Public Health Practice

Engagement with Professional Bodies/ Government

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Membership

COVID-19

Partnerships

Advocacy

Engagement with Community

Technical Presentations

National Level

International

Regional Representative LMIC, International Society for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease [DOHaD]
International Practitioner Member, Faculty of Public Health, Royal Colleges of Physicians, U.K.
Member, Chartered Class, National Board of Public Health Examiners, USA.
Regional Representative LMIC, International Society for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease [DOHaD]

Member, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, [RSTMH]
Life Member, International Epidemiology Association [IEA]
Member, Society for Epidemiological Research, USA [SER]
Member, American College of Epidemiology
Life Member, Indian Public Health Association [IPHA]
Indian Medical Association [IMA]

Regional

1. Member, State Vision Group, Karnataka State Government
2. Co-Chair, BBMP Taskforce on COVID-19 Public Health Response, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, Bengaluru.
3. Member, Karnataka State Government Expert Committee for COVID19
4. Member, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, Expert Committee for COVID19
5. Member, Karnataka State Government Technical Analysis Committee: COVID19
6. Consultation to State Governments of Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab & Telangana
7. Initiated and was the founding member of Karnataka State Core Group on Routine Immunization
8. Member, Committee to create Public health department and cadre in the state of Karnataka
9. Member, of the Board of Studies, Department of Public Health, Manipal University
10. Member, Public Health Cadre and Department reorganization, Government of Karnataka

11. Member, Executive Committee of Karnataka State Health System Resources Centre, Bangalore.
12. Committee member, Karnataka Public Health (Act) Committee, Govt. of Karnataka
13. Member, Karnataka Private Establishments Act amendment, Government of Karnataka
14. Member, Technical Group, Rolling out Universal Health Coverage, Karnataka
15. Member, State level core committee for prevention of blindness and diabetic retinopathy, Govt. of Karnataka
16. Member, District level core committee for prevention of blindness and diabetic retinopathy, Govt. of Karnataka
17. Member, State level committee for review and amendment of Karnataka Private Establishment Act, Govt. of Karnataka
18. Coordinator, Sub-committee on strengthening primary care for health task force, knowledge commission, Govt. of Karnataka
19. Advisory Committee Member of Nutrition project, Ashoka Innovators for the public, Bengaluru

Community Service

Use of Social Media in Public Health: Experience with Public Health in India- A Facebook group.
Blogs on Public Health Global Network Link: http://goo.gl/8oje3 Published on Nov 17, 2011
Regular articles in Media regarding the use of public health principles in promoting human health. link to detailed articles can be found here.

Awards and Accolades

Consultations

Consultation provided to proposed Karnataka Public Health Act
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.
Task Force for developing Karnataka Public Health Policy (KPHP) Karnataka Jnana Aayoga

External Academic service

Keynote Address

1. “COVID 19: MUTANTS AND VACCINES” Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Research, 02nd February 2021
2. “COVID–19 Vaccine Rollout: Executing an Effective and Equitable Strategy in Karnataka” Webinar 1-Public Policy Dialogue, Policy Engagement & Communication and Training, 22nd January 2021
3. Holistic Health for Primary care Physicians By AHPI, 28th December 2020
4. Panel discussion on Covid19 response: The journey so far- Initial reflections and future directions, KACHCON 2020 S. Ramaiah Medical College, 21th December 2020
5. Panel Discussion – Smart Green urban Living, IOTFOrum India, IOTMatrix 2020, 11th December 2020

06. Good practices in planning strategies and implementation of containment measures in urban and rural, IIPH Gandhi Nagar, 25 November 2020
07. Epidemiology of Covid- 19 in India: Learnings and Way Forward, Meet the Scholar university of Kerala, 30th October 2020
08. A webinar and panel discussion on COVID-19 Pandemic & Health Care Ethics on 29th October 2020
09. Covid-19 Pandemic Health Care Ethics, Nitte Unevercity 28th October 2020
10. Plenary Talk in the Virtual Symposium on Society, Economy and Development during Covid-19 Crisis: Lessons For Emerging Economies, Centre for Happiness, Central University of Tamil Nadu, 10th October 2020.