BBN, the first birth network in India, is a mission-driven organisation to empower them with evidence-based information and greater agency for respectful and compassionate care. We connect women to information, professionals and peer support through social media, events, and intervention research in poorer communities and in government hospitals. BBN has partnerships with childbirth and lactation specialists and organizations, other non-profits and birth networks, and institutions undertaking… Show more BBN, the first birth network in India, is a mission-driven organisation to empower them with evidence-based information and greater agency for respectful and compassionate care. We connect women to information, professionals and peer support through social media, events, and intervention research in poorer communities and in government hospitals. BBN has partnerships with childbirth and lactation specialists and organizations, other non-profits and birth networks, and institutions undertaking research and services in maternal and newborn care, such as the University of Central Lancashire (UK), the International Mother-Baby-Child Organization and the 12 Steps of the International Mother-Baby-Child Initiative. • Mentoring and advising a research team in partnership with the University of Central Lancashire (UK) • Co-developed an independent birth centre • Rapidly developed a pan-India MotherChild COVID-19 Helpline with a robust volunteer base• Development of a business model for counselling and support to pregnant, birthing, postpartum persons and consultancy for evidence-based care for maternal and newborn services for hospitals Show less

Research and advocacy in maternal and newborn health, early child malnutrition, quality of care and the social determinants of health. State working group of the People's Health Movement - Jan Swasthya Abhiyan, formerly called Jaanarogya Andolan Karnataka.

A start-up in Bangalore, India for integrated pregnancy, birth and postpartum care for women and newborns, promoting a midwifery approach to care. The Birth Home provides care from some of the best practitioners in Bangalore for childbirth education, pregnancy and postpartum physiotherapy, lactation and breastfeeding, birth planning and birth care, postpartum support for women and newborns.

• Lead qualitative global review of Rotary International development projects in India.

• Analyzed and developed district approaches to monitoring the misuse of pre-conception and pre-natal diagnostics techniques in fetal sex selection and a declining sex ratio

Research lead in the quality of maternal, newborn, and child health in the cross-sectional, cohort and longitudinal studies. Areas of research included: a study of morbidity and care-seeking in pregnancy, birth and postpartum; a longitudinal study of growth and infant feeding; adolescent health, work, and well-being.• Lead maternal and child health research projects with WHO, UNICEF, and the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences