Dr.
Dhirendranath Gupta, M.B.B.S. , D.P.H., Deputy Director.Dr.
Dhirendranath Gupta, M.B.B.S. , D.P.H., Deputy Director.
Date Of Birth: 31st December, 1946. Joined at NICED, Kolkata on
Age : 60 years.
Dr. Dhirndranath Gupta, Deputy Director of National Institute of cholera and Enteric Diseases(I.C.M.R.). The present office address is P-33 C.I.T. Road, Scheme XM Calcutta - 700 010. His Date of birth is 31 st December 1946 Dr. Gupta passed M.B.B.S. in 1969 from Calcutta University, he also passed D.P.H. in 1977 from Calcutta University.
Obtained training from
different courses and work shop.
* National Training course in Epidemiology & Disease Control at N.I.C.D. New Delhi in
1983.
* I.C.M.R. Work shop of Scientific Communication in Bio Medicine at R.M.R.I. Patna in 1987
* Fourth Summer Programme in Bio Statistics,PC based statistical soft ware at Christian
Medical College Velore in 1994. * U.N.I.C.E.F.-I.C.M.R. collaborative work shop on
research methodology and epidemic preparedness for diarrhoeal diseases at N.I.C.E.D. at
Calcutta 1995.
* ICMR-WHO Work shop on Ethics on Bio Medical research at Kolkata 2001
* Review cum refresher course for the Nodal Officers of the for communicable
Diseases(NSPCD) at Kolkata 2001.
* Training of trainer courses on Immunization Strengthening Programme at NIH&FW New
Delhi 2001.
Worked as Medical Officer in West Bengal Health Service during 1973-1974 and also as Medical Officer Public Health in Damodar Valley Corporation during 1974-1980
Started research carrier as Research Officer(Epidemiology) at National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases, Calcutta under I.C.M.R. in 1980. Since then working and involved in several epidemiological research project including descriptive, transmission, intervention and operational research studies related to Diarrhoeal Diseases in rural as well as in urban areas. In all these research projects the active involvement was either as co-investigator or as principal investigator for formulation of the project, planning, implementation and supervision of the project, also for data analysis and report writing.
Carried out epidemiological investigation of outbreak of diarrhoeal diseases in different places to find find the causative agent,the source and nature of infection along with suggestion of probable control measures.
Actively involved with the WHO guideline of morbidity, mortality and treatment practice survey of diarrhoeal diseases.
Involved in training
and teaching
* as course facilitator in a number of workshop on the management of diarrhoeal diseases
control programmer for state and District level officer
* WHO fellows.
* Delivered lecture to the under graduate medical & homeopathic student and post
graduate students of public health.
Attended several conference & seminar and presented scientific papers related to diarrhoeal diseases. He has published more then 32 papers related to the studies in different national and international journal.
