Ritu is president of DEBRA International (and co-founder and head of DEBRA Singapore) supporting people living with the rare genetic disorder, Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB). A rare mother and patient advocate, Ritu serves on boards of various international patient organizations such as Rare Diseases International and Globalskin and co-chairs the Global Rare Disease Commission as well as Singapore’s HTA consumer panel, Agency for Care Effectiveness.

A sociolinguist by doctoral training, she is faculty at the School of Humanities and LKC School of Medicine at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University.