Our mission is to support community action to prevent HIV infection, meet the challenges of AIDS, and build healthier communities.

The staff of Alliance India is a talented and passionate group of professionals committed to strengthening community action on AIDS. Team members come from many backgrounds and bring rich experience, extensive expertise, and untiring determination to face the challenges of India’s epidemic.

 

ALL / Sr. Management / Policy & Programmes / Communications / Finance & Operations / Fundraising / Regional Offices
  • Sonal Mehta
    Chief Executive
    Sonal grew to the level of Chief Executive of Alliance India in October 2016, after serving in capacity of Director Programmes and Policy in the organisations for nine years. With three decades of experience in sexual health and development, Sonal guides Alliance India’s mission of community action for ending AIDS with a lot of programmatic experience and management smartness. Before joining Alliance India, Sonal was Challenge Fund Manager in the DFID programme that led to many path breaking interventions in India including brining oral substitution therapy for people who inject drugs. Prior to that she worked with organisations in India including NACO, Gujarat SACS, CHETNA and SEWA, as well as with the Pacific Institute of Women’s Health in Los Angeles, USA. Sonal has an MSW from the Faculty of Social Work, Vadodara, Gujarat. In a stride to continue learning, she has completed her International Masters in Practicing Management from McGill and has recently completed her Masters in Science in International Management from Lancaster, UK.
  • Umesh Chawla
    Director:
    Policy & Programme
    Dr. Umesh Chawla brings with himself more than 15 years of experience in programme design and implementation, results based management, technical expertise in public health and development with a special focus on HIV and supporting affected communities on inclusive policies and practices. Prior to rejoining the India HIV/AIDS Alliance, Umesh worked with the UNDP India country office on HIV programme on a range of initiatives. In his area of work with UNDP, he was responsible for supporting the National AIDS Control Programme in the areas of mainstreaming, stigma reduction and inclusive policies for social protection for affected communities. Umesh was also responsible for implementing a GAVI supported IT based vaccine intelligence network called eVIN nationally. Umesh’s final assignment was heading the Monitoring and Evaluation Unit for the country office. Prior to UNDP, Umesh was the Programme Manager: Care, Support and Treatment with Alliance India. He managed Alliance’s first the Global Fund supported, CHAHA (meaning a Wish in Hindi) programme, a child-centered community based care and support programme in 4 states, apart from other initiatives such as Shashakt – a pilot project for MSM, TG and Hijras. His earlier engagements include coordination and technical guidance to various projects implemented by the Family Health International of National importance such as Integrated Biological and Behavioural Assessment (IBBA) to assess the impact of the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation (BMGF) Avahan Program. He also has had experience of working with communities at the grass roots level at the start of his career. Umesh holds a Masters Degree in International Health from Centre for International Health Studies, Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh, and Bachelors in Dental Surgery from College Of Dental Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore.
  • Tushar Palorkar
    Director: Finance & Operations
    A Chartered Account by profession, Tushar carries with him nearly two decades of experience in development sector. Over these years, Tushar has gained ample expertise in project and grants management especially along with grants operational in different countries. Tushar holds strong experience in administrative & financial management and legal compliances related matters. Tushar has experience in working with international organisations and managing international donors at leadership level positions. He mingles his skills in managing grants funds which requires an analytical skill along with bonding between the technical and financial aspects of the project.
  • Kanchan Sen
    Director: Fundraising
    With 17 years of experience in the field of marketing and communications, Kanchan has been instrumental in facilitating a robust fundraising setup for the international charity SOS Children’s Villages of India. He has also worked with CRY and Oxfam India in the developmental sector prior to his work in corporates.
