Podcast appearances and mentions of shobha shukla

First podcast of 2025 features Dr Rajesh Kumar Sood, District Programme Officer, National Health Mission and District TB Officer (National TB Elimination Programme) Kangra Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, India. He is in conversation with CNS founder Managing Editor and Executive Director Shobha Shukla on the ongoing #100Days focussed campaign to #ReachTheUnreached people with best of TB diagnostics, treatment and prevention services in India.Opening and closing instrumental piano music is played by a young feminist Ms Tara Shukla Iyer from UK.Listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, YouTube Podcasts, TuneIn, Podtail, BluBrry, Himalaya, ListenNotes, American Podcasts, CastBox FM, Ivy FM, Player FM, iVoox, and other podcast streaming platforms.ThanksCNS team

This podcast features Nurgul Dzhanaeva, President of the Forum of Women's NGOs of Kyrgyzstan, who has worked on SDG-related issues at the local, national, regional and global levels. From 2016-2019, she was instrumental in initiating the campaign “From Global to Local” which sought to integrate SDG Goal 5 – to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls – into Kyrgyzstan's local sustainable development strategies and plans.She is in conversation with Shobha Shukla, CNS Founder Executive Director and feminist development justice leader, at the Asia Pacific Feminist Forum (APFF 2024) in Chiang Mai, Thailand.Opening and closing instrumental piano music is played by young feminist Ms Tara Iyer Shukla from UK.Listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, YouTube Podcasts, TuneIn, Podtail, BluBrry, Himalaya, ListenNotes, American Podcasts, CastBox FM, Ivy FM, Player FM, iVoox, and other podcast streaming platforms.ThanksCNS team

This podcast features Nalini Singh, a noted Fiji's human rights activist and Executive Director of Fiji Women's Rights Movement (FWRM). She is in conversation with Shobha Shukla, a feminist development justice activist and CNS Founder Executive Director around the 4th Asia Pacific Feminist Forum on the theme of: Feminist world building - creative energies, collective journeys in Chiang Mai, Thailand.Opening and closing instrumental piano music is played by young feminists Ms Tara Iyer Shukla and Ms Reya Iyer Shukla from UK.Listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, YouTube Podcasts, TuneIn, Podtail, BluBrry, Himalaya, ListenNotes, American Podcasts, CastBox FM, Ivy FM, Player FM, iVoox, and other podcast streaming platforms.ThanksCNS team

This special Podcast features Dr Po-Lin Chan, Regional Advisor (HIV, Hepatitis and Sexually Transmitted Infections - STIs) at World Health Organization (WHO) South-East Asia Regional Office, and Dr Ishwar Gilada, who is a part of Organising Committee of 25th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2024) and Governing Council of International AIDS Society (IAS). They were in conversation with CNS Founder Executive Director and Managing Editor Shobha Shukla in Munich Germany. CNS is among the official media partners of AIDS 2024.Opening and closing instrumental piano music is played by Ms Reya Iyer Shukla from UK.Listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, YouTube Podcasts, TuneIn, Podtail, BluBrry, Himalaya, ListenNotes, American Podcasts, CastBox FM, Ivy FM, Player FM, iVoox, and other podcast streaming platforms.ThanksCNS team

This special Podcast features leaders from 2024 Asia Pacific Feminist Forum #APFF4 (Chiang Mai, Thailand: 12-14 September 2024). The theme of APFF4 is "Feminist world-building: Creative energies, collective journeys." Panelists include: Abia Akram, a disability rights activist and the founder and CEO of the National Forum of Women with Disabilities in Pakistan; Eni Lestari, a migrant rights activist and the Chairperson of International Migrants Alliance; Ivy Josiah, a women's rights activist who has led Malaysia's Women's Aid Organisation for 20 years as its Past President and Executive Director. They are in conversation with CNS founder Executive Director and feminist leader Shobha Shukla.For more information on APFF4, click here. Opening and closing instrumental piano music is played by a 7 years old feminist Ms Tara Iyer Shukla from UK.Listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, YouTube Podcasts, TuneIn, Podtail, BluBrry, ListenNotes, American Podcasts, CastBox FM, Ivy FM, Player FM, iVoox, and other podcast streaming platforms.ThanksCNS team

 This podcast features UNAIDS India Country Director David Bridger who shares what #PutPeopleFirst means to him in lead up to 25th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2024) to be held in Munich, Germany. He is in conversation with Shobha Shukla, CNS founder Managing Editor and Executive Director and Chairperson of Global AMR Media Alliance (GAMA).Listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, YouTube Music, TuneIn, Podtail, BluBrry, Himalaya, ListenNotes, American Podcasts, CastBox FM, Ivy FM, Player FM, iVoox, and other podcast streaming platforms.ThanksCNS team

This podcast features Dr Ishwar Gilada who had established India's first AIDS clinic in 1986 when first HIV case had got diagnosed in the country. Dr Gilada is the longest serving HIV medical expert in India, President-Emeritus of AIDS Society of India, part of Governing Council of IAS (International AIDS Society) and 25th International AIDS Conference organising committee. He is in conversation with CNS Founder and Managing Editor Shobha Shukla.Listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, YouTube Music, TuneIn, Podtail, BluBrry, Himalaya, ListenNotes, American Podcasts, CastBox FM, Ivy FM, Player FM, iVoox, and other podcast streaming platforms.ThanksCNS team

