Dr (Ms) Jaya Shreedhar is a physician, an award winning journalist and author based in Chennai. She is an expert and consultant on HIV/AIDS to various governmental and non-governmental agencies.

Dr Jaya Shreedhar has worked extensively in film, television, radio and print media. She has covered the AIDS pandemic for the last eighteen years and has contributed to national and international newspapers. She has also trained journalists from India and other developing countries in HIV/AIDS reporting. A former Special Correspondent with Frontline, she has served as an editor/writer and health communications consultant to Internews, UNAIDS, UNDP, WHO, UNICEF, the Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh governments and the TB Research Centre in Chennai among others.

Dr Jaya Shreedhar has conducted research on the media response to HIV/AIDS in India and the Mekong region and is involved in tailor designing the Internews Local Voices Program for India which is aimed at involving journalists, media managers and owners, talk show hosts, DJs and NGOs on improving the frequency and quality of coverage on HIV/AIDS to help create a more open environment that mitigates stigma and encourages prevention, testing, counselling and treatment.