Dr Monika is the Chief Country Access & Policy Officer in Roche Pharma India. She first joined Roche India in 2017 as Lead for Policy and Government Affairs, developing extensive linkages within the higher echelons of power at the Ministries of Health & Family Welfare, Chemicals, Commerce, Finance and Policy think tank of India. She then moved to Roche’s headquarters, joining the company as Health Systems Strategy Leader in the Global Access team, moving then on to become Head of Institutional Relations and now Global Policy Lead.

Prior to joining Roche, while at the WHO South-East Asia Regional Office, she worked as a public health professional, playing an instrumental role in assisting the region’s Member Countries to develop and implement their National Medicines Policy, strategies and plans on essential drugs and other medicines. This experience has deepened her understanding of the importance of health systems development for ensuring Universal Health Coverage. Dr Puri’s understanding of the health care needs of the people came from the honorary work she began doing in 2009; when she started managing the operations of a healthcare-based not-for-profit organization in India.

Dr Puri is a medical doctor and a trained public health specialist from India with extensive experience in developing and implementing healthcare programs.