Ramani Atkuri

Ramani Atkuri studied medicine at the Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, with a specialization in Community Medicine. Since 1991, she has mostly worked in central India, in the rural and tribal areas of Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Chhattisgarh, in primary healthcare. She worked with UNICEF for a decade from 1997 before returning to the grassroots in collaboration with not-for-profit organizations. Her work has involved managing patients as well as training field-level workers of various cadres in primary healthcare. She is passionate about improving lay understanding of medicine and tackling inequity and injustice in access to healthcare. For her work in underserved parts of the country, she has been recognized by CMC with the College Motto Award in 2006 and the Paul Harrison Award in 2025. She lives in Bangalore with her husband.