  • Manilal N R
    Project Director and Principal Investigator: Nirantar
    Manilal has over 25 years of work experience in the development sector focused on sexual health intervention.  Prior to joining Alliance India he worked with organizations such as MTM, Leprosy hospital, Kerala SACS, NACO, UNAIDS etc. During his seven year tenure in NACO, he played a crucial role developing national HIV prevention strategies for key population in various phases of NACP providing managerial and technical support to the programmes. Manilal is a Post Graduate in Sociology and has a Post Graduate Diplomas in Public Health Management and Human Resource Management. He joined Alliance India in 2014.
  • P Sarbeswar Patnaik
    Associate Director: Corporate Finance
    Sarbeswar have extensive experience of more than two decades with a unique combination of professional qualification and work experience in Development Sector with national and international NGOs. He possesses vast experience and outstanding knowledge of financial management, Budgeting, Auditing, statutory compliances and financial analysis. He associated with Alliance India since 2006 and prior to this he worked with International Development Enterprises, India.
  • Huidrom Rosenara
    Associate Director:
    Care & Support
    Rose has nearly two decades of field and management experience in HIV/AIDS. Her areas of expertise include strategic planning, programme design, management, organizational and individual capacity building, and guideline development. Leveraging her knowledge of HIV prevention, care and support, she has provided technical support to community networks, civil society organisations, and government departments, including State AIDS Control Societies. Before joining Alliance India in 2013, she led NACO’s North East Regional Office (NERO) in Guwahati, Assam. She earlier worked for Project Concern International and Naz Foundation (India) Trust. She has a Masters in Sociology from Annamalai University and post-graduate diplomas in public relations and in training and development.
  • Abhina Aher
    Associate Director: Sexuality, Gender & Rights
    Abhina Aher is a noted transgender hijra activist associated with Alliance India as Associate Director : Gender, Sexuality and Rights. She has more than two decades of experience in the HIV/AIDs sector. She has worked with various communities including men having sex with men (MSM), Transgender (TG), Women engaged in sex work, Intravenous Drug Users (IDUs) and People Living with HIV (PLHIV). She has core competencies in programme management, capacity building, research, advocacy, strategic planning and resource mobilization. She was Programme Manager of the single largest The Global Fund country grant supported programme ‘Pehchan’ working with .4 million MSM and TGs in 18 priority states of India.
  • Kunal Kishore
    Associate Director:- Drug Use & Harm Reduction
    Kunal carries over 14 years of committed expertise in harm reduction, drug control human rights and civil society strengthening. Have sound experience on policy advocacy, community led campaigns, programme management and policy advocacy at the national as well as South Asia region. He worked with variety of settings which includes the government, civil society and international/bilateral organisations. At Alliance India Kunal is spearheading our Drug Use & Harm reduction portfolio.
  • Sonal Mehta
    Chief Executive
    Sonal grew to the level of Chief Executive of Alliance India in October 2016, after serving in capacity of Director Programmes and Policy in the organisations for nine years. With three decades of experience in sexual health and development, Sonal guides Alliance India’s mission of community action for ending AIDS with a lot of programmatic experience and management smartness. Before joining Alliance India, Sonal was Challenge Fund Manager in the DFID programme that led to many path breaking interventions in India including brining oral substitution therapy for people who inject drugs. Prior to that she worked with organisations in India including NACO, Gujarat SACS, CHETNA and SEWA, as well as with the Pacific Institute of Women’s Health in Los Angeles, USA. Sonal has an MSW from the Faculty of Social Work, Vadodara, Gujarat. In a stride to continue learning, she has completed her International Masters in Practicing Management from McGill and has recently completed her Masters in Science in International Management from Lancaster, UK.
