In-country staff

Dr Maia Japaridze joined FIND in February 2017 as HCV Project Manager in Tbilisi, Georgia. She received her Master’s in Medicine from Tbilisi State Medical University and did her residency in Gastroenterology, while studying to become a certified OB/GYN doctor.

Maia also worked with an American company as a Department of Defense contractor and was soon promoted to Supervisor, then HSE Manager of Health, Safety, and Environment of the department of LOGCAP III, Middle East project. She stayed in the project for six years before working as a doctor at the TMH medical clinic of the NATO airbase in Afghanistan.

After returning to Georgia, Maia worked as a technical specialist for US CDC supporting several projects in Tbilisi, Georgia, including a Hep C elimination project. She also assessed healthcare facilities, and did capacity assessments for screening, care and cure of Hep C in Georgia.

Contact: Maia.Japaridze@finddx.org

XiaoHui joined FIND in June 2018 as HCV Country Project Manager in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Together with in-country partners, she is responsible for implementing projects and studies to support the simplification and decentralization of HCV testing in Malaysia. These activities aim to influence national guidelines for an effective HCV public health approach in the nation.

XiaoHui is an infection biologist with over ten years of scientific and research project management experience in both microbiology and immunological research. She has worked with a wide variety of infectious diseases, including salmonellosis, melioidosis and candidiasis. She has also participated in multi-disciplinary projects and collaborations with an international pool of professionals.

XiaoHui holds a PhD (Medical Science) from Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden and a BSc (Biological Sciences) from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Prior to joining FIND, she did her postdoctoral training at the Singapore Immunology Network where she was the lead researcher studying the impact of host innate immunity on the evolution and adaptation of Candida albicans and understanding how strategies for evasion of immunity fuel rapid evolution in C. albicans.

Contact: xiaohui.sem@finddx.org

Juhi joined FIND in October 2020 as Access Officer on the Diagnostic Network Optimisation (DNO) Project and is based out of India. Her role entails overall project management and communications as well as supporting implementation of country pilots in Africa and South East Asia. She joins us from Roche Products India Pvt. Ltd where she supported their Access team in developing system strengthening initiatives in cancer care.

Prior to this, Juhi has worked extensively in public health, spanning issues such as Tuberculosis, Public Health Nutrition and the Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCH+A) continuum in strategy, advocacy and implementation. Juhi has a Master of Public Health (Social Epidemiology) from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. She enjoys hiking and reading.

Contact: Juhi.Gautam@finddx.org

Mayank joined FIND in October 2020 as Supply Chain Analyst on the Diagnostic Network Optimization (DNO) Project and is based out of Delhi, India. His role entails working with Government bodies and their affiliates towards improving access to diagnostic services and also improving cost and efficiency metrics in diagnostic supply chain networks. He is currently involved in supporting implementation of DNO pilots in Africa, South East Asia and South Asia.

Before joining FIND, Mayank worked with Chainalytics, a global supply chain consulting firm, and he has also worked with management consulting firms like EY, BCG. He has experience managing large supply chain, manufacturing transformation and optimization projects in India and USA. Mayank brings a global, multi-disciplinary experience, having worked across a wide range of industries and technologies. He has a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Delhi Technological University, Delhi.

Contact: Mayank.Pandey@finddx.org

Madhu graduated in Pharmacy, and earned her MBA in Supply Chain Management. She also earned a post-graduate diploma in Materials Management from the Indian Institute of Material Management, New Delhi, as well as a post graduate diploma in Banking & Finance.

Prakash joined FIND India in July 2017 and is currently Administrative Assistant (HR) for the TB-REACH project. Before this, he worked with PATH for eight years as Administrative Assistant for the operations team. Responsibilities included procurement, travel, conferences, inventory, security, fleet management, as well as the general maintenance of PATH facilities in India. He also assisted the Director Operations India with the day to day running of state offices, including supervision of support staff.

