Training Division

Dr. Sunil Dwarkanath Khapardeis  superannuated as Advisorpublic health at Ministry of health and family welfare Government of India. Recent back he was Deputy Director General, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, a National Program Manager of Tuberculosis, Heading Central TB Division, Project Director, RNTCP.

He has done MD in community medicine from Govt Medicalcollege and Ph. D from IIPS, Mumbai with degree in LLB. He has vast working experience of 40  years in public health, government services. 

And in his previous assignments he has worked as Director family welfare training and research centre Mumbai, he work as Dupty Director General at National  AIDS Control  Organisation  (DDG- NACO) Program  manager for STI & Basic services ,PPTC, ICTC  of HIV/ AIDS.  Director for National Blood Transfusion Council, Deputy Commissioner (Immunization,) He has been awarded the fellowship from various national international organizations such as WHO, UNAIDS, British Council and Australian AIDS. In the field of universal immunization, polio, RCH, Tuberculosis, HIV, blood Safety, Sexual & Reproductive Health etc. In addition he is member of many technical committee and professional associations and has been awarded with many public health champion awards.  He has to his credit many research articles published in various national and international journals.

Under signed was the ex - Director of National Blood Transfusion Council, Govt. of India, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare during and Member Secretary of TRG on Blood Transfusion Services, NACO, Govt. of India.

During his  tenure as DDG NACO and Director of National Blood Transfusion Council, Govt. of India, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare undersigned performed following taskduring 2013 to 2015.

Under his leadership as a Deputy Director General (TB) Prepared the National Strategic Plan 2017 - 2025 for elimination of TB by 2025 with total paradigm shift in Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program in India,  I was globally appreciated and he was honoured with the paradigm shift award for his contribution by WHO/Stop TB partnership an UN organisation at international conference of TB and lung diseases at Mexico in Oct  2017. 

Dr sunilkhaparde is main architect for developing the India’s National Strategic Plan 2017 – 2025 to eliminate TB by 2025. Under his technical leadership Ministry of health and family welfare Organized the Delhi  END TB Summit which was inaugurated by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi , and committed to implement India’s National Strategic Plan 2017 – 2025 to  elimination

of TB by 2025 .

Dr. Sunil Kharpade, Advisor Public Health MOHFW deputed as- Team Leader for the High Level Multi-Disciplinary Central team for Mumbai ,Maharashtra  constituted by Ministry of health and Family Government of India for COVID 19 to assist the State Health department and Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) in all the activities pertaining to the COVID-19 scenario for implementing and preparing of containment plan, Cluster and large outbreak Containment plan , check hospital preparedness, Intensive Care Units, Ventilators and response for COVID 19. For Mumbai , Maharashtra.

Dr Sunil  Khaparde Advisor Public Health MOHFW identified as member of  Inter-ministerial central team for Mumbai , Maharashtra  constituted  by   Ministry of  Home Affair Government  of India , under the disaster management Act 2005  for COVID 19 to assess the compliance  and implementation of  Lock down measure,  supply of essential commodity , social distancing and movement of people outside their home , preparedness of health infrastructure , hospital facilities including availability of PPE kits  mask,  safety equipment and condition of labour camp and poor people .

During the COVID19 Pandemic undersigned have played major role as COVID warrior and public health front worker .he  was central team lead member of MOHFW for Mumbai and Maharashtra, my major role and contribution in reducing the and preventing COVID19 Cases  control the growth rate and mortality due  COVID 19 in   Mumbai and  the it  Dharavi biggest slum of Asia, It was successful  model and appreciated by WHO  and internationally and nationally . .  

Dr. Ashoo Grover is an accomplished medical professional serving as a Scientist G & Head, Delivery Research Division at ICMR. ​She completed her MBBS from MD University, Rohtak, and MD from PGIMER, Chandigarh. ​

She gained additional expertise through international fellowships and specialized training in the USA, UK, and Thailand. Since joining ICMR in 2005, Dr. Grover has held various positions overseeing areas such as Oral Health, Neurological Sciences, Cardiovascular Diseases, and Gastroenterology.​

She established initiatives like the Special Program for Medical Colleges, Multidisciplinary Research Units, and Model Rural Health Research Units across 25 states in India.​

She also contributed to the development of Health Technology Assessment mechanisms. She played a crucial role in formulating the Knowledge Management Policy for Health Research. ​

Dr. Grover has published around 50 research papers in Indian and international journals and prepared 12 reports for conferences and workshops.

Dr. Benazir Patil is the driving force behind SCHOOL (Society of Community Health Oriented Operational Links), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to supporting vulnerable older adults in India. With a strong academic background, she graduated from Fergusson College and earned her Master’s in Social Work from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, followed by a PhD in Public Health Policy from Pune University.

Prior to spearheading the formation and functioning of SCHOOL, she worked extensively with the UNICEF, the World Bank, the European Union, the British High Commission (DFID), PATH and Save the Children. During this time, she also led many large scale, baseline, end-line and implementation research studies in India, Nepal, Bangladesh & the UAE, specifically in the domain of RMNCH+A, Neglected Tropical Diseases, and Non-Communicable Diseases. Dr. Patil has also contributed to the development of National Health Profile 2020, a key annual publication by the Government of India.