  • Umesh Chawla
    Director:
    Policy & Programme
    Dr. Umesh Chawla brings with himself more than 15 years of experience in programme design and implementation, results based management, technical expertise in public health and development with a special focus on HIV and supporting affected communities on inclusive policies and practices. Prior to rejoining the India HIV/AIDS Alliance, Umesh worked with the UNDP India country office on HIV programme on a range of initiatives. In his area of work with UNDP, he was responsible for supporting the National AIDS Control Programme in the areas of mainstreaming, stigma reduction and inclusive policies for social protection for affected communities. Umesh was also responsible for implementing a GAVI supported IT based vaccine intelligence network called eVIN nationally. Umesh’s final assignment was heading the Monitoring and Evaluation Unit for the country office. Prior to UNDP, Umesh was the Programme Manager: Care, Support and Treatment with Alliance India. He managed Alliance’s first the Global Fund supported, CHAHA (meaning a Wish in Hindi) programme, a child-centered community based care and support programme in 4 states, apart from other initiatives such as Shashakt – a pilot project for MSM, TG and Hijras. His earlier engagements include coordination and technical guidance to various projects implemented by the Family Health International of National importance such as Integrated Biological and Behavioural Assessment (IBBA) to assess the impact of the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation (BMGF) Avahan Program. He also has had experience of working with communities at the grass roots level at the start of his career. Umesh holds a Masters Degree in International Health from Centre for International Health Studies, Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh, and Bachelors in Dental Surgery from College Of Dental Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore.
  • Tushar Palorkar
    Director: Finance & Operations
    A Chartered Account by profession, Tushar carries with him nearly two decades of experience in development sector. Over these years, Tushar has gained ample expertise in project and grants management especially along with grants operational in different countries. Tushar holds strong experience in administrative & financial management and legal compliances related matters. Tushar has experience in working with international organisations and managing international donors at leadership level positions. He mingles his skills in managing grants funds which requires an analytical skill along with bonding between the technical and financial aspects of the project.
  • Kanchan Sen
    Director: Fundraising
    With 17 years of experience in the field of marketing and communications, Kanchan has been instrumental in facilitating a robust fundraising setup for the international charity SOS Children’s Villages of India. He has also worked with CRY and Oxfam India in the developmental sector prior to his work in corporates.
  • Manilal N R
    Project Director and Principal Investigator: Nirantar
    Manilal has over 25 years of work experience in the development sector focused on sexual health intervention.  Prior to joining Alliance India he worked with organizations such as MTM, Leprosy hospital, Kerala SACS, NACO, UNAIDS etc. During his seven year tenure in NACO, he played a crucial role developing national HIV prevention strategies for key population in various phases of NACP providing managerial and technical support to the programmes. Manilal is a Post Graduate in Sociology and has a Post Graduate Diplomas in Public Health Management and Human Resource Management. He joined Alliance India in 2014.
  • P Sarbeswar Patnaik
    Associate Director: Corporate Finance
    Sarbeswar have extensive experience of more than two decades with a unique combination of professional qualification and work experience in Development Sector with national and international NGOs. He possesses vast experience and outstanding knowledge of financial management, Budgeting, Auditing, statutory compliances and financial analysis. He associated with Alliance India since 2006 and prior to this he worked with International Development Enterprises, India.
  • Huidrom Rosenara
    Associate Director:
    Care & Support
    Rose has nearly two decades of field and management experience in HIV/AIDS. Her areas of expertise include strategic planning, programme design, management, organizational and individual capacity building, and guideline development. Leveraging her knowledge of HIV prevention, care and support, she has provided technical support to community networks, civil society organisations, and government departments, including State AIDS Control Societies. Before joining Alliance India in 2013, she led NACO’s North East Regional Office (NERO) in Guwahati, Assam. She earlier worked for Project Concern International and Naz Foundation (India) Trust. She has a Masters in Sociology from Annamalai University and post-graduate diplomas in public relations and in training and development.
  • Abhina Aher
    Associate Director: Sexuality, Gender & Rights
    Abhina Aher is a noted transgender hijra activist associated with Alliance India as Associate Director : Gender, Sexuality and Rights. She has more than two decades of experience in the HIV/AIDs sector. She has worked with various communities including men having sex with men (MSM), Transgender (TG), Women engaged in sex work, Intravenous Drug Users (IDUs) and People Living with HIV (PLHIV). She has core competencies in programme management, capacity building, research, advocacy, strategic planning and resource mobilization. She was Programme Manager of the single largest The Global Fund country grant supported programme ‘Pehchan’ working with .4 million MSM and TGs in 18 priority states of India.
