People, the email below is self-explanatory. Whoever would like to input / speak / share with Pranav Sharma to take his study forward, please get in touch with him direct via his email [email protected]
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sharma, Pranav <[email protected]> Date: Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 3:31 PM Subject: Brown University Research Fellow Studying Mental Health Care Policy in India To: [email protected] Dear Vaishnaviji, This is to follow up from our WhatsApp conversation & give a brief description of what I've been working on thus far/my interests moving forward research and policy-wise! My name is Pranav and I am a research fellow from Brown University studying health systems in the United States and India, with a specific focus on mental health and a desire to pursue it from the angles of policy research and analysis, as well as medical practice. I am in Delhi & Bangalore this summer (briefly in Mumbai) for my thesis research, which is focused on understanding two aspects of the Mental Health Care Bill (2013). The two primary research questions are (1) What drove the creation of this Bill at the time it emerged, and what were the contestations and inputs that resulted in its form as tabled in 2013 in the Rajya Sabha? & (2) What are the political and legislative bottlenecks to the passage of this Bill since its passing through the Rajya Sabha in 2013? Alongside this, I am looking to understand different understandings of mental health care here in India (e.g. traditional modes of healing at dargahs and temples, family-based care models, and unique approaches taken by NGOs), to help situate the Bill in the context of India's broader mental health care landscape. I'd really appreciate your time & perspective on both issues, having worked in the field for so long, and myself having just entered it with the goal of engaging with it in the long term here in India. Sincerely yours, Pranav -- Pranav Sharma Brown India Initiative Research Fellow Watson Institute for International Studies Brown University -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Mental Health Advocacy (News 'N Views) India" group. ------------- Affiliated Groups : MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY INDIA [email protected] Discussions on mental health law / policy / plan monitoring / human rights etc [email protected] India-specific news and views related to mental health [email protected] Information and support to carers of people with mental health issues [email protected] Mutual support and sharing of experiential knowledge, skills and social learning amongst peers --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Mental Health Advocacy (News 'N Views) India" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/MhaNewsViewsIndia. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/MhaNewsViewsIndia/CAN7%2BzvoW-zWq%3Ds1NKHCZrABuuvHUyrXCvVJKY-rZEUEBF8CtGg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
