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Academic training:
(i) Training in
epidemiology:
A)
Three months certificate course in epidemiology and control of
Communicable Diseases at the National Institute of Communicable Diseases,
Delhi during the year 1979
B)
Visited CDC, Atlanta, USA as a member of Indian delegation to
study the nature and content of epidemiology training at CDC and also
the type of epidemiological services in USA during the year 1990 for
a period three weeks.
(ii) Training in Vector borne Diseases control:
One month training under WHO fellowship to study vector-borne in Burma
during the year 1977.
(iii) Training in anti-filariasis campaign:
One month training in anti-filariasis campaign in Sri-Lanka during 1977
on a WHO fellowship.
(iv)
National and international Conferences, seminar, symposia, and other
Group educational activities:
Attended / conducted many national/ international conferences,
seminar, symposia and other group educational activities on various
communicable Diseases viz. Diarrhoeal Diseases, AIDS, Malaria, Filaria,
Leishmaniasis, Viral hepatitis, Japanese encephalitis Poliomyelitis
etc, on epidemiology, Primary Health Care, MCH and FW Expanded programme
of Immunisation, ARI etc.
Recipient of Academic awards:
i)
First Certificate of Merit in Ophthalmology from Medical College
Calcutta.
ii)
Stood First in DPH in Calcutta University
iii)
Grant Prize from Calcutta University
iv)
Bentley memorial Silver medal from Calcutta University.
Referees
Dr.
S Pattanayak,
Former Regional
Adviser, WHO/SEARO
B-91, Swasthya Vihar,
Delhi – 110 092
Dr.
S.K. Bhattacharya,
Director , National
Institute of Cholera and Enteric Dseases,
Indian Council of Medical Research,
Ansari Nagar, New Delhi.
Dr.
N.K.Ganguly
Director General
Indian Council of Medical Research
Ansari nagar , New delhi
.
Particulars of present/previous employment in chronological order
starting from present position
Period : September,
2004 till date as Emeritus Medical Scientist at NICED, ICMR
To strengthen surveillance
mechanism and epidemiologic research capability within ICMR
Period : May, 2003
to September, 2004 as STP ( Integrated Disease Surveillance and
Response ) at WHO//SEARO
·
To develop technical guidelines for IDSR ( Integrated Disease Surveillance
and response) implementation
·
To develop and establish Regional data base for IDSR
·
To develop protocol of assessment of surveillance systems
·
To assist member countries in implementation of IDSR
·
To assist in obtaining Regional consensus on the revised IHR draft
·
To develop training modules for implementation of IDSR
Period : January, 2002
till April,
2003 date as Consultant Epidemiologist with Indian Council of Medical Research
( ICMR)
Nature of duties:
- To advise on all matters pertaining to epidemiological
research studies both national and international
being carried
out in the council through its network
26 institutions
- To
assist in epidemic investigations in any part of the country where
assistance of ICMR was sought
- To
strengthen disease surveillance capacity in ICMR
- To
develop course curriculum for 3 week epidemiology course for middle
level health officials in research institutes, academic institutions
and district and to assist in conduction of training programme
NB. Took
6months leave to act as a short term professional with WHO in spell
of 2 months each during this period to assist WHO, SEARO
in developing Regional Strategic plan for Integrated Disease
Surveillance and suggesting developing disease surveillance strategy
in the disturbed North Eastern Province of Sri Lanka
Period : February, 2000
to 31st December, 2001as
Director, National
Institute of Communicable Diseases, Delhi (Addl. D.G. level)
Nature of duties:
- To
provide technical expertise in the field of disease control activities
including research and act as head of a Centre of excellence in building
up manpower in Epidemiology and Disease Control through National leadership,
surveillance of major communicable disease and maintaining watch over
emerging, newer health problems and advising the Government accordingly,
functioning in the model of Centre for Disease Control, Atlanta, USA.
- To
act as national focal point for investigation and containment of major
outbreak of communicable diseases and advising the government accordingly.
