v-INSPIRE Intern, FHTS

I am Alam Mozahid, Pursuing Masters of Public Health in Health Policy, Economics and Finance from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai with background in Engineering. I have done my urban internship from a Mumbai based NGO- Bombay Leprosy Project and there, I got the opportunity to visit and to talk to the patients from Dharavi and Bandra slum areas. Currently I am doing my Research Dissertation on PMJAY scheme’s utilisation and Financial risk protection in the rural area of Bihar’s Siwan district. My past experience includes working at HDFC Bank in Delhi before joining Master’s degree.

My interest areas are Policies making and analysis related to health, Insurance schemes and Financial Risk Protection. The out of Pocket expenditure compels the public to pay a huge amount to the healthcare providers their hard-earned money. I wish to work for the availability of affordable healthcare to the lowest strata of the society.

Highest Education: B.Tech - NIT Agartala

Date of Joining: July 1, 2020

Testimonial:

While doing one month’s internship at FHTS, I learnt many things. It was my first virtual internship. It helped me to develop new perspectives in the changing scenario of this pandemic. I met new people from different organizations and institutions for the group assignments during this and we shared different information and shared our ideas for the common goals. The presentation used to happen in front of the virtual audience so this internship prepared me to get adapted for this new normal.
The ‘SMAART’ tracker approach is an innovative portal to keep all the important information at one place. It helps to understand the global scenario as well as the Indian states too. The policies and advisories taken by the Govts can be found here.
I will be thankful to FHTS for this.