Dr. Saju. M.D, PhD is the Associate Director and Vice Principal of Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Autonomous), Cochin, Kerala and an approved research guide in social work under Mahatma Gandhi University. He is the Director of the International Centre for consortium research in social care (ICRS), and this centre focuses on psychosocial intervention research in various health outcomes for patients. He is the Principal Investigator (PI) of the UKIERI partnership project in collaboration with York University, UK, funded by British Council and University Grants Commission (UGC), Co PI of IMPRESS- ICSSR Project, funded by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt of India, on public health. His research interests include Public Health and Mental Health, Disability, Suicide, and Dementia. He has a number of publications in several high impact peer-reviewed journals to his account.