Gracy Andrew

Gracy Andrew, A Clinical Psychologist by training comes with 25+ years of experience in the area of youth health. From 2012-2022 Gracy served as WorldBeing India’s Vice President and Country Director in India, playing a key role in launching, expanding, and supervising WorldBeing’s programs on Emotional Resilience and research efforts in India and Kenya. Before joining WorldBeing in 2012, Gracy was with Sangath Society, a renowned leader in the field of mental health since its inception in 1996.

At Sangath she worked in various capacities including as program head of the adolescent program for several years and as Executive Director for two years. An experienced qualitative researcher, Gracy has worked as a consultant to many organizations. She is co-author of several publications in India and globally.

She also has been involved in developing various interventions and training programs for youth in the areas of mental health and adolescent health. Gracy has contributed to training resources at the national level in India including the RKSK, and Ayushnan Bharath program. In 2019 she was appointed as a member of the World Health Organization’s guidance development group for promotional programs on global adolescent mental health. More recently in 2023, she was commissioned to support development of an integrated school health program at the MoHFW.