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IHS Mission & Goals:  
Groom Skills,
Gather Evidence and
Generate Knowledge for people's health.

To Improve the Efficacy,
Quality & Equity
of Health Systems.

Fulltime Faculty and Research Staff

G. Surendra
surendra@ihs.org.in

Mr G.Surendra holds a Post Graduate Degree in Statistics from Sri Venkteswara University, Tirupati. His first stint was in Vital Statisitcs (improvement of Registration of Births and Deaths) as a statistican in Public Health dept. After serving 27 yrs in Govt of Andhra Pradesh, he took VRS in the cadre of Director in Bureau of Economics and Statisitcs and accepted the challenging position in L V Prasad Eye Institute(LVPEI) as Associate Director and Chief Technology Officer. He implemented Health Informatics and Information Infrastructure projects like Tele-Education, Tele-Medicine. He implemented Tele-Ophthalmology in Primary and Secondary eye care centers in LVPEI Health Eye Pyramid. As part of Health Informatics, he evaluated Electronic Medical/Health records and recommended suitable product for implementation besides his contribution to Bio-Medical Equipment Technology and developing Standard Operating Procedures(SOP) for accreditation under NABH (National Accreditation Board for Hospitals). Then he moved to the Institute of Health Sysems (IHS) and working for the last two years. At IHS, he acquired skills in health financing and health accounts by developing MTEF for HMFW dept, AP for the years 2008-09 to 2012-13. He also attended the task of health budget & expenditure tracking exercise for the states of AP, MP and Kerala. Further, he is involved in the health systems research like (1) Assessment of Doctor Availability in Primary Health centers and provide inputs for Human Resource Planning for Health and (2) Andhra Pradesh Civil Registration Sysem Study. As Joint Director, Bureau of Economics and Statistics, he conducted Socio Economic Surveys in different areas. He handled a major survey called "Multipurpose House hold Survey (MPHS)" in the year 1995, wherein he was instrumental in designing the survey, field study, data acquisition and building database of all families in State of Andhra Pradesh for use by Govt for various programmes.
During his tenure in District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) as Project Eonomist, he wrote an Approach Paper on Land Development Projects(LDP) along with Dr Prasanta Mahapatra and submitted a project Report on LDPs to Govt, got sanctioned and implemented. As General manager in APTS, he implemented Information Infrastructure projects. He gave IT Consultancy to Govt of Goa for developing softwae for 10 departments. As a member of consultancy team he studied and submitted a report on reorganisation of Revenue Dept to Govt of Orissa sponsered under DFID. As Project Manager in HMDA, he got rated HMDA by Fitch Ratings, raised Rs 500 Cr loan for ORR Phase-I.

Dr.Satish Kumar
ksatishk@ihs.org.in  

Dr. Satish Kumar K holds a PhD in Environmental Biology from the Osmania University. Dr. Satish is currently working as a Faculty at the Institute of Health Systems (IHS), a nonprofit health systems research organization since August 2010. Earlier also, he worked at the IHS from May 2000 to April 2006 as a Faculty in Environmental Health. He worked as a Program Manager: Communication & Knowledge Management at India HIV/AIDS Alliance, Andhra Pradesh which works to build and link existing capacity and expertise in HIV/AIDS prevention and care within the NGO sector in Andhra Pradesh. Prior to that he was part of the Research & Development initiative at the Byrraju Foundation. Before that, he was with MARCH (Marketing Consultancy & Research), an affiliate of ICFAI as Domain Head, Health care & Pharma Research Division. He was awarded a Gold Medal for best scientific paper presentation titled "Respiratory Effects of Air Pollution" at the 24th AP State TB & Chest Diseases Worker's Conference in 1997.

