Varun Rangarajan

Executive Director, Expansion at Noora Health

I handle expanding the part where the CCP thrives outside of India. I am responsible to setup the program in Bangladesh, Indonesia and any other countries that we might decide to work in. I joined Noora in 2019 and this is my first stint in public health. I have worked in the spaces of Public education, public policy implementation and social entrepreneurship too in the past. I run an NGO called Dream India (www.dreamindia.org) along with a couple of friends.

I live in Bangalore. I love to consume and create music. I am a drummer, singer, and an aspiring guitarist. Love sport - cricket and badminton mostly and have an incorrigible need to play some game every week.

Location

India

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Work style

How I prefer to work

Remote & Office

Morning

Mostly on my own

Qualities I value in my colleagues

  • Sense of humor
  • openness
  • bias toward action
  • curiosity
  • ownership

Curiosity, patience, and deep listening are stuff I value a lot in people.

My communication style

  • Casual
  • polite
  • curious
  • genuine
  • direct

I am probably one of those social introverts - dont really like to talk a lot but end up somewhere in between. I like to listen more than to say things. Also learning to be quite direct in conversations off late and find that working pretty well.

My pet peeves

  • Arrogance
  • inauthenticity
  • poor communication
  • impatience
  • unreliability

Real pet peeve is if people attend meetings in public spaces! Don't be surprised if I gently point out to the nearest meeting room!

Fun fact

I really love live music especially if the genre if its rock! I love to sit in front of a tv and watch recorded rock shows too :)