Kavita Ayyagari | Howard Delafield International, India Country Director
Based in India, Kavita Ayyagari is a marketing and communications expert with a focus on public health advocacy, and a 19-year trajectory leading innovative public-private sector partnerships on adolescent health and family planning. Her past professional affiliations include Abt Associates (TB/lung disease eradication through political and resource mobilization); Save the Children (newborn and child survival); World Bank (sanitation and hygiene); USAID-funded projects across UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, and Maharashtra. At HDI, Kavita directs the design, development, and implementation for Game of Choice, Not Chance™—a USAID-funded initiative for advancing adolescents reproductive health via direct-to-consumer serious games. Kavita holds a Master’s Degree in Economics and a post-graduate diploma in Mass Communications.