Faculty Bio

• Head, Department of Public Health, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Kochi, Kerala, India. 
  He joined as HOD public health on January 02, 2023. His responsibilities are to develop the department of public health and provide leadership for the MPH and PhD program in the department.
• Consultant (Medical) Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) national centre for disease informatics and research (NCDIR) Bengaluru.
  He joined as consultant (medical) in a project titled “Preparation and standardization of tools for the implementation of state level NCD monitoring survey in India” on April 18, 2022 and continued until May 15, 2022.
• Professor, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Central University of Kerala at Kasaragod April 01, 2010-April 16, 2022
  He joined as professor at the Central University of Kerala on April 01, 2019.He teach two course modules namely research methods and chronic disease epidemiology for the MPH students. He also guide MPH students for their required dissertation. He also help in other academic activities of the department.
• Emeritus Professor (Research), Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies (AMCHSS) of Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Trivandrum May 2017-March 2019
  He worked as Professor Emeritus at AMCHSS of SCTIMST from May 2017 to March 2019. He supervised some of the research projects funded by international agencies and national agencies. He also helped in the academic activities of AMCHSS. SCTIMST is an institute of national importance established by an act of the Indian Parliament in 1980 and has the status of a university. SCTIMST was the third such health institution in India at that time; the other two are the All India Institute of Medical Science New Delhi and the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh.
• Senior Professor and Head AMCHSS of SCTIMST since January 2016
  He was offered the position of Senior Professor and head of the Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies (AMCHSS) of the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Trivandrum in the year 2016.
• Professor and Head AMCHSS of SCTIMST since June 2006.
  He was appointed as professor of AMCHSS based on an open competition in the year 2006. He completed nearly 10 years as professor before He was promoted to Senior Professor in January 2016
• Additional Professor and Head AMCHSS of SCTIMST since August 2001 (Total Experience in this cadre 5 years)
  This was a promotion from the associate professor level at the same Institute. During this time He was heading the department of AMCHSS and He taught MPH students and guided PhD and MPH students.
• Associate Professor of AMCHSS since August 1997 (Total period of experience 4 years)
  He Joined AMCHSS as Associate Professor on August 1, 1997.
• Teaching
  He have been teaching two course modules for the MPH program; quantitative research methodology and chronic disease Epidemiology. The course module on chronic disease epidemiology has been developed with the support of the world health organization (WHO), Geneva.
• Work Experience with World Health Organization
  – Short Term Assignment to WHO Yangon Myanmar 4-6 April 2007 for Public Health Curriculum Refinement of the new university of Public Health in Myanmar.
  – Short Term Professional, WHO South East Asia Region at Pyongyang, DPR Korea on Surveillance, prevention and management of non-communicable Diseases (April 16-May 12, 2006)
  – Short Term Professional,  WHO South East Asia Region at Pyongyang, DPR Korea on Surveillance, prevention and management of non-communicable Diseases (March 10-Aril 10, 2005)
  – Temporary advisor for the World Health Organization for the South East Asia Region WHO inter country meeting for networking of public health institutions February 11-14, 2003 at New Delhi.
  – Temporary advisor for the World Health Organization for the South East Asia Region Planning workshop on STEPWISE approach to NCD surveillance, AIHD, Bangkok, Thailand 22-26 April 2002.
  – He participated as a team member that assessed the potential of BP Koirala institute of Health Sciences Dharan, Nepal to start an MPH program in July 2003. The team consisted of three members: two from Harvard school of public health and He from AMCHSS. The WHO Country office at Nepal supported this activity.
  – Temporary advisor to World Health Organization Geneva for capacity strengthening on Health research NGOs, at Aurzha Tanzania November 10, 2002
• Principal Regional Health and Family Welfare Training Centre 1992-1995 
  He managed Regional Health and Family Welfare Training Center Trivandrum Kerala for about 3 years. He trained many batches of Primary Health Center doctors and paramedical field workers during this period. He organized many state level training programs for senior level mangers of Kerala health department. He trained about 2000 doctors in various districts of Kerala and senior health managers in states of Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Goa in the National Child survival and safe motherhood program
• Epidemiologist 1986- 1992
  During his tenure as Epidemiologist, He organized a large field research program with the help of “KSSP” an NGO working in Kerala and collected data from 10000 rural households in the state using trained investigators. He trained Primary Health Center doctors and paramedical field workers. He also trained three batches of basic health workers
•  Assistant Surgeon 1980-86
  He managed a government rural dispensary for two years, a hospital for nearly 3 years during his initial appointment with the Kerala Government health department. He also treated patients during this period. 
• Tutor, department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Kottayam 1978-1980
  He taught MBBS students the subject of preventive medicine during his tenure in this department.
• Tutor, department of Orthopedics, Government Medical College, Kottayam 1977-1978. 
  He taught, MBBS students the subject of orthopedics and treated patients in this department during his tenure.
• Work with NGO
  He was the vice chairman of KSSP, an NGO working in the field of Health and Development in Kerala.  KSSP won the King Sejong Literacy price for making Ernakulam district of Kerala state a fully literate district. KSSP also won the right lively hood award in the year 1996. He also worked as convener and Chairperson of the Health committee of KSSP for many years.

