Our History
Our Vision
Our Mission
Global Organization
Networking
Socio-Economic Development
Community Development
* CHD Group invites corporate companies wanting to implement their Corporate Social Responsibility meaningfully in the space of healthcare with an intersection around COVID-19 and other cross sectoral programmes.
* CHD Group is India’s leading public health organization working with cross-sectoral partners in driving sustainability.

About the Founder
Dr. Edmond Fernandes, MBBS, MD, PGD-PHSM is a Community Health Physician with global health expertise who has written 2 books, has 19 research publications, 17 public policy advocacy impacting 2 million people and written over 160 articles in the print and electronic media. He is a Non Resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, Washington DC. He was the US State Department Legislative Fellow 2017 (Only doctor from India to be selected in 2017) & the Urban Health Collaborative Visiting Scholar at Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health, Philadelphia, US and is Member – Health Task Force, DDMA, Government of Karnataka. When he published his first book at the age of 21, popular media houses labelled him as Mangalore’s Youngest Author then. He travels around the world delivering key-note addresses and as resource person for different events in healthcare and is an external consultant to the United Nations Agencies from time to time. He writes articles for The Times of India, India Today Group and Forbes India currently. Email: edmond@chdgroup.org or office@edmond.in
CHD POWER HOUSE

Dr Neevan Dsouza
Admistrator & Chairperson

Cynthia I
Administrator

Prof. Nikesh Bharghava
Administrator

Iroll Dsouza
Lead - Administration

Jeevandhar Shettigar
Internal Administration

Nishan R Poojary
Office Assistant

Alisha Maldar
Technical Lead - Mental Health

Dr. Joylene Almeida
Internal Administration & OBG Consultant

Dr. Avneet Randhawa
National Consultant, Epidemiology & Public Health

Dr. Avinika Agarwal
Research Associate

Dr. Niveditha
Neurology Consultant

Santhosh
Inter District Co-ordinator

Prof. Clarence
Program Manager

Dr. Sujatha Patil
Associate

Claire McCarthy
Research & Policy Intern

Adv. Akash Shah
Legal Counsel, Bombay High Court

Dr. Glory Ghai
Research Associate

Doreen Saldhana
Program Manager

Dr. Fatima Rezaei
Country Representative - Republic of Iran

Dr. Nameeth D'souza
Ophthalmology Consultant

Adv. Nivedita Mullerpattan
Legal Counsel, Bombay High Court

Dr. Erel Diaz
Surgical Consultant

Prof. M K Unnikrishnan
Pharmaceuticals Consultant
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL

Dr. Arthur Frank
Chair, Emeritus, Drexel University, United States of America

Dr. Ricardo Baptista Leite
Hon'ble Member of Parliament - Lisbon, Portugal

Ivana Haluskova Batler
ASEAN Advisor & Infectious Disease Expert, France

Dr. Vivek Jawali
Chair - Cardiovascular Division, Fortis Hospitals

Rohan Lawrence Menezes
Ex COO, Bank of America

Kiran Moras
Founder Director, Promptec LED Pvt Ltd.

Syed Muntasir Mamun
Said School of Business, Oxford University, UK & Career Diplomat

Adil Firoze
Former GM, Engineers India Ltd.
CHD DISTINGUISHED FELLOWS

Dr. Rupali Patil
CHD Distinguished Fellow

Dr. Lavanya Kiran
CHD Distinguished Fellow