Ms. Pragya Pranjali, an Executive Director & Principal Scientist, who has worked with the UN for the protection of child rights and supported in achieving SDGs, a Public Health Strategic Consultant working on Women, Children, and Adolescent health issues, a post-graduate from India's top Public Health Management Institute, an ardent learner, a globetrotter who’s addressing salient health missions from 23 states in India and 5 overseas countries and also for Tibetans in Nepal and Burma for more than 1.5 decades now. Pragya is a businesswoman and mother who never bracket herself. Even at the time of her pregnancy she worked up to scratch incessantly and took care of her baby altogether. Her hard work and exuberance requited her various awards like the best employee of the year, recognition from corporates for research in public health- nutrition enhancement program for adolescent girls. She has been awarded as Public Health Entrepreneur Award by All India Radio- 2020. She was an active volunteer for CII for 11 Empowered Groups for Covid-19, created by the Government of India. She has been appreciated by Cohesive- India for contributing to the quality of care of indicators for pregnant women. She is also an associated member of the UN core team to prepare creatives for Census 2021 along with a third-party agency. She Exclusive Interview on Channel News 47, Inspiting Indian – 2020 segment, by Dr. Tilak Tanwar, Guniess Book of World Record Holder. She is also being featured in 100 Inspiring Indians, 2020 (under publishing). Expert Speaker: Mental Well- Being of Adolescents, in Segment, Expert ki Baat, 2020, News47 Media. National Excellence Award “Public Health Entrepreneur, 2020” by All India Radio. Featured in Business Women of Month, October 2020, by Dzirenews.com, e-magazine. Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. Being a professional public health and behavior scientist, her scope of work is ceaseless as from dealing with a simple lady of the remote area to dealing with the CEO of a giant corporate, is the spectrum of people, she works with and from designing a program for a remote location to developing a development advisory strategy for a corporate or foundation, is the bandwidth of work she does. Hitherto, she has been involved in several policy charcha and discourses organized by Govt. of India on Maternal and Child Health. Not only this, but she also provides technical assistance, program monitoring, research support and prepares corporate implementation plans for organizations - such as Pepsi, Relaxo, Piramal, Eicher, ILFS, etc. for intervening on the issues such as adolescent health issues, menstrual hygiene, water and sanitation, anemia management, nutrition enhancement, etc. You have to convince yourself rather than let others convince you. In her working field, she observed that at the time of help, some people choose to stay silent and don’t succor help because of the fear of getting judged by others and the lack of trust. She firmly believes that there’re diverse problems that people, especially, women, children, and adolescents won’t be able to share because of a lack of communication and trust. Just like an eagle needs a push to soar into the sky, some people also need a gentle nudge to move forward. So, to help those deprived souls, she offers space and environment to people where they can talk and vent their unsaid words and feelings. The current unprecedented time which has directly affected the mental health of people. So, to succor them, she launched a talking corner under the banner “Maitreyi”, particularly for adolescents, where they will be able to share their thoughts, concerns, issues, etc. through WhatsApp and email. She wants this platform Maitreyi to be a story of bridging and addressing those broken bridges between the previous generation and the upcoming generation, thereby, creating positive deviance. When problems knock our door, we get a thousand more opportunities to know our hidden strengths. All her life she feared only one thing “Perception” but also dared to fight with it on her won. She believes that ‘We all are slaves of our perceptions but the sooner we manage them, the better it is. To fight her perceptions, she chose the path of evidence to all the actions to provide feedback. We have heard people taking inspirations from celebrities and successful people but she’s a whole different person who chose movies and web series to be the torchbearer of her life. She takes experiences from the plot and the characters of the story, relate them to herself and try to work on both critical as well as positive feedback. A candle never fears being lit, nor does it say no to relighting. Pragya always accepted new beginnings of her life and aced all of them with her determination and strength. Life of a woman is on an incline, she either goes up or goes down but she never settles. She made her womanhood her strength and overcame every obstacle of her life. Sun is alone but it still shines brightly, just like a sun, Pragya chose her path, walked alone throughout, and created a thriving future for herself.

