Recovery, the Unfinished Business of the Pandemic

Anchal Bhatheja is a 2023 BA. LLB. (Hons.) Graduate of NLSIU, Bangalore. She was an associate at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas with the Tech Disputes Team, prior to joining Vidhi. Her academic interests include Constitutional Law, Sociology and Jurisprudence. She takes a deep interest in Urdu literature, classical hindi music and Stand-up comedy.

Shreyashi was a Senior Resident Fellow at Vidhi, and works in the area of public health. Her interests include public health, gender & sexuality, mental health, labour, and migration. She completed her B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) from the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata in 2016. Prior to joining Vidhi, she was engaged as a consultant to the District Administration, Ranchi. She worked on public health, nutrition, and education in mining-affected and other under-served areas of the district. As part of this engagement, she drafted the Guidelines on COVID-19 Preparedness and Control in Ranchi - and coordinated planning and implementation of health and social support mechanisms (domestic violence, mental health, migrant workers’ rights) during the pandemic. Apart from this, she has close to three years' experience as a researcher on open science and knowledge sharing with the Centre for Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition at National Law University, Delhi. She co-authored the Open Science India Report, which seeks to guide government/ institutional policies for implementation of open science practices and inclusive research & knowledge ecosystems, especially in the Indian context.