Anirudh Gaurang Gudlavalleti
Hyderabad, Telangana| Grant Category: | Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program |
| Project Title: | NA |
| Field of Study: | Public Health Policy and Management |
| Home Institution: | Pragyaan Sustainable Health Outcomes Foundation (PRASHO), Hyderabad, Telangana |
| Host Institution: | Virginia Commonwealth University , Richmond, VA |
| Grant Start Month: | August 2025 |
| Duration of Grant: | Ten months |
Brief Bio:
Dr. Anirudh Gaurang Gudlavalleti has a bachelor’s degree in dentistry, a master’s degree in social entrepreneurship, and is currently completing a PhD in public health from Maastricht University. He is passionate about community health and in 2024, he founded Pragyaan Sustainable Health Outcomes Foundation (PRASHO). His interests lie in utilizing technology and coaching community health workers to detect and treating diabetes, cancers, and eye diseases in India’s villages.
Dr. Gudlavalleti has won grants to develop a prototype for an AI diabetes screening tool. He was named as one of Asia’s 50 leading social entrepreneurs by DBS Bank.
During his fellowship, Dr Gudlavalleti is focusing on leadership and technical skills that will help him advance the mission of PRASHO. These include sharpening his project leadership skills, health economics and budget impact analysis skills, grant writing and partnership negotiation skills while working with mentors, faculty, peers and university partners.