Dinesh Arora is a physician and public health expert with over 20 years of experience leading health system reforms across South Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa. With training in medicine, public health, and economics, he has designed evidence-based strategies to strengthen health systems at national and global levels.
In India, he played a key role in transforming health services in Kerala, introducing hospital accreditation and establishing the Kerala Medical Service Corporation and Food Safety Commission. At NITI Aayog and as founding Deputy CEO of the National Health Authority, he helped launch Ayushman Bharat—the world’s largest publicly funded health insurance program—and advanced India’s digital health mission.
At ADB, he leads work on human resources for health, pandemic preparedness, vaccine manufacturing, early childhood development, One Health, and climate-health initiatives. A Chevening scholar, he holds advanced degrees in economics and public health and is pursuing doctoral studies at Johns Hopkins University.
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