SURUCHI PANT
Project Coordinator RAS/H71, RAS/G23, GLO/C54 Drugs & HIV

Suruchi has a Doctorate in Sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi.  Her doctoral work focused on the socio-cultural implications of sexual violence.  With skills in qualitative research and participatory training methodologies, she has been a trainer on issues relating to drugs and HIV prevention, gender, sexuality and sexual violence in the South Asia region.

JAYADEV SARANGI
Prison Expert RAS/H71 - Drugs & HIV

Jayadev is currently Prison Expert at UNODC ROSA.   He is a serving civil servant of Government of India on secondment to UNODC.  He has been associated with prison systems and management for nearly two decades.  He holds a Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi (thesis: "Factors Related to the Effectiveness of Correctional Organizations") and a Masters degree in Sociology from the Department of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics.  Jayadev was the first UN Fellow on Prison Reforms in the year 1995 at the Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Branch in UN Vienna.

R GUNASHEKAR
Project Officer, Project RAS - H 71
Drugs & HIV

Gunashekar commonly known as "Gunah" has over 15 years' experience of working mainly in the development sector in various capacities in national and international organizations.  His experience includes managing innovative DFID-supported Truckers Project aimed at HIV prevention in two states from July 1995 to August 2002.  Prior to his assignment with UNODC ROSA Guna was involved in launching and establishing a Network of private sector healthcare providers in Tamil Nadu with Gates' funding to improve access and quality of STI/HIV prevention services.  He was awarded a Commonwealth Pofessional Fellowship for the year 2003-04 at International Family Health in London.  The fellowship provided a structured and incremental programme for acquiring new knowledge and for developing strategic, managerial and technical skills in the areas of HIV/AIDS and sexual and reproductive health. Guna holds a Masters degree in Social Work.

KAMAL GUPTA
Administrative & Finance Assistant RAS/H71, RAS/G23, GLO/C54 - Drugs & HIV

A Graduate in Science from the University of Rajasthan, Kamal has been working with ROSA since February 1999.  Additionally, he has a Diploma in Hospital Administration and System Engineering.  Currently he is working with Project RAS/H71 as Admin and Finance Assistant.  Known for his multi-tasking abilities and complete commitment to task, he has undertaken a variety of key initiatives which includes supporting office publications i.e. National Survey, Monographs, Intervention toolkits, and the South Asia Situation Assessment Report.

ARUNA MALKANI
Project Assistant RAS/H71, RAS/G23, GLO/C54 - Drugs & HIV

Born in December 1980, Aruna is a graduate in humanities from University of Delhi and has done a Diploma course from the National Institute of Information Technology (NIIT).  Adept at power point presentations, Aruna is very familiar with Microsoft Office systems.  She is very good in making the Power-point presentation.   She has been associated with the UN System for the past four years she has developed a sound knowledge in data analysis (SPSS) especially with regard to the Knowledge Attitude and Practice Analysis.  She has most recently rendered assistance in developing the Prison Toolkit.