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Sanghita Bhattacharyya has 15 years’ experience and her research interests are broad and crosscutting, comprising of maternal and child health, quality of healthcare, health management information system, child nutrition and community participation. She has led number of research projects in different states of India, supported by multiple donors like Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, USAID, NIPI, MRC- DFID. She is providing technical assistance to government of West Bengal in their planning and decision making process. She is also working at the community level to strengthen the local elected representatives for water and sanitation programmes. She has considerable field exposure and has worked closely with civil society organizations. She is the recipient of the Senior Research Fellowship awarded by the University Grants Commission, India and Wellcome trust, UK research fellowship. She has a M. Phil and PhD. in demography and has several publications in peer-reviewed journals.