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Ashutosh is a Panchakarma expert with a practice of holistic and traditional treatments mentioned in Ayurveda. He has treated patients all over the world. Along with a Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery degree from Goa University’s Gomantak Ayurveda Mahavidyalya & Research Centre, Ashutosh holds a postgraduate certificate in Panchakarma from Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Karnataka. He has presented and published scientific papers across India and translated Ayurvedic Anatomy from Marathi to Hindi. He is an avid blogger and writer.

Dr. Azim Khan is a professor of human rights, global health, and sustainable development, working with SIT since January 2008. He is the director of SIT’s International Honors Program in Human Rights. He received the prestigious Ford Foundation International Fellowship for Human Rights for academic excellence, leadership, and commitment to the community in 2003. In 2007, he was awarded a Scholar of Peace fellowship by the Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. 

Since 1999, Dr. Khan has worked with universities in India and the U.S., teaching law, human rights, public health, and sustainable development. The primary focus of his work has been to create global citizenry through international education.  

He pursued his doctorate degree in health, gender, and human rights from Aligarh Muslim University, where he focused his thesis on sex-selective abortions and effectiveness of prenatal diagnostic techniques legislation in India. He has earned two master’s degrees; an MA in human rights from the University of London and Master of Laws from Aligarh Muslim University, in addition to a Bachelor of Laws with distinction in constitutional law from the University of Lucknow.

Before joining SIT, Dr, Khan worked as a professor and dean of a law school, and as an analyst for the U.S. government. He was a facilitator for Ford Foundation’s Leadership for Social Justice Institute in Washington, D.C., in 2006. Besides being a committed academic practitioner and policy influencer, he has worked as a consultant and researcher for international nonprofit organizations, including the United Nations.

Dr. Khan was lead writer for a shadow country report on India for the UN Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (UN CERD).

Dr. Khan is a member of Global Alliance for Justice Education (U.S.), a fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health (U.K.), a fellow of the Public Health Association of India, and a member of the International Federation on Aging (Canada) and the Clinical Legal Education Association (U.S.).

See Dr. Khan’s full list of publications

Courses Taught

Graduate Courses
Crisis and Healthcare Delivery
Field Method and Ethics in Health Sciences
Global Health Seminar Series

Undergraduate Courses
Field Methods and Ethics in Health Science
Health Rights in Asia

Select Publications

Book
Khan., A. (1998). The Girl Child in Crisis. New Delhi. India Indian Social Institute

Book Chapter
Naseem’s Story
Khan., A. (2008). In Johnson., D. & Johnson., E.J. (Ed). Building a Pluralistic Nation-Naseem’s Story. In Through Indian Eyes. New York, USA The Eyes Books Series.

Papers
Khan., A. (2021, August). Investigating Health Justice Indicators and Advocating Institutional Interventions: Ground Zero Reproductive and Child Health Assessment in District Bahraich- Uttar Pradesh in India. Journal of Exclusion Studies, 11(2).165-181

Khan., A. (2016, January). Socio-cultural and Knowledge-Based Barriers to Tuberculosis Diagnosis for Women in Bhopal, India. Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 41(1)

Khan., A. (2011, February). Educational, Economic and Social Status of Muslims in Western Uttar Pradesh. Journal of Exclusion Studies. 1(1). 2231-4547

Khan., A. (2006, January-March). International Human rights law on Torture after September 11. Indian Journal of International Law. 46(1)

Khan., A. (2006, August 26). Hashimpura Massacre Trial begins: can justice be expected? Mainstream Weekly

Khan., A. (2006, July). U.P Farmers pay Heavy Price: A Fact finding of Police brutality. Mainstream Weekly

Khan., A. (1998). Illegal Abortions and Women’s Reproductive Health. Medical Law International. Oxon

Khan., A. (1998). Human Rights of Indigenous Populations. Legal News and Views. Indian Social Institute

Khan., A. (1998). Constitutional Goals for the Education of depressed class and New Education Policy. Law Review. Department of Law, JNPG College Lucknow

Khan., A. (1997, October- December). Female Infanticide: Rapping of the Right to Life. Civil and Military Law Journal. Rajouri Garden, New Delhi, India. Deep & Deep Publications

Select Presentations

Khan., A. (2021, October 08). Global Cooperation, National Strategies, and Civil Society the COVID-19 Context. Tulane University, New Orleans, USA. Online

Khan., A. (2021, October 06). Lightning Rounds on Teaching Cultural Humility around the Globe. The Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College, Oregon, USA. Online

Khan., A. (2021, April 26). Ramapo Global Talks on COVID-19 and Human Rights of Minorities in India. Ramapo College, New Jersey, USA. Online

Khan., A. (2021, April 7). Rethinking the Good Life: A Global South Perspectives on Health and Well-being organized by School for International Training, Vermont, USA. Online

Khan., A. (2019, November 14). Caste and Gender as Social Determinants of Health in India to the students of Medical Anthropology at Wofford College, South Caroline, USA

Khan., A. (2019, November 12). Ethical Considerations for Global Health Research and Internship at Global Health Justice Partnership. Yale Law School and School of Public Health, Yale University, Connecticut, USA

Khan., A. (2019, April 17). Indian Health System: Challenges and Opportunities. Williams College, Massachusetts, USA

