PSG FAIMER REGIONAL INSTITUTE 2020-FELLOWS BRIEF BIO

PSG FAIMER REGIONAL INSTITUTE

2020-FELLOWS BRIEF BIO

Dr. Abhishek Raut

He is a community physician, teacher and researcher presently working as Professor at

Dr. Sushila Nayar School of Public Health, MGIMS, Sevagram. He has completed the 68th

National Course on Educational Science for Teachers of Health Professionals (2014) at

NTTC, JIPMER Puducherry and also the Basic and Advanced Course in Medical Education.

He was an Organizing team member for the 3rd Bellagio Global Health Education

Initiative meet (Feb 2018) and the NCHPE-2014 held at MGIMS Sevagram. He has been

a Faculty for Pre-conference workshop on ‘Developing Good Study Skills’ (NCHPE-18),

Community Innovations (ETHOS-2017) and Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (ETHOS-2019). He is

actively involved in implementation of an innovative community-based education program for undergraduate

students at MGIMS. He is a resource person for the Medical Education Unit (MEU) and also a member of the

e-learning subgroup and Personal and Professional development subgroup of MEU at MGIMS Sevagram.

Dr. Deepika V

She is currently working as Associate Professor in Department of Physiology, Sri

Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, Puducherry. She has teaching

experience of more than 11 years for MBBS students. Her areas of interest are Medical

Education and Electrophysiology. She has received the “Sushruta Best Young Scientist

Award” from Bose Science Society in 2020 for her contributions and dedicated

services in the field of scientific research and education. She has published 22 articles

in peer reviewed journals till date. She is the editorial board member of the Journal,

“Science Journal of Public Health”. She is also the chief warden of the ladies hostel and

is actively involved in various other committees of the college like newsletter committee, NAAC accreditation

committee, examination committee, student support system committee and member of Medical Education Unit.

Dr. Ganashree CP

She is a Professor of Physiology at Basaveshwara Medical College and Hospital,

Chitradurga (BMCH,CTA).Karnataka. She is a coordinator for Medical Education Unit

and a member of core curriculum committee at BMC&H,CTA. She have undergone the

revised basic course workshop and advanced course in medical education from St. Johns

Medical College, Bangalore. She enjoys teaching and is interested in innovative teaching

and learning methods in medicine. She is a Certified Instructor and got trained from

Jeeva Raksha Trust, Bangalore affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University Of Health

Sciences, Bangalore for comprehensive Emergency Care Life Support( ECLS) ,which is

four days mandatory certified course for interns .

Dr. Jyotsna Agarwal

She is a Medical Microbiologist,

Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow

laboratory. Before joining RMLIMS, she was a faculty at King George’s Medical

University for 15 years, and an active me

having attended revised basic course and AETCOM. While at KGMU, she was voted as

best teacher by the outgoing MBBS batch three years in a row.

Faculty for RTI/STI teaching and training programme of NACO, India and SIFPSA, UP

Govt. Currently

Faculty In charge of Resident Development Program of her institute; under which sh

teaching and training modules for first years PG residents some of which include ‘infection prevention and hand

hygiene’, ‘specimen collection’, ‘attitude and ethics’ and ‘antibiotics stewardship’.

Development Program, she organized an MCQ making workshop in March 2020.

Dr. Kalaivani A

She is currently working as a

and also holding

Research Institute, Tamil Nadu. She has

Medical teaching and six years of Postgraduate Medical teaching

member of Curriculum Committee, Medical Education Unit and Institute Research Council.

She has undergone trained in Basic and Revised Basic course workshop (AETCOM) and

CISP. She has been

Institute Research Council and also invited as a resource person in other reputed State

Medical College for students and faculties. She was the

workshop on Mobile Based Data Capture’ in SBV

published over 80 research articles in National a

ICMR-STS projects.

Dr. Karthik Balajee L

He is an Assistant Professor of Community Medicine at JIPMER Karaikal since 2017.

