Nandita Venkatesan

Nandita Venkatesan is a journalist, public health professional, and public speaker. Her work in antimicrobial resistance is widely recognized and TIME magazine listed her among 100 emerging global leaders working to make life-saving tuberculosis drugs cheaper. She battled two rounds of tuberculosis and lost hearing due to the side effects of a TB-related injection. She led high-level advocacy and community engagement initiatives to raise awareness about tackling infectious diseases and was invited to address the United Nations General Assembly and other prestigious forums including the Union World Conference on Lung Health. She is a member of WHO’s civil society task force on TB and the Lancet Commission on TB.