  • Kunal Kishore
    Associate Director:- Drug Use & Harm Reduction
    Kunal carries over 14 years of committed expertise in harm reduction, drug control human rights and civil society strengthening. Have sound experience on policy advocacy, community led campaigns, programme management and policy advocacy at the national as well as South Asia region. He worked with variety of settings which includes the government, civil society and international/bilateral organisations. At Alliance India Kunal is spearheading our Drug Use & Harm reduction portfolio.
  • Amit has over 15 years of extensive experience in financial management in the development sector. He has previously worked with IPPF South Asia Regional Office for last eleven years in their finance team. He has an MBA in Finance and joined Alliance family in October, 2016.
    Amit Malik
    Grants Management Officer
  • Balaji has worked in monitoring & evaluation for HIV programmes since 2005. He has master’s degrees in social work and in population science. He joined Alliance India in 2012.
    Balaji Ubarhande
    Senior Technical Officer:
    Monitoring & Evaluation
    Technical Support
  • Bhagwati has more than five years’ experience in program management and monitoring & evaluation, especially in the field of India’s HIV response. He has done his post-graduation in Economics and Social Work.
    Bhagwati Prasad Kandpal
    Technical Associate: Monitoring & Evaluation
  • Bir joined Alliance India in 2003.
    Birpal
    Office Assistant
    Finance & Operations
  • Chhaya has nearly a decade of experience in the development sector, specialising in finance management and accounting. She has both an MBA in finance and an M.Com and joined Alliance India in 2013.
    Chhaya Gupta
    Grants Management Officer
    Finance & Operations
  • Rohini is a Post graduate with over 8 years of progressive experience as an accounts officer . In her tenure she has worked for various firms including chartered accountants firm, corporates and also with Government depatments.
    D. Rohini
    Finance & Administrative Officer
  • Deepak brings in his more than 6 years of expeirnce in various levels of Community Development & Public Health Management with MTH Population. He joined Pehchan north region office of Alliance India in June 2013.
    Deepak Kumar
    Clinic Manager - Samarth Delhi Clinic
  • Denish has nearly a decade of experience in grants management working with donors like the Global Fund and USAID. He joined Alliance India in 2013.
    Denish Parshad
    Grants Management Officer
    Finance & Operations
  • Dinesh had started his journey on July 2013 as a compliance coordinator in Bihar with Pehchan North Region Office an implementing Unit of Alliance India in North Region.Since 2016 July, Dinesh has been working as a consultant Monitoring and Evaluation under Nirantar Program.
    Dinesh Kumar
    Consultant: Monitoring & Evaluation
  • Gulfam joined us from IMRB International where he was working as Associate Director since 2013. Prior to IMRB he was associated with National Mental Health Program, MoHFW in the capacity of a Research Associate. Gulfam holds a master’s degree in Social work from Jamia Milia University. Gulfam carries with him extensive experience in large-scale quantitative research studies that have included the collection of large-scale national level indicators for various studies.
    Fazlur Rahman Gulfam
    Strategic Analyst
  • Charanjit brings more than 15 years of professional experience in the fields of drug use, HIV/AIDS, and human rights of people who inject drugs. He joined Alliance India in 2011.
    G. Charanjit Sharma
    Programme Manager: Drug Use & Harm Reduction
    Policy & Programmes
  • An MBA in Health & Hospital Management, Gunjan brings with her over seven years of experience in monitoring, evaluation and research analyses.
    Gunjan Pandey
    Technical Associate: Monitoring & Evaluation
  • With more than 8 years of experience in development, hospitality & corporate sector Gurpreet specialises in Administration, HR & operations. Prior to joining Alliance, she was with Habitat for Humanity as a operations coordinator.
