Ruchika Shiva is the Acting Director of the IRC's South Asia Regional Programme. In her present role she has been actively involved in building IRC’s programme in the Asia region. She has been contributing to and leading programmes and assignments in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India and Nepal with bilateral, multilaterals and other development organisations.
Ruchika has a Master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Delhi (India). Ruchika has over 19 years of experience in the development sector, with over 10 years focussed on water and sanitation. Prior to this, she worked with Plan International and other implementing organisations on issues related to women and child rights.
Ruchika is interested in strengthening institutions at administrative levels to ensure improved services in communities, with a focus on households from marginalised communities.
This report updates a previous EHP Activity Report to include the comparison of results from two subsequent household surveys, June 2003 (second... Read more...
In December 2001 and May 2002, two surveys were conducted as part of a hygiene behaviour change programme participatory monitoring process in nine... Read more...
The guide outlines the type of information and approaches that Healthy Villages managers could provide to their communities. It can be used as the... Read more...
The Surveillance Programme was instituted as a part of a WHO demonstration project to enforce water quality standards, educate consumers and... Read more...
This thesis concentrates on the development of effective snail control and reduction of morbidity due to schistosomiasis in and around the Gounougou... Read more...