Dr. Rakesh Kumar, MD

Chief Advisor at Population Services International, India in October 2020 to January 2022

Chief Advisor at UNDP in India in October 2019 to October 2020

Additional Country Director at UNDP in India in February 2017 to October 2019

Joint Secretary (RMNCAH) & Senior Dy. Director General (Indian Council of Medical Research) at Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India in April 2011 to January 2017

Secretary- Department of Women & Child Development, School Education, Medical Education, Disaster Mg at Govt of Uttarakhand in November 2008 to April 2011

Deputy Commissioner/ District Magistrate-Nainital and Dehradun Districts at Govt. of Uttarakhand in August 2004 to November 2008

Project Director at Govt of Uttaranchal/World Bank in May 2003 to August 2004

Health & Nutrition Specialist at UNICEF India in May 2001 to April 2003

Additional Executive Director at USAID funded IFPS Project-Govt of Uttar Pradesh in October 1999 to July 2000

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Fellowship

Indian Academy of Pediatrics, Fellow of Indian Academy of Pediatrics

International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Advanced Course in Vaccinology

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Fellowship

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Fellowship

National Neonatology Forum, India, Fellow of National Neonatology Forum

Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, PG Diploma in Public Health Nutrition

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Fellow, Global Health Leadership Programme, January 2019 to January 2021