Malaria continues to be the leading cause of child mortality globally and deaths due to malaria continue to be unacceptably high. It can destroy livelihoods and weaken already fragile health systems. However, there is good news on the malaria prevention front.
Alka Subramanian, PhD
Executive Director / Founder
Alka Subramanian has been working as a Director/Executive Director at Power of Love since founding it in 2002. She is a strong advocate at the Foundation for empowering women and caregivers and including "love" in caring for the children as we fight the epidemic. Alka evaluates and manages the partnerships with the grassroots organizations we support, as well as coordinating all financial, legal, and reporting work.
Alka has 15 years of experience in the field of international economics and development. She has published extensively and presented her research in multiple international conferences and proceedings. Her specialization is in building business channels and small businesses. Prior to founding Power of Love, Alka was a tenured Professor of Marketing at the University of South Dakota where she taught for seven years.
She is married and has 3 wonderful children who are all very supportive of her work. She has a Ph.D in Marketing from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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