He is from Neyveli, Tamil Nadu and has done MBBS from Thanjavur

Medical College. He finished his MD Community Medicine in AIIMS, New Delhi and

Senior Residency from JIPMER Puducherry. He has a Diploma in Community Mental

Health from NIMHANS, Diploma in Geriatrics from CMC Vellore, DNB in Preventive

and Social Medicine and is a Fellow in Health Technology Assessment. He regularly

conducts Community Diagnosis, Health education sessions and Health camps in rural

areas. He has been a resource person in Epidemiology workshops and has published 16

research articles

control in the Karaikal District.

She is a Medical Microbiologist, currently working as Professor & Head at Dr. RML

Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow; where she is also Incharge of Covid diagnostic

Before joining RMLIMS, she was a faculty at King George’s Medical

University for 15 years, and an active member of Medical Education Unit there for


best teacher by the outgoing MBBS batch three years in a row. She is also N


Govt. Currently she is Co-ordinator, Medical Education Unit, at RMLIMS. She is also

Faculty In charge of Resident Development Program of her institute; under which she organizes various


hygiene’, ‘specimen collection’, ‘attitude and ethics’ and ‘antibiotics stewardship’. As part of Faculty

m, she organized an MCQ making workshop in March 2020.

She is currently working as a Professor & Head of the Department of Community Medicine

and also holding Vice Principal Curriculum position at Shri Sathya Sai Medical College &

Research Institute, Tamil Nadu. She has nine years of experience of Undergraduate

Medical teaching and six years of Postgraduate Medical teaching


has undergone trained in Basic and Revised Basic course workshop (AETCOM) and

CISP. She has been Resource Person for many sessions under Medical Education Unit,


al College for students and faculties. She was the organizing Chairman & Resource person for ‘Hands on

workshop on Mobile Based Data Capture’ in SBV- International Health Research Convention (IHRC). She has

published over 80 research articles in National and International indexed journals and guided six Undergraduate


He is from Neyveli, Tamil Nadu and has done MBBS from Thanjavur




l Medicine and is a Fellow in Health Technology Assessment. He regularly

Community Diagnosis, Health education sessions and Health camps in rural


research articles. He plays Chess and Badminton. Currently, he is involved in Co

currently working as Professor & Head at Dr. RML

; where she is also Incharge of Covid diagnostic

Before joining RMLIMS, she was a faculty at King George’s Medical

mber of Medical Education Unit there for


She is also National


ordinator, Medical Education Unit, at RMLIMS. She is also

e organizes various


As part of Faculty

Head of the Department of Community Medicine

at Shri Sathya Sai Medical College &

nine years of experience of Undergraduate

Medical teaching and six years of Postgraduate Medical teaching. She is the active


has undergone trained in Basic and Revised Basic course workshop (AETCOM) and

Resource Person for many sessions under Medical Education Unit,


organizing Chairman & Resource person for ‘Hands on

International Health Research Convention (IHRC). She has

guided six Undergraduate


He is from Neyveli, Tamil Nadu and has done MBBS from Thanjavur Government




l Medicine and is a Fellow in Health Technology Assessment. He regularly

Community Diagnosis, Health education sessions and Health camps in rural


He plays Chess and Badminton. Currently, he is involved in Covid

Dr. Karthikeyan S

He is working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Community Medicine

at PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research,

Secretary of the Institutional Human ethics Committee.

Medical Educational Unit(MEU) and Member secretary of Institutional Ethical

Committee in his previous

in medical education,

Postgraduate Diploma in Bioethics (PGDBE) at PSGIMS&R, Coimbatore and Master

in Family Medicine (M.MED) from Tamil

He was a resource p

medical students conducted by National Board of

Undergraduate, Postgraduate students,

and statistical analysis. He is currently

editorial member of Indian Journal of Community

Programme and training CRRI based on

FAIMER project.

Dr. Pabitha Devi B.M

She is working as Associate Professor of General Surgery, at Tirunelveli Medical College.

