Dr. Ashokkumar Thirunavukkarasu is currently working as an assistant professor in the community and family medicine department (under the division of community medicine) at the College of Medicine, Jouf University, Saudi Arabia. He is a medical graduate with the postgraduate qualification of MD in Community Medicine, attained in 2007. He has more than 14 years of work experience in the community medicine and public health fields in different medical colleges. He is primarily involved in the teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate students. He has attended numerous national and international workshops and conferences as a participant as well as a speaker. Dr.Ashokkumar is primarily interested in the researches related to epidemiological and public health aspects. He has received the JSB gold medal award for his thesis presentation.