Ongoing Projects:

1. Assessing the Potential Impact of Vaccination as a Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Dengue in India using Mathematical Modelling (as Principal Investigator)
2. Surveillance and Epidemiology Project under National AIDS and STD Control Programme (as Focal Person)
3. A Phase III, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Immunogenicity and Safety of Single dose of Dengue Tetravalent Vaccine, Live Attenuated (Recombinant, Lyophilized) – “DengiAll” of Panacea Biotec Limited in Healthy Indian Adults (as Site Co-Principal Investigator)
4. Uptake of Elimination of Vertical Transmission of HIV and Syphilis (EVTHS) interventions among Women Living with HIV (WLHIV) on ART registered under NACP in India (as Co-Principal Investigator)
5. Utilization of HIV/ Syphilis Testing and Treatment services among reproductive age group women: A Mixed-Methods Study in Selected Districts Using Data Triangulation (as Co-Investigator)
6. Disbursement Linked Indicator-10 under the PM-Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM) activity (as Core Team member)

Completed Projects:

1. Sentinel survey of the high-risk population through community-based organizations for the detection of Human Mpox virus infection in India (as Co-Principal Investigator)
2. Undertaking an exploratory assessment to understand current sexual networks, sexual practices, and sexual health among Indian youths in selected locations (as Co-Investigator)
3. Childhood Lead Exposure Surveillance in Maharashtra, India (as Co-Investigator)
4. Gender variability of perceived stress and negative inferential feedback in depression. (Research project as undergraduate MBBS student)

• Received Elite + Gold certificate by National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning for ICMR-National Institute of Epidemiology Health Research Fundamentals course. (Top 5% of candidates)

1. Foundational Level in Programming and Data Science from Centre for Outreach and Digital Education, IIT Madras (September 2022 to April 2024)

2.    Health Economics course conducted by IIT Roorkee from January to April 2024 (NPTEL Online Certification)

3.Training Program on ‘New Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules 2019, ICH GCP R2 version, Roles and Responsibilities of EC members, and ICMR Bioethical Guidelines’ conducted by ICMR-National AIDS Research Institute on 5 February 2024

4. National Training of Trainers (ToT) Cum Consultation Meeting on Integrated Bio-Behavioural
Surveillance Among People Living With HIV/AIDS (IBBS-PLHIV) organized By ICMR – National
Institute of Epidemiology at Chennai on 19 & 20, October 2023
5. Introduction to Mathematical Models of the Epidemiology & Control of Infectious Diseases
course conducted by the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at Imperial College
London from 11 th to 22 nd September 2023
6. National Capacity Building Workshop on AIDS Epidemic Model conducted by National AIDS
Control Organization (NACO) at New Delhi from August 21 to 23, 2023
7. National Training of Trainers (ToT) for Programmatic Mapping and Population Size
Estimation pilot projects for (i) Clients of Sex Workers, and (ii) MSM & H/TG People
Operating Through Virtual Applications-2023 conducted by NACO from 12 to 15 July 2023 at
New Delhi
8. National Consultation Meeting and ToT for Integrated Biological and Behavioural
Surveillance (IBBS) organized by AIIMS, New Delhi in collaboration with NACO and ICMR-
NICED, Kolkata from 22 to 24 June 2023 at New Delhi
9. SANGAM 2023: Summit of Academia Networking with Government, Allied Health Workers
and Medical Professionals: Conference on Health Systems Research & Innovation at IIT
Bombay on 2-3 June, 2023.
10. Health Economics Modelling Workshop at Department of Health Research, New Delhi on 24-
25 May, 2023
11. Cancer Management Course for Primary Care Physician: Basic Course in Cancer Management
conducted by Ruby Hall Clinic, Kamalnayan Bajaj Cancer Center, Pune on 6-7 May 2023
12. Qualitative data analysis method: Thematic analysis workshop (online) conducted by IÉSEG
School of Management on 6 May 2023
13. Code of Conduct for Government Employees (online) conducted by Institute of Secretariat
Training and Management on 27 March 2023
14. Prevention of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (online) conducted by Institute of
Secretariat Training and Management on 20 March 2023
15. Regional Consultations for Prioritizing Diseases for Elimination in India at ICMR-NIN,
Hyderabad (7-8 Feb 2023), ICMR New Delhi (21-22 Feb 2023) and ICMR-NIV, Pune (9-10
March 2023) - organized and participated
16. Regional Training of Trainers under HIV Sentinel Surveillance conducted by ICMR-NARI on
23rd and 24th November 2022
17. Induction Training on Research Methodology, Biostatistical Techniques, Health Data
Management, and its analysis using Statistical Software for newly appointed scientists of
ICMR and its institutes conducted by ICMR-NIMS, New Delhi from October 10 to 14, 2022
18. COVID-19 Vaccine Access Program in India: COVASIM capacity building (online) conducted by
ICMR in collaboration with IAVI, JNU, Imperial College, London and The Institute of Disease
Modelling, Seattle on 4, 5 August 2022
19. Basic Training Workshop Series : Stakeholder engagement -Training Session 1: Introduction
to Priority Setting and HTA to achieve UHC (online) conducted by HTAIn Sec., DHR on 4
August 2022
20. Workshop on Qualitative Research (online) from June 21 - 23, 2022 conducted by
Department of Continuing Nursing Education & Research, College of Nursing, Christian
Medical College, Vellore

