Sunetra Bhattacharyya
Senior communications specialist
Highest degree :
Masters
Field of study :
Healthcare
Location :
India
Citizenships :
Indian
Experience :
15 Year(s)
Countries :
Nigeria, Switzerland, India
Gender :
Female
Sectors :
Environmental Sciences
International Development
Resource Management
Health communications
Campaigning
Crisis communications
Media relations
Public relations
Private sector development
Finance
Social behaviour change communications
>15 years in international media liaison & communications Clients include: United Nations Agencies e.g. WHO, UNICEF, UNAIDS & GEO, UK Prime Ministers Cabinet Office, etc Fluent in 5 languages: English, French, Hindi, Bengali & Hausa (Nigerian local dialect) Managed a $180 million comms budget for the $500 million Bloomberg Initiative for Tobacco Control Coordinated communications for several high-profile programmes, examples include: 250 million GBP UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), formerly DFID. 25 million USD USAID Funded Maternal, New-born & Child Health Program Led teams of > 10 people including communication experts, contractors & outside vendors in Nigeria Communication officer for UNAIDS, WHO & UNICEF in both Geneva Switzerland & Abuja, Nigeria Secured free airtime on national TV and radio and led a Polio Immunization education programme broadcasting on TV/Radio for 1-yr aimed at 6M people. Selected for a Film & Documentary Making Program (Content/Shooting/Editing) in South Asia, Nepal Spearheaded a UK PMs Cabinet office for Communications campaign to build capacity in the Punjab engaging & interviewing industrial leaders e.g. Pepsi Co, Cargills & Hero Motors, SUN Pharma etc.
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