I am a management graduate and currently working as Team Leader, Technical Support Unit of National AIDS Control Organization, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India. Over the past fourteen years, as the Team Leader of TSU, I have played an instrumental role in providing program planning, implementation, and management support to the State AIDS Control Societies of Punjab, Haryana, and Chandigarh. In this position, I have contributed to the expansion of Targeted Intervention program among High Risk Group Population for prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS across the State including initiation of Opioid Substitution Treatment for PWID across several settings including government hospitals, NGOs and in the community.
I had the opportunity to play an instrumental role in initiatives taken to improve the quality of HIV prevention services such as the development of standardized material for capacity building, standard operating procedures etc. I also have experience of implementing community-based research studies among marginalized population groups including substance users. I have conducted assessments of programs being implemented among drug dependents; data resulted in a better understanding of the programmatic gaps and areas in service delivery that need to be strengthened.
In partnership with All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), I have coordinated research studies conducted in Northern region of India to estimate the number of substance using population. In addition, I have successfully handled research projects in partnership with National AIDS Control Organisation, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, State AIDS Control Society and Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India.