Dr Ashna Basu is a doctor, speaker, writer and advocate. Ashna works as a doctor in Psychiatry, and conducts research with a focus on mental health. She serves as Chair of Young MWIA, a branch of the Medical Women's International Association that represents medical women up to the age of 40 globally, and is also the President of the Medical Women's Society of New South Wales.

A passionate advocate for gender equity in health, Ashna was the 2022 recipient of the Australian Medical Association's Women's Health Award, the 2023 recipient of the NSW/ACT Young Achievers Awards' Leadership Category, and has also been recognised as a Finalist for NSW Young Woman of the Year 2023. Ashna sits on the RANZCP Committee for Research and the Australasian Psychiatry Editorial Board, and is a conjoint associate lecturer at UNSW.

Outside of medicine, Ashna holds her GAICD, has served on multiple boards and is a co-founder and director of PinkSparrow Ltd, a governance advisory firm that assists not-for-profit organisations with their corporate governance. She has experience in management and strategy consulting, and co-authored UNSW’s 2020-2025 Student Mental Health & Wellbeing Strategy.