• Invited speaker on Shared challenges and future opportunities for collaboration between India and Victoria at the Victoria India Technology Forum held at the Vivanta by Taj Ambassador Hotel New Delhi July 9-10, 2018.
• Invited talk on “ Working with Panchayats: Experience from the Indian State of Kerala” on March 21, 2018 at the South East Asia NCD conference organized in Delhi jointly by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi and the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh at New Delhi during March 20-24, 2018.
• Invited Speaker on “Prevention and Control of NCDs” in Alain, UAE on November 30, 2017. This was organized by the Alain Malayalee Samajam.
• Invited speaker on “Tobacco Cessation in India: A Priority Health Intervention” for the Asian Collaboration for Excellence in non-communicable diseases seminar in Colombo, Sri Lanka on July 21, 2014.
• Invited to present a paper on the AROGYAM project in Kerala and to chair a technical session “One Medicine for All-Partnering for future global health on May 16, 2014 as part of the inaugural meeting of the India –Edinburgh Institute which was inaugurated by the former President of India Sri APJ Abdul Kalam.
• Invited speaker on “Innovative community and population based approaches in Kerala, India for hypertension prevention and control” at Monash University, Australia on the World Health Day form meeting April 11, 2013.
• Invited speaker on “War as a disease: an Epidemiological Perspective” at the summer school of Bielefeld University, Germany during September 7-11, 2010.
• Invited speaker on “Tobacco Cessation Problems and opportunities” at the Preventive Cardiology Summit organized by the Cardiology Society of India Kerala Chapter at the Kerala Heart House Kochi on September 19, 2010.
• Invited speaker on  “Knowledge, Attitudes and Perceived Barriers Regarding Implementation of Frame Work Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Provisions and Tobacco Control Measures among Elected Representatives of Local Self Government Bodies in Kerala, India”  in the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) world conference in Geneva July 11-15, 2010
• Invited speaker on “Community Interventions in the workplace (Health Sector) at the 7th Oxford Health Alliance Summit organized at the Leela Hotel Delhi during April 18-20, 2010.
• Invited speaker on “Role of Women in Prevention and Control of Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases in Kerala, India”  at the World Health Day conference in Melbourne Australia organized by the Monash University, Australia on April 07, 2010.
• Invited speaker on “smoking bans cut heart attacks to a quarter” on March 14, 2010 at the national conference on Prevent India organized at Hyderabad
• Invited speaker on “Role of Tobacco in NCD prevention and Control” at the international seminar on prevention and control of non-communicable diseases organized by the MV Mohan Diabetes Centre in collaboration with the University of Alabama, USA at Chennai on March 20, 2010
• Invited Speaker for the United States Institute of Medicine’s Committee on Preventing the Global Epidemic of Cardiovascular Disease: Meeting the Challenges in Developing Countries, as part of a public roundtable discussion during the committee’s second meeting on 9-10 July, 2009 in Washington, D.C.
• Invited to talk on “Integrating Diabetes Prevention in the Indian Health Care System at the India-Australia Symposium on Current Controversies in Diabetes at Hyderabad, November 21, 2008 organized by the Indian Council of Medical Research, Public Health Foundation of India and the George Institute for International Health, The University of Sydney.
• Invited to talk on “Challenges for public health education in low and middle income countries in the Asia Pacific Region” at the 40th Asia Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health Conference at Kuala Lumpur November 7-9, 2008.
• Invited to talk on the experiences of public health education and training programs at the Achutha Menon Centre for Health Sciences Studies of the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum at the Asian Consultation on “Education for Global Health Leadership” organized by the China Medical Board and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation at Hanoi Vietnam November 4-5, 2008.
• Invited to talk on “Hypertension control by trained volunteers in a rural community in India” at the World Health Day Symposium Organized by the Monash University in Collaboration with Alfred Medical Research and Education Precinct on April 07, 2008 at Melbourne Australia.
• Invited to talk on “Good Health At Low Cost- the Kerala Model” at Nagasaki University Japan on November 27, 2007.
• Invited to give a talk on health at low cost – the Kerala model at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London July 20, 2006
• Participated as a panelist in the panel that discussed creating and sustaining academic excellence and relevance in the Public Health Foundation India Institutes on March 28, 2006 at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. The panel was chaired by Dr John Finnegan of the Association of Schools of Public Health, USA and co – chaired by Prof K S Reddy of All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi
• Presented a paper on “Public Health Education in India: Key Challenges Faced” at the national consultation on institute of public health in India at hotel Taj Palace, New Delhi September 17, 2004. The meeting was chaired by the union health secretary Shri Prasad Rao.
• Presented a paper titled ‘tobacco use and cardiovascular diseases in India’ in the national seminar on Epidemiology of non-communicable diseases at Chennai during March 17-21, 2004 by the Madras Diabetic Research Foundation in collaboration with the University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA.
• Presented the preliminary results of the sentinel health monitoring Centre project in Trivandrum at the national level meeting organized by the ICMR in New Delhi on March 26, 2004.
• Presented a paper on ‘Management of High Blood Pressure in Primary Care- Current Practice Patterns and Critical Deficiencies’ at the workshop on “Development of Guidelines for High Risk Primary and Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease in India, With Special Emphasis on Primary Health Care”. Organized by the Initiative for Cardiovascular Health Research in Developing Countries- February 23-24, 2004.
• Presented a paper on “Non-Communicable Disease Control Program” at the national conference of the Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh – February 27, 2004.
• Presented the preliminary findings of the research on tobacco cessation in India at the project meeting of “Tobacco cessation research and training in India and Indonesia” at Arizona, USA January 5-11, 2004.
• Presented a paper on “tobacco use in India” at the national conference organized by the Tata institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai November 14-15, 2003.
• Presented a paper on “Kerala’s Health Status” at the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal in July 2003.
• Presented a paper on  “Emerging Trends in Public Health: Experiences in Networking and Training in Gender Issues” at the inter-country meeting of public health institutions in WHO/SEARO New Delhi from 11-14 February 2003.
• Participated in a workshop on “Health Equity in India: People and systems challenges” at the Indian School of Business Hyderabad organized jointly by the Macarthur Foundation, UNICEF India, Global equity Asia Centre and the Harvard University, January 13-15, 2003.
• Presented a paper on “Trends in Cardiovascular Disease in India” in the national seminar on Epidemiology of Diabetes and Cardiovascular Diseases in India at the Madras Diabetes Research Foundation Chennai, March 20-22, 2003 at Chennai.
• Presented a paper on public health schools without walls at the National institute of preventive and Social Medicine (NIPSOM) and Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) at Dhaka Bangladesh as a part of the project ‘public health schools without walls networking” during April 28-29, 2002.
• Presented a paper on the ‘networking of public health institutions in the Asia region’ in the Afrihealth meeting held in Geneva, Switzerland during May 16-17, 2002.
• Presented a paper on Kerala model of development at the Gadja Mada University, Indonesia on May 29-30, 2002 and visited their field site of the university  2002
• Presented a paper on Public Health Schools Without Walls in Centres for Disease Control Beijing, China on April May 28, 2002
• Presented a paper on Public health schools network development in the Asia region in the ‘Networking for public health capacity-Africa meeting’ on April 5-6, 2001 at Pretoria South Africa.
• Participated in the Wellcome Trust-WHO  consultation on secondary prevention of Major Non-communicable Diseases in Low-and Middle- income Countries 1-3 August 2001, Hinxton Hall, Cambridge UK.
• Presented a paper on research projects on cardiovascular diseases at the Achutha Menon Centre for health science studies in the Global forum for health research, forum 5 meeting in Geneva during October 9-12, 2001.
• Presented a paper on Public health schools without walls in Colombo, Sri Lanka on November 15, 2001.
• Presented a paper on measurement of socioeconomic status in household surveys for non-communicable diseases risk factors in the “workshop on Development of National NCDs Surveillance Network in India” held on 17th –21st December 2001 at New Delhi.
• Presented a paper on Reasons for Kerala’s low mortality rate in the workshop on Health and Transition, London, Marlborough Hotel 25-26 January 2001 organized by the University College London.
• Presented a paper on public health schools without walls at the Dibrugarh Medical College Assam on December 22-25, 2001 as part of Public health Schools without walls network development project.
• Presented a paper on “Public Health Program at the Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies of the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology, Trivandrum, India” in the Public health schools with out walls (PHSWOW) meeting in Bangkok in 1999.
• Presented a paper on “Public Health Challenges for India in the 21st Century” in the Rockefeller Foundation’s Health Sciences Advisory committee meeting on August 3-4, 1998 at New York.

