Working towards universal health access in India

Speaker: Prof. Shamika Ravi

About the speaker

Dr. Shamika Ravi is a Nonresident Senior Fellow of the Governance Studies Program at the Brookings Institution Washington D.C. She was the former Director of Research at Brookings India and her research focuses on economics of development including areas of finance, health, urbanization and gender inequality. Dr. Ravi is a visiting professor of Economics at The BITS School of Management and The Indian School of Business where she teaches courses in Managerial Economics (Game Theory) and Microfinance. She was also a member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India. Ravi publishes extensively in peer-reviewed academic journals and writes regular opinion pieces in newspapers (English and Hindi) for the wider audience of public policy. Her research work has been featured and frequently cited by leading global media outlets, as well as national and regional newspapers and magazines across India in different languages.

This session is a part of the webinar series titled 'Health Economics and Policy in South Asia' which discusses several aspects of health in South Asia by bringing together experts from diverse disciplines globally.