THE INITIATOR

About Dr. Ketan Gandhi

TLW has been initiated as an outcome of creative passion of Dr. Ketan Gandhi. Dr. Ketan comes with background of training at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and prodigious experience of working with national and international agencies spanning 25 years, 3 continents and 25 States of India. During last 25 years Dr. Ketan has led hundreds of projects in development and corporate space. He has authored more than 250 documents and many of these have been published by prestigious organizations like United Nations, The World Bank, Election Commission of India (Gujarat), several Departments of Government of India and State Government Agencies. He has been invited as Speaker at number of National and International Conferences.

His contribution in social and development space includes projects in diverse areas like Health, HIV/AIDS, Sanitation, Rural Development, Democratic Electoral Management, Local Governance, Urban Planning & Management, Skill Development, Digital Literacy, Livelihood, Women Empowerment, Energy Conservation & Management and Decentralization & Panchayati Raj. He has worked with a large number of multilateral & bilateral agencies like The World Bank, UNDP, UNWFP, UNFPA, UNAIDS, DfID (British Government), USAID, ILO, CIDA (Canadian Government); international NGOs like BMGF (Gates Foundation), FHI, Care, Ford Foundation, Population Council, Population Concern, ICRW, CEDPA, UMC and various ministries of Government of India and about 20 State Governments of India. He has assisted several corporates like Procter & Gamble, Adani Group, Tata Group, Citi Group, Cosmo Films, McCann Group, WeblineIndia, Deepak Group and Industry Associations like CII, FICCI and Assocham on different assignments. Some of his work is featured in many newspapers and national magazines including Times of India, Outlook and The Week. He is selected as the Official ‘Content & Creative Development’ Partner of ECI (Office of the CEO, Gujarat) from 2017 to 2019.