During his current stint at the IHS, Dr. Satish has completed a research project titled "The Effect of Air Pollution on Cause of Death Profile in Hyderabad" sponsored by the Ministry of Environment & Forests. He is currently working on Hindustan Latex Family Planning Promotion Trust commissioned study "Behavioural Tracking Survey" among HIV/AIDS High Risk Groups viz., female sex workers (FSW) and men having sex with men (MSM) in Guntur & Srikakulam districts of Andhra Pradesh. During his earlier term at the IHS, he had carried out research and consultancy projects in the areas of environmental health, demography, and road traffic crashes. He coordinated a District Family Health Survey, undertaken to estimate IMR, MMR & Fertility Rates at the district and sub district levels. Dr. Satish was Co-Investigator in the "Indoor Air Pollution Exposure Atlas" study, designed to develop a methodology for predicting quantitative exposures to IAP from qualitative information on fuel use and housing characteristics to construct an exposure atlas. He was the Principal Investigator for the "Health Effects Analysis & Economic Valuation" components of the Integrated Environmental Strategies (IES) India Project, initiated by the USAID & US EPA. He was also Principal Investigator for a research study titled "Epidemiology of Road Traffic Accidents in Hyderabad City", sponsored by the ICMR and was designed to understand the epidemiology of risk factors associated with high level of road traffic accidents in Hyderabad. He served as a Resource Person for Several Training Programs conducted by IHS. He has published several research papers in peer reviewed journals. Dr. Satish attended a special workshop on "International Air Pollution & Energy Climate Policy Collaboration" held at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada in August 2002. He attended an International Symposium on "Socioeconomic Factors & Air Pollution Health Effects" held at Perth, Australia in September 2003. He also attended a Training Session on Air Pollution & Public Health and a Training Workshop on Co-benefits Analysis, held at Beijing, China in November 2003. He served as Advisory Committee Member for Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on "Assessment of Burden of Non-Communicable Diseases".

 
G.S.Pattnaik                   
pattnaik@ihs.org.in

 

Mr. G S Pattnaik holds a Master Degree in Economics from the Berhampur University , Orissa. He has done Executive Program in Business Management from ICFAI, Hyderabad and B Com (Hons-Accounts) from the Berhampur University , Orissa with Hons Diploma in Computer Sciences from Lakhotia Computers Center . He is working in field of Health Systems Research from past 8years with Health Accounts as one of the key area of research. At IHS he has been involved in the Development of National Health Accounts (NHA), Medium Term Expenditure Frameworks (MTEF) and other studies related to Health Financing and Expenditure of Government and other Health Services. He has contributed to Andhra Pradesh State Health Accounts – 2001/02 (DfId , UK). Health Financing & Expenditure in Non Profit Sectors of India , 2006 (WHO, MoHFW, GoI), Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) for Andhra Pradesh (1st round- 2006, 2nd round - 2009 GoAP), Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) for Madhya Pradesh (2007, DfIDI) & Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) for Orissa (2008, DfIDI). Expert Group Meeting in Health Financing in India : Taking a Stock and Moving Forward (WHO, MoHFW, GoI, 2007). State Level Health Budget Expenditure Tracking for the States of Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Kerala (NHSRC, NRHM, MoHFW, GoI, 2010).He has also contributed to National Heath Accounts (NHA) Training Manual for Implementing NHA in India commissioned by WHO country office & MoHFW, GoI (2009) as Production Coordinator. Before joining IHS he was working as a Lecturer in Economics in a degree college and was teaching Macro Economics and Public Finance.  

 M. Sailaja                     
sailaja@ihs.org.in

Holds a Master Degree in Microbiologist from Sri Padmavathi Mahila Vishwa Vidyalayam Tirupathi & Bachelors Degree in Microbiology from OU. Got 5yrs experience in lab and teaching respectively. Worked as a Microbiologist in kenfaa packaged Drinking water for 2 yrs. Worked as Lecturer in Department of Microbiology in Reddy Women’s College Naryanaguda for 2 yrs. Worked as Lecturer in Department of Microbiology in Sri Saradha PG College, Kukutpally for 1year. Presently Working as Senior Microbiologist in Water Quality Testing Lab at IHS.

G. Amrutha                                              
amrutha@ihs.org.in

 

Done her Masters with specialization in Microbiology from Sri sarada Pg college, which is affiliated to Osmania University. Her Graduation, from St.Pious x Degree and Pg college with specialization in Genetics, Biochemistry and Chemistry. She was a Gold Medalist and Cash award Winner for standing as college topper during her entire Post graduation. She also won various shields and prizes during her Graduation and Post Graduation. Presently working as Microbiology Intern from October 12, 2011, till date.

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