Period
: February 1997 – September 1999 as Adviser Epidemiology with the Govt.
of Sultanate of Oman
Nature
of duties:
To strengthen
national epidemiological capability by:
- Providing
technical support to various National Health Programme
like EPI, MCH, TB, ARI, CDD, Eye Health Care, Communicable
disease surveillance etc.
- Assisting
in the Surveillance of established health problems and evaluation
of new ones, and identification of risk factors influencing the distribution
of those problems & evaluation of control methods & technologies.
- Providing
technical assistance and analytical skills to the country for the
process of analysing the health situation, estimating the magnitude
of health problems, evaluating and selecting appropriate technologies
for specific interventions for on-going assessment of health trends.
- Performing
activities related to surveillance of health problems of international
importance and control of disease outbreaks by; Obtaining and analysing
information on the occurrence and distribution of diseases subject
to International Health Regulations and other disease and conditions
of international importance of public health, provide technical consultation
on the application of the International Health Regulations.
- Co-ordinating
the activities at the National level for the prevention & control
of Hepatitis.
- Working
as a member of Task Forces at the national level to prepare plan of
action for various national health programmes viz. Prevention &
Control of Hepatitis, Prevention & Control of TB, Programme of
Eye Health Care, Prevention & Control of accidents, Prevention
of Cardiovascular diseases, ARI etc. for the 4th five-year plan
- Acting
as a member of the National Committee on Eye Health Care, Cardiovascular
disease, Blood transfusion services & Road traffic accidents
- Working
as a member of evaluation committee and evaluated the entire national
health programme.
Period
: July 1994 to January
1997 as Director,
National Institute of Communicable Diseases, Delhi
Nature
of duties:
- To
provide technical expertise in the field of disease control activities
including research and act as head of a Centre of excellence in building
up manpower in Epidemiology and Disease Control through National leadership,
surveillance of major communicable disease and maintaining watch over
emerging, newer health problems and advising the Government accordingly,
functioning in the model of Centre for Disease Control, Atlanta, USA.
- To
act as national focal point for investigation and containment of major
outbreak of communicable diseases and advising the government accordingly.
Period
: May 93 till July 94 as
Dy. DGHS (TB & DD)
Nature of duties:
- Chief
of National Tuberculosis & Diarrhoeal Disease Control Programme
at the national level and also responsible for preparation of the
concept paper for Revised National TB Control Programme (RNTCP), preparation
for the project on RNTCP and negotiation for World Bank loan for the
project, implemented DOTs Pilot study, reviewed results etc.
Period
: April 93 - May 93 as
Director, National Malaria Eradication Programme
Nature
of duties:
- Chief
of National Malaria Eradication Programme
Period : March 1991 to April 1993 as
Adviser Epidemiology with the Govt. of Sultanate of Oman
Nature
of duties:
To
strengthen national epidemiological capability by:
·
Providing technical support to various
National Health Programme like
EPI, MCH, TB, ARI, CDD, Eye Health Care, Communicable disease
surveillance etc.
·
Assisting in the Surveillance of established
health problems and evaluation of new ones, and identification of risk
factors influencing the distribution of those problems & evaluation
of control methods & technologies.
- Providing
technical assistance and analytical skills to the country for the
process of analysing the health situation, estimating the magnitude
of health problems, evaluating and selecting appropriate technologies
for specific interventions for on-going assessment of health trends.
- Performing
activities related to surveillance of health problems of international
importance and control of disease outbreaks by; obtaining and analysing
information on the occurrence and distribution of diseases subject
to International Health Regulations and other disease and conditions
of international importance of public health, provide technical consultation
on the application of the International Health Regulations.
- Co-ordinating
the activities at the National level for the prevention & control
of Hepatitis.
·
Working as a member of Task Forces
at the national level to prepare plan of action for various national
health programmes viz. Prevention & Control of Hepatitis, Prevention
& Control of TB, Programme of Eye Health Care, Prevention &
Control of accidents, Prevention of Cardiovascular diseases, ARI etc.
for the 4th five-year plan.
