Gajanan Phutke was a site fellow at Jan Swasthya Sahyog in India (2017-2019). He was born and raised in Maharashtra, India. Gajanan received his medical degree from Government Medical College, Nanded. During his final year, Gajanan got in contact with a platform called ‘Nirman’ for restless youths to come together and seek life goals to do something in life beyond just earning money.  His work with Nirman inspired him to work for rural healthcare. To acquire multiple speciality skills, he joined Family Medicine Residency at a rural hospital Jan Swasthya Sahyog Ganiyari in 2014. Gujanan is interested in improving rural health care especially to vulnerable groups through service, research and advocacy.

Field of work: Administration, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, OB/GYN, Pediatrics, Research, Social Work, Public Health, Respiratory Health

Areas of interest: Rural Health via service, Research and Advocacy