Preeti Sudan

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Preeti Sudan is a retired Indian bureaucrat who served as Health Secretary of India from October 2017 to July 2020.[1] She has been the key strategist in times of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Early life and education[edit]

Sudan has degrees in Economics and Social Policy and Planning from the London School of Economics. She has been trained in public finance management in Washington.

Career[edit]

A 1983 batch IAS officer of the Andhra cadre, Sudan was previously a Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution.[2][3] Apart from this, she has served at various central and state level positions such as a Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Defense as well as in position relating to disaster management[4] and tourism.[5][6] She has been a key functionary in the planning and implementation of the Ayushman Bharat Yojana, a scheme of the Indian government's National Health Policy aiming to provide free health coverage at the secondary and tertiary level to India's bottom 40% poor and vulnerable population. She has also served as consultant in the World Bank.[7]

Since 2020, Sudan has been serving as a member of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPR), an independent group examining how the World Health Organization (WHO) and countries handled the COVID-19 pandemic, co-chaired by Helen Clark and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.[8]

Other activities[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Preeti Sudan is new health secretary, MoH&FW". Express Pharma (The Indian Express). 2017-10-12. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  2. ↑ Bureau, BW Online. "BW Most Influential Woman Of India: Preeti Sudan, Secretary, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare". BW Businessworld. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  3. ↑ "Ms. Preeti Sudan assumes charge as Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  4. ↑ Storm kills 45, floods villages in India Reuters, June 23, 2007.
  5. ↑ "PMNCH | Preeti Sudan, PMNCH Acting Chair". WHO. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  6. ↑ "Preeti Sudan is Secretary, Dept of Food and Public Distribution". The Hindu Business Line. 2 January 2017. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  7. ↑ "Preeti Sudan | PMNCH | Government of India". WHO. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  8. ↑ Stephanie Nebehay and Kate Kelland (September 3, 2020), Pandemic review panel named, includes Miliband, ex Mexican president Reuters.
  9. ↑ Board Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH).
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