Dr. Padma Deosthali

Dr. Padma Bhate-Deosthali as Program Director at CREA, provided oversight, review, and support for the design and implementation of CREAte Fellowships. Dr. Padma has extensive experience in research, training, and policy advocacy in the areas of GBV, gender in medical education, health policy research, regulation of the private health sector, and women and work, with a focus on health and human rights.

She led CEHAT as its Director for 11 years. She was a member of the Steering Group of the GDG-WHO for developing policy and clinical practice guidelines for responding to violence against women and was also a member of the National Committee under the MoHFW for drafting the “Guidelines and Protocols for medico-legal care for victims/survivors of sexual violence” in 2014. She also coordinated the setting up of Dilaasa, a public hospital-based crisis centre on domestic violence in Mumbai.