Prakash also worked with IUCN as Project Assistant, where he oversaw tasks for three projects. He also did a consultancy for ID Insight as supervisor on two projects.

Prakash is a management graduate from MD University, Rohtak and has a bachelor’s degree in commerce from Delhi University.

Contact: Prakash.Basnet@finddx.org

Dr Archana Beri joined FIND in January 2021 as Medical Officer. She is a Clinical Microbiologist trained in infectious diseases, laboratory medicine, and hospital and laboratory quality systems, with expertise in clinical research, public health development and health diplomacy. She brings with her more than 15 years’ experience in international health, programme management, laboratory diagnosis, clinical medicine and artificial intelligence in life sciences.

During a stint with the U.S. CDC, Dr Beri worked with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Govt of India, in laboratory and health systems strengthening for HIV reference labs. She played a key role in strategizing and implementing the multi-stakeholder ‘Cluster Strategy’ under PEPFAR for Maharashtra. Her work involved planning and implementation of CDC’s TB flagship program in India and HIV-TB coordination under NACO. She is a contributor to multiple national guidelines, including QMS and HIV testing under the National AIDS Control Program, MoHFW. Her work has added to CDC’s OneHealth and Zoonotic Disease prioritization efforts in India.

Dr Beri completed her MBBS from Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College & Sion Hospital, Mumbai, and received her MD in Clinical Microbiology from T.N.M.C & B.Y.L. Nair Hospital, Mumbai.

Contact: Archana.Beri@finddx.org

Shipra joined FIND India in  September 2018 as Microbiologist EQA based at ICELT-NTI, Bangalore.

Before joining FIND, she worked as Microbiologist & Quality Manager in the Advanced Research & TB Lab, SMS Medical College, Jaipur.

Shipra received her PhD in Life Sciences from the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. She has over 11 years of experience in the field of Tuberculosis R&D, as well as in chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). She also has published articles in both national and international journals.

Contact: Shipra.Bhargava@finddx.org

Aradhana joined FIND India in 2014 as a Regional Microbiologist under the EXPAND-TB project to provide technical support in the implementation of WHO approved newer diagnostics for TB drug resistance across the RNTCP network of Culture & DST labs in the western region of India.

She is currently working as Consultant Microbiologist for FIND India to provide technical and mentoring support to RNTCP Culture & DST labs across the country in their preparations for quality improvement processes for NABL Accreditation. Before joining FIND, She worked as Research Scientist-II in an ICMR Grade-I Virology Lab at SMS Medical College, Jaipur, established for surveillance and outbreak investigations of viral pathogens (Encephalitis, Hepatitis, Respiratory viruses etc.) in Rajasthan, India.

Aradhana earned a PhD in Bio-Medical Microbiology with her work on drug resistant tuberculosis at the National JALMA Institute for Leprosy & Other Mycobacterial Diseases (NJIL & OMD) and SN Medical College, Agra, India. She has more than 12 years of infectious disease research experience and gained most of her lab research experience working as a Senior Research Fellow and Research Associate in the department of Microbiology & Molecular Biology at NJIL & OMD and contributed to diversity of research projects including Molecular Epidemiology of Tuberculosis, Leprosy Genomics and Zoonotic TB.

Contact: Aradhana.Chauhan@finddx.org

Dr Sarabjit S Chadha joined FIND India in September 2018 as the Regional Technical Director, FIND for the India and South-East Asia region. He is a clinician by training, with over 15 years of experience in clinical and programmatic management of Tuberculosis (TB), including drug-resistant TB.

His other areas of expertise and interest are vector-borne diseases, infection control, and health system strengthening.

Dr Sarabjit provides technical assistance on the management of drug-resistant TB to several countries in the region, including Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, and Timor Leste. He also facilitates international courses on Clinical Management of Drug-Resistant TB; TB Prevention and Care; and TB Operational Research. He has over 40 publications in international peer-reviewed journals.

