Nandu Meshram

Nandu Meshram is a passionate, mission-driven oral health professional with a keen interest in cancer prevention and control. Simultaneously, he is a health activist fighting for health equity and accessible cancer care for tribal and marginalized communities in India. Nandu established an NGO, Society for Oral Cancer and Health, which aims to prevent cancer through prevention strategies. He has completed training in global tobacco control leadership at Johns Hopkins and Global Health Delivery Intensive Program at Harvard University. Additionally, he was selected as a global scholar (2016) by American Cancer Society. Previously, he worked as a dentist, district tobacco consultant and district program coordinator (NCDs) in the public health department in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, India.