Ashritta Saran

Director Evaluation and Evidence Synthesis , Global Development Network

Gurugram, India

Has over ten years' experience in development
research focusing on child well-being, education, gender and diversity, and
disability.

Contact Ashritta Saran
Area of Expertise:
  • Director, CEO, COP, President
Professional Experience:

Internationally known for her work on leading development of evidence and gap
maps as a Campbell evidence product and has led and co-authored publications
in a wide range of topics. Has over seven years' experience in development
research focusing on child well-being, education, gender and diversity, and
disability. Has led and managed the project team at Campbell South Asia and
consultant. Have run workshops for researchers in Bangladesh, China, Croatia,
India, Kenya, Lebanon, London, Mexico, Nepal, the Philippines, and Uganda.
Have worked on and managed several internationally funded projects such as
DFID, UNICEF, CHI, ICORSI, PENDA, MasterCard foundation and youth
endowment fund. Editor of the Campbell International Development Coordinating
Group (IDCG). Editorial board of Journal of International Development, BMC
systematic reviews. She is also one of the Co-Conveners of Campbell and
Cochrane Equity Methods Group

Education:

Masters in Public Health-Epidemiology

Affiliations and Achievements:

Scientific Advisory Board

- December 2024-Present Campbell Collaboration’s Disability Coordinating Group (DCG)
- January 2022-Present JBI’s Evidence Synthesis Taxonomy Initiative (ESTI)
- December 2024-June 2025 Co-Chair Working Group 3 (Safe and responsible use of AI), Building a global evidence synthesis community.
Membership

- July 2020-present Campbell and Cochrane Equity Methods Group
- March 2019-2024 Campbell’s International Development Coordinating Group (IDCG)
- July 2023-Present Campbell’s Climate Solutions Coordinating Group (CSCG)
- March 2024-2025 Collaborator, Operating Grant: SPOR – Guidelines and Systematic Reviews – Grant Continuing, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
- June 2022-Present Member, JBI/Campbell Collaboration NAVIGATOR Group
- September 2022-Present Member, JBI scoping review methodology group
Research Impact
- Led the methods paper on evidence mapping approaches (Saran & White, 2018), which informed the development of the Campbell guidelines on evidence mapping (White et al., 2020) and also the most cited paper to Wiley's cross-reference citation tracking (2019-2020).
- Received The Campbell Collaboration 2024 Farah Jamal Award recognized for outstanding contributions to research supporting people with disabilities.

Available for:

  • Not available

Years of Experience:

10-15 years

Highest Qualification:

Masters

Languages:

English

Nationality:

India