Deepak Sanan (Advisor)
Mr. Deepak Sanan is a retired civil servant who has spent 35 years in the Himachal Pradesh cadre of the Indian Administrative Service. Amongst his many postings, his tenure as Secretary, Rural Development in the state was the most significant. He was associated with a transformative no subsidy policy change to introduce CLTS in Himachal Pradesh. This led to a dramatic improvement in the rural sanitation situation of the state. He also served as India Country Team Leader in the WSP- SA of the World Bank from 2005 to 2007. He has been part of the Management Committee of the Foundation since 2009. Apart from being involved with advocacy and capacity building for CLTS in India and abroad, he has written widely on this and other related issues of public policy.