Sandeep Ahuja

Sandeep Ahuja, Co-founder of Operation Asha

WHO, Stop TB Department, has invited Sandeep Ahuja (CEO of Operation ASHA) to its conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in March this year. This conference is held every 5 years, and is attended by Health ministers and health experts of over 50 countries, apart from over 1,100 delegates.

Sandeep will be speaking for 15 minutes at the conference about Operation ASHA's model of TB treatment. Sandeep is one of the nearly 15 experts who have been granted a slot of 15 minutes.

In addition to the trustees that comprise our U.S. board, co-founders Shelly Batra, MD and Sandeep Ahuja are also in attendance.
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Sandeep Ahuja was one such person whom she called in 1998. Sandeep immediately took up fundraising and requested Shelly to concentrate on her core competence - surgery.
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In 2004, Sandeep obtained a World Bank Scholarship and Harris Fellowship and joined the University of Chicago for further studies. He specialized in health administration and management of nonprofits. At the same time, he recognized the capabilities of the social sector in the US. He utilized this opportunity and decided, along with Shelly, to expand their work. They organized incorporation of two nonprofits, one in New Delhi and another in Chicago. He also organized tax exemption in India as well as in the US (under section 501c3 of the tax code). To represent the unity of promoters and programs, both organizations were named Operation ASHA. Sandeep returned to India in the middle of 2006. After much deliberation, the organization's efforts were focused on eradicating tuberculosis among its target population of the poorest of the poor.

3. Sandeep Ahuja, CEO, Operation ASHA worked as Additional Commissioner in the government of India before taking up social work full time. He has taught at the University of Chicago and delivered presentations at top-notch & Ivy League universities and at international conferences.

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Sandeep Ahuja served for many years as Additional Commissioner in the Government of India. He proceeded on sabbatical leave to join University of Chicago and earned Master of Public Policy with specialization in Health Administration & Policy. He was awarded Harris Fellowship and a World Bank Scholarship. He was selected as a McCormick Tribune Community Leadership Fellow during his stay in Chicago. His interview with Chicago Public Radio on Woldview in 2007 was the year's top program. Sandeep has also taught a mini course on Global Health Problems at the University of Chicago.

In 2005, after over 8 years of experience of providing health care in urban slum communities, he co-founded Operation ASHA in Delhi, India, with the mission of eradicating tuberculosis. As CEO, Sandeep has led the organization since 2006. It has now become Delhi's largest and most successful nonprofit in TB control, with 34 TB treatment centers serving thousands of patients in a population of 1 million. Sandeep is leading Operation ASHA's rapid expansion, which plans to serve a population of about 60 million by establishing 1000 DOTS centers by 2011.