Gopal Dabade is a medical postgraduate from India. He taught at SDM Medical College for medical students from 2004 to 2016. Before thathe also worked with BUKO Pharma Kampagne in Germany as a full time Health Activist (1999-2003). He is the founder member of Jagruti (www.jagruti.org) and Drug Action Forum – Karnataka (http://nofreelunchindia.org/) and Convener of All India Drug Action Network (AIDAN-  https://aidanindia.wordpress.com/) . Gopal joined the board in 2020.