Awards/ Accolades/ Service

2020

Member, State Vision Group, Karnataka State Government
Member of Epidemiology, Surveillance, & Research group, ICMR National Task Force for COVID-I9, India.
Co-Chair, BBMP Taskforce on COVID-19 Public Health Response, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, Bengaluru.
Member, Karnataka State Government Expert Committee for COVID19
Member, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, Expert Committee for COVID19
Member, Karnataka State Government Technical Analysis Committee: COVID19
Consultation to State Governments of Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab & Telangana

2019

Member, Planning and Monitoring Board, Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Research (deemed university), PO No.62, Tamaka, Kolar
Member, UKRI International Development Peer Review College in evidence and recognition.

2018

Member, Institutional Ethics Committee at Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru [IISc]
Member, Institutional Ethics Committee at Institute of Public Health, Bengaluru [IPH]

2017

Coordinator, Strengthening primary care for health task force, knowledge commission, Govt. of Karnataka
Member, Committee for review and amendment of Karnataka Private Establishment Act, Govt. of Karnataka
Member, Nursing Council of India, Core group for curriculum for Nursing Health Practitioner
Member, NCD Core Technical Group, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India

2016

Member, State level core committee for preventive of blindness and diabetic retinopathy, Govt. of Karnataka
Member, Technical Group, Rolling out Universal Health Coverage, Karnataka
Consulted to World Health Organization for Reprioritization of Diseases under India Surveillance Program
Member, Karnataka Knowledge Commission Taskforce on Health
Member, NCD Technical group, World Health Organization & CCDC, India
Member, Karnataka Private Establishments Act amendment, Government of Karnataka

2015

2014

Led the Core committee, Action Group on National Urban Health Mission.
Nominated for Best on Twitter by Health System Global awards for Social Media, 2014.
Use of Social Media in Public Health: Experience with Public Health in India- A Facebook group.
Only external member on Committee to create Public health department and cadre in the state of Karnataka.
Led the Core Group on developing Universal Health Coverage pilots in the state of Karnataka.

2013

Advisory Committee Member of Nutrition project, Ashoka Innovators for the public, Bengaluru Task Force for developing Karnataka Public Health Policy (KPHP) Karnataka Jnana Aayoga
Consultancy to WHO SEARO, for finalization of “Handbook on Public Health Programs at the District Level”, for South East Asia Regional Office-WHO (SEARO) to be implemented by all the SEARO countries.
Consultation provided to proposed Karnataka Public Health Act

2012

Member, Governing Council. Karnataka State Health System Resources Centre, Bangalore.
Member, Executive committee of Karnataka State Health System Resources Centre, Bangalore.

2011

Member, Public Health Cadre and Department reorganization, Government of Karnataka.
Blogs on Public Health Global Network Link: http://goo.gl/8oje3 published on Nov 17, 2011

2010

Represented and contributed at National level consultation. “Prioritising Newborn and Child Health: A Policy Advocacy Initiative to Build Informed Consensus and Mobilise Support by Translating Evidence to Action”. 23-24 November, 2010, New Delhi

2009

Certification of Excellence for teaching at University of California Los Angeles.

2008

2006

Recognized by WHO-NPSP for interrupting Polio transmission in the state of Karnataka.
Initiated and was founding member of Karnataka State Core Group on Routine Immunization.

2005

Awarded by Rotary International for outstanding contribution to Polio eradication activities in India.
Initiated and was founding member of Karnataka State Core Group on Routine Immunization.

2003

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