Khan., A. (2021, January 24). Identification of Principal Foundations for Global Peace. Institute of Objective Studies, New Delhi, India

Khan., A. (2019, April 13-14). Comprehensive community based maternal & child health model. Unite for Sight’s 16th Annual Global Health & Innovation Conference, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Khan., A. (2018, February-March). Thai Health System and Universal Health Coverage. Faculty of Public Health. Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Khan., A. (2012, April 11-12). Universal Health Coverage: Advancing the Agenda and Addressing the Challenges. The Health Economics Association of India & Public Health Foundation in India. New Delhi, India

Khan., A. (2004, February 28). Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Education. Faculty of Law, AMU. Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India. Aligarh, India

Khan., A. (1997, December 14-16). The Rights of AIDS Patients. International Conference on Global Health Law. The Indian Law Institute & the World Health Organization. New Delhi, India

Research Interests

Right to health (health and human rights)
Governance of health system of India and role of frontline health workers
Health policy advocacy for the protection of human rights of aging population in India

Ghanashyam has more than 15 years of experience in biodiversity conservation and agro-ecology, ecosystem services, climate change, traditional farming systems, traditional knowledge systems, community development, environmental governance, mountain culture, and livelihoods in the eastern Himalayas. He is involved in access and benefit sharing of traditional knowledge. He researches traditional agro-forestry systems, climate change adaptation, mountain agricultural biodiversity and production systems, trans-Himalayan agro-pastoralism, habitat ecology, and mountain spring revival initiatives. During postdoctoral research at United Nations University in Tokyo, he compared traditional farming systems and agro-biodiversity in the Eastern Himalayas, Northern Thailand, China’s Yunnan Province, and the Northern Mountainous Region of Japan.

Gautam and Maili are experts on agroecology. This husband and wife team manage their farm together and have conserved traditional varieties of food crops and vegetables, learning through trial and error. Both have a deep understanding of traditional ecological knowledge.

Durga is from South Sikkim. He has an undergraduate degree in English and has worked with nonprofit and intergovernmental organizations in Sikkim and Darjeeling, India. He has worked in sustainable development, with a focus on rural water security and livelihood and biodiversity issues, and has published research. He works with government agencies on Rural Water Security Planning for the drought-prone areas in Sikkim and with the National Biodiversity Authority’s Bio-resources Documentation and Access and Benefit Sharing Project. He likes traveling and trekking, particularly visiting ancient monuments and museums. He has been part of this program since 2017.

Tara holds a master’s degree from the Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis, where she specialized in social and economic development and organizational management. She studied agriculture as an undergraduate and earned a postgraduate certificate in women’s studies.

Tara comes from a farming community in south Sikkim. She was a researcher and development consultant with NGOs and international development organizations in India and Nepal. She’s been an eco-health researcher with BAIF Development Research Foundation; a gender and social inclusion consultant with The World Conservation Union, Nepal; a consultant with International Center for Integrated Mountain Development; and a consultant on community development with JPS Consultants Delhi/IC Net-JICA Japan. She has conducted a literature review of the eastern Himalayas on agro-biodiversity conservation from a gender perspective and done field studies on gender-based traditional knowledge of medicinal plants and conservation of agro-biodiversity. Tara is interested in community development, rural livelihood, agro-biodiversity, and gender issues and is strongly influenced by social justice and equity and deeply connected to sustainability and practices of environmental and humanitarian spirituality.

Applications open Sept. 15

With undergraduates’ schedules in full swing for the new academic year, it’s not too soon to start thinking about how to make the most of summer 2019. Imagine snorkeling in one of the world’s top diving sites as you study marine ecology in Panama, building career skills with an internship at an NGO in Vietnam, exploring Madagascar’s extraordinary natural environment to learn about traditional medicine, or learning Arabic in Jordan or Morocco.

Those are just some of the many opportunities available through School for International Training (SIT). During summer 2019, SIT Study Abroad is offering 23 programs in 17 countries that will appeal to a wide range of majors and interests, including five skills-building internship opportunities.

Like all SIT Study Abroad programs, each summer program offers academic rigor and an immersive cultural experience within the framework of at least one critical global issue. Applications for these programs open September 15.

New to the SIT Student Abroad summer portfolio this year are:

Colombia: Building a Culture of Peace – Integrate peace studies with Colombia’s cultures through music, dance, and food from the program base in the vibrant, multicultural Caribbean Coast city of Cartagena, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Vietnam: Nongovernmental Organization Internship – Learn about development and the roles of nongovernmental organizations engaged in social change through this guided internship, which also includes lectures and site visits. Customize this program based on your areas of interest.

SIT summer programs, sorted according to themes, are:

Climate | Environment

Iceland: Renewable Energy, Technology, and Resource Economics

Indonesia: Biodiversity and Conservation in Bali and Borneo

Jordan: Engineering and Design for Sustainable Environments

Nepal: Geoscience in the Himalaya

Panama: Marine Ecology & Blue Carbon Conservation in the Pacific & Caribbean

Tanzania: Climate Change and Sustainability, Mount Kilimanjaro to Zanzibar

Development | Economy | Inequality

India: Agroecology and Food Security in the Himalaya

Panama: Community and Nongovernmental Organizations Internship

Vietnam: Nongovernmental Organization Internship