Namanjaya Khobragade
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Studied at Harvard University
Hiring Manager at kauna
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Work Experience
Strategy Consultant
kauna
September 2024 - Present
Hiring Manager
Summer Intern
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
June 2024 - Present
Developing AI/ML diagnostic tools with EMR integration for accurate diagnoses in collaboration with Takeda. • Conducted interviews with customers, experts, VCs, and legal advisors to improve disease prevention & early treatment. Communication, Epidemiology and +6 skills
Public Health Intern
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
December 2023 - January 2024
Led policy advocacy by conducting an ethnographic study on homelessness, gathering insights as an immigrant. • Connected 80K homeless individuals to services using geospatial mapping, improving accessibility via single-click solution • Organized a cross-national symposium and launched a collaborative platform to drive innovation and reform in global homelessness policies, contributing recommendations to the UNHRC. • Secured funding for the international symposium through strategic negotiations, fostering international collaboration. Public Speaking, Program Management and +14 skills
Strategy Consultant
Clinton Health Access Initiative
April 2022 - July 2023
Advised the Govt. of Uttar Pradesh (population: 240M) on health systems strengthening and scaling service delivery. • Designed a vaccine calculator to assess monthly availability at Block, District, and State levels. • Increased vaccination center turnout by 75% by designing an Immunization Wheel, improving due date calc. accuracy. • Achieved a 97% vaccine supply rate at PHCs by developing a management tool that reduced waste and dropout rates. • Authored policy briefs, reports, presentations, videos, and manuscripts on vaccine distribution and health systems. • Conducted a community needs and health systems assessment, developed research tools, led monitoring and evaluation efforts, and translated data into actionable improvements. Data Analysis, Critical Thinking and +21 skills
Senior State Specialist for Nutrition and Health Equity
PRADAN
June 2020 - March 2022
Hiring Manager
Successfully achieved 100% first-dose COVID-19 vaccination within six months, providing strategic oversight and indirect supervision to a team of 125. • Secured $700K funding, steering budget management by developing grant proposals, drafting budgets, creating SOPs, advocating policies and engaging with stakeholders, government, community & investors. • Designed a surveillance app tracking 970K suspected COVID-19 patients, enhancing regional health monitoring. • Led the state's COVID-19 response & management, activating 1,993 committees & ensuring last-mile vaccination reach. • Trained 15K health workers and facilitated 3K sessions to improve pandemic preparedness and maintain essential services. • Created IEC materials, fact sheets, and videos that reached 570K individuals for government stakeholders. Project Coordination, Request for Proposal (RFP) and +24 skills
Education
Harvard University
Master of Global Health, Infectious Diseases and Population Sciences, Global health
2023 - 2024
Grade: 3.9 Innovation Management, Negotiation and +6 skills
Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Master of Public Health - MPH, Social Epidemiology
2018 - 2020
Admissions Committee Experience
Activities and societies: Student Career Placement Coordinator - Built and led a successful recruiter network, maximizing internships and full-time placements, securing record number of organizations for campus recruitments. Gender & Health, Animal Care Club committee • Research Thesis: As You Sow, So Shall the Poor Reap - Qualitative research to explore the health conditions and the socio-economic factors of the workers engaged in E-waste management in Nagpur. Negotiation and Program Management
Maharashtra University Of Health Sciences
Bachelor of Dental Surgery, Dentistry
2011 - 2016
Admissions Committee Experience
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Overall Rating
5.0
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