Anubha Rawat has over 20 years of experience working in the international development sector, in areas of program and strategy development, project management and implementation, fundraising and communications, and grant making. She has worked in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, with a focus on women’s health and MNCH (maternal, newborn and child health).
Growing up in India, during the time the Indian economy was transforming, it was through her experience of volunteering and working across a range of non-profit organisations, that Anubha recognised the powerful role philanthropy has to play in development.
Anubha is the Projects Director at the DAK International Network, a public charity based in Australia. DAK primarily focuses on sub-Saharan Africa and Asia in three areas – women’s health programmes, focussed on birth injury repair and family planning, restorative high volume cataract surgery and the distribution of medical equipment with a focus on oxygen and biomedical support systems. Anubha brings her experience and insights to a wide range of programmes supported by DAK and is passionate about program development and initiatives that are championed at the local level.
Anubha sits on the Board of Advisors for the Gould Family Foundation, USA to improve health outcomes for the poor and underserved in sub-Saharan Africa and on the Advisory Board of the Australian International Development Network, for whom she hosts the podcast ‘Philanthropod’. She holds a Master’s in Child Development from Delhi University, a Graduate Diploma in International Studies from the University of Sydney and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.