This podcast features insights from a range of experts who spoke in End Malaria Dialogues held around the 77th World Health Assembly of World Health Organization (WHO). Experts include: Dr Michael Adekunle Charles, CEO RBM Partnership to End Malaria; Dr Marijke Wijnroks, Head of Strategic Investment and Impact Division, The Global Fund; Sriram Natarajan, co-founder and CEO Molbio Diagnostics; Prof Maxine Whittaker, Community Representative at the Global Fund Regional Artemisinin Resistance Initiative; and CSO Platform advisor; Aloyce Urassa, Chairperson African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA) Youth Advisory Council; Louis Da Gama, board member, Communities Delegation Unitaid and CSO Platform advisor; and Shobha Shukla, founder Managing Editor and Executive Director, CNS (moderator).Listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn, Podtail, BluBrry, Himalaya, ListenNotes, American Podcasts, CastBox FM, Ivy FM, Player FM, iVoox, and other podcast streaming platforms.ThanksCNS team

In lead up to the International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2024) in Munich, Germany, listen to this podcast featuring Dr Meg Doherty, World Health Organization (WHO) Director of Global HIV, Hepatitis and Sexually Transmitted Infections Programmes. She is in conversation with Shobha Shukla, CNS founder, Managing Editor and Executive Director.Listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn, Podtail, BluBrry, Himalaya, ListenNotes, American Podcasts, CastBox FM, Ivy FM, Player FM, iVoox, and other podcast streaming platforms.ThanksCNS team

Listen to this podcast featuring Dr Bornali Datta, Director, Respiratory Medicine at Medanta, and Project Lead of Mission TB Free Haryana. She shares insights of the incredible and high-impact journey of Medanta vans since 2015 onwards of how they are reaching the unreached with WHO recommended and quality assured TB diagnostics and services in Haryana, Delhi, and other parts of India. She is in conversation with Shobha Shukla, CNS founder Managing Editor and Chairperson of Global Antimicrobial Resistance Media Alliance.Listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn, Podtail, BluBrry, Himalaya, ListenNotes, American Podcasts, CastBox FM, Ivy FM, Player FM, iVoox, and other podcast streaming platforms.ThanksCNS team#EndTBDialogues #TB #FindallTB #treatallTB #preventallTB #diagnosis #detectTB #findTB #treatTB #preventTB #drugresistance #YesWeCanEndTB #TBMukt #TBMuktBharat #TBFreeWorld #TBFreeIndia #DiagnosticDelay #CatastrophicCost #TBMuktHaryana #TBFreeHaryana #Medanta #LabonWheels #MissionTBFreeHaryana #BornaliDatta #Conversation #Dialogue

Listen to this exclusive podcast on the theme: "Find all TB → treat all TB → prevent all TB → End TB" produced by CNS head Shobha Shukla. This is an exclusive and powerful science- and evidence-backed narrative on why critical building blocks of #EndTB agenda are: #FindAllTB, #TreatAllTB and #PreventAllTB - grounded in people-centred and human-rights-based and gender transformative approaches.Listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn, Podtail, BluBrry, Himalaya, ListenNotes, American Podcasts, CastBox FM, Ivy FM, Player FM, iVoox, and other podcast streaming platforms.ThanksCNS team

Listen to this podcast featuring an engaging discussion on youth and gender-based violence: challenges and solutions. Panelists include Kirthi Jayakumar, who is part of the Gender Security Project and Head of Community Engagement at World Pulse (India); Hafsah Muheed, intersectional feminist and human rights advocate from Sri Lanka; Tanmaya Kshirsagar, Indian Classical Vocalist, Writer & Academic and an intersectional feminist; Rita Widiadana, former Editor, The Jakarta Post, Indonesia; Kalpana Acharya, Health TV Online, Nepal; Xari Jalil, senior journalist and Editor Voice Pakistan; Zevonia Vieira, Editor, Neon Metin Media, Timor-Leste; SM Shaikat, SERAC-Bangladesh; Tanya Khera, Samanta Foundation; Joshua Dilawar, Y-PEER Pakistan; Matcha Phorn-in, Sangwan Anakot Yaowachon Thailand; and Shobha Shukla, CNS (moderator).Listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn, Podtail, BluBrry, Himalaya, ListenNotes, American Podcasts, CastBox FM, Ivy FM, Player FM, iVoox, and other podcast streaming platforms.ThanksCNS team

This is the podcast of the Institute Lecture given by Dr. Anil Rajvanshi at IIT Bombay on 4th December 2023. The lecture was titled: Innovative Water Technologies - Possibilities for Rural Applications. The introduction was by Dr. Shobha Shukla. The lecture was organized in conjunction with the 3rd International Conference on Water Technologies organized by IIT Bombay. Dr. Anil Rajvanshi also gave the inaugural address at the conference. The conference was organized by Dr. Shobha Shukla and Dr. Sumit Saxena.

This episode of Gender Equality Talks Podcast Series, puts spotlight on issues faced by women migrant workers in Asia. Three feminist journalists-editors from India, Indonesia and Nepal, share their insights: Rita Widiadana, former Editor of The Jakarta Post (Indonesia); Kalpana Acharya, Editor-in-Chief of Health TV Online (Nepal) and former President of Health Journalists Forum Nepal; and Shobha Shukla, founder Managing Editor of CNS.The “feminisation” of migration is most visible in Asia, where women constitute over 50% of all migrant workers. It is mostly poverty, and regressive societal norms in their home country that push 5 million women in South East Asia to migrate to other countries in search of a life that gives them economic independence to be able to carve a better future for their family back home. But their dreams can go terribly wrong at times. Despite making strong societal and economic contributions (to countries of origin and destination), their journey of migration is beset with serious human rights violations, including the risk of physical and sexual violence, harassment and abuse.The least that countries can do is to make migration safe and fair for female migrant workers through enforcement of labour laws that protect labour and other human rights of workers.Listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn, Podtail, BluBrry, Himalaya, ListenNotes, American Podcasts, CastBox FM, Ivy FM, Player FM, and other podcast streaming platforms.#16DaysOfActivism #16days #16DaysOfActivismAgainstGenderBasedViolence #genderbasedviolence #EndGenderBasedViolence #violenceagainstwomenstopshere #virtualviolence #digitalviolence #onlineviolence #onlineabuse

Listen to this Podcast featuring Fletcher Yi-Chi Chiu who is the Director of Communications of Persons with HIV/AIDS Rights Advocacy Association of Taiwan (PRAA Taiwan) and also serves as Asia Pacific Board Member of Y+Global (Global Network of Young People Living with HIV). Fletcher is in conversation with CNS founder and Managing Editor Shobha Shukla, in lead up to Women Deliver 2023 and International HIV Science Congress of International AIDS Society in Brisbane, Australia.Listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, Himalaya, ListenNotes, American Podcasts, CastBox FM, Ivy FM, Player FM, and other podcast streaming platforms.ThanksCNS team

This podcast features Massachusetts General Hospital former staff Muffy Lutzin, 77, who has travelled to ~80 countries worldwide - exploring the world as well as exploring her own inner world, challenging her fears and inhibitions, discovering new lights and energies, and connecting with people and to her own self - #hearttoheart - worldwide. She shares her insights of her own #LifeJourney with CNS leader Shobha Shukla on why the only way to live fully is to be #BeYou!  🔶 The Hero Lies In You - a special CNS series - salutes extraordinary lives of living legends around us.Listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, Himalaya, ListenNotes, American Podcasts, CastBox FM, Ivy FM, Player FM, and other podcast streaming platforms.ThanksCNS team

 This podcast features noted scientist Dr Raman R Gangakhedkar who shares insights on vaccine hesitancy, vaccine confidence, and range of issues around pandemic preparedness. Among the most distinguished scientists and epidemiologists, Padamshree Dr Raman R Gangakhedkar is in conversation with CNS founder head Shobha Shukla. Dr Gangakhedkar has earlier been the head of epidemiology at Indian Council of Medical Research and among distinguished #HIVScience leaders of ICMR-National AIDS Research Institute, India.Listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, Himalaya, ListenNotes, American Podcasts, CastBox FM, Ivy FM, Player FM, and other podcast streaming platforms.ThanksCNS team

 This podcast features Tomoko Fukuda, IPPF (International Planned Parenthood Federation)'s Regional Director for East and South-East Asia and Oceania Region (IPPF ESEAOR) who is in conversation with CNS founder and feminist leader Shobha Shukla at the 2022 International Conference on Family Planning in Pattaya, Thailand.Listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, Himalaya, ListenNotes, American Podcasts, CastBox FM, Ivy FM, Player FM, and other podcast streaming platforms.ThanksCNS team

Listen to this podcast featuring Prof Amita Pandey, in lead up to the 2022 International Conference on Family Planning (#ICFP2022). Professor (Dr) Amita Pandey is from Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, King George's Medical University (KGMU) in India, who was in conversation with CNS founder Managing Editor and Executive Director Shobha Shukla. Prof Amita Pandey is among the Academic Editors of the prestigious Asian Research Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics. She is also a Master Trainer for India's most populated state UP's State Innovation for family planning services or SIFPSA, and one of the few obstetricians and gynaecologists who also specializes in medical genetics.Listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, Himalaya, ListenNotes, American Podcasts, CastBox FM, Ivy FM, Player FM, and other podcast streaming platforms.ThanksCNS team

This Podcast features Mina Barling, who is part of IPPF (International Planned Parenthood Federation) Director's Leadership Team and Director of External Relations at IPPF. She was in conversation with CNS Founder, Managing Editor and Executive Director Shobha Shukla.Listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, Himalaya, ListenNotes, American Podcasts, CastBox FM, Ivy FM, Player FM, and other podcast streaming platforms.ThanksCNS team

This podcast features Prof Surya Kant who has been the Government of India's National Health Mission's COVID-19 Vaccination Ambassador and noted respiratory medicine expert. He is in conversation with CNS founder and Managing Editor Shobha Shukla. Prof Surya Kant is among the distinguished leaders who have been elected as national President of all 3 respiratory and chest medicine national associations: Indian Chest Society, National College of Chest Physicians and Indian College of Allergy, Asthma and Applied Immunology. He is also the Head of Respiratory Medicine Department at King George's Medical University (KGMU) in India.Listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, Himalaya, ListenNotes, American Podcasts, CastBox FM, Ivy FM, Player FM, and other podcast streaming platforms.ThanksCNS team

This podcast features Dr Conor Tweed, Honorary Clinical Lecturer, Medical Research Council (MRC) Clinical Trials Unit at University College London (UCL), who is in conversation with CNS founding Managing Editor and Executive Director Shobha Shukla. Jessica Wiggs, Senior Communication Specialist of TB Alliance (Global Alliance of TB Drug Development, www.TBalliance.org) joins the conversation. Listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, Himalaya, ListenNotes, American Podcasts, CastBox FM, Ivy FM, Player FM, and other podcast streaming platforms.ThanksCNS team

Rena Janamnuaysook is among the featured plenary speakers of 24th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2022). Rena is credited to establish the Tangerine Community Health Clinic, the first-transgender-led health clinic in the region. She is in conversation with CNS Managing Editor Shobha Shukla. Rena Janamnuaysook is also the co-founder of the Thai Transgender Alliance, the first transgender-owned human rights organization in Thailand.Listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, Himalaya, ListenNotes, American Podcasts, CastBox FM, Ivy FM, and other podcast streaming platforms.Rena Janamnuaysook is a Program Manager for Transgender Health at IHRI in Bangkok, Thailand, where she established the Tangerine Community Health Clinic, the first transgender-led health clinic in the region. She manages and provides technical guidance for the development and implementation of HIV research and programmes for transgender populations. Rena is a fellow of the NIH CHIMERA D43 programme, part of the IeDEA network, to learn to conduct HIV and mental health implementation research. She also worked as Project Management Specialist in HIV Key Populations for the US Agency for International Development. Rena has a Master's in international development from the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, and is doing her PhD at the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.ThanksCNS team

This #AIDS2022 podcast features Dr BC Roy Awardee and noted HIV expert Dr Glory Alexander who is in conversation with CNS founder Managing Editor Ms Shobha Shukla. Dr Glory Alexander is part of organizing committee of AIDS 2022 (24th International AIDS Conference - AIDS 2022 - in Montreal, Canada) and also on Governing Council of AIDS Society of India (ASI). She is an alumni of the prestigious CMC (Christian Medical College) Vellore. She was part of the Bangalore Baptist Hospital before founding ASHA Foundation in the year 1998.Listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, Himalaya, ListenNotes, American Podcasts, CastBox FM, Ivy FM, and other podcast streaming platforms.

