Ravi Verma

Ravi Verma is the regional director for the International Center for Research on Women's Asia Regional Office and leads the organization's local and regional efforts on various aspects related to research, providing expertise in building capacity and participating in policy dialogue on issues that include adolescent girls, reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, and gender-based violence.

Education Ravi Verma completed his master's in psychology from Allahabad University 1977. In the year 1981, he received his PhD in Social Sciences from IIT Bombay. There after he pursued a PG Diploma in health promotion from University of California, Los Angeles and leadership trainings on reproductive health and public health from London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Johns Hopkins University respectively. Some of the major programs conceived, implemented and executed by Ravi in collaboration with partner organizations are: Research and Intervention for Sexual Health: Theory to Action (RISHTA) GEMS A brief video from the Parivartan programme: Yari Dosti Sakhi Saheli - Promoting gender equality and empowering young women Let's raise our voice event, 2013: Commission on the Status of Women (CSW): Invited to the CSW 2013 Program for Why do men use violence and how do we stop it: new evidence on men's use of violence against women and girls and its uses for enhanced prevention.

Awards and honors Ravi Verma was selected as a member of the High-Level Committee on the Status of Women effective May 21, 2013, by the Government of India. This committee has been set up to undertake a comprehensive study to understand the status of women since 1989. Ravi Verma was elected as one of 18 members of the Rights and Empowerment Working Group for Family Planning 2020 Ravi currently serves as a Commissioner on the Lancet Commission on Gender and Global health.