Director -Resource Mobilisation, Communication & New Initiatives
Swati is responsible for the creation and execution of a resource mobilisation and communication strategy for ARMMAN. She has an experience of over 15 years wearing various hats, including that of a resource mobilization and communication professional in the development sector, working on programmes by Population Services International, UNICEF, UNFPA, The Global Fund, Rotary’s Pulse Polio Committee and NACO. Prior to ARMMAN, she successfully founded an education startup in the field of skill-building, working out of the Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE) at IIM Ahmedabad.
Dr. Aparna Hegde holds MD (Mumbai University), DNB, FCPS, DGO degrees in Obstetrics and Gynecology and a MS degree in biological sciences from Stanford University. She was awarded the IUGA International Fellowship in Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery which she completed in Cleveland Clinic Florida. She is a member of the Editorial Board of International Urogynecology Journal and the International Urogynecology Committee on prolapse. She is an internationally recognized pioneer in the field of 2D/3D ultrasound of the pelvic floor. She has won several research awards including best paper award at the 2013 American Urogynecology Society annual meeting and has 75 publications/abstracts.