Faculty & Staff

Qualification/ Education

Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (DTM&H) 

Royal College of Physicians, London 

Apr -2018 

Global Health and Humanitarian Medicine (GHHM) 

Médecins Sans Frontières 

Aug-2017 to Mar-2018 

Doctor of Medicine (MD in Community Medicine) 

The TN Dr. MGR Medical University Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore 

Mar-2012 to Apr-2015 

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) 

The TN Dr. MGR Medical University Kanyakumari Government Medical College 

Jun-2005 to Mar-2011 

Experience

St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, Bangalore 

Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health, February 2023 to current

Senior Resident, Department of Community Health, Sep-2015  to January 2023

Areas of interest

Epidemiology, Public Health, Child and Adolescent Health, Gender and Gender Based Violence 

Field of Expertise

Child and Adolescent Health, Gender and Gender Based Violence, Childhood malnutrition 

Other formal training/certification

Implementation Science in Health Care, St. John's Research Institute, 2025

How to Sustain IYCF Practices, Indian Academy of Pediatrics, 2025

Assessment of Postgraduate Medical Education, Medical Education Unit, St. John's Medical College, 2025

Research to Publication, BMJ Group, 2025

Responsible researchers and reviewers: Ethics of Good Clinical Practice, International Association of Ethics Education, 2025 

Teaching and practising catholic bioethics, International Association of Ethics Education, 2025 

Innovations and Gamification in Medical Education, St. John's Medical College, 2025

Qualitative Research for Women's Mental Health, International Association for Women's Mental Health, 2025

OSCE and OSPE, St. John's Medical College, 2024 

Basic Course in Biomedical Research, ICMR, 2024

Ethics Committee Management: Current Advances, SIDCER, 2024

ICH Good Clinical Practice, The Global Health Network, 2024

Ethics review of Health Research,  National Institute of Epidemiology, Indian Council of Medical Research, April 2023

Ethics review of social research on health related topics, The Global Health Network, 2022

Ethics review of Health Research,  National Institute of Epidemiology, Indian Council of Medical Research, April 2023

Adolescent Health: Strengthening Faculty Competencies to Teach, Indian Academy of Pediatrics Medical Education Chapter, November 2022

National Course on Integrating Gender in Medical Education, Centre for Inquiry into Health and Allied Themes, October 2022

Protection of Healthy Volunteers from exploitation in Biomedical Research, Forum for Ethics Review Committees in India, September 2022

International Women’s Health and Human Rights, Stanford Online, July 2022

Development of E-Content for academic purposes, Internal Quality Assurance Cell, St. John’s Medical College, June 2022

Suicide Prevention, Wesleyen University, Online, June 2022

Ethics review of social research on health related topics, Global Health Training Centre, Online, June 2022

Sexual Harassment and abusive conduct prevention training, California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, Online, April 2022

Psychological First Aid for Populations, Medecins Sans Fronteires, Online, March 2022

Good Clinical Practice, NIDA Clinical Trials Network, Online, February 2022

Sharing solutions in Occupational Health through and beyond the Pandemic, International Commission on Occupational Health, Online, February 2022

Research on sensitive topics, Department of Community Health, St. John’s Medical College, December 2021

Basic Course Workshop in Medical Education Technologies, Medical Education Unit, St. John’s Medical College, January 2021

Confronting Gender Based Violence: Global Lessons for Healthcare Workers, John Hopkins University, Online, November 2020

Active Case finding for Tuberculosis, Office of the Joint Director, Tuberculosis, State Institute of Health and Family Welfare, Bangalore June 2018. 

Revised technical and operational guidelines for Tuberculosis, State Tuberculosis Cell, St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore, March 2018 

Nutrient recovery and reuse of human waste for food production, Centre for Advanced Sanitation Solution, November 2017

Infectious disease modelling, London Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases Research, Christian Medical College, Vellore, September 2017 

Social and Behavioural Research-IRB Basic Course, Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative, Online, August 2017

Developing a protocol for Cochrane systematic review, Cochrane South Asia, Bangalore Baptist Hospital, August 2017 

Community Based health care of the elderly, St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore, March 2017

Beat Diabetes, stay super Work shop on Diabetes, M.S. Ramaiah Medical College, July 2016. 

WHO Sanitation Safety Planning and its application, Consortium for DEWATTS Dissemination, Bangalore, April 2016. 

Adverse Events Following Immunization, King George Medical University, Lucknow, February 2015. 

Global advocacy in Health, faculty development and leadership, ISMOPH capacity building, Science city, Kolkata, February 2015. 

International Student Meet On Public Health (ISMOPH) workshop for young public health professionals on Global health leadership, Science city, Kolkata, February 2015. 

Qualitative Research, Department of Community Health, Christian Medical College, February 2015 

Case Control Studies, Department of Community Health, Christian Medical College, October 2014 

Health Economics ,Department of Community Health, Christian Medical College, October 2014 

Clinical Trials, Department of Community Health, Christian Medical College, September 2014 

Advanced Epidemiology, Department of Community Health, Christian Medical College, July 2014. 

Paediatric Advanced Life Support, American Heart Association, Department of Paediatrics, Christian Medical College, Vellore, September 2013. 

Basic Epidemiology, Department of Community Health, Christian Medical College, July 2013. 

Institutional portfolios/ Committees

Member: Institutional Ethics Committee, St. John’s Medical College

Membership of professional associations/bodies

Member: International Commission of Occupational Health

Life time member: Association of Occupational Health, Karnataka 

Life time member: Epidemiology Foundation of India 

Life time member: Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine

Life time member: Karnataka Association of Community Health

Life time member: Indian Public Health Association 

Life time member: One Health Network of India 

Awards and Recognitions

Dean Louis Monteiro Research Prize for the best research conducted by Junior faculty, St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, 2023

Gendered Research Fellowship, by Centre for Health and Allied Themes, 2023

Biju Mercy Siju Social Consciousness Award by Department of Humanities, St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, 2023

Indian Association of Occupational Health Young Scientist Award for the year 2023 

Hindustan Unilever Award for the Best Research Paper presented at the Occucon – Annual Indian Association of Occupational Health Conference, 2022

Grant award by International Commission on Occupational Health to attend and present research poster at the 33rd International Conference on Occupational Health, 2022

Sri Mohanmal Award for the Best Research Paper presented by Association of Occupational Health member at the Regional Conference, 2021

Gold medal from Governor of the State for obtaining First rank among candidates appearing for the MD Community Medicine by The Tamil Nadu MGR Medical University and Kesavulu Educational Trust, 2015. 

Best outgoing student of the MD Community Medicinebatch of 2012, Dr. Rangarajan memorial prize award by Christian Medical College, Vellore. 

Certificate of merit from the Health Minister of the State for obtaining First rank in the subject of Physiology, among candidates appearing for the first year of MBBS, Kanyakumari Government Medical College, 2006.