This podcast features a special guest, Dr Rosie Raj Kumari, who is the Manipur State Nodal Officer, National Viral Hepatitis Control Programme, Government of India. She was in conversation with CNS Managing Editor and Executive Director Shobha Shukla, in lead up to 24th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2022) in Montreal, Canada.Listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, Himalaya, ListenNotes, American Podcasts, CastBox FM, Ivy FM, and other podcast streaming platforms.

 This podcast features Doris Peltier who is among the Plenary Speakers of #AIDS2022 (24th International AIDS Conference) in Montreal, Canada. She is in conversation with CNS founder, Executive Director and Managing Editor Shobha Shukla. Doris Peltier has been dedicatedly working with the indigenous HIV movement in Canada for over twenty years. She is also the Community Engagement Coordinator with the Feast Centre for Indigenous STBBI Research, at McMaster University.Listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, Himalaya, ListenNotes, American Podcasts, CastBox FM, Ivy FM, and other podcast streaming platforms. 

The Hero Lies In You - a special CNS series - salutes extraordinary lives of those who inspire us. This episode features Ms Dorothy Solomon who is in conversation with CNS founder and Executive Director Ms Shobha Shukla. Born in 1929, Ms Dorothy Solomon lives by the dictum of her father's last words spoken to her when she was barely 10 years old: “We want something, and God ordains something else. God's will prevails. Never get perturbed in life”. She defeated Covid-19, and even at age 92, tatting (making lace by hand) and doing embroidery are part of her daily routine. Listen to more of her (extra)ordinary life. Listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, Himalaya, ListenNotes, American Podcasts, CastBox FM, Ivy FM, and other podcast streaming platforms.

Listen to another episode of CNS #endAIDS Dialogues featuring noted human rights and HIV activist Daxa Patel, former President of National Coalition of People Living with HIV in India in conversation with CNS head Shobha Shukla at 13th national conference of AIDS Society of India (13th ASICON) in Hyderabad, India.Listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, Himalaya, ListenNotes, American Podcasts, CastBox FM, Ivy FM, and other podcast streaming platforms.

Today is HIV Vaccine Awareness Day! IAVI and CNS bring to you a very special podcast, Lessons Learnt: What the COVID-19 experience in India can teach us about HIV vaccine research, delivery and access, where three experts discuss the past, present and future of HIV research in the current COVID context, and the implications of this research on scientific and clinical practice, and community participation.Listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, Himalaya, ListenNotes, American Podcasts, CastBox FM, Ivy FM, and other podcast streaming platforms.Moderated by Shobha Shukla, Managing Editor of CNS, the discussion includes Dr. Rajat Goyal, Country Director, IAVI-India, Dr. Aqsa Shaikh, Associate Professor of Community Medicine at the Hamdard Institute of Medical Science and Research (HIMSAR), and the chief nodal officer of the COVID-19 vaccination centre at Jamia Hamdard in New Delhi, and, finally, Shruta Rawat, Research Manager at Humsafar Trust, one of India’s oldest and largest LGBTQ+ organizations. We hope you enjoy this rich conversation!

This Podcast features a special conversation with Saw Paul Sein Twa of Karen Environmental and Social Action Network (KESAN), who has been awarded the 2020 Goldman Environmental Prize from Asia (often referred to as the green Nobel), for leading inspiring struggle to preserve both the environment and Karen indigenous peoples rights in Myanmar. He shares insights on his movement and also interacts in a panel discussion featuring noted development justice leaders from several countries in south Asia, including Prafulla Samantara, Lokshakti Abhiyan (Goldman Environmental Prize awardee), India; Dr Sandeep Pandey, Socialist Party (India) and Ramon Magsaysay Awardee; Barrister Shameem Haider Patwary, Member of Parliament, Bangladesh; Professor Abdul Hameed Nayyar, noted physicist, researcher and peace activist; Herman Kumara of NAFSO Sri Lanka (National Fisheries Solidarity Organization); Pushpa Achanta, gender justice activist; Krishna Gautam of Ageing Nepal; and Shobha Shukla, founder CNS (moderator).Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, Himalaya, ListenNotes, American Podcasts, CastBox FM, Ivy FM, PodAlong, and other podcast streaming platforms.

This Podcast features the Sustainable Development e-Talks (#SDGtalks) co-hosted by CNS and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore, on 1 July 2020 which featured special-nineteen keynote speakers, who shared their insights on range of issues related to sustainable development where no one is left behind! Chairs were Nenet Ortega of Philippines, Prof Rama Kant and Shobha Shukla of India.Be welcome to listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, and other podcast streaming platforms. keynote speakers(all are students of IIM Indore) Stuti Khandelwal Shyam Sunder Shrivastava Isha Garg Ram Karthikeyan S Shashwat Chourasiya Lakshmi Narayan Akash Kumar Durgesh Nandan Yadav Darpan Choudhary Shreya Rawal Harshal Patidar Nishan Singh Makker Gandi Manas Naidu Abhimanyu Thakur Niveditha Arjun Utkarsh Tiwari Shruti Ravikumar Iyer Ojasvi Ganesh Shivam Kumar(moderator) Sartaj Singh For more information, be welcome to visit www.bit.ly/sdgtalks ThanksCNS team