 Television Programs

Dooradarsan DD Malayalam

• March 16,  2020. 7.30-8.30 PM. Varthamanakalam Live program on COVID -19.  Agnipareekhsha. COVID prevention program along with University student leader and media representative
• March 23, 2020. 7.30-830 PM. Varthamanakalam Live program on COVID -19. Prevention against corona. Along with IMA representative and media representative.

ACV News

• April 09, 2020. Telecast at 8.30 PM to 9.30 PM. Challenges for Coroana management. Along with Doctors from Medial College, Trivandrum and media representatives.

Asianet News

• August 05, 2020. Homeopathy Ttreatment against COVID -19. Katha Nunakkatha. 7.30-8.00PM.

Webinars

• May 26, 2020. 6.00 PM to 7 PM. COVID-19 Management in Kerala: First 100 days. Organized by the department of Public Health and Community Medicine, CUK Kerala.
• May 31, 2020. 11.00 AM to 12.30 PM. World No tobacco day. Tobacco Control during COVID -19 Pandemic.  Organized by the Health Department Government of Kerala and Civil Society Organizations.

Externally Funded Research Projects

(Received ~ US $ five Million for research projects and US $ 300,000 for organizing various health conferences)

Completed Projects

• Indian Program Director of the Millennium Promise Award of the Fogarty International Centre of the National Institute of Health, USA on “ASCEND (Asian Collaboration for Excellence in non-communicable Diseases) 2010-2014. (US dollars one Million)
• Principal Investigator of the Project entitled “Community Interventions for Health” supported by the Oxford Health Alliance. This is one of the four pilot projects supported globally: the other three are in China, Mexico and the United Kingdom. (US $ 6,90,000) 2008-2014
• Indian Principal Investigator of the Project “Building Capacity forTobacco Cessation in India and Indonesia”. This was a 5-year multi country project funded by a grant from the Fogarty International Center of the U.S. National Institutes of Health through the University of Arizona. (US $ 594,000) 2008-2013
• Indian program coordinator of the project grant on “partnership for better health” provided by the European Commission for public health capacity building of the Asian public health schools. The other school (the lead school) the James P Grant School of Public Health, Dhaka Bangladesh (duration four years from 2007 to 2011, 700,000 Euro)
• Principal investigator of the project: “Diarrhea Morbidity among under-five children: A comparative study to two villages each in Tamil Nadu and Kerala”, funded by Kerala Research Program on Local Level Development, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum (1998-1999). Duration of the project was 18 months (Rs 300,000 = US $ 7000)
• Principal Investigator of the project: “Kerala Health Survey” funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India and State committee for Science and Technology, Government of Kerala. Duration of the project was 2 years (1987-1989) (Rs 250000 = USD 12000)
• Project coordinator of “Professional Development of Master of Public Health Graduates (first batch)”. The Rockefeller Foundation funded this project and the duration of the project was 4 months from February to June 1999 (US $ 20000)
• Principal Investigator of the Project: Current status of Service delivery in Health and Family Welfare sector (RCH) in Kerala and suggestions to redesign the service delivery system for better quality client responsive services (2001) funded by the European Commission. Duration of the project was 7 months. (Rs 800,000 = US $ 15000)
• Team leader of the project evaluating the Enhanced Malaria Control Program in India (2002) Funded by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Government of India (World Bank assisted Project). Duration of the Project was one month. (Rs 1 Million = US 25000)
