B.L.Srikanthi holds a Masters Degree in Food Science and Nutrition from Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning(Deemed University), Anantapur. She has good academic record and received Gold Medal for securing highest percentage of marks in her graduation. A part of her post graduation thesis entitled “Effect of mulberry leaves (Morus Indica L) therapy on plasma and erythrocyte membrane lipids in patients with Type II diabetes” was awarded the best paper of the year by Indian Pharmacological Society in the year 2000.She has 8 years of Teaching and Research Experience. She has successfully coordinated different qualitative and quantitative research studies in different parts of Andhra Pradesh, focusing on maternal and child health, reproductive health, HIV/AIDS among vulnerable populations. She worked with several National and International Agencies like CARE INDIA, Population Council, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW). Important research studies which she successfully coordinated include “Strategic Impact Inquiry” of CARE India’s intervention program on sex workers at East Godavari District. This was a Global Study conducted simultaneously in six countries, centrally coordinated by CARE ATLANTA with technical support from ICRW and the Indian study was coordinated by her. She also handled similar studies like “Understanding Sex Workers’ Reproductive Health Rights, their Access to Services”, “ Outcome Evaluation of Frontiers HIV/AIDS Prevention Program in India”: She has earlier worked with Institute of Health Systems, Academy for Nursing Studies, Osmania University College for women and CARE Visakhapatnam in various capacities involving in academics, research studies and intervention programs. Her research areas of interest include Nutrition & Health surveys, psychological and social factors related to HIV/AIDS among women and children.

Dr. Sai Shankar Prathap holds an MD in Community Medicine. from Guntur Medical College , Guntur . He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Community Medicine. Earlier he has worked with Worked with the World Health Organization (WHO) as Surveillance Medical Officer in the National Polio Surveillance Project; Andhra Pradesh State AIDS Control Society (APSACS) as Monitoring and Evaluation Officer for PPTCT (Prevention of Parent to Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS) Programme under the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria - Round II (GFATM-Round II); and Byrraju Foundation led Andhra Pradesh Initiative as a Research Manager. He has carried out research studies on verbal autopsy and rational use of drugs. He also served as a resource person for building capacity in PSBH (Problem Solving for Better Health), safe injection and waste disposal practices and verbal autopsy. He is currently involved in cause of death studies at the Institute.

Dr Satyanarayana Murty holds a MD degree in Social & Preventive Medicine from University of Health Sciences, Andhra Pradesh. He is currently working as Professor of Social & Preventive Medicine, Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad. As a consultant to ICDS when it was still a central program, Dr Murty has done field evaluation, analysis and reporting of ICDS activities in Kurnool district in 1992 - 1993. He has been a trainer in Universal Immunization Progran for PHC Medical Officers of Kurnool and Anantapur Districts in 1992. Dr Murty has investigated several outbreaks of diseases like Japanese Encephalitis (Anantapur district 1993), Fevers of unknown origin (East Godavari Tribal belt 1996), Gullian Barre syndrome (West Godavari district, 2003 - 2004) and Gastro enteritis outbreak (Bholakpur, Hyderabad (2009). He has contributed substantially to the AP Gastroenteritis Manual published by IHS. Dr Murty was the Lead evaluator of world Bank funded NPCB in one tribal district of Madhya Pradesh in 1999. He also worked as consultant to UNICEF in Border District Cluster Strategy (Adilabad District) in 2001- 2002. He was a member of Thesis committee of Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad from 2000 to 2002. Dr Murty has guided more than a dozen theses submitted by doctoral students in Social & Preventive Medicine. He is currently involved in IGNOU project guidance for students of PG Diploma in Maternal & Child Health and also in verbal autopsy of cause of death studies being done by IHS

Dr. Vijay Kumar holds an MD in Community Medicine from Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (MGIMS), Sewagram and an MPH in International Health Development from Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITG), Antwerp , Belgium . He was also a Fogarty International Fellow in AIDS International Training and Research Program, at School of Public Health University California , Los Angeles . He is currently State Epidemiologist of Andhra Pradesh under the National AIDS Control Program. He has rich experience in STI/HIV/AIDS Epidemiology, Verbal Autopsy, Enhanced Syndromic Case Management, Epidemiological investigation, Surveillance, Essential AIDS Care, Data Triangulation, Sexual and Reproductive Health issues and Maternal and Child Health. He is currently involved in cause of death studies at the Institute.