Currently, Dr. Patil champions the flagship initiative ‘Vriddha Mitra’ (Friends of Older People), which she launched in Pune in 2018. This pioneering program introduced a unique home and community service delivery model that has since expanded to seven other locations and reaches 53000 elderlies across India. ‘Vriddha Mitra’ promotes the concept of ‘Ageing in Place,’ ensuring that older adults receive care within their own homes, enhancing their quality of life. Her innovative work has garnered recognition from the Government of India, WHO, World Bank, municipal corporations, CSRs, and philanthropic foundations.

EDUCATION and TRAINING 

Experience: 23 years of experience in teaching and research in medical colleges across Maharashtra

Research: Published more than 60 original articles on Reproductive and Child Health and Infectious Diseases in peer-reviewed journals

Jakob joined the Foundation in 2022 to lead the establishment of programmes and presence in India across foundation granting areas. His first key engagement is within the Partnership for Education of Health Professional programme in partnership with AIIMS, Christian Medical College, PHFI, World Bank and others. He came from a position as Counsellor Science, Innovation and Higher Education at Royal Danish Embassy, New Delhi.​
Jakob has a career in research and policy making in the area of Science and Higher Education Systems behind him. He was co-founder of the Centre for Higher Education Futures at Aarhus University. Other engagements include research projects on European university reform, the Indian technical education system, and institutionalization of research integrity norms. In addition, Jakob has been involved in the development of Danish university legislation including governance and property/campus reforms. ​

Education: PhD. from the University of Aarhus

Dr Ambadekar is serving as Director Health Services, Govt. of Maharashtra. Previously he was Additional Director RCH and Executive Director at DHS, Government of Maharashtra . ​He had also worked in Polio surveillance at World Health Organization.​

He completed his MBBS and MD in community Medicine from Government Medical college, Nagpur and PHD in Public Health .​

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Dr. Pushkar Kumar is a Medical Post Graduate with over 21+ yrs of health sector experience in the field of Public Health programme planning, implementation, evaluation, policy, stakeholder management, health financing, capacity building in arena of Maternal Health & RMNCH+A, NCDs, HRH, HIV/AIDS, Blood Safety, Primary Healthcare, Environmental Health, and Health System Strengthening. He has a rich public health experience having served in the Government, NGO and private sector. He he leads the capacity building initiatives for Primary Care Physicians (PCPs) & other Healthcare professionals in clinical conditions and various public health domains.

He has vast experience of program collaboration with national and international agencies, academic and research institutions and organizations, development partners and governments.

He has worked for more than 9 years in the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare as Lead Consultant in Maternal Health and Sr. Technical Officer and Programme Officer in the Blood Safety Division at NACO. He has worked in all aspects of policy, planning, programme implementation, health system strengthening, capacity building, supporting State Governments and been a part of over 30 Policy and operational guidelines of Govt. of India. He has also managed the blood transfusion services in a tertiary care hospital at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi.

Dr Mehta is working as Medical Officer, Child and Adolescent Health at WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia for more than three years. Earlier, he worked at WHO Country Office for India for five years as in-charge of Family and Community Health cluster and supported MCH, Adolescent Health, Nursing & Midwifery, Gender and Nutrition units.

After acquiring MBBS and MD-Pediatrics from prestigious Maulana Azad Medical College (University of Delhi) Dr Mehta has had a long experience in Pediatrics and Neonatology ranging from primary care to tertiary care and as an under-graduate and post-graduate teacher. He has a series of publications in national and international journals.

Dr Mehta is a Fellow of Indian academy of Pediatrics as well as a Salzburg Fellow for Early Child Development.

Prof. Sanjay Zodpey is the President, Public Health Foundation of India. He has served as Vice President - Academics, Public Health Foundation of India and led the Indian Institute of Public Health, Delhi as its Founding Director. He has held joint appointment as Honorary / Adjunct Professor in five international universities: Georgia Southern University, Georgia; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA;The University of Sydney, Australia; Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia; and Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Lalitpur, Nepal.

He is conferred ‘Doctor of Science (DSc) (Honoris Causa)’ by DMIMS Deemed to be University, Wardha for long-standing contribution to medical science and public health. With over 425 publications, he features in top 2 percent scientists across the world for his research contribution in Tropical Medicine for three consecutive years as part of worldwide ranking of scientists in all science fields. He is the recipient of Public Health Education Leadership Award for significant contributions in promoting public health education in the WHO’s South-East Asia Region.

He has served as Director of Indian Institutes of Public Health at Gandhinagar and Bhubaneswar. He has also served as Professor at Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Faculty in Clinical Epidemiology Unit and Vice Dean at Government Medical College, Nagpur, India.

He was the National President of Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine for two consecutive terms.