This Podcast features the Sustainable Development e-Talks (#SDGtalks) co-hosted by CNS and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore, on 30 June 2020 which featured special-seventeen keynote speakers, who shared their insights on range of issues related to sustainable development where no one is left behind! Be welcome to listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, and other podcast streaming platforms. keynote speakers(all are students of IIM Indore) Priya Sahu Divyansh Prakash Sartaj Singh Abhay Singh Anurag Ratan Anjali Sunil Kaustubh Jain B Sai Sushma Mihir Thakar Parv Julania Sunil Jamuda Pranav Raghuraman Suraj Patel Ankit Kumar Jeevan Joseph M Shree Shantha Reddy K Anjali RoyThey were in conversation with CNS Managing Editor and Executive Director Shobha Shukla, who is also the coordinator of Asia Pacific media network to end TB & tobacco, and prevent NCDs (APCAT Media). For more information, be welcome to visit www.bit.ly/sdgtalks ThanksCNS team

This Podcast features Dr Hema Divakar, who was the keynote speaker for the Sustainable Development e-Talks (SDGtalks) series, co-hosted by CNS and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore. She shared her insights on "Preventing illness and promoting wellness for girls and women". Be welcome to listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, and other podcast streaming platforms. Dr Hema Divakar is among the most respected voices for preventing illness and promoting wellness for girls and women in India and globally. She has been the past President of the largest body of specialist obstetricians and gynaecologists (FOGSI - Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecological Societies of India) and has represented FOGSI at International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO). She is a senior technical advisor to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, as well as Co-Chairs speciality groups of FIGO on diabetes in pregnancy and NCDs. She is also the CEO of Asian Research and Training Institute for Skill Transfer (ARTIST) and Medical Director of Divakar Speciality Hospital in Bengaluru. She has been conferred upon the Women Achievers' Award for 2015 by FIGO; and Lifetime Achievement Awards by DIPSI (Diabetes In Pregnancy Study Group of India); Karnataka State Gynaecologists Association; and Bangalore ObGyn Society too. She was also honoured with Fellowship of Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in UK. She was in conversation with CNS Managing Editor and Executive Director Shobha Shukla, who is also the coordinator of Asia Pacific media network to end TB & tobacco, and prevent NCDs (APCAT Media). For more information, be welcome to visit www.bit.ly/sdgtalks ThanksCNS team

This Podcast features Prof Nuzhat Husain who was the keynote speaker on "screening for cervical cancer" as part of the Sustainable Development e-Talks (SDGtalks) series, co-hosted by CNS and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore.Be welcome to listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, and other podcast streaming platforms. Prof Nuzhat Husain is the Dean of Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences (RMLIMS); Professor and Head, Department of Pathology, RMLIMS; former Director RMLIMS; and Officer In-charge of the State Referral Centre for Lab Investigations.She was in conversation with CNS Managing Editor and Executive Director Shobha Shukla, who is also the coordinator of Asia Pacific media network to end TB & tobacco, and prevent NCDs (APCAT Media). For more information, be welcome to visit www.bit.ly/sdgtalks ThanksCNS team

This Podcast features #SDGtalks keynote speaker: Dr SP Udayakumar, who shares his insights on "a nuclear-free world is an imperative for sustainable development". The Sustainable Development e-Talks (#SDGtalks) is a special series, co-hosted by CNS and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore from World Health Day (7 April 2020) to World Environment Day (5 June 2020). Be welcome to listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, and other podcast streaming platforms. Dr SP Udayakumar PhD, is a writer and anti-nuclear activist from Tamil Nadu, India. He is the convenor of the People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE), which has been at the forefront of anti-nuclear struggle in Kudankulam. He also co-founded the South Asian Community Center for Education and Research (SACCER).He was in conversation with CNS Managing Editor and Executive Director Shobha Shukla, who is also the coordinator of Asia Pacific media network to end TB & tobacco, and prevent NCDs (APCAT Media). For more information, be welcome to visit www.bit.ly/sdgtalks ThanksCNS team

This Podcast features Dr Sandeep Pandey, as keynote speaker for the Sustainable Development e-Talks (#SDGtalks) - a special series, co-hosted by CNS and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore from World Health Day (7 April 2020) to World Environment Day (5 June 2020). He spoke on inclusive and equitable quality education for all.Be welcome to listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, and other podcast streaming platforms. Dr Sandeep Pandey is a noted Gandhian activist for almost thirty years now, and Ramon Magsaysay Awardee, who has taught in several Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), NALSAR, and universities in India and other countries. He has led National Alliance of People's Movements (NAPM), co-founded Asha For Education in USA, Asha Trust in India, and Asha Parivar; and is the Vice President of Socialist Party (India) too. He did his BTech from IT-BHU, MS from Syracuse University and PhD from University of California, Berkeley. He has led several people's struggles and social justice movements in the past three decades. Follow him on Twitter @Sandeep4Justice He was in conversation with CNS Managing Editor and Executive Director Shobha Shukla, who is also the coordinator of Asia Pacific media network to end TB & tobacco, and prevent NCDs (APCAT Media). For more information, be welcome to visit www.bit.ly/sdgtalks ThanksCNS team

