Centre for Enquiry Into Health and Allied ThemesTRUSTEES
The Trustees of the Anusandhan Trust constitute the governing board of CEHAT. The Trustees are responsible for the overall vision and mission of CEHAT and provide guidance, act as a sounding board and the final authority for the redressal of grievances, and intervene if there is a crisis. Similarly individual Trustees involve themselves with the work of CEHAT which is of direct interest to them and also provide advice and guidance to the researchers and administration when called upon to do so.
Amar Jesani(Managing Trustee): Graduate in Medicine. Has been involved for almost two decades in social science health research with experience in trade unions, working class and human rights association. Founder Coordinator of CEHAT from 1994-1999 was also Coordinator of, Centre for Studies in Ethics and Rights(CSER) which is a centre of Anusandhan Trust.
Dhruv Mankad : Graduate in medicine. A leading spokesperson on Primary Health care in Maharashtra. He was Director of VACHAN, a Nashik based NGO, for nine years. Presently working with the Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial Open University, and with VACHAN as its Acting Director.
Manisha Gupte: Masters in Microbiology. A leading spokesperson at the National Level on Women's Rights and Women's Health Issues. A founder trustee of MASUM, the grassroots-level woman centered development organisation based in Pune.
Mohan Deshpande: Graduate in Medicine. Involved for more than two decades in School Health Education and Training of Village Health Workers, grass root activists especially on Health-Communication.
Nobhojit Roy: Master in Surgery. Head, Department of Surgery, Hospital of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai and Web-Editor, Indian Journal of Medical Ethics, Mumbai.
Padma Prakash: Doctorate in Sociology,Specialistion in sociology of medicine and health, sociology of sports, academic journalist, women's rights and health activist, is Editor/Director, eSocialSciences, an Asia focused repository and publication space, a unit of IRIS Knolwedge Foundation. She was formerly Acting Editor/Associate Editor, Economic and Political Weekly.
Padmini Swaminathan: Doctorate in Economics,her research areas are Industrial Organization, Labour and Employment, Occupational Health, Education and Skill Development - From a Gender perspective. Currently Professor, Reserve Bank of India Chair in Regional Economics at the Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Ravi Duggal:Masters in sociology. Health researcher, and activist,pioneered work in health economics. Has worked with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi and was the country coordinator of SWISSAID.He was Coordinator of CEHAT from 1999-2005.Presently involved in supporting Action Aid International partners in a multi-country initiative in South and South-east Asian countries on economic literacy and budgets and the International Budget Partnership with health budget related research and training worldwide.
Vibhuti Patel: Doctorate in Economics. Women's rights, and social activist. Has made important contribution to Women's Studies and gender Economics. Presently, Professor and Head Dept. of Economics, SNDT University Mumbai.