Contact: Sarabjit.Chadha@finddx.org

Suman joined FIND India as Administrative Assistant in August 2018 and is currently Procurement Assistant for the LAB project based in New Delhi. Prior to coming to FIND, she worked as Admin Assistant both at the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) and at PRAGYA India. She also worked with RITES Ltd as Procurement Assistant for medical goods for MoHFW, building her professional experience in pre- and post-contract work.

Suman received her degree from Delhi University and has more than 10 years of experience in administration and procurement.

Contact: Suman.Chauhan@finddx.org

Amit Das joined FIND India in January 2018. He has a Bachelor degree in Bio-Medical Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University, Karnataka. Prior to joining FIND, Amit was a part of AMS Solution, which is a private firm, mainly dealing with refurbished medical equipment, ranging from critical care equipment to heart-lung machines. He was posted as Bio-medical engineer for a project at Chhattisgarh State, in collaboration with EKAM foundation (NGO) for equipment maintenance of 13 State Neonatal Intensive Care Units.

Contact: Amit.Das@finddx.org

Charu Gogia received a Bachelor of Commerce from Delhi University and a diploma in e-accounting, finance, banking, e-taxation, payroll and SAP FICO from the Institute of Professional Accountants. Prior to joining FIND India in August 2018, Charu worked at NDA Securities Ltd as Account Executive and at Disha Media pvt Ltd as Assistant Accountant. She has experience in managing daily bank reconciliations, posting and balancing, day to day entries, ERP 9 and Sharepro software, preparation of vouchers, TDS computation and GST computation, among other skills.

Contact: charu.gogia@finddx.org

Vidyanidhi (Vidya) Gumma joined FIND India in 2011 as a consultant microbiologist while working at the State Reference TB Laboratory. He was involved in establishing BSLIII facilities and strengthening laboratory uptake of the new TB diagnostics for detecting TB/DRTB. Recently, he was involved in certification programmes and EQA activities for FIND Vietnam under the CDC CoAg. There he was responsible for various projects under EXPAND-TB, the Global Fund and CDC CoAg, with the aim to strengthen the National Tuberculosis Programme, and roll out QMS programmes (TB-SLMTA) in Vietnam.

Rishabh Jain joined FIND in February 2018 in the capacity of Administrative Support to Finance. Before Joining FIND, Rishabh worked with Surendra Subhash & Co., a mid-sized Chartered Accountants firm as an accounts assistant, later becoming an accounts executive. During his 5-year tenure at the company, Rishabh has gained extensive experience in accounting, which included monthly financial reporting, TDS returns, expense scrutiny, reconciliation of bank accounts, ledger balances, assisting with extensive audits, etc.

Rishabh is a graduate in Commerce from Delhi University. He has also received certification in Industrial Accounting from ICA.

Contact: Rishabh.Jain@finddx.org

Aakshi Kalra joined FIND in September 2016 as Project Coordinator under the paediatric CBNAAT project. In 2018, she became National Operations Manager for the JEET (Joint Effort for Elimination of Tuberculosis) project.

Before joining FIND, Aakshi worked with PATH, Institute of Economic Growth and AIIMS on various research projects. She has been the recipient of a Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst scholarship to do an internship at Bielefeld University, Germany. She has also worked as a UN online volunteer for the emancipation of women in Nigeria for which she received the President’s Volunteer Service Awards, U.S.

She holds a Bachelor degree in dentistry and a Masters in public health from Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences & Technology (SCTIMST), Kerala.

Contact: Aakshi.Kalra@finddx.org

Kritika joined FIND India in August 2020 as Communications Lead for the JEET project. She also lends support to the communications department at FIND headquarters.

Kritika has close to a decade’s experience as a development professional. An advocacy and communications specialist, she has extensive experience in building and implementing advocacy and communication projects on key social issues. Focus areas include tuberculosis (TB), TB and co-infections, malnutrition, maternal and child health, financial inclusion, sexual and reproductive health, and sanitation.

