Dr Prakash Narayanan Vasudevan Potty

Professor

PhD Coordinator at PSPH, MAHE.

Department of Global Health Policy and Governance

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 South 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 Research and Institutional) funded projects on Biodiversity. He is the institutional coordinator for PhD in PSPH.

SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING

Subject Semester / Year
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 Research and Ethics Year I
Global Issues in Maternal & Child Health Year I

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree Specialisation Institute Year of passing
Post-Doctorate Population Studies North-West University, Mafikeng Campus, South 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
Prasann School of Public Health Professor April 2023- present
Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), New Delhi Senior Research Scientist March 2013 to August 2014
Synovate India Private Limited, New Delhi Associate Research Coordinator May 2003 to Sep 2004
Family Health International (FHI 360), Mumbai, New Delhi Senior Technical Officer (Research) Oct 2007 to Feb 2013
Futures Group (ITAP-project, funded by USAID), Ranchi, Jharkhand State Operations Research Advisor Feb to Aug 2006
MODE Services Private Limited, New Delhi. Research Manager Nov 2004 to Jan 2006
Institute for Human Development, New Delhi Research 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.

 

Situation needs assessment of high-risk population groups in India.

2013

Public Health Foundation of India, 2013.

 

Evaluating essential STI service package for FSW and MSM in India: Operations research study, 2007-2011.

2007-2011

National AIDS Research 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 International 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)
  • Research 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