21. Enhancing Capacities: Communication, Advocacy & Modelling for Pandemic Preparedness
Workshop at ICMR - National Institute Of Translation Virology And Aids Research (NITVAR)  on 15- 17 June 2022 - organized and participated
22. Qualitative research methods - online courses conducted by BMJ Learning on 9 May 2022
23. BMJ India webinar on Anxiety and Depression in Primary Care on 29 April 2022
24. Workshop on Sample Size Estimation in Health Research (online) conducted by JIPMER,
Pondicherry on 6 and 7 April 2022
25. Biosafety Training conducted by ICMR - National Institute Of Translation Virology And Aids Research (NITVAR)  on 22 March 2022
26. Expert Consultation Webinar on Spreadsheet Data Management: Simple, Convenient Yet
Powerful conducted by ICMR-National Institute of Occupational Health on 9 March, 2022
27. Introduction to Systematic Reviews for Dental Health Professionals - online course
conducted by ICMR-NIE from 1 February 2022 to 30 April 2022
28. Health Research Fundamentals - online course conducted by ICMR-NIE from 24 January 2022
to 18 March 2022
29. Research Ethics and Plagiarism (online) conducted by IGNOU from January 2022 to May
2022
30. Scientific Writing in Health Research - online course conducted by ICMR-NIE from 13
December 2021 to 10 Mar 2022
31. Regulatory Pathway Workshop Series – Medical devices & Diagnostics (two sessions) (online)
conducted by CDSA, THSTI and i-TTO, FITT, IIT Delhi on 7 and 21 December 2021
32. Regulatory Pathway Workshop Series – New Drugs and Biopharmaceuticals (online)
conducted by CDSA, THSTI and i-TTO, FITT, IIT Delhi on 14 December 2021
33. ICMR- Elsevier Publishing Series webinars from 29 October 2021 to 20th Dec 2021
34. Ethics Review of Health Research - online course conducted by ICMR-NIE from October 2021
to January 2022
35. Prescribing Skills Course for Indian Medical Graduates conducted by ICMR-National Virtual
Centre Clinical Pharmacology from 7 June 2021 to 8 October 2021
36. Good Clinical Practice (online) by NIDA Clinical Trials Network on 30 September 2021
37. PH557: Lessons From Ebola: Preventing the Next Pandemic - online course by HarvardX in
February 2016
38. Basic Training in Clinical Research Methodology conducted by Department of Clinical
Pharmacology, KEM Hospital, Mumbai from March 2015 to August 2015
39. Good Clinical Practice (online) by NIDA Clinical Trials Network in December 2014

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