Research

GRANTS OBTAINED 

  RESEARCH PROJECTS (40.9 million INR)

a.      Ongoing 

                         i.      As Principal Investigator

1. Assessment of Unintentional Elderly Injuries and Injury Surveillance’ in Paniya Tribes of Nilgiris District Tamil Nadu. Funding Agency – ICMR, New Delhi, April 2022.

                          ii.      As Co-Principal Investigator

1. 

b.      Completed 

                         i.      As Principal Investigator

1.  Public-Private Partnerships for increasing Hepatitis B vaccination among Irula tribes in Tamil Nadu. Funding Agency – ICMR, New Delhi; Year- 2019.

2. Efficacy of Homoeopathic prophylaxis Arsenicum Album against COVID-19 (EPAC): A Cluster randomized controlled trial. Funding Agency – Ministry of AYUSH, New Delhi; Year- 2020.

3.   Assessment of childhood injuries and establishment of Mobile base community Childhood injury Surveillance system (m-CCISS) among tribal children in Tamilnadu. Funding Agency – ICMR, New Delhi; Year- 2017.

       ii.      As Co Principal-investigator

1) Assessment of Heamoglobinopathies and G6PDs in Tribal areas of Dharmapuri District - A multi centric ICMR Task Force Study. Funding Agency – ICMR, New Delhi; Year- 2019.

                        iii.      As Co-investigator

1. “Estimate the burden of TB among the tribal population and develop an innovative health system model to strengthen TB control in the tribal areas”- Funding Agency – ICMR, New Delhi; Year- 2018.

2.  Magnitude of Childhood Injuries in India - A multi centric ICMR task Force Study. Funding Agency – ICMR, New Delhi; Year- 2018.

CONSULTANCY PROJECTS (96.7 million)

a.     Ongoing

   i.      As Co-Principal Investigator

1. National Family Health Survey 6 (NFHS 6) Tamil Nadu North and Puducherry. Funding Agency - International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) Mumbai, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. 2023.

b.  Completed

                         i.      As Co-Principal Investigator

1.      Baseline Study on Introduction of Fortified Rice in Pt MGR Nutritious Meal Programme and ICDS in 5 Districts. Funding Agency - SRCW, Government of Tamilnadu.2018. 

2.      Evaluation Study on “Distribution of Aids and Appliances to the Differently Abled”- in Tamil Nadu. Funding Agency - Department of Evaluations and Applied Research, Government of Tamilnadu.2018.

3.      Impact Evaluation Study on “Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)” in Tamil Nadu. Funding Agency - Department of Evaluations and Applied Research, Government of Tamilnadu.2016-18. 

4.      Evaluation of Integrated Child Development Service Scheme (ICDS) on Health and Nutritional status of Children in 32 districts in Tamil Nadu.  Funding Agency - Department of Evaluations and Applied Research, Government of Tamilnadu.2015-17. 

OTHER RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

• Zonal Coordinator - Monitoring the Access to Equitable Services & Infrastructure of 24X7 PHCS for Maternal and Child Health (MCH) care In Salem, Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri funded by UNICEF India, 2013.

• Project Coordinator - Public private partnerships to reduce the burden of under 5 morbidity and mortality in rural India. A Health system research project of ICMR at Rural Unit of Health and Social Affairs, CMC Vellore, 2011-2012.

• Research Associate- Role of intestinal dysfunction in the nutritional compromise seen in human immunodeficiency virus-infected adults in rural India. Tufts University, CMC Vellore, 2011-2012.

• Epidemiologist - Determinants and correlates of water quality and diarrheal diseases in Shillong, Meghalayala, 2011.

INDEPENDENT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

•  Post-Graduate Research – Factors Associated with The Risk of Fall in Elderly. A Community-Based Case-Control Study in Kaniyambadi Block, Tamilnadu. 2010.

• PhD Research – Magnitude and Determinants Associated with The Risk of Unintentional Injuries Among the Elderly in Tamilnadu. A Community Based Injury Prediction Model.2020.