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Dinesh Arora

Dinesh Arora (born 23 December 1976) is an Indian civil servant, physician and public health specialist. A member of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) from the 2002 batch, he was allotted the Kerala cadre and has held senior positions in the Government of India and the Government of Kerala.

Arora is a Chevening Scholar and holds a master's degree in economics and a Master of Public Health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He is pursuing doctoral studies in health policy at Johns Hopkins University.

He currently serves as a Principal Health Specialist in the Human and Social Development Sector Office of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). His work at ADB includes health-systems strengthening, pandemic preparedness, vaccination, early childhood development, health-sector assessments, and climate and health.

Arora previously served as Director (Health) at NITI Aayog and as the founding Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Authority, where he was involved in the design and early implementation of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY). Provided by Wikipedia