This Podcast features Theresa Mathawaphan, who shared her insights on "How Thailand fights in the crisis to support innovation and social sustainability". Theresa Mathawaphan is the Chief Strategy Officer, National Innovation Agency (NIA), Thailand, and was a keynote speaker for the Sustainable Development e-Talks (#SDGtalks) - a special series, co-hosted by CNS and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore from World Health Day (7 April 2020) to World Environment Day (5 June 2020).Be welcome to listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, and other podcast streaming platforms. Two special experts shared examples of using innovation to advance progress on SDGs.Dr Tara Singh Bam, Deputy Regional Director (Asia Pacific), International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) Singapore, shared key learnings from social innovative approaches for stronger well-coordinated local actions are instrumental in advancing progress on tobacco control and NCDs preventionProfessor (Dr) Rishi Sethi, noted cardiologist, heart disease researcher and biomedical innovation expert shared use of artificial intelligence and machine learning based solutions for healthcare challenges, especially during pandemics. They were in conversation with CNS Managing Editor and Executive Director Shobha Shukla, who is also the coordinator of Asia Pacific media network to end TB & tobacco, and prevent NCDs (APCAT Media). For more information, be welcome to visit www.bit.ly/sdgtalks ThanksCNS team

This Podcast features Patti Lynn, who shared her insights on "Understanding and confronting corporate power and greed as essential to social justice and change". This #SDGtalks was also special as it was dedicated to celebrate the memory and legacy of Yul Francisco Dorado, a visionary tobacco control leader in Latin America who was also a part of Corporate Accountability team.She was a keynote speaker for the Sustainable Development e-Talks (#SDGtalks) - a special series, co-hosted by CNS and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore from World Health Day (7 April 2020) to World Environment Day (5 June 2020).Be welcome to listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, and other podcast streaming platforms. Patti Lynn, Executive Director, Corporate Accountability (www.corporateaccountability.org) | "Patti started on her path to help advance social justice and dismantle systems of oppression in her lifetime when, in college, she learned about South Africa and the African National Congress. After graduating she lived and worked in Johannesburg, South Africa during the time of Nelson Mandela’s election. When she returned to the U.S., she built her organizing skills through Green Corps, campaigned successfully to stop rollbacks on federal clean water laws with Clean Water Action, and then joined Corporate Accountability in 1998." www.corporateaccountability.org She was in conversation with CNS Managing Editor and Executive Director Shobha Shukla, who is also the coordinator of Asia Pacific media network to end TB & tobacco, and prevent NCDs (APCAT Media). For more information, be welcome to visit www.bit.ly/sdgtalks ThanksCNS team

This Podcast features Mona Sabella and Maha Abdallah, who shared their insights on "Binding global treaty on human rights and business must address corporate capture". They were keynote speakers for the Sustainable Development e-Talks (#SDGtalks) - a special series, co-hosted by CNS and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore from World Health Day (7 April 2020) to World Environment Day (5 June 2020).Be welcome to listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, and other podcast streaming platforms. Maha Abdallah is a former Legal Researcher and Advocacy Officer at Al-Haq in Palestine; member, Board of Directors of ESCR-Net (International Network for Economic, Social & Cultural Rights) and part of the Project Advisory Group of ESCR-Net's Corporate Capture ProjectMona Sabella, Corporate Accountability Working Group Coordinator, ESCR-NetThey were in conversation with CNS Managing Editor and Executive Director Shobha Shukla, who is also the coordinator of Asia Pacific media network to end TB & tobacco, and prevent NCDs (APCAT Media). For more information, be welcome to visit www.bit.ly/sdgtalks ThanksCNS team

This Podcast focusses on issues related to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and young people in Asia and the Pacific region. Experts include: Yueping Guo, Youth Representative, China Family Planning Association and Core Member of China Youth Network; Shelani Palihawadana, Youth Advocacy Network, Sri Lanka and Project Coordinator, "We Hear You"; Sangeet Kayastha, Coordinator and Founder of Y-PEER Asia Pacific Regional Center, Thailand, and International Steering Committee (ISC) member of APCRSHR10.Be welcome to listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, and other podcast streaming platforms. #APCRSHR10 Dialogues is a special series of fortnightly online interviews with SRHR leaders in Asia Pacific, on the overarching theme of "Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) in Asia Pacific: 2030 SDGs vision and 2020 realities" - which is also the theme of APCRSHR10. Co-hosted by APCRSHR10 and CNS, these online interviews are streamed LIVE every fortnight from February to May 2020.They were in conversation with CNS Managing Editor and Executive Director Shobha Shukla, who is also the coordinator of Asia Pacific media network to end TB & tobacco, and prevent NCDs (APCAT Media). For more details, please visit: www.bit.ly/apcrshr10dialogues or www.apcrshr10cambodia.orgThanksCNS teamEmail: editor@citizen-news.org

This Podcast features Prof Surya Kant who share his insights on "Lung health, tobacco use and COVID-19." He was a keynote speaker for the Sustainable Development e-Talks (#SDGtalks) - a special series, co-hosted by CNS and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore from World Health Day (7 April 2020) to World Environment Day (5 June 2020).Be welcome to listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, and other podcast streaming platforms. Prof Surya Kant has been the national President of all three key professional associations of lung health experts: National College of Chest Physicians, Indian Chest Society and Indian College of Allergy, Asthma and Applied Immunology. He is the Professor and Head of Respiratory Medicine Department of King George's Medical University (KGMU) and noted globally-respected voice of reason on tuberculosis (TB), asthma, COPD, #endtobacco, air pollution, lung cancer, and other chronic respiratory diseases.He was in conversation with CNS Managing Editor and Executive Director Shobha Shukla, who is also the coordinator of Asia Pacific media network to end TB & tobacco, and prevent NCDs (APCAT Media).  For more information, be welcome to visit www.bit.ly/sdgtalks ThanksCNS team