As a trained journalist, Kritika also has extensive experience in content strategy and media management. She has designed and implemented plans to reach policymakers and other target audiences to build communities of action and learning, both online and offline. An avid reader, she has strong research skills and is adept at capturing her findings on paper, tailoring them for a variety of audiences.

Kritika received her MBA in Communication Management from Symbiosis Institute of Media & Communication, Pune. She also has bachelor’s degree (Honours) in Journalism from University of Delhi.

Contact: Kritika.Kamthan@finddx.org

Dr DSA Karthickeyan is a Medical Doctor with an interest in Public health. He received his degrees in Medicine and Surgery from Stanley Medical College, Chennai, India. Karthickeyan also holds a Master’s degree in Public Health. He did his Fellowship in HIV Medicine jointly conducted by International Training Education Center on Health, University of Washington and CDC, Atlanta-USA at Government Hospital of Thoracic Medicine, Chennai, India.

Before joining FIND, Karthickeyan worked as a RePORT India Consortium Coordinator for Indo-US Vaccine Action Program. He also worked as Medical Consultant for the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program (RNTCP) Technical Support Network (TSN) for over five years in the states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Lakshadweep. He has implemented several innovative interventions for the improvement of TB patients in the state of Kerala, such as introducing the decentralised model of treatment for multi-drug resistant TB patients, providing nutritional support to MDR-TB and HIV co-infected patients, pilot testing the practical approach to the lung health initiative and TB-Diabetes coordination.

Karthickeyan is Founder and Chair of Academy for Public Health, a registered not-for-profit scientific organization headquartered in Calicut in the state of Kerala, India whose mission is to bring public health solutions to all.

Karthickeyan joined FIND as Medical Officer in July 2017 and is the Project Leader for Global Fund project management, monitoring and implementation, as well as coordinating with Central TB Division.

Contact: Dsa.Karthickeyan@finddx.org

Kanudeep Kaur joined FIND India in July 2019 as Project Coordinator, HCV Prison Project supported by a Gilead grant. She is based in Chandigarh, Punjab.

Kanudeep earned her Doctorate in Forensic Anthropology from the University of Delhi. She has been working in the field of Public Health for the past 10 years and for the last 3 years she has worked in close coordination with the Prison and Health Departments of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh as Project Coordinator. She’s been instrumental in shaping and streamlining HIV intervention in prisons and has also worked with UNODC, NACO, FHI, EHA, HIV/AIDS Alliance etc.

Contact: Kanudeep.Kaur@finddx.org

Sukhvinder Kaur did her schooling in office management stream. She then completed her Bachelor degree in Arts from Delhi University and also earned a Diploma in Office Management from YMCA, New Delhi.

Prior joining to FIND, Sukhvinder worked as Office Coordinator for a travel company for two years. She also has experience in customer support handling.

Sukhvinder joined FIND India as a Data Entry Operator in July 2016.

Contact: Sukhvinder.Kaur@finddx.org

Manpreet Kour joined FIND in October 2019 as Regional Bio-Medical Engineer. She has five years of experience in training, overhauling,  and installing lifesaving medical instruments like Anaesthesia, Ventilators, Monitors, Bi pap, Defibrillator Bio Safety Cabinets, AHU, as well as in demonstration and documentation relating to these instruments.
Manpreet received her Bachelor in Biomedical engineering from Deen Bandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Murthal.

Contact: Manpreet.Kour@finddx.org

Amit Kumar has six years’ experience in Customs Clearance and Logistics in the Health Care Industry. He joined FIND India in April 2012 as Logistics Assistant to support the FIND India Logistics Officer in all processes related to Procurement and Customs Clearance. In 2018, he became Senior Administrative Assistant–Store.

Contact: Amit.Kumar@finddx.org

Amit joined FIND in February 2021 as Data Entry Operator cum Admin for the LAB project funded by The Global Fund.

