Rajeev Sadanandan is the CEO of Health System Transformation Platform, a think tank on Health Policy and Systems in New Delhi.
He had worked as health secretary of Kerala state, CEO of India’s national social health insurance programme, in addition to holding many other positions in state and federal governments. Rajeev worked for a brief stint in UNAIDS and was lead consultant on WHO SEARO’s Pandemic Preparedness Roadmap for 2023-27.
Rajeev had led on the state and national response on response to health emergencies including the HIV/AIDS, Nipah outbreak and many other epidemics. He was Advisor to the Chief Minister of Kerala on Management of COVID and a Commissioner on the Lancet Global Health Commission on Financing Primary Health Care. His research interests include redesigning of organisation and financing of health care. He has written extensively on health system resilience in times of health emergencies.
