.

Experience

6 yrs 1 mo
Total Experience
1 yr 1 mo
Average Tenure
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Current Experience

Asian development bank (adb)

Policy Design and Management Expert (Public Health)

Oct 2025Present · 7 mos · Meghalaya, India · On-site

  • Advancing Early Childhood Development (ECD) and maternal mental health reform in Meghalaya through rigorous policy inquiry and system diagnostics; forging multi-stakeholder alignment;
  • and translating evidence into a focused slate of actionable, implementation-ready recommendations.
Research and AnalysisPolicy Analysis and DevelopmentProject Management

Care policy and evaluation centre (cpec)

Research Scholar

Aug 2025Oct 2025 · 2 mos · London Area, United Kingdom · Remote

  • Contributing to the CASCID initiative under Prof. Martin Knapp, examining large-scale UK social care datasets through an equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) lens, auditing coverage and metadata quality, surfacing gaps and biases, and synthesizing actionable insights. The work informs evidence-based recommendations to advance inclusive data standards and strengthen policy decision-making.
Research and AnalysisResearch and Development (R&D)

Commonwealth scholarship commission in the uk

Commonwealth London Regional Network Coordinator

Oct 2024Oct 2025 · 1 yr · London Area, United Kingdom · Hybrid

  • Leading a region-wide scholar ecosystem spanning 20+ universities, designing and delivering five marquee programs that galvanize collaboration, accelerate knowledge exchange, and drive measurable outcomes.
LeadershipTeam BuildingCommunity DevelopmentEvent ManagementCultural competency and inclusivityStrategic Planning and Decision Making

The world bank

World Bank Consultant

Apr 2023Jul 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos · Shillong, Meghalaya, India · On-site

Project ManagementPolicy Analysis and DevelopmentStakeholder CollaborationCommunity DevelopmentAdministrationResearch and Development (R&D)

Prs legislative research

LAMP Fellowship

Jun 2022Apr 2023 · 10 mos · New Delhi

Legislative Research and AnalysisPolicy Advocacy and DevelopmentParliamentary Procedure and Legislative DraftingStakeholder EngagementStrategic CommunicationsRegional Expertise

Janaagraha centre for citizenship and democracy

Councillor Leadership Development Programme Intern

Sep 2021Oct 2021 · 1 mo

Community DevelopmentResearchStrategic CommunicationsStrategic Thinking

Indian school of public policy (ispp)

Academic Representative at Scholar Senate

Aug 2021Mar 2022 · 7 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India

Leadership and RepresentationStudent AdvocacyCollaboration and TeamworkOrganizational & Writing SkillsAdministrationProblem Solving+1

Praja foundation

Research Intern

Mar 2021Oct 2021 · 7 mos

Research and AnalysisCritical ThinkingReport WritingData Visualization

Department of political science, kirori mal college

2 roles

President

Sep 2020Aug 2021 · 11 mos

AdministrationStrategic LeadershipEvent ManagementTeam Coordination

Executive Board Member

Aug 2019Aug 2020 · 1 yr

AdministrationStrategic Leadership

Women empowerment cell, sahas, national service scheme, kirori mal college

Administrative Head

Aug 2020Aug 2021 · 1 yr · New Delhi, India

Community DevelopmentAdministrationStrategic Leadership

National service scheme

Public Relations and Administrative Volunteer

Aug 2018Jul 2020 · 1 yr 11 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India

AdministrationStrategic Leadership

The round table society, kirori mal college

Member

Aug 2018Jul 2019 · 11 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India

Strategic Leadership

Education

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Master of Arts - MA — Global Health Policy

Aug 2024Sep 2025

Indian School of Public Policy (ISPP)

Post Graduate Programme

Jul 2021Jul 2022

Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi

BA honours — Political Science

Jan 2018Jan 2021

Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls'​ School

Senior Secondary

Jan 2017Jan 2018

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