    Gurpreet Kaur Dhawan
    HR & Administrative Assistant
  • Harchand comes with more than 8 years’ experience in NGO management and capacity building, program management, planning and implementation, data collection and project analysis. His core skills includes financial, audit and internal control management.
    Harchand Singh
    Associate: Grants
  • Harjyot brings nearly a decade of experience in training and capacity building to improve HIV programming. She holds a doctorate in Psychology.
    Harjyot Khosa
    Programme Manager
  • Hena has worked in the development sector since 2008, specializing in accounting, administration, and logistics management. She joined Alliance India in 2012.
    Heena Wadhani
    Accountant
    Finance & Operations
  • Hemant has more than two decades of experience in the field of Finance and Grants Administration in the Development sector. He has worked for various national and international NGOs where he supervised and supported sub-grantees strengthening their capacities under programs funded by The Global Fund, IKEA,USAID and others. . He is a Commerce Graduate from Vadodara and has partly qualified the Chartered Accountancy course.
    Hemant Thakkar
    Senior Grants Management Officer
  • With over 15 years’ experience in the development sector, Ira’s core expertise lies in HIV/AIDS & Harm Reduction. Prior to Alliance, she was associated with Duke University/ Sahara Centre for Residential Care & Rehabilitation. Ira holds a Master’s Degree in Sociology.
    Ira Madan
    Regional Advocacy Officer: Drug Use & Harm Reduction
  • Bala joined Alliance India in 2012.
    K Bala Krishna
    Clinic Manager: Samarth, Telangana
    Policy & Programmes
  • Kamal has worked in various capacities in the IT service industry since 2009. He has a degree in computer Application and is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer. He joined Alliance India in 2016.
    Kamal Kishor
    IT Assistant
  • Kavish has nearly a decade of experience in accounting, financial management, and procurement. He joined Alliance India in 2011 with an MBA in finance and earlier worked on our corporate finance team.
    Kavish Dilawari
    Senior Grants Management
    Officer
  • Mahipal has over five years’ experience in the field of finance, accounts and taxation with the development and corporate sector. He has semi qualifications in CMA, CA and CS. Previously, he has worked with HelpAge India and Consulting Engineering Services.
    Mahipal Singh Panwar
    Accountant
  • Pankaj has more than a decade of experience in accounting, donor reporting, auditing and statutory compliance. He has an MBA and earlier worked at Urban Health Resource Centre. He joined Alliance India in 2010.
    Pankaj Chamoli
    Senior Accounts Officer
    Finance & Operations
  • Pankaj Sharma has over nine years of extensive experience in the field of administration. He worked with Jhpiego Corporation for three years, prior to joining Alliance India, in their Administration team. He has an MBA in Human Resources from Madurai Kamraj University, Delhi.
    Pankaj Sharma
    Administrative Officer
  • Pavan has more than a decade of experience in HIV/AIDS, working his way from grassroots worker to Rajasthan TSU Team Leader. He holds an MSW and joined Alliance India in 2013.
    Pavan Kumar Shetty
    Senior Programme Officer: Care & Support
    Policy & Programmes
  • Rohit comes with nearly a decade of experience in Data Management, Donor Relationship and handling Channel Partners. Prior to joining Alliance India in November 2015 he has worked with NSDL, HLL, Tech Mahindra and Oxfam.
    Rohit Kaushik
    Officer: Donor Relations
  • Rohit has over a decade of experience in HIV/AIDS working with affected communities, including MSM, transgenders, and PLHIV. He joined Alliance India in 2011 after more than seven years with SAATHII.
    Rohit Sarkar
    Senior Programme Officer: Sexuality Gender and Rights
    Policy & Programmes
  • Ruchika carries with her wealth of experience in the development sector with a special focus in administration and supporting senior management team. She has worked with leading international developmental organisations. She holds a Masters in English Literature and completed Post Graduate Diploma in Public Relations.
