Ravi DUGGAL

Biography

Ravi DUGGAL is presently the coordinator of CEHAT (Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes)which is the Research Centre of Anusandhan Trust. CEHAT has emerged as a national centre for social science research on health issues(see www.cehat.org). His current areas of interest include health policy and financing, womens' health issues, private health sector regulation, and health insurance and microcredit. In a previous position, he conducted research for the Foundation of Research in Community Health and established 'health economics' as an area of research in India. Prior to CEHAT he worked with SWISSAID an NGO donor agency which supports peoples' organisations on asserting their rights. He has also worked as a consultant in planning and policy with the Ministry of Health in Delhi. He is interested in creating a universal access health care system for India based on a mix of public and private systems.

This biography was last updated on July 10, 2001