The India HPSR Fellowship Program, launched in 2020, is a flagship initiative designed to build the capacity of researchers and practitioners from diverse disciplinary backgrounds in Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR / IPHSR). It seeks to strengthen health systems in India by producing actionable evidence to influence health policy, which can lead to better health outcomes. The program also aims to establish a network of HPSR / IPHSR experts across academic, research, and policy settings both nationally and internationally.
Akanksha Sonal | Asst Professor, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow |
Anika Juneja | PhD Fellow, Institute of public health Bengaluru, Karnataka |
Ankita Mukherjee | Qualitative Reseacher, George Institute for Global Health, India, Delhi |
Antony Stanley | Senior Research Officer, Regional Technical Resource Centre for HTA, AMCHSS, SCTIMST, Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, SCTIMST, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala |
Anuj Ghanekar | Social Anthropologist, Independent Researcher, Gujarat |
Deepak Kumar Behera | Asst Professor, RMIT International University Vietnam |
Deepshikha Chhetri | Consultant, Samagra Transforming Governance, Mewat, Haryana |
Gitismita Naik | Assistant Professor, Community Medicine, AIIMS Kalyani, AIIMS Kalyani, West Bengal |
Harsha Joshi | Program Officer, Johns Hopkins India Private limited, Delhi |
Jithesh V | Executive Director, State Health Systems Resource Centre Kerala |
Mintu Moni Sarma | Program In-charge, The Ant Org, Assam |
Ponnambilly Chandy | Asst Professor, Sathyabama College of Nursing, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
Rekha M Ravindran | Superintendent, DH Nedumangad,Trivandrum, Kerala |
Sabu K U | Post-doctoral fellow IPH, Bangalore, Karnataka |
Tanu Anand | Scientist E, ICMR Headquarters Delhi |
14 fellows of Cohort 3 have entered its implementation phase. The completion and submission of these research studies are expected by late 2025.
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