Obtained MBBS (1981) and MD (Community Medicine 1985) from King
George’s Medical College, Lucknow. Was recipient of Gold Medals in
Anatomy and Physiology, Dr C Mani Gold Medal
for Best Intern and University Gold Medal for Best Postgraduate.
Professor and Head, Dept of Community
Medicine, University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi since 2014.
Also headed the department at Faculty of Medical Sciences, University
of Delhi and BP Koirala Institute of Health
Sciences, Nepal.
Was awarded WHO Fellowship at UCLA and UC Berkeley in 1989;
Australian Leadership Award at University of
Melbourne in 2008; Dhanwantari Oration in
2014; Dr AL Saha Memorial Oration in 2008;
and ICMR-NIIR Foundation Day Oration in 2022. A Fellow of National
Academy of Medical Sciences (2005), Indian Public Health Association
(1995) and Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine
(2006). Been a part of WHO-SEAR team for evaluation of National
Immunization Technical Advisory Groups (NITAG) in the region. Been the Technical Expert to WHO on Evaluation of
WHO Collaborating Centres in SEAR, Community-based Services, and
Prevention and Control of Injury and Violence. Has co-chaired
the Committee for Revision of National AEFI Guidelines.
A Member of: National AEFI Committee and Causality Assessment
Committee for AEFI related to COVID-19 Vaccines; India Expert Advisory
Groups on Polio and Measles-Rubella; Central Coordinating Team of
International Clinical Epidemiology Network; and Board of
Studies, School of Medicine, GGS Indraprastha
University. Also been: Board Member, School of Health
Sciences, IGNOU; Member, Institutional Ethics Committee of Public
Health Foundation of India; and Member of several of Indian Council of
Medical Research’s Apex Committees and Expert Groups.
Presently working as the Chief Editor, Indian Journal of Public
Health. Have also worked as the Editor, Indian Journal of Community
Medicine. On the advisory and editorial boards of several biomedical
journals. Completed 14 multicenter transnational projects, and
published 147 papers in peer reviewed journals and books.
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