Ms Priyanka Kadam is the President & Founder of Snakebite Healing and Education Society (She- India.org). She spends her time working with individuals and NGOs working in the area of snakebite management and mitigation. Her expertise is Human Right Issues, Community Engagement & Advocacy. She has brought together talents from varied backgrounds to work on the grossly neglected health issues related to snakebites in India.
Snakebites are estimated to kill more than 58,000 people annually in India and the morbidity that accompanies a venomous snakebite is much more than human fatalities. Ms Kadam has been actively working with various grass root level groups in Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Assam, and Karnataka to mitigate snakebite incidences and spread awareness in rural India. She has been driving projects at the community level with a special focus on capacity building of PHCs (Primary Health Centre) & Private hospitals and Community Awareness through the District Collector’s office and the local Forest Department and grassroots NGOs in various states.