Kalpana Shah was a site fellow at SEWA Rural in India (2018-2020). She was born and brought up in Gujarat, India. She completed her MBBS with a post-graduate degree in anaesthesia from Gujarat University. Immediately after post-graduation she joined SEWA Rural, a voluntary organization in south Gujarat working for the community health and integrated development of poor youth and women of rural tribal families. She has more than 25 years of professional experience which includes basic anesthesia work in wide, typical surgical areas related to tribal patients. She has also worked hard for surgical camps of plastic surgery, polio, gynecology oculoplasty etc. Some of her interests include working to expand and develop the operating theater and a focus on infection control. She developed and implemented a critical infection control protocol after the in-depth study of different areas of the hospital after providing the required trainings. She has frequently been invited as a resource person at state and national level hospitals to evaluate infection control qualities. Her hobbies include reading, cooking, gardening, home decorating and travelling. Her ultimate goal is to stay in this remote location to serve the needy and realize the purpose of human birth.

Field of work: Administration, Anesthesia

Areas of interest: Anesthesia, Rural Health