- Acting
as a member of the National Committee on Eye Health Care, Cardiovascular
disease, Blood transfusion services & Road traffic accidents
- Working
as a member of evaluation committee and evaluated the entire national
health programme.
Period
: March 90 to March 91 as Dy
.Director General of Health Services (DCD)
Nature
of duties:
- Co-ordinated
all activities pertaining to prevention and control of Diarrhoeal
Diseases and other communicable Diseases like J.Encephalitis, Meningitis
Viral Hepatitis etc.
- Implementation
of the project "Development of Epidemiological Services and Laboratory
Support" in ten districts of the country with the assistance
of USAID under Bio- Medical Research and thus developing the model
for field epidemiology training in India.
- Participating
in and guiding all the training and research activities of the division
of Epidemiology of the National Institute of Communicable Diseases,
Delhi.
Period March,88 to March, 1990 as
Dy.Director Epidemiology,
NICD
Nature
of duties:
Chief
of the Division of Epidemiology undertaking research, training and services
in the field of Epidemiology, prevention & control of Communicable
Diseases Some important ones were:
- Disease
Surveillance in respect important communicable Diseases like Cholera,
Meningitis, viral hepatitis, Japanese encephalitis, Kala-azar in the
country through routine health information system sentinel surveillance,
investigation etc. Investigated large number of outbreaks, assisted
local health authorities in prevention and control of outbreaks.
- Evaluation
of Expanded programme of Immunisation, measles vaccine efficacy polio
vaccine efficacy under field conditions through case control methods.
Technical
assistance to the different national programme by estimating the magnitude
- of
the problem through the longitudinal survey, cross-sectional survey
analysis of the situation etc
.
- Studying
various risk factors influencing the disease causation and distribution.
- Conducting
a three month's course in epidemiology at the national level for the
district level Health officers and very senior level Health professional
to build up national epidemiological capability.
- Development
of an early warning system for meningitis in the country
- Conducting/guiding
several research projects to elucidate epidemiological factors involved
in disease causation, transmission and also developing newer methods
for control.
- Investigating/
supervising investigations
of epidemics outbreaks in different parts of the country.
Period May1986 - March 1988 as
Asstt Director General
(AIDS and Public Health)
Nature
of duties
- Programme
Officer of Govt. of India at the national level for AIDS/ Public Health
: Co-ordinating all activities pertaining to development of AIDS surveillance
activities national AIDS control programme.
Period July 1985 to May 1986 as
Deputy Director (Medical) NMEP, Delhi
Nature
of duties
- Next
to the Chief of National Malaria Eradication Programme in India.
Period
January1985 - July 1985 AS Regional
Director (Health and FW) Bhubaneswar
Nature
of duties
- Co-ordinating
officer of the Govt. of India for all the various national Health
and Family Welfare Programme for the State Govt. of Orissa.
Period: February 1984 - December 1984 as Deputy Asstt. Director General
of Health Services
Nature
of duties
- Programme
Officer at the National level for vaccine production, KFD and Leprosy.
Period: November, 1974 to January, 1984 as Asstt. Director (epidemiology)
National Institute of Communicable Diseases
Nature
of duties
- Training,
research and service in the field of Communicable Diseases epidemiology,
prevention and control : Undertook several research studies with the
assistance of WHO, Indian Council of Medical Research as Principal/Co-investigator.
Period
: July, 1974-October, 1974 as
District Medical Karong, Manipur State
- Chief
of District Medical and Health Administration.
Period : November,1968 to June, 1974 as
Medical Officer with the Govt of Manipur in various capacities
for varying periods.
- Medical
Officer in charge of Primary Health Centres Medical Officer in state
level Govt. Hospital, Medical Officer in charge of sterilisation unit
Demonstrator of Preventive and Social Medicine in Regional Medical
College, Imphal.
Period
: August, 1965- October, 1968 as Field Instructor (Epidemiology) Medical
Officer All India Institute of Hygiene & Public Health, Calcutta
Nature of duties
- Training,
teaching service and Research in the field of Public Health.