This Podcast features Ritu Bhatia, Dr Pooja Ramakant, Dr Lopamudra Das Roy and Bret and Peggy Miller, who share their insights on "Reality check on preventing breast cancer and averting untimely deaths." They were keynote speakers for the Sustainable Development e-Talks (#SDGtalks) - a special series, co-hosted by CNS and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore from World Health Day (7 April 2020) to World Environment Day (5 June 2020).Be welcome to listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, and other podcast streaming platforms. Ritu Bhatia, senior journalist who specializes in medical and health journalism (and a breast cancer patient)Dr Pooja Ramakant, noted breast cancer surgeon and researcher; Additional Professor, Department of Endocrine Surgery, King George's Medical University (KGMU); Vice Dean of Innovations, KGMU; and former part of Editorial Board of Indian Association of Endocrine Surgeons (IAES); recipient of 2015 Fellowship of UICC (Union for International Cancer Control) in Geneva.Dr Lopamudra Das Roy, founded Breast Cancer Hub (BCH), has over 18 years of experience in research, training and mentoring UG and PhD candidates in the field of genetics and breast and pancreatic cancer. She has been a Research Professor, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her original research work on discovering the signaling pathway between breast cancer metastasis and arthritis, is attributed with numerous high impact factor publications and citations with global recognition from American Association of Cancer Research. She received the coveted Award of Excellence for Humanitarian service, at Male Breast Cancer Coalition Conference, 2019 Bret Miller and Peggy Miller from Male Breast Cancer Coalition (MBCC). When diagnosed with breast cancer at age 24, Bret promised his surgeon no man would ever feel alone when hearing the words, "You have breast cancer." Teaming up with others dedicated to end the stigma and feelings of abandonment associated with a male breast cancer diagnosis, Bret and his team members formed Male Breast Cancer Coalition in 2014. Breast cancer does not discriminate and we want everyone to know "Men Have Breasts Too", says MBCC team.They were in conversation with CNS Managing Editor and Executive Director Shobha Shukla, who is also the coordinator of Asia Pacific media network to end TB & tobacco, and prevent NCDs (APCAT Media). For more information, be welcome to visit www.bit.ly/sdgtalks ThanksCNS team

This Podcast features Dr Helen Rosenbaum, who was a keynote speaker for the Sustainable Development e-Talks (#SDGtalks) - a special series, co-hosted by CNS and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore from World Health Day (7 April 2020) to World Environment Day (5 June 2020). She spoke on "Moratorium on deep sea mining is the only responsible way forward."Be welcome to listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, and other podcast streaming platforms. Dr Helen Rosenbaum is the Coordinator of the Deep Sea Mining Campaign, an association of individuals and organisations worldwide concerned about the potential impacts of DSM. Helen has 25 years experience in community development, research and policy analysis, human rights and environmental advocacy. Helen has earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Medical Research and has also worked as a marine eco- toxicologist.She was in conversation with CNS Managing Editor and Executive Director Shobha Shukla, who is also the coordinator of Asia Pacific media network to end TB & tobacco, and prevent NCDs (APCAT Media). For more information, be welcome to visit www.bit.ly/sdgtalks ThanksCNS team

This Podcast focuses on sexual and gender-based violence during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Asia and the Pacific region. Panelists include: Abigail Erikson, Ending Violence Against Women Programme Specialist, UN Women, Fiji Multi-Country Office; Ofa-Ki-Levuka Guttenbeil-Likiliki, Director, Women and Children Crisis Centre (WCCC), Tonga; Dr Chivorn Var, Executive Director of Reproductive Health Association of Cambodia (RHAC) and Convener of 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (APCRSHR10), Cambodia; Matcha Phorn-In, an ethnic minority Lesbian Feminist Women Human Right Defender, Founder Executive Director of Sangsan Anakot Yawachon Development Project, Thailand.Be welcome to listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, and other podcast streaming platforms. #APCRSHR10 Dialogues is a special series of fortnightly online interviews with SRHR leaders in Asia Pacific, on the overarching theme of "Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) in Asia Pacific: 2030 SDGs vision and 2020 realities" - which is also the theme of APCRSHR10. Co-hosted by APCRSHR10 and CNS, these online interviews are streamed LIVE every fortnight from February to May 2020.They were in conversation with CNS Managing Editor and Executive Director Shobha Shukla, who is also the coordinator of Asia Pacific media network to end TB & tobacco, and prevent NCDs (APCAT Media). For more details, please visit: www.bit.ly/apcrshr10dialogues or www.apcrshr10cambodia.orgThanksCNS teamEmail: editor@citizen-news.org

This Podcast features Dr Mayank Somani and Dr Ajaya Kumar, two renowned medical experts, who were speakers for the Sustainable Development e-Talks (#SDGtalks) - a special series, co-hosted by CNS and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore from World Health Day (7 April 2020) to World Environment Day (5 June 2020). They spoke on "health impacts of tobacco use."Be welcome to listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, and other podcast streaming platforms. Dr Mayank Somani, MD and CEO, Apollo Medics Super-Speciality Hospitals and Chief Consultant, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine; and Dr Ajaya Kumar, Senior Consultant, Internal Medicine, Critical Care and Emergency Medicine, Apollo Medics Super-Speciality Hospitals.They were in conversation with CNS Managing Editor and Executive Director Shobha Shukla, who is also the coordinator of Asia Pacific media network to end TB & tobacco, and prevent NCDs (APCAT Media). For more information, be welcome to visit www.bit.ly/sdgtalks ThanksCNS team

This Podcast features Dr Sandeep Pandey who was a speaker for the Sustainable Development e-Talks (#SDGtalks) - a special series, co-hosted by CNS and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore from World Health Day (7 April 2020) to World Environment Day (5 June 2020). He spoke on "Energy democracy is key for sustainable development."Be welcome to listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, and other podcast streaming platforms. Dr Sandeep Pandey is a noted Gandhian activist for almost thirty years now, and Ramon Magsaysay Awardee, who has taught in several Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), NALSAR, and universities in India and other countries. He has led National Alliance of People's Movements (NAPM), Asha Parivar, and is the Vice President of Socialist Party (India) too. He did his BTech from IIT BHU, MS from Syracuse University and PhD from University of California, Berkeley. He co-founded Asha For Education in US, and Asha Trust in India. He has led several foot marches against use of nuclear energy and in support of a just and social order for all. Follow him on Twitter @Sandeep4JusticeHe was in conversation with CNS Managing Editor and Executive Director Shobha Shukla, who is also the coordinator of Asia Pacific media network to end TB & tobacco, and prevent NCDs (APCAT Media). For more information, be welcome to visit www.bit.ly/sdgtalks ThanksCNS team

