Rajat Khosla

Rajat Khosla is the PMNCH Executive Director, taking his post on 15 May 2024. He comes from the International Institute on Global Health (UNU-IIGH) where he acted as Director. Rajat works on women, children and adolescent health through the intersections of research, policy, and practice. Over the last twenty years his work has focused on global health and inequalities, sexual and reproductive health and rights, gender equality and health equity. He has published widely in academic publications and writes regularly on these issues. He previously worked at the World Health Organisation and UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights where his work focused on research and normative development for implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals related to health in particular on issues related to sexual and reproductive health; develop and guide policy and legal analysis; and develop policy frameworks on the integration of women’s rights in humanitarian emergencies. Previously Rajat has served in a variety of research and policy roles with civil society organisations and think tanks such as the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, and the International Environmental Law Research Centre, and other. He has also advised numerous organisations such as UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA and others on issues related to women, children and adolescent health. Rajat is an Adjunct Research Professor at the University of Southern California Institute on Inequalities in Global Health and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Essex Human Rights Centre. His current affiliations include membership of the UNU-IIGH Gender and Health Hub High-level Advisory Committee. He is an alumna of University of Delhi and University of Essex.