Training Programs

National and International Training Programs

  • AIIMS-PGI Course on Public Health Approaches for NCDs (Coordinator)
  • International Public Health Management Development Programs – PGIMER Chandigarh (Course faculty)
  • Executive Program in Public Health Policy, Leadership and Management – AIIMS Jodhpur (Course faculty)
  • WHO Academy on Primary Health Care (Module development team)

National Level

  • Member, Governing Body, National Health System Resources Centre, Government of India.
  • Member of the National Steering Committee on Monitoring of National Program for Cancer, Diabetes, CVD and Stroke.
  • Member of ICMR Project Review Committee for NCD Division (CVDs, Mental Health, Neurology)
  • Member Technical Advisory Committee Global Adult Tobacco Survey 2015-16 and 2021-22.
  • Member Technical Advisory Group – National Mental Health Survey 2015
  • Technical Lead for National NCD Monitoring Survey 2015-16.
  • Member of the TAC for Verbal Autopsy constituted by the Office of the Registrar General of India.
  • Team leader, Joint Monitoring Mission of WHO-GOI Review of Integrated Disease Surveillance Project 2015.
  • Member Technical Expert Group on ‘Air Pollution and Human Health’ under NPCCHH

International Consultancy

  • Head, WHO Collaborating Centre for Capacity Development and Research in Community based NCD Prevention and Control.
  • Worked with WHO/SEARO as Short-Term International  Professional in the area of NCD prevention and control in the last 10 years.
  • Provided technical assistance to Health Ministries of Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives, East Timor in planning their NCD surveillance programs. 
  • Member WHO/UNDESA Covid Mortality Technical Advisory Group.
  • Member WHO Taskforce to Evaluate Influenza Data To Inform Vaccine Impact And Economic Modelling
  • Member WHO Working Group on Influenza Burden Estimation
  • Developed the Research for Health Assessment tool for WHO/SEARO 2018-19.
  • Conducted Research Priority Assessment for WHO/SEARO on COVID-19.

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