Sauman joined IDDO in May 2019 as a WHO/TDR Clinical Research Fellow and is working on visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and scrub typhus. His research interests include pharmaceutical markets, alternative models of drug development and access to medicine.

Sauman holds an engineering degree in biotechnology, and two master’s degrees; one in public health and the second in economic policy. He has recently finished his PhD in economics, which focused on the access to essential medicines in Africa by analysing the market entry and operation strategies of Indian pharmaceutical firms.