She has a resource faculty at MEU, Tirunelveli Medical College and also a curriculum

committee member. She is Secretary of Postgraduate scientific advisory committee

which helps the postgraduates to do their thesis in a novel way. She was also serving as

the Library Secretary of Tirunelveli Medical College. Iam interested in Medical

education, bioethics and research. She was also a resource faculty in the Research

Methodology workshop conducted by our Multidisciplinary research unit and Model Rural

health research Unit. She has completed ACME at CMC Vellore and she is pursuing

Postgraduate Diploma in Bioethics (PGDBE) at PSG, Coimbatore under Bharathiyar University.

Dr. Padma B Prabhu

She is the Additional professor in Ophthalmology at Government Medical College

Kozhikode. She is the member of Medical education unit ( RCMET

research committee, Curriculum committee ( MBBS) and member of Board of studies

KUHS ( Allied Health Science). She has undergone revised basic course in medical

education, AETCOM, CISP and Advanced course in medical education offered by MCI. She

has participated in the 82

revised basic course and CISP programmes at her institution. Her area of interest includes

teaching learning methods, role of media and assessment.


at PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Coimbatore.

Secretary of the Institutional Human ethics Committee. He served as a member of


Committee in his previous institution. He has undergone Basic and Revise

in medical education, AETCOM workshop, CISP workshop. He has also done


in Family Medicine (M.MED) from Tamil Nadu Dr.MGR Medical University Chennai.

He was a resource person for Research Methodology workshop for Post

medical students conducted by National Board of Examination. He

Undergraduate, Postgraduate students, Allied Health students, Faculties in research, Sample

is currently Executive Member –West zone of Tamil Nadu chapter IAPSM and

editorial member of Indian Journal of Community Medicine (IJCM) journal. He is in charge

Programme and training CRRI based on Competency training approach. Based on this he has choosen his






ation, bioethics and research. She was also a resource faculty in the Research



e Diploma in Bioethics (PGDBE) at PSG, Coimbatore under Bharathiyar University.


Kozhikode. She is the member of Medical education unit ( RCMET-




as participated in the 82nd NTTC course held at Jipmer. She is the resource faculty for


teaching learning methods, role of media and assessment.


Coimbatore. He is Member –

He served as a member of


has undergone Basic and Revised workshop

CISP workshop. He has also done


Nadu Dr.MGR Medical University Chennai.

erson for Research Methodology workshop for Post –Graduate

Examination. He is guiding

in research, Sample size calculation

Nadu chapter IAPSM and

in charge of CRRI Training

Based on this he has choosen his






ation, bioethics and research. She was also a resource faculty in the Research



e Diploma in Bioethics (PGDBE) at PSG, Coimbatore under Bharathiyar University.


MCI), Institutional




NTTC course held at Jipmer. She is the resource faculty for


Dr. Prabha K Dasila

She is Professor and Director, MGM New Bombay College of Nursing, MGM Institute of

Health Sciences (MGMIHS - Deemed to be University), Kamothe Navi Mumbai and

presently the Dean Faculty of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences, MGMIHS, Navi

Mumbai. She obtained Doctor of Philosophy degree in Nursing in 2011 and International

Certificate on Principles of Bioethics and Human Rights by UNESCO Chair Bioethics

Haifa in 2018. She was awarded wit h prestigious Shrimati Leelavathi Nair Memorial

Award for outstanding contribution to Professional Education, by Higher Education

Forum Mumbai and Education leader award by National Health Care Academy (NHCA)

Singaporefor being inspiring mentor to many students in 2018. She guides PhD scholars and invited as PhD

referee to various Universities in India. She is on editorial and reviewer boards of renowned National and

international Journals. She is highly motivated, hardworking and well organized in teaching and administration.

Dr. Prema Saldanha

She is currently Professor and Head, Department of Pathology, Yenepoya Medical College,

Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangaluru. She has completed her undergraduate

and postgraduate education from St. John’s Medical College, Bengaluru. She is a member

of the Curriculum Committee and Convenor of the AETCOM Core Committee. She has

completed the Advance Course in Medical Education from CMC, Vellore. She is a member

of the University Academic Council, and of the Faculty of Medicine and Board of Studies

of the Medical College. She has to her credit several Academic Publications in National

and International Journals, and is also a Reviewer/Editorial Board Member of many

International Journals.

