Deepika holds a PhD in Public Health Policy from the IIM Ahmedabad, India. With an interdisciplinary background in science, management, and policy degrees, her interests centre around women's health across their life course, and has worked for over a decade in consulting, research and implementation at the intersection of gender and health. At the George Institute for Global Health, Deepika is working as a Thought Leadership Advisor as part of Impact & Engagement team and manages the Ubuntu Initiative focused on building equitable partnerships in Africa, around research, capacity strengthening, and impact and engagement. She is an Emerging Voice for Global Health (EV4GH 2016), co-founder and current chair of the Women in Global Health India Chapter.