I graduated in medicine (MBBS) from India and completed postgraduation (MD) in Community Medicine from Banaras Hindu University, India (2009-12). In 2017, I completed PH-LEADER Fellowship jointly awarded by Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, USA, Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India and Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Mexico. Before joining LSHTM, I worked as Non-communicable Diseases (NCD) Regional Technical Advisor Southeast Asia (SEARO) TEPHINET, The Task Force for Global Health, Inc. GA, USA.