Dr. Swati Akshay Sachdeva is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Sikkim University, India. Her areas of specialization are Gender studies, Cultural Studies, Eastern Himalayas, and Refugee Studies. Dr. Sachdeva has been working in the field of mental health for more than a decade, closely analyzing and tracking the phenomenon of suicide for many years; Swati is an advisor with the main steering committee of the Government of Sikkim and has been a collaborator on a Fulbright project on the issue. She is currently working on a project involving 'Faith healers and Folk medicine' and their integration with the primary health care system. Dr. Sachdeva has published and presented at numerous conferences, represented India in the High-level Political Forum in 2018 at the United Nations, and is also a counselor and a motivational speaker.
