Distributed Energy For People & The Planet Ep. 5: Delivering health justice through distributed r...

In the fifth episode of the Distributed Energy For People & The Planet series, we continue our conversation from the last episode of the series joined by Shweta Narayan from the India-based NGO  "Health Care Without Harm", and Shri Ram Kumar S, IAS - Project Director of the Meghalaya Health Systems Strengthening Project (MEGHSSP).


 This series is hosted by Marilyn Smith of the Energy Action Project (EnAct) and produced in collaboration with Global SDG7 Hubs


Guest Bios:


Shweta Narayan is an environmental health researcher with over two decades of campaigning and advocacy experience in environmental justice issues, Swetha is the International Climate and Health Campaigner for the India-based NGO  "Health Care Without Harm."


Shri Ram Kumar S, IAS works within the India Administrative Service, Mr. Ramkumar fulfills multiple roles in the state of Meghalaya,  in northeast India. Currently, he is the Additional Secretary to the Department of Health and Family Welfare and Mission Director of the National Health Mission. As such, he has assumed the role of Project Director of the Meghalaya Health Systems Strengthening Project (MEGHSSP). It was within this state that the government,  SELCO Foundation, and other stakeholders piloted the effort to combine distributed renewables and highly efficient technologies to upgrade rural and remote health clinics.  


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