Amit graduated from Delhi University and has more than six years of experience in the field of IT, networking and digital marketing. Prior to joining FIND, he was working with Rightway Solutions (a Vodafone channel partner).

Contact: Amit.Singh@finddx.org

Mohit joined FIND in July 2019 as Regional Bio-Medical Engineer. He has five years of experience in training, repairing, and installation of life saving medical instruments like Anaesthesia, Ventilators, Bio Safety Cabinets, AHU, HIPEC, Rapid Infusion systems etc.

He has a deep understanding of the importance of biosafety, and his knowledge of electronics and standard testing instruments to maintain records is beneficial for engineering personnel when having to resolve unusual problems in system operation and maintenance. Mohit ensures personnel safety from an electrical, mechanical and biohazard perspective.

He received his Bachelor degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Uttar Pradesh Technical University.

Contact: mohit.rajput@finddx.org

Radhey earned a post-graduate diploma in human resources management from All India Management of Association (AIMA), New Delhi, and a post-graduate diploma in Print Journalism from YMCA, New Delhi. He has eight years of human resource management experience in different national and international humanitarian organizations, including recruitment, compensation and benefits, performance appraisal, organization development, capacity building, employee engagement, systems and policies, networking, employment law and legislation, and HR service delivery.

Prior to joining FIND in January 2016, Radhey worked as Manager, Human Resources & Administration at Handicap International (HI) – India Programme, and regional projects, Asia. He also worked at Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) in New Delhi as Executive Assistant HR.

Contact: Radhey.Mandal@finddx.org

Mugil joined FIND India in September 2019 as a consultant. In February 2021, he became Senior Clinical Research Associate. Mugil earned a Life Science degree from Delhi University, as well as an Advanced Certification in Clinical Research from the Institute of Clinical Research India (ICRI).

He is a Clinical Research professional with over 11 years of experience and has managed Phase 1-4 studies for multinational companies. So far, he has been part of over 80 clinical trials.

Contact: Mugil.Murya@finddx.org

Arman joined FIND India in 2008 as Data Entry Operator,  supporting day to day office functions. He is currently Data Entry Operator-Store under the Global Fund LAB grant and is based at the National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases (NITRD), Delhi.

Prior to joining FIND India, he worked for three years in Central TB Division, Ministry of Health Family Welfare. Arman has a diploma in Computer Science.

Jagadish Panda holds B. Tech Degree in Biomedical Engineering from Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Orissa. He has seven years of comprehensive experience and knowledge of customer support, testing, research, designing and coordination of project activities relating to laboratory upgrades.

Jagadish was associated with FIND India from April 2014 to November 2016 as Regional Biomedical Engineer (West). During this period, he did training on “Laboratory Management & Internal Audit as per ISO/IEC 17025:05”. In December 2016, Jagadish joined FIND India as Biomedical Engineer.

Prior to joining FIND, he worked with Medica Instrument Manufacturing Company, Mumbai as Customer Support Engineer, and was involved in servicing and managing medical equipment and interacting with the R&D team on new medical instruments.

Contact: Jagadish.Panda@finddx.org

Loganathan Prabakaran obtained his Masters degree in Medical Technology (M.Sc.) Microbiology from the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India and PhD degree in Microbiology and Molecular Biology from University of Madras. During this period he spent a year in Prof. William R. Jacob’s (Bill Jacob’s) laboratory at Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM), New York, USA where he developed the luciferace reporter phage (LRP) construct from the first lysogenic phage infecting M. tuberculosis.

Prior to joining FIND, Loganathan worked at Tuberculosis Research Centre, ICMR, Chennai, India for more than 25 years and was associated in various research activities of the Centre.

In 2008 he served as a FIND Consultant in Ethiopia, assisting in standardising and quality assuring TB Laboratory practice. In 2011, Loganathan joined FIND as Senior Microbiologist at the International Centre of Excellence in Laboratory Training at National Tuberculosis Institute, Bangalore, India. He has been actively involved in onsite training in LPA and liquid culture for sites in India and other South East Asian countries, using GLI-approved training modules, and has been involved in setting up LPA and LC laboratories in Bangladesh and Indonesia.

