Nandita Bhan currently works as Professor at the Jindal School of Public Health (JSPH) at O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU). She is a social epidemiologist by training with degrees in Public Health and Social & Behavioral Sciences from Harvard University, University College London and Delhi University. She has previously worked with the Center on Gender Equity and Health (GEH) at UC San Diego and the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI).

Nandita’s work focuses on social inequalities, particularly the role of gender equality and the social, behavioral and structural determinants of health and well-being. He work uses a life course perspective in engaging with development, health and wellbeing of women and girls, and examining gender and social inequalities in health service access and use. She has worked on research and capacity building on gender and sexual and reproductive health for field based program monitoring and evaluation, with particular interest in issues of adolescent agency and in addressing measurement and data gaps in gender empowerment. Her research and teaching emphasize on utilizing both quantitative and qualitative methodologies to improve the measurement of health and wellbeing, of urbanization and behavior change interventions in low and middle income countries. She is presently on the International Advisory Committee of the Lancet Child and Adolescent Health.