National Sickle Cell Anaemia Elimination Mission
India has one of the highest burdens of sickle cell disease in the world, but for decades it did not get much policy attention. Sickle cell disease is a genetic blood disorder wher
An insightful and holistic development practitioner with multi-sectorial insight. Strategist, researcher, evaluator, media-person, educationist, environmentalist, IT specialist, mathematician, marketer, anthropologist, musician, actor, script-writer and voice-artist with multi-faceted skills sets and professional experience in public, private, civil, media, academic and aesthetic sectors. Motivated towards designing, creating and implementing result oriented, scientifically consistent development paradigms, business strategies, media campaigns and information systems.
20 years as a multidisciplinary researcher, 14 years as a development policy planner, 16 years as a development project designer, 22 years as a corporate strategist, 14 years as a social business consultant, 8 years as a technology and tech-research mentor with multiple skills in areas that include development strategy, sectoral situational analytics, development sustainability and durability, monitoring & evaluation, conflict transformation, media leveraging, creative writing, training & education, development effectiveness, marketing strategy, energy activism, corporate governance, corporate strategy, disaster management, environment and resource conservation, climate change, sustainable agriculture strategies, appropriate technology, Information and Communications Technology, social business modeling, management capacity building, knowledge management, gender, early childhood education and development, cross-sectoral mapping, project design & programing and project management.
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India has one of the highest burdens of sickle cell disease in the world, but for decades it did not get much policy attention. Sickle cell disease is a genetic blood disorder wher
India has over 10.45 crore tribal people spread across more than 705 communities, most of whom live in or near forested areas. For these communities, Non-Timber Forest Produce (NTF
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At the historic joint inauguration of Bharat Innovates 2026 in Nice, France, Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered a resonant address that captured the global innovation spotlight
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