CASE 3.2B SAMRIDH Blended Finance Facility: Accelerating Pandemic Response and Building Equitable Health Systems in India (Part B)

Sudheer Nadipally is the monitoring, evaluation and learning expert at the SAMRIDH Blended Finance Facility, an initiative by USAID with the technical support unit at IPE Global. He brings 19 years of experience across monitoring, evaluation, learning, and project management in the public health and social development sectors. In his previous assignments, Sudheer has been associated with several government, non-government, and non-profit funding organizations as well as research and academic …

Achin B. N. Biyani leads the fund mobilization for SAMRIDH Blended Finance Facility, an initiative by USAID with the technical support unit at IPE Global. In SAMRIDH, Achin is also involved in deal sourcing to closing, managing partnerships, and structuring innovative financing and blended financing instruments. He brings extensive experience in the development and infrastructure sectors, including working in the areas of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), fund mobilization, policy research, …

Archita Adlakha is an investment manager for the SAMRIDH Blended Finance Facility, an initiative by USAID with the technical support unit at IPE Global. In this role, she manages the investment portfolio of the facility, conducts the financial evaluation of social enterprises, manages partnerships with financial institutions and private investors, and structures innovative financing and blended financing instruments. She has over 5 years of experience working in the financial services and development finance …

Ritika Pandey is an associate director at IPE Global and the lead post award at the SAM- RIDH Blended Finance Facility supported by USAID. She has more than 14 years of experience with an eclectic mix of technical know-how, research acumen, project man- agement, partnership, people management skills, social behavior change, and commu- nication development. She has implemented large-scale projects funded by international multilateral donors for family planning, maternal-child health, and …

Neeta Rao is a senior health lead with USAID/India, where she focuses on innovative financing portfolios, including blended financing and pay-for-performance models. She provides strategic oversight to USAID’s health investments in the western region of the country. She has worked on health systems strengthening, health financing, research and evaluation, policy, advocacy, community engagement, and program management with the World Health Organization, multinational agencies, governments, and …