• Principal Investigator of the Project: Community based detection and monitoring of hypertension in Kumarakom Panchayat, Kottayam (2001 –2002) funded by the Kerala Research Program for Local Level Development, Trivandrum. Duration of the project is one year (Rs 275000 = US $ 6500)
• Co-investigator of the Project for NGO research capacity in India along with Prof. CAK Yesudian, TISS Mumbai. This is a three-year project funded by the Rockefeller Foundation (US $ 200,000, I was allocated US $ 40,000)
• Team leader of Independent Review of the National Vector borne Disease control program. This is commissioned by the directorate of National Vector Borne Disease Control Program, Government of India. Total Duration of the project is 2 months. The other members of the team are from Tata Institute of Social Sciences Mumbai, Foundation for Health Management in Trivandrum and Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences Trivandrum report submitted to government of India in August 2004. (Rs 2.1 Million = US $ 50000)
• Principal Investigator of the Project: Establishment of Sentinel Surveillance system for CVD in the industrial population of Travancore Titanium Products Ltd and Hindustan Latex Ltd funded by the World Health Organization and the Ministry of Health Government of India. Duration of the Project is 48 months. This is a part of the national project coordinated by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi on Surveillance of Establishment of surveillance system for CVD in Indian industrial population. (Rs 1.1 Million = US $ 26000)
• Principal Investigator of Sentinel Health Monitoring Centre, Trivandrum. This is one of the five sites in India to monitor risk factors of Non-communicable Diseases using the WHO Stepwise approach. The project is funded by the Indian Council of Medical Research New Delhi using funds from the World Health Organization India Country Office New Delhi (Rs 400,000 = US $ 9500)
• Principal Investigator of a project titled “Development of a Reference Manual for Primary Health Care Institutions in Kerala”. This is a one year project supported by the Government of Kerala and is funded by the European Commission through the director of health services government of Kerala . (Rs 18, 93,800)
• Indian Principal Investigator of a project titled “Tobacco cessation in India and Indonesia” of the Fogarty International Centre of the National Institute of Health USA through the University of Minnesota during 2002-2007 (US $ 500,000)
• Indian Principal Investigator for the Kerala Diabetes Prevention program supported by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council. This is a cluster randomized controlled trial to find out the effectiveness  of a peer supported intervention to reduce the incidence of diabetes in Kerala. (AUD 1.2 Million) 2011-2017
• Principal Investigator for the Kerala site of the project “Control of Hypertension in Rural India (CHIRI)” supported by the Australian Health and Medical Research Council. The project is implemented in three rural areas in India: Kerala, Rishi Valley in Andhra Pradesh and East Godavary in Andhra Pradesh. (AUD 1.2 Million) 2013-17
• Principal Investigator of the Kerala Diabetes Prevention Program supported by the World Diabetes Foundation, Denmark (USD 250,541). This is an implementation project with a component of evaluation in collaboration with one of the largest women’s organization in India called Kudumbashree. Duration of the project is 3 years 2015-2018
• Principal Investigator of the project “Prevention and Control of non-Communicable diseases in Kerala” supported by the Kerala Government. There is a baseline survey to find out the NCD risk factors from a representative sample population of the entire state of Kerala and implementation of NCD risk reduction in schools and village communities. (INR 50 million ~ one million AUD) for a period of one year April 2016-March 2017)

