Dr. Ayesha Chaudhary

Dr. Ayesha Chaudhary

About The Author

Dr. Ayesha Chaudhary is the India Director at WomenLift Health, where she leads the national strategy to expand diverse and inclusive leadership in global health. With over fifteen years of leadership experience across biotechnology, innovation policy, and public health—including key roles at the Atal Innovation Mission and NITI Aayog—she drives initiatives to empower women leaders across the health ecosystem. Her writing draws on her policy and leadership background to analyse systemic gender equity, health sector governance, leadership development models, and science-driven social innovation in India.

About The Author

Dr. Ayesha Chaudhary is the India Director at WomenLift Health, where she leads the national strategy to expand diverse and inclusive leadership in global health. With over fifteen years of leadership experience across biotechnology, innovation policy, and public health—including key roles at the Atal Innovation Mission and NITI Aayog—she drives initiatives to empower women leaders across the health ecosystem. Her writing draws on her policy and leadership background to analyse systemic gender equity, health sector governance, leadership development models, and science-driven social innovation in India.

  • Leadership: A Health Determinant Worth Funding?

    Treating leadership as a determinant of health outcomes takes effort on both sides: funders investing in it as deliberately as they invest in a diagnostic platform or a delivery program, and leaders using it to question inherited assumptions rather than simply occupy the room.

    BY Dr. Ayesha Chaudhary 6 October 2026

    Dr. Ayesha Chaudhary, India Director, WomenLift Health