Welcome to my website!
I am Vikash R. Keshri, a passionate public health professional with over 14 years of experience in international development, advocacy, health systems strengthening and research.
I am excited to welcome you to my website, where you can learn more about my personal and professional journey. Please contact me if you have any questions or want to discuss exciting new opportunities working together. Thank you for your interest. Read more about me here
Adding blocks to strengthening health systems
Health policy and systems response to burn care in India
Researching and advocating to improve health systems and policy response to burn care in India. More here..
Adding blocks to building health systems and policies
Leading health policy and systems research and generating evidence-based policy appetite in a high-focused state
Improving data analytics for improved RMNCH services
Designing the HMIS-based RMCH+A dashboard, building systems capacity for data analytic and informing data-driven policies.
Health Systems Strengthening for improved Maternal Health Services in Low-Resource Settings
Leading health systems strengthening to improve maternal health services in a resource-constrained state in India
Learning public health in community-embedded public health service, practice and research. For the people, by the people and of the people.
Monitoring quality of Emergency obstetric care training to reduce maternal mortality
Ensuring quality of Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric Care (CEmoC) training for general medical officers in public facilities in 9 states.
Learning community based and health systems focused public health and research
About Me
My education
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Public Health - 2023 (expected)
Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, India
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Community Medicine (Public Health) - 2013
Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, India
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), Medicine - 2008
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
Short Course in Health Policy Analysis - 2016
Indira Gandhi National Open University
Post Graduate Diploma in Maternal and Child Health - 2013
I am Dr. Vikash R. Keshri, a medical doctor with expertise in public health and health policy. I am passionate about promoting health equity and improving access to healthcare for marginalized populations.
Though my personal journey in public health began well very early in life, the professional journey started with joining the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Science (MGIMS) at Sewagram in Wardha, India – with a community-oriented medical graduation (MBBS). Later, I chose to MD in Community Medicine at Dr. Sushila Nayar School of Public Health at MGIMS. For my MD research, I established and evaluated emergency obstetric care training for nine states in India as a part of a collaborative project with WHO and India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Since then, I have worked on multiple large-scale health system reform projects in different states in India, designed innovative healthcare regulatory projects, and led projects on healthcare performance and burn care.
My research has been in high-impact academic journals and led to policy impact. Besides, I have generated collaborative technical reports and policy briefs for policy uptake at the state and national health policy-making in India. You can read my research work here: Scholar, ResearchGate, ORCID.