Anjali Nayyar

Anjali Nayyar

Senior Vice President

Bringing sixteen years of international health experience to GHS, Anjali Nayyar oversees the firm’s work in emerging economies. Anjali most recently served as PATH's Country Director in India.  Before joining PATH, she worked with the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) for six years, where she served initially as India Country Director for three years and then as Vice President for Country and Regional Programs, working both in New Delhi and in New York at the organization's headquarters. As Vice President, she led field operations and non-research and development programs in India, Brazil, South Africa, China, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda. In addition, she led the strategic development and management of IAVI's Vaccine Preparedness Unit.

Prior to joining IAVI, Anjali worked with the Population Council Regional Office, South and East Asia, as a Communications Specialist and Project Director. In these capacities, she oversaw focusing on advocacy for reproductive and sexual health issues, including emergency contraception. Anjali holds a Master's degree in Population Studies from Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, and a Bachelors degree with honors in English Literature from St. Xavier's College, Bombay University. She has also earned diplomas in Mass Communication from St. Xavier's Institute of Mass Communications and Advances in Family Health Communication from Johns Hopkins University. She serves on the boards of the International Partnership for Microbicides and Interventions for Sexual Health and Awareness, a non-governmental organization that works with victims of sexual abuse in India.