Dr. Somesh Kumar, is a global public health physician with two decades of experience in policy, design and implementation for Global Health programs. His work has been focused around increasing access to and strengthening the quality of essential life saving interventions in low and low-middle income countries including multiple countries across South, South-East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. In his role as the Country Director for Jhpiego in India, he oversees a large portfolio of programs focused on primary health care, RMNCHA and Womens Cancers. He also wears the hat of Jhpiego’s Senior Director for the department of Technical Leadership and Innovations, Jhpiego/US, wehere he provides vision and strategic direction to identify, design, and support the implementation of transformative strategies, policies and programs across the domains of Women’s Cancers, Immunization and Primary Health Care services. Over the years, Dr. Kumar has served the WHO, CDC, Government of Norway and other global organizations in different capacities. Dr. Somesh has published numerous articles in international peer-reviewed journals and also serves as reviewer for multiple international peer reviewed journals. He is member of multiple global technical advisory groups and committees.