    Ruchika Kumar
    Officer: Executive Support
  • Saravanan R M is with India HIV/AIDS Alliance since August 2013. He has worked for Tamil Nadu State AIDS Control Society and State Health System Project earlier. He is basically a Statistician who has done his Masters in Social Work.
    Saravanan R M
    Senior Technical Officer: Monitoring & Evaluation
  • Mr Satirtha Chakraborty has over a decade experience in Public Health with in various assignments with Government of India and with International level development partners like Unicef and World Bank supported projects . His major areas of expertise are Epidemiology ,Public Health Informatics, Disease Surveillance, and Monitoring and Evaluation of Public Health Program. Mr Satirtha has two masters in Social Science and Public Health Management.
    Satirtha Chakraborty
    Senior Technical Officer: Monitoring & Evaluation
  • Shamnu is a development professional with more than a decade of experience and expertise in HIV/AIDS, social protection, child rights, maternal health, and harm reduction. She joined Alliance India in 2009.
    Shamnu Rao
    Senior Program Officer:
    Care & Support
    Policy & Programmes
  • Simran brings her personal experience as a hijra to her professional work in HIV/AIDS and human rights over the past decade. A fierce advocate for the right to health, she joined Alliance India in 2010.
    Simran Shaikh
    Senior Programme Officer: Sexuality Gender and Rights
    Policy & Programmes
  • Sonu joined Alliance India in 2009.
    Sonu
    Office Assistant
    Finance & Operations
  • Sree has more than a decade of experience in human resources in both the corporate and development sectors. He joined Alliance India in 2006.
    Sree Kumar V
    Senior Manager (Head: HR, Admin & IT)
    Finance & Operations
  • With more than 13 years of experience in sales and marketing working on both products and services, Subhadip is associated with corporate such as Reliance, Amex Bank and Sify. He has also worked with International organizations such as CRY and SOS Children’s Village.
    Subhadip Bhattacharya
    Senior Manager: Fundraising
  • Sudarsanan is a public health specialist with over 5 years’ experience in monitoring, evaluation and program support. Previously, he worked with International Training and Education Centre for Health, Delhi.
    Sudarsanan Kandaswamy
    Technical Officer: Monitoring & Evaluation
  • Sunil has been working in graphic design and communications since 2006. He joined Alliance India in 2014.
    Sunil Butola
    Communications Officer: Creatives & Publications
    Technical Support
  • Sutirtha brings in 14 years’ experience working with PUD in several projects focussed on HIV prevention, Harm Reduction and community networks. Earlier implemented targeted Intervention projects at The Calcutta Samaritans in several sites and trained service providers in harm and demand reduction programmes. He has also worked as Programme Officer - Technical Support Unit in Punjab at SPYM. He joined Alliance in 2015.
    Sutirtha Dutta
    Programme Officer: Community Action on Harm Reduction
  • Isar is an admin leader who enables & empowers his team to look for perfection in putting effective systems in place for smooth functioning of Alliance India. Proactive approach, value-addition, honesty and dedicated work culture are his guiding principles.
    Syed Isar Ahmed
    Senior Administrative Officer
  • Sylvester joined India HIV/AIDS Alliance in 2017. Sylvester brings with him over 18 years of robust experience in HIV sector which includes community mobilisation, developing community based organisations, technical and managerial support for various HIV programmes. Sylvester holds strong technical expertise in sexuality education, rights based and health based approaches for sexual minority populations.
    Sylvester Merchant
    Advocacy Officer: Sexuality, Gender & Rights
  • Tara has intensive work experience in communications and fundraising, with a budding portfolio in social media activities and crowd funding campaigns.
    Tara Rana
    Communications Associate: Digital
  • Viswanathan joined Alliance India in 2012 and has almost two decades of experience in monitoring & evaluation, programme management and advocacy on HIV/AIDS with key populations and vulnerable communities.
    Viswanathan Arumugam
    Manager: Strategic Information
    Technical Support