Dr. Sharma is presently a Professor & Head of Neuropsychopharmacology at Institute of Human Behavior & Allied Sciences, Delhi. ​She has a rich and diversified professional and managerial experience in health as Secretary, Medical Council of India, and Medical Superintendent, IHBAS. ​

Dr. Sharma's key area of interest for last 25 years is promotion of rational use of medicines among various stakeholders, planning, implementation & monitoring of policy-relevant interventions to improve availability & accessibility of medicines and operations involved in medicine use, patient safety, quality management systems in hospital, and material management.

Dr. Sangeeta Goswami, a native of Guwahati, Assam, is the first Counselling Psychologist to have set up an independent counselling clinic in North East India in 1996.Dr. Goswami is running two mental health wellness centres, one under her own organization MIND India and the other for students of Indian Institute of Information Technology , Guwahati. (IIITG).

In the 25 years of her service as a counselling psychologist, Dr. Sangeeta Goswami has been providing counselling & therapy for individuals with issues related to adjustment problems, anxiety, depression, work stress, career, academics, etc.​

She is also the first to have started career assessment & counselling in the north east for school students, her significant contribution being formulation of a standardized assessment in Assamese.

FACULTY WITH ACADEMIC INSTITUTE (~7 years): Sanjay started his career as an Assistant Professor working with Medical College and gained experience in Teaching, Training, Service, Research and Administration. He is well versed with principles of Demography; Epidemiology; Surveillance; Trainings; Monitoring & Evaluation; Infectious Diseases; Research Methodologies including design for clinical trials and application of biostatistics. Sanjay later worked with WHO-National Polio Surveillance Project (NPSP) and had experience of establishing customized Surveillance systems, Strengthening Immunization and managing National and Sub-National Campaigns in resource poor settings & difficult topography (Chhattisgarh & Orissa).

PATH (~7 years): After WHO-NPSP, Sanjay moved to PATH and worked in different roles in different states(Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and New Delhi). At PATH he gained experience in leading and managing large health projects, directly or through sub-grantees. He is experienced with all stageof project   starting from conceptualization, strategic planning and designing (protocol writing for population based research; Clinical Trials and / or service delivery projects), guiding material development (for training and Behavior Change Communications), project execution (resource mapping, micro-planning, training, community mobilization, supportive supervision, monitoring & evaluation), documenting project learning’s, designing evidence based (project learning’s, desk research, systematic reviews) advocacy tools for policy makers and using such experience in introduction of new vaccines in & strengthening of National Immunization Programs (NIP). He completed ‘Advance course in Vaccinology (ADVAC)’ at Annecy, France in 2009. His strength is making the project operational in various settings like different geographical areas (from high population density in urban agglomerations to difficult to reach areas), resource poor settings and healtsystem limitations. Sanjay was one of the leads for PATH HPV demonstration Project, the format which was adopted by Gavi for countries contemplating for introducing HPV in NIP. As a part of strengthen in immunization systems in urban settings he conceptualized web-based information system with features like real time updates using mobile platform, sending customized SMS to eligibles and generation of automated indicators for evidence-based decision making at the local level. Sanjay also had experience in designing systems for, and facilitating, thematic clinical research training. He designed Clinical Research Resource Centers (CRRC) on ‘Pharmaco-vigilance’ and ‘Advanced Clinical Trial Data Management’ at two premier academic institutes in India.

GSK: Currently Sanjay is working with Global Health Division of GSK Biologicals and is the Medical lead for Gavi Countries. He had privilege to lead epidemiological research (Dengue, RSV) for vaccines in pipeline to regulatory clinical trial for product registration to getting it introduced in National Immunization Program in Gavi Countries. He is well versed with Vaccine Safety Monitoring right from Clinical Development till its introduction in NIP. With advocacy & scientific engagements with key stakeholders from multiple Gavi countries from regions of South-East Asia; Western Pacific; East Africa; Southern Africa and CIS, he managed improving quality access to newer vaccine of public health importance like Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine; Rota Virus Vaccine; Human Papillomavirus Vaccine; Malaria Vaccine and Typhoid Conjugate Vaccines.

During his 32 years in Public Health, he has built a strong professional network with key country stakeholders (Immunization Division; professional bodies, development partners and academic & research institutes) from South East Asia; East Africa; Southern Africa and CIS region.

He is visiting faculty to couple of institutes in India and have few original publications in National & International Journals.

Yemane Berhane is a professor of epidemiology and public health and the Director of the Addis Continental Institute of Public Health (ACIPH). He's a leading expert in public health and has been instrumental in establishing and leading ACIPH since its inception in 2006. His expertise spans manypublic health areas, including maternal and child health, HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, nutrition and food systems. His work has significantly contributed to the body of knowledge in public health, having over 400 scientific publications in national and international peer-reviewed journals.He has been passionate about developing Ethiopia's next generation of public health professionals by expanding graduate-level training opportunities nationwide.He has contributed to many professional associations and networks nationally and internationally. He has served as the Ethiopian Public Health Association president and Editor-in-Chief of the Ethiopian Journal of Health Development. He is a founding fellow of the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences. His leadership and dedication to research and training have significantly impacted public health in Ethiopia and beyond. He has earned national and international recognition for outstanding contributions, including an honorary doctorate from Uppsala University in Sweden.