Rithika is an Analyst for Global Health Policy and Research at CPC Analytics. She primarily supports CPC’s work with the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ). She has been awarded the German Chancellor Fellowship by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, sponsored by the German Federal Foreign Office. Prior to that, Rithika has worked extensively on public health in India. Rithika holds a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from Manipal University and a Bachelor of Science in Life Sciences & Biochemistry from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. She is currently pursuing a Post-Graduate Diploma in Data Science in Health and Climate Change for Social Impact from Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi.