Dr. Nalini Saligram - Founder & CEO of Arogya World

Nalini Saligram, Ph.D, is the Founder & CEO of Arogya World,
a global health non-profit committed to changing the course of
chronic disease. She is an Ashoka Fellow.


Under Nalini’s leadership, Arogya World designs and implements
scalable, science-based diabetes prevention programs in Indian
schools, workplaces, and the community. As a tireless
advocate for NCD prevention, Nalini leverages public-private
partnerships and global platforms to improve the world we live
in. Arogya World has made three Clinton Global Initiative
Commitments (one in 2011, and two in 2013), a United
Nations Every Woman Every Child Commitment (2014), was
active with MIT’s SOLVE effort (2017), and was named a finalist
for the Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation
(2014).  Her story and that of Arogya World has also been
highlighted in a book – The Healthcare
Gamechangers.  In 2021, on her watch, Arogya World was
chosen to be part of the Google AI for Social Good effort.


Nalini has lived and worked in many parts of the world, including
Merck in Philadelphia, Merial in Atlanta, Glaxo Wellcome in
London, and Hill & Knowlton in Hong Kong.