Prathama Raghavan

Prathama Raghavan (she/they) calls Kathmandu and Hyderabad (India) home. She loves languages. Worlds of books, fantasy and the intricacies of natural ecosystems fascinate and sustain her. Her work and life are informed by principles of disability justice, neurodiversity, narrative practices, transformative justice and poetry. She has continued to work in parts of Nepal & India on disability & mental health with children, adults and families for over 15 years. She has been doing trainings on mental health & disability with community workers, health workers, disability support workers, educators and mental health workers. She has previously worked with humanitarian organisations Action Contre La Faim, Medecins Sans Frontiers and Medecins Du Monde in different countries in child & family well-being, conflict and post-disaster contexts and with refugee communities doing mental health support, trainings and coordination work.  Prathama has a Masters & PhD in Developmental Psychology from Université Paul-Valéry, France and a Masters in Psychology from Osmania University, Hyderabad.