Ongoing Projects

• Co-Investigator.  Scaling up interventions to improve the control of hypertension and diabetes in partnership with the governments of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, NHMRC GNT 1169766 (2020-25)
• Co-Investigator. The long-term effectiveness of a peer-led lifestyle intervention program on diabetes progression and cardiovascular risk: the Kerala Diabetes Prevention Program in India, NHMRC GNT 1160283 (2019-24).

• Consultancy work for the European Commission (2004) Technical Advisory Group, New Delhi on Demand side financing on Reproductive and Child Health Program in India. I worked as a public health expert in the team headed by Dr Bhatia of the London School of Economics. Other team members were from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences Mumbai and the Administrative Staff College Hyderabad.
• Consultancy work for the Rockefeller Foundation (1999) to prepare a report on “the public health training, organization, policy and financing” in Nepal and Bangladesh. This was done with Dr D Varatharajan of AMCHSS
• Consultant for UNICEF 1994-95. I Consulted UNICEF Madras for preparing Training module for local level Panchayat leaders in Child Survival and Safe Motherhood program (CSSM) while I was working as the Principal of the Regional Health and Family Welfare Training Center. I took full time leave for 2 months and worked part time for another 7 months for the development of the module.
• For Government of India – 1992-93. Consulted Government of India for developing Training module for medical officers of the country and training them in CSSM.
• For Government of Kerala 1987-90. Consulted Government of Kerala as a member of Task force on Health Family Welfare and Nutrition for the 8th five-year plan and the 10th five-year plan. 

Organizing International/national Conferences

• He worked as the organizing secretary for the national conference on emerging public health issues held at Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies of the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum during January 10-13, 2008.
• He worked as the organizing secretary for the international meeting of the tobacco cessation conference held at Trivandrum during January 2005. The launch event was inaugurated by the health minister of Kerala
• He worked as joint organizing secretary for the 35th World Heart Federation Teaching Seminar in Trivandrum during September 12-24, 2002.
• He worked as organizing secretary for the workshop on “Ethical issues in Health Research in South Asia” held at the Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, SCTIMST, Trivandrum during January 29- February 01, 2001.
• He worked as organizing secretary for PHSWOW Network development – Asia meeting held at the Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, SCTIMST Trivandrum during February 02-03, 2001.
• He worked as organizing secretary of the international network meeting of Public Health Schools Without walls (PHSWOW) at Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, SCTIMST, Trivandrum 8-10, February 2000.
• He worked as one of the organizing secretaries of international seminar on “Emerging public health issues in South Asia” during May 22-23, 1998.

Government of India Planning Commission working groups

• He am the chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Model Rural Health Research Unit (MRHRU) of  Tirunelveli under the Indian Council of Medical Research which is being implemented in collaboration with Government Medical College Tirunelveli Tamil Nadu.
• He was the co-chair of the working group of Kerala State Planning Board (the other co-chair was the additional chief secretary, health and family welfare, Govt. of Kerala) that prepared the five year plan document on health and family welfare for the Govt. of Kerala. The report was submitted in March 2017.
• He was the chair of the Research Advisory Committee of the George Institute India for three years during 2013 to 2016
• He was a member of two working groups of the planning commission, Government of India, for the 11th plan. Member of the working group on communicable and non-communicable diseases and member of the inter-institutional working group public health education in India.
• Member of the Board of Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences Mumbai 2008-2011
• Member of the school advisory board of the graduate school of international health development, Nagasaki University, Japan for three years 2008-2011
• Member of the Ethics Committee of the Public Health Foundation of India 2010-13
• Member of the board of studies of the National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai, India
• Member of the board of studies of the Christian Medical College Vellore, Tamil Nadu
• Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, India 2009-11

Activities related to Scientific Journals

He have reviewed several papers for the Lancet, Lancet Oncology, Lancet Global Health, Bulletin of the World Health Organization, International Journal of Epidemiology, AIDS Behavior, Addictive Behaviors, the National Medical Journal of India, Indian Pediatrics, Indian Journal of Medical Research, Indian Journal of Preventive and Social Medicine, Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, BMC public health, Current Science and several others.

Project Reviewer

He have reviewed many research project proposals for the Welcome Trust, Indian Council of Medical Research and the Kerala Research Program for Local Level Development

• David E Bell Research Fellow 1995-96
• Fellow of the national academy of medical sciences (FAMS), India. He was awarded the FAMS considering his significant contributions to medical sciences in the field of community medicine on October 22, 2016.
• He researched on two topics during his fellowship year at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, Cambridge, MA, USA.  One was on morbidity in Kerala and the other on performance of public and private sector hospitals in Trivandrum district of Kerala state
• “Good Service entry” awarded by the Kerala Government health services department in the year 1993 for the meritorious services to the department particularly for the Active polio search program in Pathanamthitta district of Kerala.

Guide for PhD scholars

• AS Pradeepkumar: 
  His PhD research was on tobacco control and cessation. He worked as additional director of health services Govt of Kerala for several years. After his retirement form this position he is now working as senior research officer in a research project at AMCHSS, SCTIMST. He published several papers.
• Sailesh Mohan: 
  His PhD research was on tobacco and cardiovascular diseases. He is now additional professor at the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), New Delhi.  He published several papers
• J Chandrasekhar: 
  His PhD research was on dental flurosis and Jowar consumption.   He is now Professor, Public health Dentistry, Amrita School of Dentistry, Kerala.  He published 28 papers.
• Meena Daivadanam: 
  Her PhD research was on community based dietary intervention in Kerala. She is now post doctoral fellow at Uppsala University, Sweden.  She published 12 papers.
• Elezebeth Mathews: 
  Her PhD research was on physical activity intervention among sedentary women in Kerala. She published a few papers from her PhD work and several others from other research projects. She has recently joined as Assistant Professor at the Central University Kasargod where they are running and MPH Program.

Co-guide for PhD students

• T Sathish: 
  His PhD research on the KDPP program.  He has already been selected for post doctoral fellowship at the National University of Singapore. He has published seven papers. His PhD was recently awarded by the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Guide for MPH students

