Mirai Chatterjee | |
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| Born | August 17, 1959 India |
| Education | BA in History and Science; Masters in Health Sciences |
| Alma mater | The Cathedral & John Connon School, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health |
| Occupation(s) | Director, SEWA Social Security |
| Organization | Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA) |
| Website | www |
Mirai Chatterjee is a leader of the Self-Employed Women's Association, SEWA (India). She joined SEWA in 1984 and was its General Secretary after its Founder, Ela Bhatt.
Mirai Chatterjee is currently the Director of the Social Security Team at SEWA. She is responsible for SEWA's Health Care, Child Care and Insurance programmes. She was Chairperson of the National Insurance VimoSEWA Cooperative Ltd and the Lok Swasthya Health Cooperative, both of which she is a founder. Both cooperatives are promoted by SEWA. In addition, she is Chairperson of the Gujarat State Women's SEWA Cooperative Federation of 106 primary cooperatives with 300,000 members.
She was also appointed a member of National Advisory Council by the Prime Minister of India in June, 2010.[1][2]
Ms. Chatterjee serves and has served on the Boards of several organizations in India, including the Friends of Women's World Banking (FWWB), and the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI). She was advisor to the National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganized Sector and is in the Advisory Group of the National Health Mission. She was also a Commissioner in the World Health Organization’s Commission on the Social Determinants of Health.[3]
Chatterjee has a B.A. from Harvard University in History and Science and a Masters from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
- ^ Jain, Bharti. "New hands aboard, National Advisory Council ready for biz". The Economic Times.
- ^ Kristof, Nicholas (30 January 2007). "Opinion | Do-Gooders with Spreadsheets". The New York Times.
- ^ Mirai Chatterjee: Commissioner from India WHO website.