Team

Team

Our all-women study team has expertise in epidemiology & population health, clinical gynaecology, health systems & medical anthropology. 

Sapna Desai

Neerja Bhatla

Dipti Govil

Hemali Heidi Sinha

Devaki Nambiar

Gita Mishra

Archana K Roy

Mukta Agarwal

Archana Kumari

Reeta Mahey

P. Prasanthi

Abha Mehndiratta

Roopal Jyoti Singh

Roopashree S. Vadageri

Neymat Chadha

Surya Surendran

Anusha Seelamantula

Sharmada Sivaram

Research scholars

PhD student: Jesty Varghese UQ-IIT Delhi

Supervised by:  Professor Gita Mishra UQ/SAHELI; Professor Sisir Debnath, IIT Delhi; Professor Saurabh Paul, IIT Delhi; and Dr Sapna Desai, PC Institute/SAHELI

PhD student: Roopal Jyoti Singh, UGhent, Belgium

Supervised by: Prof. Phillipe Tummers, UGhent; Dr Rawand Salihi, UGhent; Prof. Emeritus Marleen Temmerman, UGhent; Prof. Sisir Debnath, IIT Delhi; and Dr Sapna Desai, PC Institute/ SAHELI

Collaborators

Our formative “listening” phase included interviews with women in 4 states, led by:  Kranti Vora and Shahin Saiyed in Gujarat, in collaboration with SAATHI and SEWA; JK Lakshmi and Surya Surendran in Andhra Pradesh; Neymat Chadha and Sharmada Sivaram in Bihar, with JEEViKA SHGs and SEWA; and Neymat Chadha in Punjab, with support from the State Rural Livelihoods Mission and SEWA. 

During the formative phase, SAHELI team members supported Prayas, led by Narendra Gupta and Chhaya Pachauli, to conduct consultations in 6 states with providers, policymakers, researchers and advocates in collaboration with UNFPA and several state-level organisations

State Consultation, Hyderabad, December 2023

During formative research, Bihar, February 2024

SAHELI engaged a team of senior advisors, program officers and investigators to implement the survey in 3 states.

Senior Advisors: Professor TK Roy, Former Director, IIPS and Professor Sulabha Parsuraman, Professor Emeritus IIPS

  • A population-based quantitative survey in three states, which will include demographic characteristics, reproductive histories, household decision-making power; employment; self-reported health status, and quality of life, and biomarkers. There is a focussed module for women who have undergone hysterectomy to assess effects on quality of life, mental health, and access to treatment for side effects.
  • In-depth qualitative research on treatment journeys and health system responses, amongst women, providers and community members.
  • Evidence syntheses on hysterectomy and its consequences in India
  • Intervention mapping and research translation activities to identify and advance feasible interventions

During the survey, we offered telephone sessions with expert gynaecologists in the SAHELI team, including PIs and TAG members, for free information on gynaecological concerns.

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