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I am a Public Health Strategic Consultant working on underprivileged and marginalised community, specifically, refugees, tribal, Women, Children and Adolescents. A post graduate from India's top Public Health Management Institute, 4 Masters to Credit, a Keen Learner to the core, a globe trotter – 23 states in India and 5 countries- mission- addressing health issues not only in India, but also for Tibetans in Nepal and Burma for more than 1.5 decades now. 

I have won several accolades- best employee of the year, recognition from corporates for research in public health- nutrition enhancement program for adolescent girls. Awarded as Public Health Entrepreneur Award by All India Radio- 2020. A volunteer for CII for 11 Empowered Groups for Covid-19, created by Government of India. Appreciation from Cohesive- India for contribution on quality of care of indicators for pregnant women. Have worked with UN for protection of child rights and supported in achieving SDGs. I am associated with UN and a part of core team to prepare creatives for Census 2021 along with third party agency. The first video of the same has been released by office of Registrar General of India-govt. of India. I am involved in several policy charcha and discourses in Govt. of India on Maternal and Child Health. I provide technical assistance in program management and monitoring and research support and prepares corporate implementation plans for organisations - such as Pepsi, Relaxo, Piramal, Eicher, ILFS etc. for intervening on the issues such as adolescent health issues, menstrual hygiene, water and sanitation, anaemia management, nutrition enhancement etc. Design and assess communication campaigns, develop business collaborations, strategic partnerships etc.

The real-time hands on experience of working on varied assignments and roles with various government, non- government and corporate organizations have refined my empirical, technical and leadership skills.

Presentations and Representation

1. Exclusive Interview on Channel News 47, Inspiting Indian – 2020 segment, by Dr. Tilak Tanwar, Guniess Book of World Record Holder
2. Expert Speaker: Mental Well- Being of Adolescents, in Segment, Expert ki Baat, 2020, News47 Media
3. Speaker- Health Expert- Webinar-Impact of Covid-19 on Economy, Society and Public Health, 2020, organised by My Learning Guru
4. Oral Presentation- Economic Empowerment with Focussed Intervention Leads to Enhanced Nutritional Status and Healthy Behaviour- National conference on Nutrition and Health 2020, organised by Department of Community and Family Planning. All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh, India
5. Impact Sharing- Story of Impact on Nutrition Enhancement Program, Smile Foundation, 2020, Organised by Socio Story, Leaders for Social Change
6. Moderator: Webinar- Quality is a Signature Attitude: Tools and Techniques, 2020, Organised by Healthcare Consulting Services in collaboration with Habitantes World Foundation
7. A volunteer for CII for 11 Empowered Groups for Covid-19, created by Government of India, 2020
8. Guest Speaker: Awareness Messaging, Do’s and Don’ts on Novel Corona Virus, Covid-19, in Let’s Connect, Women Programme, by News on AIR Official, All India Radio, 2020
9. Oral Presentation-: Standardizing a Performance Assessment Tool for Measuring Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health in India, International Conference for Family Planning, 2016
10. Poster Presentation: Toward a Holistic Approach to Ensuring Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health in India, International Conference for Family Planning, 2016

Discussions and Forums

1. Attended First International Evaluation Conclave- 2010 Organized by IDRC & CoE
2. Attended workshop on Health Systems Evaluation and Realist Synthesis Organized by IDRC & CoE- 2010

• Attended First International Health Care Quality Conclave 2007 organized by Indian Health Care Quality Forum in association with Quality Council of India & JCI Knowledge Network

1. Attended Joint Commission International Workshop on Quality Evaluation of Health Care Organizations The JCI Methodology organized by Indian Health Care Quality Forum-2007

Features- Awards and Recognition

1. National Excellence Award “Public Health Entrepreneur, 2020” by All India Radio
2. Featured in Business Women of Month, October 2020, by Dzirenews.com, e-magazine

• Featuring in book, 100 Inspiring Indians, 2020 (under publishing)

1. Recognized by corporates for exemplary contribution in Nutrition Enhancement Program for Adolescent Girls, 2019
2. Awarded as the “Employee of the Year – 2011- Vishesh”, - Sambodhi Research & Communications Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, India
3. Awarded for writing poetry, organized by “The Poetry Society Of India”, New Delhi, 2004