Dr. Sandeep Bhalla

Dr. Sandeep Bhalla is a highly accomplished public health specialist who serves as the Vice President of Projects (Health & Education) at ECHO India. In this role, he leads the organization’s comprehensive strategic health and education operations, scaling the “Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes” (ECHO) tele-mentoring model to strengthen community-level capacity building across rural and underserved areas in India. An alumnus of the prestigious Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune, he holds an MBBS alongside an MD and DNB in Community Medicine. Before expanding operations at ECHO India, Dr. Bhalla brought over two decades of public health leadership to organizations such as the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), Safdarjung Hospital, and the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), where he directed training divisions that upskilled over 35,000 healthcare professionals. A prolific medical author with over 50 publications, his extensive work in healthcare quality and capacity development has earned him prominent industry accolades, including accolades from FICCI, CII, and ASSOCHAM