Contact: Prabakaranl@finddx.org

Akhil joined FIND India in September 2020 as a Research coordinator. His core interest lies in identifying pathways to global health challenges and contributing to their context adapted solutions using evidence and partnerships.

Since 2007, Akhil has been engaged in research through several international multi-center projects. His focus has primarily been on social, behavioral and genetic determinants, as well as burden of various non-communicable and communicable diseases, and quantitative analytical techniques. He was briefly engaged with Find India in their pediatric TB project on GeneXpert testing in 2019 as a content writer. Prior to joining FIND, he worked as a research associate with Public Health Foundation of India for their disease burden initiative aimed on evidence synthesis to inform policy.

Akhil completed his Bachelors in Dentistry from Kozhikode, Kerala, India, and MSc and PhD in craniofacial health sciences focused on life-course epidemiology and causal inference from McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Contact: Akhil.Soman@finddx.org

Anandita joined FIND India in August 2017 and is currently Administrative Assistant for the Delhi office. When she came to FIND, she worked for over two years as Admin Assistant under the WHO CBNAAT project.

Before joining FIND, Anandita was Assistant Manager-Operations at IBM where she headed a team that provided off-shore services to United Airlines in the US.

She holds a post graduate degree in Project Management and a degree in English Literature (with Honours).

Contact: Anandita.Rajput@finddx.org

Sumit Rana completed his Bachelor degree in Commerce from Delhi University. Prior to joining FIND India, he had four years’ experience in Custom Clearance and Logistics in the health care industry. Sumit joined FIND India in June 2012 as Data Entry Operator–Logistics to support all processes related to procurement and customs clearance. In 2018, he took on the position of Administrative Assistant–Logistics.

Contact: Sumit.Rana@finddx.org

Velidi Nageswara Rao joined FIND India as State Operations Manager for Andhra Pradesh under the Global Fund-supported JEET (Joint Effort for Elimination of Tuberculosis) project. He has both a Bachelor and a Master’s degree in social work and Human Resources Development. In addition to these, he received diplomas in Para Medical Workers’ Training and in NGO Management. Mr. Rao has over 22 years of experience managing public health and development projects involving all human resources, partners, vehicles, logistics, organizational assets, and more.

Prior to joining FIND India in April 2018, Mr. Rao worked as Project Coordinator and as Project Officer for Leprosy, Malaria and Filaria, LEPRA Society in Odisha, as well as for the Emmaus Swiss Leprosy and Tuberculosis project in Karnataka. He trained more than 1000 health personnel in soft skills related to TB control, and led the team and partners to develop and institutionalize standards, guidelines, processes, procedures and protocols. He successfully completed the evaluation and project completed report of United Andhra Pradesh Counsellors Project on HIV/AIDS. Mr. Rao contributed to the research and publication of a study on Integration of Leprosy Services into Primary Health Care in Orissa, India. Additionally, he is part of operational research on Tuberculosis in private sector notification and school research on TB awareness.

Contact: vnageswara.rao@finddx.org

Stander joined FIND India in December 2020 and is currently working as Logistics Assistant in the LAB project based in New Delhi

Stander has 9 years of logistics experience. Prior to joining FIND India, he worked  with Doctors without Borders/MSF India as Logistics Supervisor where his work mainly focused on sourcing/procurement, material planning/inventory management, logistics, fleet and stores management, etc. Before that, he was associated with organizations like Handicap International and Spanish Red Cross. He has experience in supply chain management and other logistics-related planning and implementation.

Stander graduated from Shobhit University, Meerut Uttar Pradesh.

Contact: Stander.Rawat@finddx.org

Kiran Kumar Reddy joined FIND in April 2018 as State Operations Manager for Telangana under the JEET (Joint Effort for Elimination of Tuberculosis) project. He is currently State PPM Lead for JEET, based in Hyderabad.

