Dr. Sonu Goel is working as Professor in Department of Community Medicine & School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) Chandigarh with over 18 years of experience in the field of Public Health. He also held an additional charge of a Deputy Medical Superintendent and Purchase Officer of PGIMER, Chandigarh .He has written > 100 papers, authored 35 chapters, produced 12 films on national health programs and edited many public health books. He is a recipient of many visiting scholarships including John Hopkins-US, Public Health
Foundation of India and Maastricht University, Netherlands and many awards-including young researcher award by IAPSM-FORD Foundation, Best Researcher Award by PGIMER, Chandigarh. He has been associated with The Union, South East Asia for last over 9 years, is a visiting faculty of International South Asia UNION course on Operational Research. Currently he is the Vice-Chair of Tobacco Control Section and also leading MPOWER Research Group of The Union.

Vision

To be recognized as an agent of change by developing interventions which are sustainable, community driven and help in building foundation for an inclusive and equitable world.

Mission

Strengthening public health by building capacity of public health professionals to create pioneers of change, generating quality evidence by conducting focused community research, networking with government and other stakeholders in policy making and implementation, collaborating with likeminded institutions and bring forward budding researchers by supporting innovation.