For the Public

Prevent disease! Keep well! Leave a green footprint!

This page is for you! The Bagchi School of Public Health cares about the Public’s Heath as well as reducing our carbon footprint. We will continue to expand and update this page to provide information about how we can improve our own health, and how we can go green.

Let’s step well to improve human and planetary health! Every step counts! Keep stepping, don’t count! Leave a green footprint!

Ways to improve Health and Wellness

Physical Activity
Mental Health
Prepare well for Disasters

Go Green

Reduce plastic footprint
Reduce wastage of water
Reduce food wastage

Sahyog: Centre for Promoting Health

Our mission is to improve health, especially for poor and underserved communities, through evidence-based initiatives that are sustainable and scalable. To this end, we have partnered with the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) to create the Sahyog Centre for Promoting Health that is synergistically building on the strengths of both institutions. Sahyog aims to inform, inspire and empower people, communities, and organisations locally, nationally and globally to make healthy and sustainable choices. Sahyog focuses on developing and implementing innovative evidence-based, community owned, low cost, no cost, or cost saving interventions to improve health and address health disparities.

I Bharat Ki आशा | Conversations with ASHA Workers

Episode 1

In this special episode of Bharat Ki आशा, Professor Neha Rathi from the Bagchi School of Public Health, Ahmedabad University, engages in a conversation with ASHA worker Ayesha Ben whose dedication has helped achieve zero Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) and zero Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) in her service area.

ASHA workers are the backbone of India’s grassroots public health system—working tirelessly to ensure maternal and child health, full immunisation, family planning, and community wellbeing. Through this initiative, we aim to document and share their stories, best practices, and lived experiences to inspire ASHA workers across the country. In this conversation, we explore:

Her journey of becoming an ASHA worker
What motivates her to serve her community
How she built trust among families
Challenges faced while working in the field
Powerful stories of saving lives and supporting mothers
Her message for fellow ASHA workers across India

One of the most powerful takeaways from this conversation: “Don't think so much about money. Just work hard and God will reward your services.”

Bharat Ki आशा is a PAN-India initiative by the Bagchi School of Public Health to identify and amplify the best practices of ASHA workers from urban, rural, and tribal communities across India. By sharing these stories, we hope to strengthen peer learning, recognition, and motivation within the public health system.

Stay tuned as we travel across states to bring you more inspiring stories from India’s frontline health heroes.