Kiran has close to 16 years’ experience in the public health and development sectors. He served in various positions as Technical Consultant, Assistant Programme Officer, Programme Manager, Data Manager, Project Manager on different projects with UNICEF, UNDP, Global Fund and CHAI,  especially for Mother & Child intervention, HIV, leprosy, immunisation, diabetes and tuberculosis.

Prior to joining FIND, Kiran was working with The Union as Technical Consultant under the AXSHYA project.

Kiran has a Master of Public Health and a Master in Social Work

Contact: GCKiran.Reddy@finddx.org

Before joining FIND in February 2018 as Administrative Assistant for Logistics, Sohail lived in Kathmandu for four years to complete his schooling at Modern Indian School, later graduating from Delhi Institute in Hotel Management.

Contact: Sohail.S@finddx.org

Dr Tarak Shah joined FIND in 2012 and is currently working as Medical Officer, supporting initiatives to increase access to TB diagnostics in India.

In this capacity, Tarak has led several lab strengthening projects, including establishing TB Culture and DST laboratories; implementing Laboratory Information Management System; effecting external quality assurance for GeneXpert testing; strengthening quality management systems for TB Labs to achieve ISO 15189 accreditation; capacity building of laboratory staff for management; and developing e-training content and demonstration videos on various diagnostics tests for training laboratory staff.

Prior to joining FIND, he worked with WHO and CDC on TB and HIV. He has over 18 years of public health experience in TB diagnostics, antimicrobial resistance, HIV, and health systems strengthening.

Tarak earned an MBBS from Seth GS Medical College, Mumbai and an MD in Preventive and Social Medicine from TN Medical College, Mumbai.

Contact: tarak.shah@finddx.org

Dr Shubhada Shenai joined the FIND team as Medical Officer in July 2017. She has more than 15 years of experience in the field of TB diagnostics. She is responsible for managing, monitoring, and implementing clinical diagnostic studies including evaluation of new technologies/products in India. She is also supporting FIND in developing and strengthening sustainable TB lab network in India through various team activities like LIMS, E-training, EQA program for GeneXpert, providing technical guidance for ISO 15189 accreditation etc.

Shubhada’s research interests are mainly focused on advanced diagnostic tools/biomarkers for rapid detection of infectious diseases, especially TB; optimizing therapy by identifying drug-resistant patterns and tracking the spread of infectious diseases in the community. She holds a PhD in Applied biology from P.D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre, University of Mumbai. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, NJ, USA. She is recipient of multiple awards (including 3 gold medals) in her academic life with strong publication and presentation record. Prior to joining FIND she worked as a Research Scientist at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, NJ, USA and as an Application Support Manager at Labindia Healthcare Pvt, Ltd. India.

Contact: Shubhada.Shenai@finddx.org

Tajamul Showket is a Biology graduate from University of Kashmir. He has eight years of experience working with a diplomatic mission in New Delhi as Coordinator Admissions, thereby gaining knowledge of working with government agencies and educational establishments. Prior to that he worked with a handicraft manufacturing company as Manager – sales and manufacturing – where he learnt the basics of supply chain management. Taj speaks six languages.

Deepak joined FIND India in June 2018 as Deputy Finance Officer. He earned his MBA in Finance and received an intermediate Chartered Accountant certificate from ICAI.

Prior to joining FIND, Deepak worked as Technical Advisor-Grants for The Union South East Asia Office and helped manage the Global Fund grant. His other assignment include working with Save the Children – National Office in New Delhi as Finance Coordinator where he managed several national and international grants. His experience includes internal financial systems, partnership data base management, managing internal, statutory & donor audits, supervision of accounting and book keeping, among other expertise.

Contact : Deepak.Singh@finddx.org

Hemant joined FIND India in January 2021 as Admin Assistant, Finance, for the Global Fund supported LAB project based in New Delhi.

