Personal profile
Research Interests
Health programmes and planning
Professional Information
• TOT for Government medical officers and specialist doctors of six districts of Karnataka on updated programmatic management of H1N1, TB / HIV Routine Immunization cold chain management and Disaster Management
• Honorary District Epidemiologist and Rapid Response Team (RRT) member for epidemic disease investigation and management in district health committee.
• Coordinator of Centre for sustainable , affordable and value based solution in Emergency Care under MAHE Manipal.
• District Nodal officer Maternal Death Surveillance Review and Maternal Near Miss Review committee Udupi district.
• District Nodal Officer - for ARI surveillance and reporting at Kasturba Hospital Manipal
• Nodal officer National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme Kasturba Hospital Manipal.
Awards and recognition:
Invited as Rapid Response Team Consultant three times on different missions by World Health Organization and Government of India MOHFW for Bihar, Telangana and in Home state Karnataka
Member Operational research committee NTEP Karnataka state
Creative Works
Written more than 50 articles on health and social issues in reputed newspapers
Experience
Currently Professor and Head
External positions
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Exploring the unmet needs of family planning: Insights from a cross-sectional study in a rural area of coastal Karnataka, India
Jay, R., Alok, Y., A., M., Kumar, A. & Kini B., S., 01-01-2026, In: Journal of Public Health Research. 15, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Out of Pocket Expenditure Among Patients Covered Under Voluntary Health Insurance for Kidney Replacement Therapy-The Karnataka Perspective
Sekar, A., Kumar, A., Shetty, A., Jahan, A., Sanjay Kini, B., Praveena Daya, A., Shanmugavinayagam, A., Kathiah, R. & Raja, A. M., 01-01-2026, In: Indian Journal of Nephrology. 36, 1, p. 73-78 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Clinico-epidemiological determinants of severe dengue in an endemic district of coastal Karnataka
Nivetha, S., Kumar, A., Eshwari, K., Shetty, A., Adarsha, G. K. & Saravu, K., 2025, In: Infectious Diseases. 57, 11, p. 1068-1077 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Decellularization techniques: unveiling the blueprint for tracheal tissue engineering
Gomes, K. T., Prasad, P. R., Sandhu, J. S., Kumar, A., Kumar, N. A. N., Shridhar, N. B., Bisht, B. & Paul, M. K., 2025, In: Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 13, 1518905.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Empowering Healthcare Access: Ethnographic Insights into Sustainable Solutions for a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) in South India- a Qualitative Research
Soman, B., Mallya, S. D., Kumar, A., Unnikrishnan, B., Kaur, H. & Shetty, R. S., 2025, In: F1000Research. 14, 589.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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