Saveetha

Saveetha
Senior Scientist
saveetha.m@tigs.res.in

Education

PhD Sociology, University of Delhi, 2017 (Fellow “Differential Immunization rates between Global North and South”-SUM MEDIC Project, University of Oslo)
M.A. Social Work, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, 2008

Experience

Visiting Scholar Institute for Practical Ethics, University of California, San Diego, USA, 2019-2021
Regional Manager (South Asia), Disaster Programs Lead (Global), Disaster Manager (Global), India Consultant at Give2Asia, 2015-2019
Assistant Professor (UGC Scale), St. Joseph’s College, Bengaluru, 2013-2014
UGC-DAAD Researcher- Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Munich, Germany, 2012
SUM MEDIC Fellow, University of Oslo, Norway, 2011
Program Development Manager– ICICI Centre for Child Health and Nutrition, (ICICI Foundation), Pune, India, 2008-2011

Expertise

Social Science Research –Mixed Methods, In-depth Ethnographies, Case Studies, FGDs
Community Engagement
Action Research Projects
Participatory Rural Appraisal
Grant Writing, Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation

Areas of interest

Publications

Bioethics in the Contemporary Global Paradigm. IJELLH. Vol. IV (Issue VII). July 2016.
Disaster Preparedness and the Power of Local Leadership. January 2017. Asian Venture Philanthropy Network
(with Unni Gopinathan et.al) Advancing health by enhancing capabilities: An agenda for equitable global governance. UiO Institute of Health and Society. 26 May 2014
(with Unni Gopinathan et.al) Rethinking the foundations of global governance for health: the youth response. The Lancet. 383: e169 e17. 31 May 2014
(with Unni Gopinathan et.al) The political origins of health inequity: the perspective of the Youth Commission on Global Governance for Health. The Lancet.383: e129 e13. 15 Feb 2014

Awards and Affiliations

India Representative of The Lancet University of Oslo, Youth Commission on Global Governance for Health, 2012-2014