Hemant received his MBA in Finance from Sikkim Manipal University, Delhi and his Bachelor of Commerce from Delhi University. He has 10 years of experience in Finance and Accounting. Prior to joining FIND India, he worked as Finance Officer at the Association for Stimulating Know-how (ASK) & AT-GRASSROOTS SOCIETY (ATG), Gurugram. He also worked as a Senior Accounts Officer at Pragati Development Consulting Services Ltd, Noida.

Contact: Hemant.Singh@finddx.org

Sunita joined FIND India in 2019 as a Clinical Research Associate. She has over 10 years’  experience in the field.
Prior to joining FIND, she managed phase 2-4 studiesfor various therapeutic indications for MNCs and national companies.
She has good knowledge of New Drugs and Clinical Trial Rules, ICMR Guidelines, ICH GCP (E6 R2) Guidelines and others.
Sunita has a Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Research Management from ICRI (India) and an MSc in Clinical Research from Cranfield University (U.K.).

Contact: Sunita.Singh@finddx.org

Pooja earned a post-graduate diploma in Operation Management from IMT and a Master degree in Biomedical Instrumentation from Birla Institute of Technology, Jharkhand.Pooja has over eight years of experience in medical equipment planning and management.

Prior to joining FIND, she has worked with Artemis Health Institute, Delhi and Fortis Healthcare Limited in Delhi, where she was responsible for planning and management of medical devices. She also gained experience with quality control protocols of the National Accreditation Board for Hospital & Healthcare Providers (NABH), and carried out administrative duties in addition to her other tasks. She received a Best Performer award from NABH in 2010.

Pooja holds a certification in World Bank Public Procurement and is a certified master expert for technical testing of microscopes.

Pooja joined FIND India as Biomedical Engineer in February 2011.

Contact: Pooja.Srivastava@finddx.org

Shirly joined FIND India in December 2018 as Senior Lab Technician under the CDC PATH project.

Before joining FIND, Shirly worked at St Johns Hospital, Bangalore as Clinical Associate following a stint as Research Associate at Christian Medical College and Hospital in Vellore.

She earned her MSc in Applied Microbiology from the Vellore Institute of Technology and is currently pursuing her PhD in Mycobacteriology from the Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University in Chennai.

Contact: Shirly.Suzana@finddx.org

Aju has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Delhi University, a diploma in Banking and Finance from IIBF, and an MBA in Finance from Amity University. He has also received a certification of financial advisor and a second one of mortgage advice and practice.

Dr Anjana Tomar joined FIND in 2019 and is currently Project Coordinator of the AMR Dx Accelerator project in India. She is a public health professional with 8 years of experience, ranging from clinical to non-clinical interventions, in different health establishments.

During her professional engagement, she has worked with a variety of stakeholders including the government, private agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), clinical research organizations (CROs) and communities living in remote areas. Anjana has worked on national-scale projects for TB, AMR, and child health and nutrition, all projects that have contributed to health system strengthening.

Anjana received her medical degree in Ayush from the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Science in Karnataka and post-grad work in Hospital and Health Management from the International Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR) in Delhi.

Contact: Anjana.Tomar@finddx.org

Setu joined FIND in 2018 and is currently working as  Regional Biomedical Engineer.

He has experience working in TB labs as a Biomedical Engineer and Radiation Safety Officer.

Contact: Setu.Verma@finddx.org

Pramod did his post graduate degree in management, with a focus on Human Resources and Information Technology. He has over 12 years of experience in these fields.

Before joining FIND India in May 2018, Pramod worked with international NGOs such as CARE, ActionAid, and Population Services International where he was responsible for various HR functions such as recruitment, onboarding, performance management system processes, employee engagement, training and development, compensation management, and contract management, among others. He is also has over three years of Human Resource Information Systems implementation experience and is a certified HR Analytics Professional.

Contact: Pramod.Vishwakarma@finddx.org