• V Mohanan Nair: 
  He has recently retired from the Kerala Government. He published four papers including two from his MPH dissertation.
• MC Kalavathy: 
  She is now assistant professor, cancer epidemiology department, Regional Cancer Centre (RCC), Trivandrum, one of the leading institutions in cancer research in India.   She published her MPH dissertation.
• T Radhakrishnan:
  He is now assistant professor health education in medical college hospital, Trivandrum, Kerala.  He has three publications including one from his MPH dissertation.
• Vinod Kumar:
  He is working as Senior Veterinary Surgeon, Perambra, Kozhikode.
• Anjan Kumar Nag: 
  He is now Consultant at National Tuberculosis Control Program, Bangladesh. He published his MPH dissertation.
• Iftekhar Quasem:
  He is working as Senior Project Officer, Partners in Health and Development, Bangladesh.  He has ten publications including one from his MPH dissertation.
• Mrunal Shetye:
  He is currently Senior Program Officer Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He published his MPH dissertation
• Saiju Hameed:
  He is currently assistant director in health services department in Government of Kerala.
• K Sandeep:
  Currently he is working as assistant director in Kerala Government Health department. He has two publications.
• Paul Kumaran:
  He is now deputy director, National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, Indian Council of Medical Research, Chennai. He has 30 peer reviewed publications
• Devasis Bhattacharyya: 
  He is now additional director, public health department, Government of Delhi.  He has four publications.
• Sailesh Mohan: (included under PhD guide ship)
• Gupteshwar Singh:
  He is now lecturer, Nalanda Medical College Hospital, Patna. He has five publications including one from his MPH dissertation.
• Iype Joseph:
  He is now Scientist-B, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Trivandrum.  He has one publication.
• Kabita Khati: 
  She is now joint director cum district Tuberculosis officer in Government of Sikkim.
• Sreehari S:  
  He is now clinical study leader in Sandoz, a Novartis Company in Germany. He has three publications. 
• Babu Ram Pokhrel:
  He is now assistant professor, Birat Medcial College, Kathmandu, Nepal. He has four publications including one from his MPH dissertation.
• Vishal Khosla:
  He is now manager in pharmaco vigilance, Tata Consultancy Service, India.  He published his MPH dissertation.
• Lalnuntlangi: 
  She just finished her last job as operations manager (North East India), Catholic Relief Services India Programs. She has one publication
• R Manjunatha:
  He is now project manager TATA Trusts, Mumbai.  He has six publications including one from his MPH dissertation.
• Shah Amar-Niranjan: 
  He is now National Consultant in the RNTCP of the WHO, Delhi. He has published 21 papers.
• KG Deepak:
  He is now medical consultant, RNTCP of the WHO Bangalore.  He has four publications including one from his MPH dissertation.
• Meena Daivadanam:  (Included under PhD guide ship)
• Indrani Sharma:
  She is now senior consultant, Deloitte Company, Delhi.  She has three publications including one from her MPH dissertation.
• Subhasis Bhandari:
  He is now medical officer, Kolkata Municipal Corporation.  He has seven publications including one from his MPH dissertation.
• M Santhoshkumar:
  He is now health officer in Tamil Nadu Government. He has three publications including one from his MPH dissertation.
• Uma V Shankar:
  She is now a PhD Scholar at SCTIMST, Trivandrum.  She has published three papers including one from her MPH dissertation.
• Palash Jyoti Misra:
  He is now Medico Marketing Advisor SRL Diagnostics. New Delhi.  He has two publications including one from his MPH dissertation.
• Lipika Patra: 
  She is now working as pain and palliative care specialist at Karunashraya, Hospital, Bangalore.  She published her MPH dissertation.
• Sanjeev Kumar Singh:
  He is now scientific manager medical affairs, Glaxo Smith Kline  Pharmaceuticals in Delhi. He has published two papers including one from his MPH dissertation
• Vishal Raina: 
  He is now Government medical officer in Jammu and Kashmir.  He has published two papers.
• Anna Pius:
  She has just migrated to the US to join her husband. She has submitted her paper from MPH dissertation for publication.
• Vishnu Nataraj:
  He is now assistant manger medical services corporation, Government of Kerala.  He is preparing his paper from his dissertation

Co-guide for MPH students

• SS Lal:
  He is now Tuberculosis Technical Director in PATH, Washington DC.  He published his MPH dissertation.
• R Suresh:
  He is now senior consultant in Kerala Government Health Department. He has two publications.
• R Jayakrishnan:
  He is now associate professor, RCC, Trivandrum.  He has 11 publications including one from his MPH dissertation.
• Manu J Zacharia:
  He is now Director Sky Investments Limited, UK.  He has published his MPH dissertation.
• Shiney C Alex:  
  She is working at Florida hospital Orlando, USA. She has three publications including one from her MPH dissertation
• Joe Varghese: 
  He is now senior research scientist, PHFI, New Delhi. He has a total of 12 publications including one from his MPH dissertation.
• Md Shaiful Islam:
  He is now project manager, World Vision, Afghanistan.
• Namgay Shenga: 
  She is now joint director, Government of Sikkim. She published her MPH dissertation
• T Sathish:  (included in PhD co-guide ship)