Sundari Ravindran served on ARROW’s Programme Advisory Committee from 1996 – 1999.

She has a PhD in Applied Economics from the Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum, Kerala, India. She is currently honorary professor at the Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum.

She is a researcher on gender, health and equity issues with focus on women's SRHR, former co-editor of Reproductive Health Matters. She has worked with World Health Organisation, has been on the UN's MDG Task Force on Maternal and Child Health and has been a member of the Asia team of the Rights and Reforms research project, Women's Health Project, Johannesburg, South Africa, reviewing available evidence on health sector reforms and reproductive health.  

Sundari is one of the reveiwers for 'Reclaiming and Redefining Rights - ICPD+15: Status of Sexual & Reproductive Rights in Asia'  and is also responsible for writing a global review paper on the impact of health financing reforms on sexual and reproductive health services, and an Asian Regional Paper on public-private partnerships in reproductive health, and an Asia review paper.

She is a founder member of the Rural Women’s Social Education Centre (RUWSEC), which is a grassroots women’s health organization in Tamil Nadu, India, and has stayed involved in the activities of the organization.

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