MonikaArora HRIDAYIndia

Prof. (Dr) Monika Arora is a public health scientist working in the area of Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) Prevention and Control, and Child and Adolescent Health. She is Vice President (Research and Health Promotion) at the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI). She is also the Executive Director of HRIDAY (Health Related Information Dissemination amongst Youth), an NGO working on meaningful engagement of adolescents and communities. She is the President of the NCD Alliance (2023-25). Her areas of research include: designing, implementing and evaluating: Group Randomized Trials, Behavioural Research including mixed methods research, Policy Research, Implementation Research, and Impact Evaluation of Policies and Programs. She has published extensively in the area of School Health Promotion and Adolescent Health and policy solutions to address NCD risk factors. Her research outcomes have successfully informed National Health Programmes