International
experience
|
Year
|
Country
visited/
International
Organisations
|
Purpose |
|
|
|
|
|
2002
-04 |
SEARO
and countries in
the region. |
Integrated
Disease Surveillance – formulation of Regional strategy; draft technical guidelines for IDSR, Regional guidelines
for assessment of National Disease Surveillance Systems, Disease
surveillance strategy in NEP of Sri Lanka etc
|
|
2001
|
Geneva, Switzerland |
Attended the Meeting on Global Outbreak Alert and Response at WHO, Geneva
from 29-30 November 2001 (2 days) |
|
2001
|
India
|
Attended Review of AFP Surveillance in India from 4-12 June 2001 (9 days)
|
|
2001
|
India
|
Attended meeting to develop a functional network of laboratories at that
have the capacity to provide support for disease surveillance
and outbreak investigations at Tuberculosis Research Centre, Chennai,
India from 23-25 May 2001 (3 days)
|
|
2001
|
Bangkok,
Thailand |
Attended Bi-Regional Seminar on Epidemiology Training at Bangkok, Thailand
from 9-11 May 2001 (3 days)
|
|
2001
|
WHO,
HQ |
Attended 2nd Meeting of Technical Advisory Group of the Global
Alliance to eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis at WHO HQ, Geneva from
21-23 February 2001 (3 days)
|
|
2001
|
WHO/SEARO
|
Joint
National & International Review of AFP Surveillance in India,
New Delhi, 4-12 June 2001
|
|
2001
|
CHENNAI,
INDIA |
Temporary
Adviser (WHO) for the Consensus Meeting for Laboratory Based Disease
Surveillance under National Surveillance Programme for Communicable
Diseases at TRC, Chennai, 23-25 May, 2001
|
|
2001
|
NEW
DELHI |
A
“Protocol Development Workshop for Research on Drug Delivery Strategies
for Lymphatic Filariasis in Urban Areas of India”, NICD, Delhi,
14-17 May 2001
|
|
2001
|
BANGKOK,
THAILAND |
Resource
Person, Bi-Regional Conference on Training in Epidemiology, Bangkok,
Thailand, 9-11 May 2001
|
|
2001
|
WHO/GENEVA
|
Second
Meeting of the Technical Advisory Group on Filariasis, WHO, Geneva,
21-23 February 2001
|
|
2000
|
WHO
SEARO |
Meeting
of the Virologists of SEAR Polio Network, Calcutta, 24-26 August,
2000 (3 days)
|
|
2000
|
WHO
HQ |
Attended
the 1st meeting of the Global Alliance to eliminate
lymphatic filariasis held at Santiago de Compostela, Spain on
4-5 May 2000 (2 days)
|
|
2000
|
WHO
HQ |
Attended
the 1st meeting of the TAG on lymphatic filariasis
as one of the members of the Technical Advisory Group held at
Santiago de Compostela, Spain on 2-3 May 2000 (2 days)
|
|
2000
|
WHO
HQ, Geneva |
Attended
the meeting “Global outbreak alert and response meeting, WHO HQs,
Geneva, 26-28 April 2000 (3 days)
|
|
2000
|
WHO
HQ |
Final
data analysis & report writing workshop on a multicentre study
on drug delivery for filariasis elimination in India held at NICD,
Delhi from 17-21 April 2000 (5 days)
|
|
2000
|
WHO/NICD
|
Served
as facilitator for the Regional Workshop on Epidemic Preparedness
and Response held at NICD, Delhi from 10th to 19th
April 2000 (10 days)
|
|
1997
|
SULTANATE
OF OMAN |
On
deputation with Govt. of Sultanate of Oman as Adviser, Epidemiology
from February, 1997 to October, 1999
|
|
1996
|
WHO,
SEARO |
Attended
the Technical Meeting on Management of Dengue Epidemic, 28-30
November,1996 (3 days).
|
|
1996
|
WHO,
GENEVA |
Attended
the Meeting of the Collaborators of the Division of Tropical Diseases
in connection with the revised strategy for the control of Lymphatic
Filariasis in India, 17-18 June, 1996 (2 days).
|
|
1996
|
WHO,
SEARO |
Inter-country
Symposium on Prevention and Control of Selected Communicable Diseases
with Epidemic Potential, 3-7 June, 1996 (5 days).
|
|
1996
|
WHO,
GENEVA |
To
negotiate with World Bank Project on National Tuberculosis Control
Programme, 11-12 April, 1996 (2 days).
|
|
1995
|
CAIRO,
EGYPT |
Worked
as a Temporary Adviser to participate in the Regional Conference
on Emerging Infectious Diseases, 26-29 November,1995 (4 days).
|
|
1995
|
WHO,
GENEVA |
Worked
as a Temporary Adviser to participate in the Meeting to review
Epidemic Preparedness, Epidemic Control and Research in Outbreak
Situations, 25-27 September, 1995 (3 days).
|
|
1995
|
SEARO,WHO
|
Worked
as temporary adviser to the Inter-country meeting on Prevention
& Control of new, emerging & re-emerging infectious diseases,
21-25 August’95 (5 days).
|
|
1995
|
SEARO,
WHO |
Worked
as resource person on the inter-regional meeting on Prevention
& Control of Plague - 13-16 March’95 (4 days).
|
|
1994
|
BAHARAIN
|
Presented
the Indian Plague situation to the Health Minister’s Conference
of EMRO region of
WHO, 3rd October’94 (1 day).
|
|
1994
|
GERMANY
|
Participated
in the World Congress on Lung Health at Meinz Germany and presented
a paper on Indian Tuberculosis situation in June.
|
|
1994
|
REPUBLIC
OF CHINA |
To
study the National TB Control Programme from 15th to 25th January
1994. (11 days).
|
|
1994
|
NEPAL
|
In
connection with governing body meeting of SAARC TB Centre on
8th to 9th February 94. (2 days)
|
|
1993
|
SEARO,
WHO |
Worked
as Temporary Adviser for management of District Tuberculosis Control
Programme in July 1993.
|
|
1993
|
NEPAL
|
To
attend a seminar on Socio-Cultural aspect & TB in SAARC Region
on 18th -19th October 1993. (2 days)
|
|
1993
|
JAPAN
|
To
attend the Asia-Pacific Workshop on Tuberculosis in Nov.-Dec.93.
|
|
1992
|
EGYPT
|
To
attend the International Workshop on Measles control during February
92.
|
|
1991-93
|
SULTANATE
OF OMAN |
Worked
as Advisor Epidemiology at the National level on deputation from
the Govt. of India from March 91 till February 93 for 2 years.
|
|
1990
|
USA
|
Visited
as a part of Indian delegation to study the nature and content
of epidemiology training at CDC and EMORY University and also
to study the epidemiological services in USA for a period of 3
weeks.
|
|
1987
|
SEARO,
WHO |
Worked
as temporary advisor for inter country consultation on Diarrhoeal
Diseases.
|
|
1987
|
SEARO,
WHO |
Worked
as temporary advisor for inter country consultation on AIDS.
|
|
1987
|
USA
|
Participated
in the Third International Conference on AIDS at Washington.
|
|
1986
|
SEARO,
WHO |
Worked
as a temporary adviser for inter-country consultation on Kala-azar
and acted as a rapporteur.
|
|
1977
|
BURMA
|
Visited
on a WHO fellowship to study vector borne disease control.
|
|
1977
|
SRI
LANKA |
Visited
on a WHO fellowship to study anti-filariasis campaign.
|
|
1975
|
WHO,
SEARO |
Worked
as a Special Epidemiologist for about 6 months for National Small
Pox Eradication Programme. |
12.
Membership/Fellowship of the various professional Organisations.
(1)
Fellow
:
National Academy of Medical Sciences.
(2) President
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