Dr Prakash Narayanan Vasudevan Potty
CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
Prof./Dr. Prakash Narayanan obtained his MSc in Demography, and MPhil and PhD in Population Studies from JNU, New Delhi, and completed his post-doctoral fellowship in 365体育投注 Africa. In past?22 years he was engaged in social and public health research; managing Monitoring & Evaluation of national programmes; conducted large-scale and complex community & clinic-based intervention studies; was a member of National Working Group for Biological and Behavioural Surveillance of152,000 most at risk population groups for MoHFW, Government of India; conducted over 30 pan-India studies; published over 35 peer-reviewed articles in international and national journals; prepared over 15 research and technical reports and monographs. He is currently working in the fields of one-health (prevention of diseases from environment-animals-humans, antimicrobial resistance, environmental pollution, etc.), biodiversity (assessment and disease spill over to humans), climate change (gender, equity, human-wildlife conflicts, medical education curriculum, resilience strategies, etc.), in addition to teach research methods, monitoring and evaluation, demography, one-health, clinical research methods to post-graduate students, and supervision of Doctoral and PG research projects; He is currently handling two (Indian Council of Medical 365体育投注 and Institutional) funded projects on Biodiversity. He is the institutional coordinator for PhD in PSPH.
SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING
Subject | Semester / Year |
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Basic and Applied Epidemiology | Year I |
Survey Data & Management | Year I |
Social & Behavioral Sciences | Year I |
Infectious Disease and Surveillance | Year I |
Applied Epidemiology and Biostatistics | Year I |
Demography and Population Sciences | Year I |
One-health: Animal-human interface | Year I |
Public Health Interventions, Programme Monitoring and Evaluation | Year I |
Clinical 365体育投注 and Ethics | Year I |
Global Issues in Maternal & Child Health | Year I |
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Degree | Specialisation | Institute | Year of passing |
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Post-Doctorate | Population Studies | North-West University, Mafikeng Campus, 365体育投注 Africa | 2007 |
PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) | Population Studies | Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India | 2003 |
MPhil (Master of Philosophy) | Population Studies | Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India | 1998 |
MSc (Master of Science) | Demography | University of Kerala, Kerala, India | 1995 |
BSc (Bachelor of Science) | Mathematics | University of Kerala, Kerala, India | 1993 |
Experience
Institution / Organisation | Designation | Role | Tenure |
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Prasann School of Public Health | Professor | April 2023- present | |
Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), New Delhi | Senior 365体育投注 Scientist | March 2013 to August 2014 | |
Synovate India Private Limited, New Delhi | Associate 365体育投注 Coordinator | May 2003 to Sep 2004 | |
Family Health 365体育投注 (FHI 360), Mumbai, New Delhi | Senior Technical Officer (365体育投注) | Oct 2007 to Feb 2013 | |
Futures Group (ITAP-project, funded by USAID), Ranchi, Jharkhand | State Operations 365体育投注 Advisor | Feb to Aug 2006 | |
MODE Services Private Limited, New Delhi. | 365体育投注 Manager | Nov 2004 to Jan 2006 | |
Institute for Human Development, New Delhi | 365体育投注 Fellow | Jan 2002 to Feb 2003 |
Prevention and risk management of antibiotic resistance.
2019-2022 onwards
European Commission funded Erasmus+ project, 2019-2022 onwards.
Evaluation of Hepatitis programming in India.
2019
WHO, 2019.
Situation analysis and capacity building for risk communication at district level in Karnataka.
2017
UNICEF and Department of Health, Karnataka, 2017.
Behaviour Tracking Survey among HRGs in Thane district, Maharashtra.
2016
Public Health Foundation of India, 2016.
Polling booth survey among migrants in Thane and Surat districts.
2016
Public Health Foundation of India, 2016.
Integrated Biological and Behavioural Survey among high-risk population group in India.
2014-15
NACO, Public Health Foundation of India, 2014-15.
Feasibility of Integrated Biological and Behavioural Survey among high-risk population group in India.
2013
Public Health Foundation of India, 2013.
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Situation needs assessment of high-risk population groups in India.
2013
Public Health Foundation of India, 2013.
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Evaluating essential STI service package for FSW and MSM in India: Operations research study, 2007-2011.
2007-2011
National AIDS 365体育投注 Institute & FHI360, New Delhi, India.
AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH
Area of Interest
Communicable and non-communicable diseases, Occupational health, Reproductive health, Nutrition, Mental health, Digital health, Zoonoses, Drug resistance
Area of Expertise
Community & clinical research, Epidemiological and demographic analysis, Statistical modelling, Monitoring and Evaluation
Professional Affiliations & Contributions
o??? Part of National Working Group member in National Integrated Biological and Behavioural Surveillance Survey covering a sample size of 152,000 from all states in India (MoHFW/NACO)
o??? Conducted more than 25 National level research studies in HIV, Reproductive Health, Family Planning, Education and Child Labour
o??? More than 40 presentations at National and 365体育投注 Conferences
o??? Board of Study member and Adjunct Faculty in School of Public Health, SRM University, Chennai
o??? Examiner & evaluator of PhD and MPH research projects in SRM, Nitte, and Yenapoya Universities
o??? Member of Asia Population Association, Indian Association for the Study of Population
o??? Received formal training on :
- Implementation?research (WHO-TDR, Indonesia)?
- M&E of health programs (Mahidol University, Thailand)
- Randomized controlled clinical trials (NIH/US and PGIMER/India)
- Biostatistics (NIH/US and PGIMER/India)
- Clinical data management (NIH/US and PGIMER/India)
- Qualitative methodologies (FHI 360/US)
- 365体育投注 ethics (FHI 360/US)
PhD GUIDANCE:
·???????? Dr Navya Vyas - Biosecurity and biosafety preparedness
·???????? Mr Priyobrat Rajkhowa?– Introduction of HPV vaccine
·???????? Ms Rashmi Bhat – Biodiversity & disease transmission
·???????? Dr Anupam Mehrotra – Double burden Maternal malnutrition