# Sidharth Rath

> Personal website of Sidharth Rath, who leads Swasthya Plus Network and IFI Foundation and collaborates on research into health communication and behaviour change.

This site covers his professional roles, collaborative research, speaking, education, and earlier work. Research publications are co-authored; his role varied by study. The Research page links to the original publications through their DOIs and lists preprints separately with their review status. Figures describing organisations represent their reach, not measured health outcomes.

## Pages

- [Home](https://sidharthrath.com/): Introduction, professional roles, and selected research.
- [Work](https://sidharthrath.com/work/): Current and recent roles, dates, organisation descriptions, official website links, and selection for India’s inaugural 25 Under 25 in Policy and Politics, curated by Young India Foundation in partnership with The Body Shop India in 2023.
- [Research](https://sidharthrath.com/research/): Publication titles, summaries, journals, years, DOIs, a 2024 Research Square preprint on social networks and childhood-vaccination norms in Varanasi, and conference contributions. Other contributions include an acknowledged expert contribution to the National Disaster Management Guidelines, published by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Government of India, and a data-collection acknowledgement in WageIndicator Foundation’s Gig Economy India 2020/2021 report.
- [Speaking](https://sidharthrath.com/speaking/): Teaching, talks and conversations, including a panel on “The Role of Health Communication” at The HEAL Talk: Meet the Experts, organised by the Birla School of Communication, Birla Global University, on 14 October 2025; panellist and moderator roles at the DigiNiti Technology and Policy Conclave, FLAME University, on 17–18 March 2025; media entrepreneurship teaching at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), Dhenkanal, in 2023 and 2024; the YO.DH Charcha webinar on digital-health startups on 24 April 2024; speaking across multiple sessions, including one on the future of work, at YUVA 2024, the Andhra Pradesh State Youth Festival organised by the Department of Youth Services, Government of Andhra Pradesh, at KL University, Vaddeswaram, on 7–9 January 2024; a 2023 FLAME alumni talk, “Digital Health for Better Health Outcomes for Everyone”; and a podcast conversation with Jugal Wadhwani on The Media and Content Business, published on 4 November 2022, about building Swasthya Plus, multilingual production and YouTube distribution. Links lead to proceedings, recordings and session recaps.
- [History](https://sidharthrath.com/history/): Education, internships, and earlier projects.
- [Contact](https://sidharthrath.com/contact/): Form for professional enquiries, collaborations, or research.

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- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=AyOf410AAAAJ): Research profile.
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/playstar/): Professional profile.