I am MBBS (1996) and MD in Preventive Social Medicine (2001). Epidemiologist interested in teaching undergraduates, postgraduate and doctoral scholars along with research in health and medical aspects of virus and other infectious or communicable diseases in India. Special interests in disease outbreak investigations, response and research for explaining and improving surveillance, epidemiology, prevention and control for human health.
ICMR National Institute of Virology
Pune, India
Epidemiology
Basanti Devi Amir Chand Prize
ICMR
Research work in Epidemiology during Virus Disease Outbreaks undertaken during last ten years (2005-2014)
Dr. MK Seshadri Prize (Gold Medal)
ICMR
Research work in Community Medicine during outbreak response
WHO Overseas Fellowship- ‘Economic Evaluation of Disease Burden’
WHO
Four-weeks Biennial training fellowship in Health Intervention Technology Assessment Program, Ministry of Public Health, Bangkok, Thailand
International Research Scholar Award
International Society of Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses-ISIRV)
Research work undertaken in Epidemiology of Avian Influenza Outbreaks in India
Scholarship
Ending Pandemics
International Workshop on One Health Participatory Surveillance
Academic Editor
Health and Social Care in the Community (Journal Hindawi-Wiley)
Academic Editor
Editor
McMaster Textbook of Internal Medicine - South East Asia Edition
Chapter Editor
Senior Scientist or Principal Investigator
ICMR
01 Sep 2004 - present
University Educator/Researcher
Indira Gandhi Medical College, Nagpur
01 Mar 2001 - 01 Sep 2004