WHO India Staff

WHO India Staff and Consultants

Dr Sangay Thinley	Ag. WHO Representative to India
Dr Yonas Tegegn	Scientist (Public Health Administrator)
Mr Pradeep Diwan	NPO - Administration
Ms Indrani Dasgupta	Assistant to WHO Representative to India

Core Programme Clusters

Communicable Diseases and Disease Surveillance (CDS)

Dr Sampath K. Krishnan	Cluster Focal Point – Communicable Diseases and Disease Surveillance
Dr Reuben Samuel	TNP – Epidemiology
Dr Ritu Singh Chauhan	TNP (Microbiology)
Dr Anuj Sharma	TNP (Lab. Surveillance)
Dr H.K. Pradhan	National Consultant (Avian Influenza)

Field Epidemiology Training Programme (FETP)


Family and Community Health (FCH)

Dr Paul P Francis	Ag. Cluster Focal Point – Family and Community Health (FCH) &
	NPO – (Medical Epidemiology) - Norway India Partnership Initiative (NIPI)
Dr Subodh Gupta	TNP – Child Health & Development
Dr Nidhi Chaudhary	TNP – Nutrition for Health Development
Dr Kiran Sharma	TNP – Adolescent Health and Development
Dr Sunanda Gupta	TNP – Making Pregnancy Safer and Reproductive Health
Dr Archana Chowdhury	National Consultant – Norway India Partnership Initiative (NIPI)

Non Communicable Diseases and Social Determinants of Health (NDS)

Dr J.S. Thakur	Cluster Focal Point – Non Communicable Diseases and Social Determinants of Health
Dr Kumar Rajan	National Consultant – Non Communicable Diseases and Social Determinants of Health
Dr A N Sinha	National Consultant – Injury Prevention & Rehabilitation
Dr Atreyi Ganguli	Cluster Assistant – Non Communicable Diseases and Social Determinants of Health

Health Systems Development (HSD)

Mr Sunil Nandraj	Cluster Focal Point – Health Systems Development
Ms Anagha Khot	TNP – Health Systems and Human Resources
Dr Madhur Gupta	TNP – Essential Drugs and Medicines
Dr Dinesh Chand Katoch	National Consultant – Traditional Indian Medicine & Homeopathy
Ms Shweta Bhardwaj	Cluster Assistant - Health Systems Development

E-Health
Vacant	TNP – e-Health

Sustainable Development and Healthy Environment (SDE)

Vacant	Cluster Focal Point – Sustainable Development and Healthy Environment

Health Action in Crisis (HAC)

Vacant	Focal Point – Health Action in Crisis
Mr Himanshu Sekhar Pradhan	National Consultant HAC

Immunization and Vaccine Development (IVD)

Dr Paul P Francis	NPO – Medical Epidemiology

Special Programmes

National Polio Surveillance Project (NPSP) & Universal Immunization/Routine Immunization

Dr Hamid Jafari	Project Manager (Medical Officer) – Epidemiology
Ms Virginia Swezy	Technical Officer (Operations)
Dr Stephen Sosler	Technical Officer ( Routine Immunization and Measles)

Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP)

Vacant	NPO – Focal Point (TB)
Vacant	Medical Officer – Tuberculosis
Mr Avijit Home Choudhury	Assistant – Statistics
Mr Pankaj Bhawnani	Assistant – Programme and Budget
Ms Tara Narayanan	Clerk
Mr Sandeep Gera	Clerk – Accounts
Mr H W John	Driver
Consultants in Delhi: 10

HIV/AIDS

Dr Po-Lin Chan	Medical Officer – HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment Scale-up
Dr D C S Reddy	TNP – HIV/AIDS (Monitoring and Evaluation)
Dr B B Rewari	National Consultant – HIV Anti Retroviral Treatment (ART), Care and Support
Dr Debashish Gupta	National Consultant – Blood Safety
Dr Suresh K Mohammed	National Consultant – AIDS Control Programme
Dr Partha Haldar	National Consultant – Epidemiology and Surveillance
Ms Natasha Dawa	National Consultant – HIV and Young People
Ms Nanda Paithankar	Data Manager
Mr Surendra Verma	Driver
Project Consultants in States: ART Support: 1

Leprosy Elimination

Dr Indranath Banerjee	TNP – Leprosy & Neglected Tropical Diseases
Mr Kamaraj A Devapitchai	National Consultant – Rehabilitation and Social Perspectives for Leprosy
Ms Edlin Jash	National Consultant – (Social Sciences – Leprosy and Vector Borne Diseases)

Tobacco Free Initiative
Ms Vineet Gill Munish	NPO – Tobacco Free Initiative
Ms Pooja Gupta	Assistant

Malaria & Vector Borne Diseases (VBD)
Dr A Gunasekhar	TNP – Malaria & VBD

Public Information & Advocacy
Ms Shamila Sharma	TNP (Public Information and Advocacy)

Core Administrative and Finance Staff

Mr S K Sharma	NPO – Planning & Monitoring
Dr Gurusharan Singh	Assistant – Programme
Mr T. Gangadharan	Assistant – Programme
Mr Deepak Sharma	Assistant – Accounts
Mr Mukesh Sabharwal	Assistant – Fellowship
Mr Mohammad Naseem	Assistant – IT
Ms Swati Thakur	Assistant – IT
Mr Jagtar Singh	Assistant – Supplies
Mr Akhil Kumar	Assistant – Accounts
Ms Poonam Mehra	Assistant – Accounts
Ms Poonam Sood	Assistant – Accounts
Mr Arvind Singh Negi	Clerk – Finance
Mr Subhash C. Batheja	Clerk – Administration
Ms Priya Kapur	Receptionist
Ms Mily A. Sharma	Clerk
Ms Mansi Bali	Receptionist
Ms Malu Bhatia	Clerk
Ms Niti Ghai	Clerk(Accounts)
Ms Jyoti Saxena	Secretary
Ms Shabana Khan	Clerk
Mr Avadesh Kumar	System Administrator – Information Technology

Drivers & Messengers

Mr Ashok Kumar	Driver
Mr Jacob Dass	Driver
Mr Bharat Singh	Driver
Mr Arokia Dass Joseph	Driver
Mr Dilip Kumar	Driver
Mr Satish Kumar	Messenger
Mr Mahesh Sharma	Janitor

	NPO = National Professional Officer
	TNP = Temporary National Professional