Dr. Rajani has over 30 years of experience as a practitioner researcher in the area of women and children’s health and nutrition, and health systems. As a former Executive Director of the National Health Systems Resource Center (Government of India), she led the institutionalization of India’s ASHA program, and later the design and implementation support for India’s flagship primary health reform – Ayushman Bharat (Health and Wellness Centres). Her expertise spans policy development, implementation research, health system strengthening, and design and evaluation of large-scale health programs. She has a medical degree from Madras University and a master’s in public health from Harvard University. She is a visiting scientist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.