This Podcast features Khun Jon Jandai who was a speaker for the Sustainable Development e-Talks (#SDGtalks) - a special series, co-hosted by CNS and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore from World Health Day (7 April 2020) to World Environment Day (5 June 2020). He spoke on "Self-reliance and sustainable development."Be welcome to listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, and other podcast streaming platforms. Jon Jandai (Jo) co-founded Pun Pun Centre for Self-Reliance in northern Thailand. "During his younger days, Jon was drawn by the bright lights of big cities and left his family farm to seek the richness of Bangkok, but after a number of years there, he decided to return to his village." Pun Pun doubles as a centre for sustainable living and seed production, aiming to bring indigenous and rare seeds back into use. "We believe in learning by doing and that there is not only one way of doing things. We do not believe in experts, but in learning together by sharing our collective experience. We have seen that through opening the door for further exploration, new developments can occur. 'Mistakes' are simply opportunities for more learning." He was in conversation with CNS Managing Editor and Executive Director Shobha Shukla, who is also the coordinator of Asia Pacific media network to end TB & tobacco, and prevent NCDs (APCAT Media). For more information, be welcome to visit www.bit.ly/sdgtalks ThanksCNS team

This Podcast features Dr Ishwar Gilada, who was a speaker for the Sustainable Development e-Talks (#SDGtalks) - a special series, co-hosted by CNS and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore from World Health Day (7 April 2020) to World Environment Day (5 June 2020). He spoke on "Journey to end AIDS since first case got diagnosed in India - reflections from longest serving HIV medical expert in the country."Be welcome to listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, and other podcast streaming platforms. Dr Ishwar Gilada, is among the first medical doctors who began HIV care when first case got diagnosed in India. He is a living chronicle of India's fight to stop AIDS over the past almost thirty five years now. He established India's first HIV clinic in government-run JJ Hospital Mumbai, have led from the front in fighting AIDS related stigma and discrimination, and made an indelible mark in his journey to care for thousands of people living with HIV as the years rolled by. He established Unison Medicare and Research Centre, and is the President of AIDS Society of India (national professional association of HIV medical experts and researchers). He was also elected to the Governing Council of International AIDS Society (IAS) from Asia and the Pacific.He was in conversation with CNS Managing Editor and Executive Director Shobha Shukla, who is also the coordinator of Asia Pacific media network to end TB & tobacco, and prevent NCDs (APCAT Media). For more information, be welcome to visit www.bit.ly/sdgtalks ThanksCNS team

This Podcast features Professor (Dr) Rishi Sethi and Amit Khare, who were speakers for the Sustainable Development e-Talks (#SDGtalks) - a special series, co-hosted by CNS and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore from World Health Day (7 April 2020) to World Environment Day (5 June 2020). They spoke on "How AI (artificial intelligence) and ML (machine learning) based solutions can address the challenges in healthcare including those in India."Be welcome to listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, and other podcast streaming platforms. Prof (Dr) Rishi Sethi is a noted cardiologist, and heart disease and biomedical innovation researcher and advocate. He is a Professor in Department of Cardiology, King George's Medical University (KGMU), and chaired a national team of heart disease scientists to develop India's first-ever national guidelines for management of heart attacks. He is also Dean of Innovations at KGMU and a respected voice in cardiology and biomedical innovations. Past Chairman of STEMI Sub-Speciality Council of Cardiological Society of India, he is also represented on scientific committee of Asia Pacific Society of Interventional Cardiology, and was conferred upon the Fellowships of American College of Cardiology and Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.Amit Khare is a co-founder and CEO, Evolko Systems Inc, a California-based medical technology company that provides Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning based solutions to prescreen patients ahead of consultation and post-consultation monitoring during the treatment. Evolko has served over 8 million patients. The Evolko solution is deployed in India in large public hospitals like KGMU Lucknow as well as prestigious private hospitals like Hiranandani Mumbai. Prior to co-founding Evolko Systems Inc, Amit was heading the Software Engineering Division of Oracle at Redwood Shores California. He served for more than 20 years in Oracle, managing global software teams in the USA, Ireland, Romania, and India.They were in conversation with CNS Managing Editor and Executive Director Shobha Shukla, who is also the coordinator of Asia Pacific media network to end TB & tobacco, and prevent NCDs (APCAT Media). For more information, be welcome to visit www.bit.ly/sdgtalks ThanksCNS team

This Podcast features Barrister Shameem Haider Patwary who was the keynote speaker for Sustainable Development e-Talks (#SDGtalks) on "Health security for all & COVID-19: role of parliamentarians." He is a Member of Parliament (MP) from Bangladesh; Barrister at law, and Chairman of Dhaka International University. He is also part of Asia Pacific Parliamentarians' Caucus for tobacco control and NCDs prevention (APCAT Parliamentarians) and Asia Pacific Cities Alliance for Tobacco Control and NCDs prevention (APCAT). Be welcome to listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, aCast, Podtail, BluBrry, and other podcast streaming platforms. He was a speaker for the Sustainable Development e-Talks (#SDGtalks) - a special series, co-hosted by CNS and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore from World Health Day (7 April 2020) to World Environment Day (5 June 2020). He was in conversation with CNS Managing Editor and Executive Director Shobha Shukla, who is also the coordinator of Asia Pacific media network to end TB & tobacco, and prevent NCDs (APCAT Media). For more information, be welcome to visit www.bit.ly/sdgtalks ThanksCNS team