CPHE Bhopal team
CPHE Bhopal Team
Advisory Group
Dr. Renu Khanna – SAHAJ, Vadodara, Gujarat
Dr. Shiv Chandra Mathur – Jaipur, Rajasthan
Dr. Nerges Mistry – Foundation for Research in Community Health, Pune, Maharashtra
Dr. Ajay Khare – Madhya Pradesh Vigyan Sabha, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Ms. Anjali Noronha – Eklavya, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Dr. Parvez Imam – f-20 Communications, New Delhi
Dr. John Porter – London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London
Technical Team
1 -Mr. Prasanna Saligram – Programme Manager
Prasanna Subramanya Saligram is an engineer with an MBA equivalent degree from Germany. He completed his graduation in 1991 and worked as a project engineer. In 1999 he started volunteering at a Chennai based NGO called AID India. His initial involvement with community health work has continued till date . In 2003, after returning to India from Germany, he left his mainstream career and joined People’s Health Movement (PHM), a global civil society network advocating health rights, as a communications officer when the PHM Global Secretariat shifted to Community Health Cell, Bangalore . Since then he has worked extensively on the issue of the detrimental effects of globalisation on health in general and Intellectual Property Rights in particular. In 2008 he decided to formalise his interest in globalisation with a M.Sc. in Global Health and Public Policy from the University of Edinburgh. He joined CPHE as the programme manager of the Madhya Pradesh initiative in October 2009.
Email: prasanna dot saligram at sochara dot org
2 – Training Coordinator - Durbha Rohini Kumar
Durbha Rohini Kumar is an Ayurvedic Physician (BAMS) with a Post Graduate Program in Hospital Management (PGPHM) from IHMR Bangalore.He has a strong like for Holistic Science therefore also has done Post Graduate Diploma in Yoga Therapy (PGDYT), Post Graduate Diploma in Dietetics and Therapeutic Nutrition (PGDDTN) and M.Sc. in Dietetics and Food Service Management (DFSM).He wants to give a holistic approach to community Health emphasizing on preventive aspect rather than the curative one. He has assisted the end term evaluation of MNGO and FNGO for State Government Orissa and done NABH accreditation and Quality Assessment projects for Fortis Hospital and K.R. Hospital in Bangalore as a student of IHMR. He has 2 years of teaching experience.
Email – kumar@sochara.org
3 – Mr. Juned Kamal – Training Officer
Mr. Juned Kamal is a postgraduate in social work and a graduate in business administration. He was a part of the Community Health Fellowship Scheme at Community Health Cell, Bangalore in 2006-07. Immediately after completing the fellowship, he was involved with the Co-ordinating Team for the 2nd Indian Naitional Health Assembly. Later he worked with the ASHAGRAM trust on community based monitoring of the National Rural Health Mission which was coordinated by the Madhya Pradesh Vigyan Sabha at state level. He joined CPHE as a field training officer in October 2008 and has played a major part supporting the preparatory work for the development of the MP Public Health Resource Centre and the MP Community Health Fellowship Programme.
Email: juned@sochara.org
4 – Mr.Bhagavan Singh Verma – Cluster Training OfficerMr.
Bhagwan Singh Verma is a postgraduate in sociology with an interest in social work and community mobilisation. He has worked as a cluster coordinator with Samarthan – Centre for Development Support, Bhopal and the Bhopal Yuva Priyavaran Shiksha and Samajik Sansthan (BYPASS), Bhopal. He subsequently was the project coordinator of the Energy, Environment and Development Society of Bhopal and till more recently was the coordinator of the Health and Nutrition Project of the Adivasi Sewashram Trust which is part of the Child Fund – India Family Helper project in Jhabua. He is committed to sustainable development of deprived sections of society.
Email – bhagwan.verma@sochara.org
Office team
1 – Office and Accounts Manager

Ms. Gincy Thomas is post graduate Commerce with specialization in financial management. She is having around nine years experience in International NGO’s in the field of finance and administration. She is dedicated to serve Development sector for marginalized and poor section of the community.
2 – Ms. Archana Shashidhar – Office Secretary, Accounts and
Information Assistant
Ms. Archana Shashidhar is a postgraduate in commerce and has worked for several years in the private sector on secretarial and office related assignments before shifting to the NGO sector. She joined CPHE Bhopal in September 2009.
3 – Mr. Prakash Verma -Office Assistant
Prakash Verma is working as a office assistant since last 11 months. He is fromShajapur district of Madhya Pradesh. Now he is living in Bhopal and pursuing his education in social science.
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