Abhiyant Tiwari works at Indian Institute of Public Health at Gandhi Nagar as Research Assistant. He is a medical doctor with experience in managing clinicians and running health care facilities. Later, to develop his skills he studied a post Graduate level program in public health management and recently leading a team of international experts to strengthen the health system by developing a first of its kind Heat Action Plan in South Asia. The project Heat Health Action Plan is a comprehensive resilience action plan developed by Indian Institute of Public Health – Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, Natural Resources Defense Council – US,Climate and Development Knowledge Network – US and other Scientific and Development organizations as partners. He contributes as one of the key person in his project and helped in development and implementation of an evidence-based early warning system and preparedness plan for extreme heat weather events in Ahmedabad. He works on a variety of occupational and environmental health issues, environmental monitoring and evaluation. He helps in preparation of early warning systems and policy preparedness plans for heat wave related disaster events; carries out Public Awareness activities; capacity building of stakeholders in government, civil society and community groups; dissemination of weather forecast through various channels including print, mass and electronic media; organized Heat sensitization workshops/conferences for Ahmedabad traffic police, vulnerable population, health workers, and outdoor workers in partnership with Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. He manages coordination and liaising with a variety of national and international stakeholders, follows up with City and State Health and Climate Change Departments and explores scale up and funding opportunities.
He also has good experience of working on areas of Maternal Health issues and Health Insurance in India. He has also worked as an External Monitor for WHO -NPSP Gujarat State Office to do surveillance of Special Immunization Weeks carried out under Intensified Routine Immunization Activity of Ahmedabad District.