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Interaction with Dr RS Sharma CEO of National Health Authority (NHA) India
Interaction with Dr RS Sharma CEO of National Health Authority (NHA) India
Often, we become very cynical and ignore the progress that we Indians have made as a country.
It was a proud moment to witness the speech of Dr. RS Sharma on
” India Rising: Lessons for Leaders ” while representing India & Hyphen SCS at the CSC2023 – The Duke of Edinburgh’s Commonwealth Study Conference – Canada 2023
The 250+ delegates from 35+ countries were not only impressed but also inspired by the progress made by India.
Jai Hind !Jai Bharat !
Dr Sharma is the CEO of the National Health Authority (NHA) Health Authority that implements the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) and Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY), two flagship health missions of the Government of India
He is also the chairman of the Empowered Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 and a member of the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19
Dr. Sharma is a member of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) – Government of India (IAS 1978 (Rtd.)
Before his appointment as the CEO of the NHAI on February 1, 2021, he served as the Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India(TRAI) from Aug 2015 to Sept 2020.
Prior to this assignment, he served as the Secretary of the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (under the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India) and as the Chief Secretary to the State Government of Jharkhand (India)
Dr Sharma was the founding Director General and Mission Director of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and was a part of the leadership team that built and launched Aadhaar, the world’s largest Digital Identity Platform.
He has captured the experience of building Aadhaar in his recently published book, ‘Making of Aadhar: The World’s Largest Identity Platform’.
Dr. Sharma has a deep interest in using technology for governance and has led a number of e-Governance projects at both the national and state levels.
He has been responsible for implementing a number of projects relating to ICT infrastructure, process reengineering, and service delivery through the public-private partnership (PPP) model.
His contributions in this area have been recognized both in India and abroad.
Dr. Sharma is an alumnus of the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur , where he earned a Master’s in Mathematics, and of the University of Allahabad, where he completed his Bachelor’s in Science.
While on leave from the Government of India, he earned a Master’s in Computer Science from the University of California, Riverside – A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management in 2002, and subsequently a Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
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