Ms Sonalini Mirchandani

Sonalini Mirchandani, a former civil servant, has extensive experience in the development sector, with a focus on public health. She has held leading positions including that of Country Director, Johns Hopkins University Centre for Communication Programs, and Founder CEO, The Communication Hub. Her work has won international recognition, and she is a member of several advisory bodies including at the Department of AIDS Control, CDMC-MICA’s Global Advisory Committee, and UNICEF’s International Polio Communications Review Team. Sonalini serves on the Advisory Boards of Population Foundation of India, SNEHA, Pallium India’s Board Advisory Committee for Policy and Advocacy, and CCDT. She is a founding member of the Mumbai Palliative Care Network and Director at Karuna evam Shanti Vahini( KeSV) Foundation, a not-for profit that she set up in 2022 to honor the legacy of Keshav Desiraju.

Today Sonalini is immersed in her work in community-led homebased care for the chronically-ill in the adivasi-dominated belt of Nandurbar district. This work has recently been awarded the highest award for Excellence in Humanity-Centred Design by the California- based Don Norman Design Award.