Kezevino Aram

Dr. Kezevino Aram has served as President of Shanti Ashram since 2014. Shanti Ashram, founded in 1986 on Mahatma Gandhi’s vision of Sarvodaya (progress for all), is an international center for learning, development and collaboration. It accompanies communities in their efforts to move out of poverty, address inequalities, build creative leaders and ensure sustained development. Today, Shanti Ashram serves over 100,000 vulnerable children across 100 villages in TamilNadu. In 2017, Dr. Aram founded the International Center forChild and Public Health (ICPH) on the 30th anniversary ofShanti Ashram. ICPH is an innovative model of integrating primary care with public health, where the best of global knowledge steers comprehensive interventions for children. Besides contributing to the public health discourse and policy at the national level, ICPH directly impacts the health outcomes of vulnerable children in 100 service villages. Dr. Aram was invited to serve on the ‘Experts Committee’ of th