Nithya Ramanathan

Biography

Nithya Ramanathan is the CEO and Co-Founder of Nexleaf Analytics, a non-profit technology company dedicated to partnering with governments across Africa and Asia to ensure they have the data they need to build lasting solutions that improve the health of people. Nexleaf’s unique approach brings together sensor technology, data analysis, and user engagement to identify and address big problems. Nexleaf tech helps governments protect vaccines for 1 in 10 babies born on Earth each year. Nithya and her team have achieved this outsized impact by working shoulder-to-shoulder with Ministries of Health—rather than attempting to bypass governments​​—to scale cutting-edge technologies refined through close collaboration with personnel at every level of the health system, from top-tier government officials to last-mile health care workers.