Ashita Singh
Grew up in Nagpur, Central India. She joined for MBBS at CMC Vellore in 1993, and after graduating in 1998 She completed her 2 years of service obligation with Mure memorial hospital, CNI in Nagpur. She married Deepak in November of 2000. She went on to complete M.D. Medicine from CMC Ludhiana in 2004 and thereafter, she worked for 7 years till 2011 in Baptist Christian Hospital Tezpur.
Following this she worked in Medical ICU at CMC Vellore for 2 years from 2012 to 2014 gaining experience in critical care. In 2014, along with Deepak she moved to Chinchpada where she is currently working. She has completed an M.A. in Bioethics from Trinity International University, Chicago, graduating summa cum laude in 2016. Presently she is completing a National Fellowship in Palliative Medicine run by IPM Calicut and CMAI.She has also undergone a Fellowship in General Infectious Diseases from CMC Vellore.
Home based palliative care services started in Chinchpada from 2016 under her leadership, with about 90 patients on the current home care list.
Deepak and Ashita are blessed with 2 Children: Arnav born in 2005 (15 years) and Tara in 2007 (13 years). Both study in Hebron School in Ooty as no good schooling was available locally.