Dr. Subitha L

She is currently working as Associate Professor in Department of PSM. JIPMER

Pudhucherry. She has completed research project on community based physical activity

program primary health care based diabetes registry and is currently the principal

investigator for the project titled “Tuberculosis” Learning the impact of nutrition. She

has teaching experience of more than 10 years and served as resource person for several

workshops on Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Research methodology. She has around 90

scientific publications in National & International Medical Journals. Her areas of

Interest include Non communicable diseases. Health promotion, Public health advocacy

and medical education.

Dr. Surya Prakasa Rao

He is presently working as Dean & Professor of Community Medicine, Chairperson of

Medical Education Unit an d chairperson of Curriculum Committee for MBBS, Narayana

Medical College, Nellore. He has undergone training in Basic and Revised Basic Course

Workshops in Medical Education Technologies and AETCOM. He has also completed the

fellowship offered by MCI on Medical Education/ Advance Course in Medical Education

(FIME/ ACME) from St John’s Medical College, Bengaluru. He had been resource faculty

for Basic and Revised Basic Course Workshops conducted at various institutes. His

work on OSCE was published in an indexed journal way back in 1993. He is in the

teaching career for the past 30 years, teaching community medicine to medical

students. He had also organized a three-day workshop on Research in Medical Education during 2007. He has

attended and coordinated workshops on continuous medical education and epidemiological research. His areas

of interest in Medical Education are teaching methods and assessment in medical education.

Dr. Sushil Chawla

He is Surgeon Captain(Dr) Sushil Chawla is a professor in the Department of Obstetrics

and Gynaecology at Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. He is a Indian Navy Doctor is

an Alumnus of AFMC. He has undergone ne the revised basic course workshop at AFMC

Pune. He enjoys teaching using innovative teaching and learning methods in medicine. He

is a student mentor par excellence. He is interested in making videos of every subject

and then teach using a black board and the videos.

Dr. Sivabalan T

He is a Principal and Dean, College of Nursing of Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences

(Deemed to be University), Loni (Bk), Ahmednagar, Maharashtra. He is a Post Doctoral

Fellow (Fellowship of Nursing Research Society) from NRSI. He has guided 02 PhD

scholars and guiding 08 scholars. He has published 22 articles, chaired 13 scientific

sessions, and faculty for 34 FDP’s. He has completed value added courses on ‘Health

Professional Education Technology’ and ‘3T Training program in Bioethics Health

Sciences Education’ (UNESCO Chair).He has authored a Text book on ‘Nursing Research

and Statistics’ and written chapters in two text books. He has worked as Senior

Researcher for 02 State Level Projects funded by SHSRC, Pune and UNFPA, Mumbai;

and recipient of ‘Linnaeus Palme Scholarship’ and visited University of Skovde, Sweden. He was a recipient of

‘Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Award for Teaching Excellence’ – 2018 and ‘PIMS Chancellor Rolling Trophy for Best

Teacher Award’ – 2019. He is a Joint Editor – Journal of Nursing Research Society of India (JNRSI). His

areas of interest include nursing education and health sciences research.

Dr. Vinay Kumar N

He is currently working as Associate Professor of Anatomy as well as Coordinator of

Medical education unit at Government Medical College, Palakkad, and Kerala. He has

completed my graduation and Post-graduation from J. J. M. Medical College, Davanagere,

Karnataka.I see myself as a versatile, clinically oriented anatomist actively involved in

teaching and mentoring of first MBBS students. Donning the hat of a researcher, He has

published various research articles in national and international journals. Being a

coordinating head of medical education keeps me motivated in implementation of better

and feasible educational technologies for the learning of our students. He has undergone

training in “Revised Basic Course Workshop in medical education technologies”,

“Advanced Course in Medical Education”, “Curriculum Implementation Support Programme” as well as “Principles

in Bioethics and Human Rights by UNESCO”. He was also member of Institutional Research Committee and

Institutional curriculum committee, coordinator for first MBBS programme and also organized workshops. He

is sure that this prestigious FAIMER fellowship and its eminent faculties are going to facilitate me in

flourishing my medical education technology and leadership skills to its fullest potential.

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