Nervo Verdezoto is a Lecturer in Human-Computer Interaction at the University of Leicester, UK. He got experience in ethnographically informed design and evaluation of socio-technical systems. His work combines fieldwork with user-centered and participatory design methods to further understand people’s everyday practices, different stakeholder’s needs, and how people appropriate technology. In particular, he has been working in various research projects related to healthcare, physical computing, and sustainable HCI.

Naveen Bagalkot is a senior researcher in Human Computer Interaction and Experience Design at the Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology in Bangalore, India. He works with local NGO partners (such as MAYA Health) utilizing participatory and collaborative digital fabrication as a means of inquiring into yet-to-emerge implications for community healthcare. Naveen has led a team of young researchers and students to foster and develop a community of academics, practitioners, and care workers focusing on longterm community healthcare interventions.

Paula Griffiths is a Professor of Population Health at Loughborough University investigating inequalities in maternal and early life risk factors for chronic disease outcomes in LMICs with twenty years of experience doing research in India. Her work explores the potential for community based interventions to reduce inequalities in health outcomes in these contexts

Sreeparna Chattopadhyay is a Faculty member in the School of Advanced Studies and Research at the Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology in Bangalore, India. She is a cultural and medical anthropologist with research expertise in gender and its intersections with health and development in urban and rural India. She has most recently been the PI of a study on factors affecting maternal health in urban and rural Assam, Northeast India, which in addition to journal articles also culminated into a curated photo exhibition.

Nicola Mackintosh is an Associate Professor in Social Science Applied to Health at the University of Leicester. Her research uses sociological theory and methods to bring new understandings to patient safety and improvement / implementation science research. She specialize in maternity care, the study of technology in relation to safety in pregnancy, and digitally mediated encounters in healthcare.

Deirdre Harrington is a Lecturer in Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour and Health at the Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester. She has expertise in developing and evaluating lifestyle interventions for diabetes prevention in children, families and schools.

MAYA is a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) working over the last 25 years to create an empowered and equitable society. MAYAHealth is their most recent venture, into the space of preventive health in rural and underserved communities. Alex Rodrigues (CEO MAYAHealth, Bangalore) and Rashmi Hegde (Social Development Head, MAYA, Bangalore) will be our local collaborators and support our activities in India.

Kamlesh Khunti is a professor of primary care and is co-director of the Leicester Diabetes Centre, a leading applied health research unit committed to improving the lives and care of people with diabetes and other long term conditions. Leicester Diabetes Centre engages in translational research, provides qualifications at M.Sc. level and delivers healthcare professional education. It is a collaboration between the University of Leicester and University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.

Amit Prakash is an Associate Professor at the International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore (IIITB). He is in the core team of the E-Health Research Centre, an interdisciplinary Research Center that spreads across all areas of research interests in the institute.

S J Chander is a member of the School of Public Health Equity and Action). He has expertise in Community Health Management, and Reproductive and Child Health, with a focus on health awareness and action, training, research and advocacy.

Judith Angelitta Noronha is Professor and Head of the Department of Maternal Health Nursing and Associate Dean at Manipal College of Nursing (MCON), Manipal Academy of Higher Education. Judith's research interests include women's health postnatal care, pregnancy complications and anaemia. Sonia Rosaline Blanch D'Souza is an Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrical and Gynaecological Nursing at MCON Manipal. She has expertise in developmental supportive care of preterm infants, maternal and new-born care, care during childbirth, and breastfeeding support.